Lane CP #6

On June 19th, Ki Woong and I got coffee in the Books a Million coffee shop and discussed such things as vacationing, American history, and critical incidents. We talked about recent trips to the beach that we had taken. He had been to Destin where I often go. Also, he told me about the beaches in Korea, which are apparently a lot more populated with beach-goers and shops than our beaches are. We are getting to the point in our discussions wherein I can't always tell him the answer to his questions, such as why this difference is, but I give him my best guess and occasionally look up the answer on my phone for us both to see. We talked about the race history in America (I'm afraid I talked a long time about this), especially with regards to the black civil rights movement in the United States. When I asked him about the assigned critical incidents question, he brought up one anecdote that I thought was particularly interesting. He talked about a time in his study at Columbia when his mentoring professor came inside from outside on a hot day. While Ki Woong meant to comment that his professor looked worn down from the heat outside, what he ended up saying was just literally "You are hot." At the time, he didn't realize the colloquial connotation that this expression had, and it made for a little bit of confusion between himself and his professor.