It’s a new year and that means there are many school teachers and staff changing schools in Korea. That’s how I had a chance to re-meet a colleague from a school that I used to work at over a year ago. I remember at the time, I was impressed with her English skills. She was above average for any of the teachers that spoke English. I was talking with her today and the topic of movies came up, and at one point she asked me if I had ever seen the movie Ratatouille. I said yes and just happened to love the stew too! ( kimchi jjigae and ratatouille are a close match for me) Then she admitted that she watched/listened to that movie a hundred times. She realized her modesty and then said the number was probably closer to 150 times. WOW! I don’t know exactly why her English skills are more advanced than the average, but I would guess that watching a movie 150 times had something to do with it. I asked her if she had memorized the whole movie. She said no but I think she could have recited it entirely with a little prompt.