03 June, 2009

Professor Cameron Wood

Professor Kim announced last week during class that we would be having orientation of "Vocabulary Contest" with Professor Cameron Wood next week, and as announced, we had class with Professor Wood for the first time today. I got to the classroom just by 11 o'clock, but some students came in late. I thought Professor Wood felt a little angry because he locked up the classroom door at 11:05. I think it would have been really embarrasing for the two late students whom Professor Wood had to unlock and let them in.
I imagined Professor Wood to be really thorough and strict, and so he was. He shared a story about one student who've graduated that he never left the library and was very good at English even though he never went outside of the country to learn English. This student, who is now a reporter of Korea Herald, was the same student who came to lecture at our class few weeks before due to Professor Cha's introduction. I wanted to be mentioned like that when I graduate.
Professor Wood scared my class that only 10 percent of a Chung-Ang University graduates get accepted to the Teacher's Exam. I had no idea that the percentage would be that little!
He then told us about the courses of Vocabulary and Pronunciation and also a little about the Vocabulary Contest that will be held in our sophomore year. As I listened to his lecture, I had more passion in my heart that I really want to be an English teacher, I do want to pass the Teacher's Examination, and that I really want to be an A student.

*Professor Wood's website:
www.cauepublishing.net/Toolbar.html

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