I am a member of the Korean American Adoptee Network, which is amazing. Every month, they send out an electronic newsletter of issues regarding adoptees. In this month's newsletter, there was this link to an article in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/us/09adopt.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2
I liked it because it helped me to come to the resolution that many Korean adoptees are going through the same sort of things that I went through growing up.
If you are an adoptee, and you are reading my blog, I want to tell you, that Korea is not like it used to be. In 2000, when I came, people were mean to me either because I was an adoptee or because maybe I look like I am not full Korean. However, this time, EVERYONE has been really nice to me. There was one jerk at the cellphone store who was rude, but I have a hundred people who are very kind. So, please don't let what the people in the article said dissuade you from coming to Korea.
I like Korea, not as much as California, but I like it all the same. If you have the chance, you should come too.
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KAAN has helped give me insight into many issues as well. I was at the 2006 Seoul conference. Yes, some change has come but for many they hold onto the old ways. It is exposure to you and others in "This Thing of Ours-Adoption" that will make impressions on the new generation. You don't know how much impact your teaching here does but for sure every student will have better impressions and thoughts of adoptees.
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