Megan Clancy's blog
Megan Clancy is a hearing impaired journalist from California. She in the process of making a documentary about Deaf Koreans during her stay in South Korea through the summer of 2010. Her blog follows her adventure and discusses how American culture differs from Korean culture.
7 September 2010
Megan Clancy interviewed a Korean deaf child with a cochlear implant
I had the opportunity to interview a deaf child with a cochlear implant--Park Jeong-In, 10. She is in the 5th grade and attends a regular public school near her home in Seoul. Park feels it's...Comments: 1
7 September 2010
Megan Clancy interviewed a mom of a Korean deaf child with a cochlear implant
Through Oh Dae Su, a dad of a deaf child with a cochlear implant, I met a mom, Jeong Mi Young whose daughter, Park Jeong-In, 10, is deaf and hears with a cochlear implant. I met them at a concert...Comments: 0
5 September 2010
Megan Clancy interviewed two adult deaf Koreans about their cochlear implant experience
When I was at Lotte World in Seoul, I met Kim Yong Kil, 46. He had a great sense of humor and he was also almost fluent in American Sign Language besides KSL. He was kind enough to bring me to...Comments: 0
4 September 2010
Megan Clancy talks to two Deaf Koreans about their lives
I met a Korean woman at the 2010 mud festival, Yang, 51. She was with a group of friends who were deaf too. I told them I have cochlear implants, and Yang said her nephew, now 23, has one. Yang...Comments: 0
25 August 2010
Megan Clancy attends a Korean Sign Language Dictionary Conference in South Korea
My friend Yung invited me to a Korean Sign Language (KSL) Dictionary Conference at one of the universities in South Korea. When I arrived at the meeting I couldn't understand anything however I met...Comments: 0
8 August 2010
Megan Clancy visits the Gyeongbokgung Palace
Korea amazes me. Its palaces are awesome. I was so excited when I finally set foot at the famous Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. As soon as I saw the palace itself I was finally convinced that I am...Comments: 0
30 July 2010
Megan Clancy catches a South Korean baseball game
Baseball is one of the most popular sports in America. I went to my first Korean baseball game in June, and did not see any hot dogs anywhere. The food was very different. And kids were allowed to...Comments: 0
27 July 2010
South Korea's Annual Mud Festival was a blast
I was never a fan of mud, but I was at the Mud Festival in Daecheon Beach, about an hour south from Seoul. There were water slides, pools, baths, and people covered with mud. I went to Mud...Comments: 0
23 July 2010
Megan Clancy's continuing journey in South Korea: June 2010
I've been here in Korea for over a month and I'm starting to understand some of the common words in Hangul. For example, when I take the train to Seoul I look for the Korean symbol for...Comments: 0
19 July 2010
Megan Clancy gives some first Impressions of South Korea May 2010
The minute I heard that my summer internship for 2010 will be in Korea, I said “Yes” fast. On Mother's Day, my mom was kind enough to drag all of us to a restaurant in Los Angeles'...Comments: 0