Emma Burke Newman (in memoriam)

Here, I interview Céline Dogsé about her time with Emma in Seoul in the summer of 2018. The two went to UCL in the same program ( BASC ) and they were friends of friends in Paris, but it was a happy coincidence that found themselves both going to the prestigious Seoul National University for summer studies. Now Emma could have taken Machine Learning or Macroeconomics, but she told me in no uncertain terms that  "I want to take some art classes. I don't want to do anything academic." Once there, she mentioned that the atmosphere was serious. This was no summer camp! Indeed, teachers assigned grades that counted toward the daughter's UCL graduation requirements. As the transcript shows, Emma nevertheless earned high marks that were carefully transcribed into English equivalents--a 90% average for three classes, pottery, painting and architecture. UCL then registered these simply as a "P" for pass! In the mix, these grades did not matter. Emma still graduated w...