One of my deep regrets in life is that I was never able to maintain the tongue of my motherland. Soon after I moved to the United States in my childhood I lost my fluency in Korean. Today I cannot read, write, speak, or understand Korean. At all. I blame this on the flawed pedagogy of the public school system. If only I could read Korean today I'd have amazing opportunities to work abroad as well as allow me to explore my heritage vis-a-vis native literature such as this:
