I am finishing my Fulbright scholarship year as an English teaching assistant in South Korea. In this role, I teach conversational English to students and run teacher workshops at Gwangyang High School, an all-boys school. As soon as I arrived, I was able to quickly adapt to the school environment, feeling integrated with the other teachers and at ease with the students. I applied specifically to Fulbright Korea because I wanted to better understand the country's recent economic success and add diversity to my international experiences by immersing myself in an Asian culture I was not yet familiar with. I teach 16 classes per week. Each of these classes contains 32-40 students, allowing me to engage with over 500 students per week. Getting to know so many students is challenging, but I make it a point to find time to interact with each of them individually. During my lessons, I cover the listening and speaking sections of the students' English textbook. I then supplement these sections with my own lessons that complement and expand on the information conveyed by the book. Students' English skills vary considerably. With this in mind, I adapt activities to each classroom environment to engage weaker students while challenging stronger students. I also play an important role in designing students' midterm and final English exams. In this role, I work with other teachers and carefully write and revise questions to accurately represent what students are learning in class. In addition to my classes for students, I also run three teacher workshops per week, two for teachers in the Department of English and one for teachers in other departments. I was very well accepted by the other...... middle of paper ......rsuit, I now understand Korean culture on a deeper level. As the culmination of my research, I am writing an article reporting my findings and observations. In addition to working on my project, I also learned Korean. I meet with a Korean language partner every week for a language exchange and attend an open Korean class. Additionally, as I live with a Korean family, it was important for me to establish a lasting relationship with them that will continue beyond my fellowship year. Through our meaningful daily interactions, using both Korean and English to communicate, my host family and I developed a deep personal bond and gained invaluable insight into each other's culture and lives. Throughout my fellowship year, I will continue to discover Korea through my project, my language studies and my daily interactions with my stay at home and my school..