By the time the first lecture got started, I was really nervous. I had never officially translated before, and never taught beginners either. In addition, I was kinda overwhelmed by Korean students’ fluent English after the campus tour. Actually I implicitly asked Mr. Kwon to have a Korean student translate instead of me during the lecture. But he firmly insisted that I should do it because I understand better what he means. Well, that’s probably true.
Anyway, the first presentation got begun on time. About 15 people attended including 3 teachers. Surprisingly none of them was Korean. Later, one teacher informed us that there was a party among Korean students at the time. Though I could translate more comfortably since I was the only one who could understand Mr. Kwon, it was still disappointing that no Korean student intended to support us or was interested in learning baduk.
To get back to the point, Mr. Kwon smoothly started by introducing himself and me. Then he explained its origin, features, benefits and population in Asian countries. He showed how to capture a stone or a group of stones (by filling all the liberties) and how to win games (by making more territory than the opponent).
What did I do? Of course I translated all he said and attendees’ questions. (I answered some of them myself. haha)

Followed morning, we opened a small group session at Mr. Cloutier’s house. Though it was originally planned to teach Mr. and Ms. Cloutier, their daughter Alexa, and Tim, her fiancé, only Mr. Cloutier participated. Instead, he invited Dr. Nadire and his twin kids, Ryan and Liam. (Sorry, I am not sure about the spellings since I only called their names, not wrote)
Mr. Kwon and I briefly demonstrated its rules of capturing stones and a few simple techniques such as ladder and net, and made them play actual games.
‘Cause the kids seemed waiting for the play so much.

After that we had another excellent lunch at the Dining Hall. Then I went for a walk downtown, Kent with Mr. and Ms. Cloutier, while Mr. Kwon stayed at his room for a nap.
Downtown was so pretty. There were some fancy restaurants, cafes, book stores, public library and a few art galleries etc. We visited some art galleries and drank a cup of coffee. According to Mr. Cloutier, Main and Connecticut are renowned for their beautiful scenery of Hudson River, and the particular style of the artists who mainly painted it. Appreciating the fairy-tale-like view and peaceful atmosphere of Kent, I could easily infer why there are relatively many art galleries and artists in such a small town. Oh, and in the cafe we got in, there were hundreds of sweet looking chocolates and brownies. Although I was so tempted when Ms. Cloutier asked me if I want something, I pretended not to be interested because I had a body fat issue. haha;;

The second lecture occurred that afternoon, from 4 pm. This time, - because all the korean students were supposed to be free then – we expected at least a few of them would show up at the lecture. Oh, did I tell you that there are approximately 35 Korean students in Kent School? Considering that there are a similar number of Chinese students there, that’s a huge number.
Nevertheless, NONE OF THEM CAME While American, Chinese, Taiwanese and Thai students DID COME to the lecture!!!! (Calm down...)
Anyway, we taught them some practical stuff and asked two people to come forward (Josh, a student, and Mr. Andrews, a math teacher). It was Mr. Kwon’s idea that we make two students play in front of all the attendees and comment their game.
It was successful I think. Everyone seemed fully concentrated on the lecture.

That night, Mr. and Ms. Cloutier invited us to American barbeque party. They made a fire at the fire place and prepared a bottle of great wine, too. The supper was fantastic, and we had such a nice conversation about Kent School and baduk.  

TBC