May 22nd

 It was extremely upsetting for me to hear about the reasons of why we couldn't observe other classes and also about how bureaucracy remains in this school as well. Back in my high school, I had this amazing teacher. She was incredibly intelligent, long experienced and very different. She is one of the few teachers that I can say with pride that changed my life and the world I live in. Anyways, when she became head of the english speaking department, she twisted around a lot of the program and tried to make it more 'different' and up to date. However, because our high school was extremely conservative, she and the other Japanese students had a dispute and finally, she chose to leave the school. The thing is, I thought ICU was different. I honestly thought that I finally found a place where people accepted differences and changes in the midst of this corrupted country. I thought ICU was a place where people accepted each other for themselves wherever they lived in, whatever god they prayed for and whatever colored skin they had, but I guess as long as I am a returnee, I will always be a minority and will always have to face this kind of injustice. I guess I am and should be used to this since I've been dealing with this for quite some time, but it's just even harder to face reality because once again, I thought ICU was different.
 Actually, it's not just us that is being offended. Saying that our presence in other streams' classrooms will intimidate and demotivate students is completely underestimating the other students' capabilities. This is college for christ's sake and not elementary school.

I wonder if this will ever change...
will I be able to do something? will I be able to make a change? I honestly don't know.