Elementary Composition – Night

This site is a group effort by the students in Gord's Elementary Composition evening course at Catholic University!

Looking for a job!

Are you looking for a job? The want ads in every paper in Korea have list of available jobs. In addition, the Internet has transformed how jobs are advertised. Jobs are posted on the Internet, application can be filled out and returned, and resumes can be sent -all with in minutes. This may lead to a phone contact, and that may lead to an interview. After you make contact and get a personal interview, here are a few important. First, always offer positive information. Second, discuss only the fact needed to respond to the question. Third, be truthful.


Interview Etiquette

When you Interview for job, audition, or club, there is a etiquette.

Be on time! In fact, be sure to get there early. If you get there just in time, you will still be nervous from the finding the right building and the right office. So, get there early, find the building and the office, and then copose u !When Koreans people meet someone[have an appointment], they are late 20~30 minutes. It call ‘Korean time’. It will give uncomfortable to  examiner. May be you can’t pass thel interview becasue of your habit. When my club interview university students, people who were late was failed the club.


Wake up!

 Hello, everyone!

We are here today to get how to shake off sleepiness. A final exam is getting close. Almost all the students are worried about napping during exam time. So, here we have some tips for preventing a nap.

First, you can use how to stimulate sense. For example, you take a cold bath or expose yourself to the cold wind. Also, listening to noisy music is another method. Thing of this nature helps you to shake off sleepiness in stimulating a sense.

Second, Have some coffee. Because a caffeine is a powerful stimulant. But be careful of your health. If you have too much coffee, It cause you to side effect. It proper a cup of coffee a day.

Next, A simple stretching is helpful. If done properly, Basic stretching not only call your body but also increase flexibility. I introduce you some useful movement. First, With left hand, pull right elbow across chest toward left shoulder. Repeat on other side. Second, Interlace fingers and turn palms out and then extend arms in front at shoulder height. And then, hold 10 to 20 seconds. Fourth, Chewing a gum or nuts helps to you.

When you chew something, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth. It have an effect on stimulating brain.

Still, Don’t you awake from sleep?

In that case, You’d better invest only ten minutes in taking a nap. You are going to take a long nap and then maybe you can study efficiently.


Web Craze – PC rooms

The Internet has really taken hold in Korea. More than 34% of Korea’s 47 million people are logging onto the Internet, compared to 18% in Taiwan, 15% in japan.

You can see the PC rooms everywhere in Korea! For younger Koreans the biggest catalyst for the Web craze has been the called “PC rooms”. Three years ago, there were only a access fo such cafes, but today there are at least 20,000. You can’t throw a rock in Seoul without hitting one, and at any hourof the day or night people are playing games, sending e-mail, doing hmework or looking for online love.


Ages in foreign countries are confusing for Koreans! -Vice Versa

When I go to another country I always confuse how old I am in there. Most country people give thier age from date of their birth, whereas Korean give their age from the year of their birth, or comthing like that. When asked their age by an foreign, Koreans might reply : “I am 22, but in foreign years, I’am 20.” Therefore, to be helpful, just think first and give the foreign your age in foreign years. Usaully, foreign(including my foreign friends) don’t like Korean ages because it looks old enough !


The 3 most Important People in My Life

My parents are very important for my life. Because they are always with me. They have taken care of me. and taught me how to live a life and guided me not to go astray. Thanks to parents, I am here. 

My sister has had significant influence on my life. She is now working in “Samsung�?, the Korea’s biggest company. Through reminding my life I remember my sister as a very well studying person. I can’t tell you how much she gets from the company, but she is working in a pretty good working conditions. I always wanted to be like my sister. Still now she is my model in life. I hope to become like her in some day.  

I have a real friend. Her name is Sa-Ram. I met her when I was high school student. As I was second grade, I was same class with her. Even though we met for the first time, we were familiar with each other soon, because her environment was similar with mine. So we always passed time together. Surprisingly, she had many point of sameness with me such as hobby, taste, situation, so I did like her then I like her who is warm-hearted. So, I still feel happy whenever I sometimes meet her.

 


My first part time job

 When I was twelve-grade in winter vacation, I was having a part time job. My part time job was talk show is audience. This part time job included necessary chores in the station. The show I was participating was called ‘Ya-sim-man-man.’ and many actors and actresses were present waiting for telerecording to begin. Soon the cameras rolled and I, along with others there, started clapping and made sounds as we were trained to do. For example, if the PD made certain gestures with his hands, we made certain sounds like ‘woo~’ or ‘wow.’ We kept doing ‘woo~’, ‘ wow~’ for three hours straight that eventually I got really exhausted. When they broadcast the show, it’s only 30-minute-long on TV; in reality, when you’re recording the actual show, it takes more that 3 hours. Thus I found it to be too physically challenging for me. When the recording was finished, I had to drag myself out of the place.

On the way out, I was given my day-wage and only then, I felt better. Making money wasn’t easy after all. Anyway for the first time I made money. and I have not suffered in vein.


Thanks Teacher!

It was happened when I was fourth-grade in elementry school. then, I was shy about taking in the presence of my friends, I was also passive in everything. A teacher had me a class president It reminds me that I was puzzled what to do. “Can I do well?” I was worried about it. But my friends help me in many ways. I was used to leadimg others in some work. I became a confident student. After that, I used to wait for last time because I am interested in making a bow (attention,bow!) to teacher. Thanks to my teacher I have a lively personality. It proved to be a turning-point in my life. Then of all the people I have met so far, no one has impressed me as much as my teacher.


What Do you Want to Do this Summer?

 Summer is just round the corner. Because my favorite season is summer, my heart is already fluttering in anticipation. Also, we shall soon have the summer vacation, too. So, I am making a schedule for the summer vacation. 

 First, I’d like to learn ‘Jazz Dance’.  In order for my body to be healthy, it’s important to have exercise time. During this semester, I feel quite exhausted with busy schedule. I should have exercised in ordinary days. So, I selected out of a number of exercises. Jazz Dance can be interesting to me.          Second, I’d like to get a driver’s license. Frankly speaking, I had tried to get it in last year. but, I failed to get it. Because I mistook in a driving test. This summer is chance to me. I’ll make a challenge again. Third, I hoped to travel with my friends. We promised to take a trip in JeJu Island. One of my trip members comes from JeJu Island. So, we are expected to tour with her help. I’ll enjoy wherever true friends go. Also, I hope to make a lot of memory. Fourth, I must study English. Especially, attending my English Conversation class, I felt many problems in express my opinion. I’d like to many dialogues but, I couldn’t. So, I’ m put to inconvenience. I hope to improve my conversation ability.


About Marry

Yesterday, I and my friend talked about our marriages. Exactly, we discussed how we can find our husbands. We had totally different opinions.

First of all, in case of me, I believe my destiny, in other words, I and my husband can meet coincidently and naturally.  Conversely, my friend said that she will use some companies which are in charge of providing her with men in a wealthy and governing class. I contradicted her opinion right away cause if she will have a sort of artificial meeting with a guy, she will be getting to just focus on the appearances of the guy such as his job, body, face, and socio-ecomonic status rather than his personalities. Furthermore, I added that the personalities of my husband or the chemistry between him and me will be much more important aspects of my marriage life after getting married. From my experiece like blind dates, it turned out that artificial meetings will prevent people from seeing the sincere insides of the people. Despite of my contradiction, she insisted on that you should use this way in that it is extremely difficult for you to find your Mr.Right ,and she gave me advice; you need to be more realistic.

To tell the truth, no matter how people think about my opinion, I want to insist on that marriage be all about love which is formed naturally, not socio-economic things.

 


Parents are the best teachers !

Parents influence greatly their children for a lifetime. I think people are molded by two factors, family and the society that they are in. From birth, humans are influenced by the surrounding people for their characteristics. Parents take a big role in bringing up children, which affects their lives for a long time. In early infanthood, babies are looking to moms and dads to learn basic manners to be accepted in society. Some of these manners include not running around in restaurants or hitting other kids. As they grow up, they learn more from parents about social etiquette, which makes them more suitable to live in society. Children tend to look to their parents for role models knowingly or unknowingly. Besides, parents can also affect children’s study habits. Children of doctors , lawyers, investment bankers, and other professionals see their mothers and fathers work a lot of time, reading books, and punching keyboards, even at home. They are showing their children how to study by their own behavior. However, parents can also be a bad example for their kids. It is difficult for children who have abusive parents to lead a normal childhood and is possible that they may become similar to their abusive parents when they grow up. In this sense, the parents’ negative role in shaping the children’s personality cannot be emphasized more. In conclusion, parents are the best teachers for their children. They leave big marks on their children’s lives and are therefore more influential teachers than any others they may have in their lives.


There are some reasons why we have to go to college

College is a place that the students can learn more and new knowledge and experience in it. Of course, different people have different reason to study in college. For example, some people want to be to go on a further study after they graduate from the college; some people hope to find a good job after their studying in the college and also some people wish to exchange their present situation through studying in the college. In my opinion, no matter what reason people study in the college for, studying in the college is just a preparation for their future’ life. First of all, students can learn new knowledge and experiences from the studying in the college. There are many teachers, professors with abundant teaching experience who teach students lots of new knowledge and help them to solve the problems in their study. With their help, student can learn a lot of useful basic and professional knowledge which is very helpful for their future’ work. and study. After they finish their study in the college, students go to work in the society and contribute to the different fields. Secondly, students can learn how to arrange their own time reasonably. Before their studying in college, their life often arranged by their parents and their study often arranged by their teachers. It is very different for them to live and study in college, because students studying in college have to arrange their life and study by themselves. They have right to arrange their part time, such as when to get up, when is the sport-time, when to finish the assignment etc. This is very important experience for students’ work and life in the future.All in all, students not only can learn lots of new knowledge from the books but also can learn much more necessary experience such as how to arrange time and how to cooperate with other people. It is ver important for their future’ wok and life.

 

 


the most important things to be successful !

 There are many factors that people should remember in order to be successful. Making effort, trying hard, keeping up the positive attitude, and being intelligent can be included in those factors. Of all these requirements, I would say that having positive attitude is the most important characteristic of people who want to be successful. In the following essay, I will further explain as to why I think so. 
To begin with, being positive lets you be confident, which eventually leads to become what you want. For instance, let’s say a middle school student failed her mid term exam. If she is not an affirmative person, she would probably give up and do not study anymore for her final test. However, if she has a positive attitude toward every situation she confronts, she will try harder and possibly get a better score next time. Which case will bring a brighter result? 
Next, having a positive attitude can let people be healthy, which is also essential to live successful lives. Negative people are subject to get tired and worried easily, which distract their healthy conditions. On the contrary, people who are affirmative will quickly forget about their problems and try a new attempt. Clearly, positive people are much healthier than those who are not and therefore are easier to become what they want. 


Be Careful! When you Watch Advertisments.

 Advertising tricks customers to buy something that is unnecessary. Do you think advertising always leads us to buy what we need?

 

Now, we are living in the world, full of advertisements. So we have to look advertisements very carefully so that we can distinguish a proper ADs from whole ones. Of course , advertising can be very helpful to us. For example, it gives us many informations about new products. Or it makes us possible to compare with various items easily. However, it can be dangerous to people who are not critical enough to compare like children or elderly. And advertising makes products more expensive because it includes much money which is caused by advertising. As a result , I think ADs that gives us proper informations are necessary in our lives. but exaggerated ADs shoud be limited.

 


You Have to Have Friends

People use the word “friend” in a variety way. A friend can mean anything from a casual acquaintance to someone you’ve known your whole life. Whoever they are, friends are an important part of life. They provide companioship and emotional support. Friendships are the most voluntary. We choose our friends.

Making new friends! It’s easy to stay in a circle of friend you’re comfortable. If you are old, friendships may be lost-people move away. You have to make new friends to experince new things.

Keeping friends! Whether friendships are old or new, you can’t neglect them if you want them to last. Though it’s sometimes hard to spend time together, it’s important to keep in touch. Two ways are flexibility and respect.


Martin Luther King -I was influenced to become a better woman

 The person that I was influenced to become a better man is Martin Luther King.

When I was young, my father taught me that the poors are poor because they are lazy and unthoughtful. He said that I don’t have to be sorry for them or have any duty to help them. He was only interested in collecting money, not giving a hand for the poor. Naturally, I thought that the poors are not related with me and I don’t have to feel pity to them. But one day, I accidently watched an address that Martin Luther King made on TV. I was very shocked. Because his address was so emotional that everybody listening to him was speachless including me. After I watched him on TV,  my mind was changed. I started to think poor and isolated people like Black are not lazy anymore. They don’t want to be poor but the things around them made their way to be poor. They just have no chance to be rich or to live a better life. He already knew it very well. He knew that the Black people are same as White people and tried to make people realize that. Anyway, he was killed by someone who was opposite to him. But I think Matin left us a lot of lessons and made people like me change their mind. So lately, I joined an certain institution which is doing many activities for the poors. And owing to the website of that, I met a little girl named Awa from Senegal and I decided to help her constantly with a little money I own. Now, I feel so proud of myself and feel more respectful for Martin. I’ll keep doing my way, not my father’s way, to help other poor people around the world.

 


Be careful When you travel another country

Most students plan to go abroad to study or travel. There are some advice when you are travelling.

First, students ought to pack a first-aid kit and any medication they need, and they shouldn’t drink water from the tap. Second, students should tell the the driver where they’re going before they get on, and they have to have exact cahge for the fare. Thrid, they shouldn’t carry a lot of cash. they can be stollen by thief! Last, in most countries, students don’t have to have an international driver’s license, but they must have a license from their won country. They also need to be over 21.


My dream as a child

When I was young, I had lots of dreams. but, from when I was a child and now on, my dream always changes as the conditions.  At first, I wanted to be a teacher when I was in the fourth grade. At that time, we had always seen teacher’s job and were influenced by great teacher. One of them was my homeroom teacher. She was  always very generous to the students. I have thought that she had loved students and had warm hearts. So, I hoped to resemble as her. When I was in high school, I was very interested in the current events. So, I read a newspaper and saw plenty of  books. After that, I changed my mind. I decided to be a journalist when I was in high school.  To come true my dream, I also joined the English-language newspaper club called “HERMES”. The club published a newspaper twice a year. There, I could learn process of issue newspaper. With that view, we had from interviewed with many people to edited the newspaper. Although I had difficulty in writing an article, I completed my task with teacher’s assistance. Then, I felt worthwhile. After the experienced, I came to have a realistic goal. From now on, I am going to inch my way forward to my dream. 


Making delicious sandwich

I am going to make banana and peanut butter sandwich.

1 banana mashed,  2 slices of bread, 2 tablespoons butter, 3 table spoons peanut butter

First, mix the peanut butter and mashed banana together. Then toast the slices of bread. Next, spread the peanut butter and banana mixture on the toast. After that, close the sand wich and put it in a pan with melted butter. Finally, fry the bread until it’s brown on both sides.


Break those bad habits !

Some people leave work until the last minute, a lot of us can’t stop gossiping, and others always arrive to events late, including me and you! These aren’t serious problems, but they are bad habits that can cause trouble. Habits like these waste your time and, in some cases, might even affect your relationship. What can you do about them? There are some advice to end your bad heits!

First, It’s a bad habit that do works tomorrow. People often put things off becasue they seem overwhelming. You can solve like this. Try dividing the project into smaller steps. After you finish each task, reward yourself with a snack of a call to a friend.

Second, I have a bad habit that I don’t arrive to events on time. So I do like this! Set an alarm clock. For example, if a movie starts at 8 o’clock and ti takes 20 minutes to get to the theater, you have to leave at 7:40. Set the alarm to go off at the time you need to leave.


My favorite Actress who names Nicole Kidman

I introduce my favorite actress  who names Nicole Kidman. She was born in Honolulu, hawaii, in 1967. she is now 37 years old. Her father, an Ausrtalian, was a student in Hawaii at that time. When she was 4, the family returned to Australia, and Kidman grew up in a suburb of sydney. Kidman became interested in acting. Her first experience came when she was 6 years old. She trained in drama and dance through her teen years. In 1985, she role in the TV miniseries Vietnam. she was only 17. When she role in her first American movie, Days of Thunder. Her coastar was Tom Cruise. kidman and Cruise were married in 1990. Duringthe marrige, Kidman’s career continued to grow. She and Cruise adopted two children, and they worked hard. Unfortunately, they divroced in 2001. After this divorce, she did her career hard. She starred in a number of movies, including the musical Moulin Rouge. Then, in Golden Globe for her role as Virginia Woolf in the film The Hours. She is very famous actor in the world.


The Best movie I’ve ever seen

I’m Sam is my best movie I’ve ever seen! Have you seen this movie? It’s a drama about smart daughter and father who is middle-aged, but has five-year-old’s mind. Society thinks he doesn’t have ability to bring up his daughter. In a court, a judge decides to seperate them, but they miss each other, so her father Sam emplays lawyer who doesn’t have good relationship her wife, and try to look herself perfect. He also win the court, and solve her problems. Nobody can stop to meet! Finally, they live together.

I like his trial to find daughter, and his smart girl who loves her father Sam very much. Their acting is very great! I’m moving in touch whenever I watch this movie. It rates 120%. It is the best movie I’ve ever seen.


having dinner with any famous person in the world !

If you could have dinner with any famous person in the world,
who would you meet and what would you talk about?

I hope to meet the president of catholic university (our school). His name is Im Byung Hun. He is now a father and president. I have known him since I entered our school. We want to know him still actually we don’t know well. 
One day when I was studying in the library, he went passed there. but, we couldn’t recognize him, because he was simple in style as if he take a walk in sports clothes. He came up to us and bought an ice cream. He encouraged me to study hard. His figure very impressed me. He must be warm-hearted personality. After that, We are used to meeting him. 

 If I could have a dinner with him, I would like to hear about his history.  Also I have some following question. ”What do you think in popular secret among the students?” “What’s your favorite student type?” and so on. Given a chance, also, I’ll claim student’s error thing in face to face. For example, “we need an active support to all club.” “We want to improve our school dining room, please” and so on. I think, A great person is never far from us. Because there are many respectable person around me.  


How would you describe yourself as a human being?

Here are some about my stories. I have inherited my personality in halves from each of my parents because I have my father’s outgoing personality, I like to make friends. and I have been maintaining good personal relationships ,and I have a lot of friends around me. When I meet my friends by accident or talks to them over the phone, I often feel happy. Even, I tend to talkative to them, and then, I feel stress away. The other side, I have a shy side in my personality from my mother. So, in an ironic, I am calm and patient. Especially, when I was young, I couldn’t talk well with acquainted people in any strange place. But, this was improved as I grew older. I think I received a lot of help from my friends and teacher. 

Now, I will write you about my strength and weakness for more. My perseverance is one of my good points. I never give up easily though I can’t handle something. I never get angry easily as well. This enabled me to take a cautious in every matter. Also I am a warm-hearted person. Whenever I watch a touching sight in TV, I often shed tears.  Above all things, my weak point is sometimes lazy. Although I have too much sleep, I am striving to get up early and not still up late. Another my weakness is also my habit to postpone frequently what I have to do today. I’ll overcome my  weaknesses in planning a day. I’m sure this bad habit has been improved. Also, I believe that I become a more sincere person.


Lucky Tiger, Unlucky Lion

There was a small and quiet village, and there lived a people who likes  wearing diamond. It was kind of their own culture, so people wear diamond everyday. One day, people has been attacked by Malaria. Unfortunately Malaria spreads easily, so almost of people suffered from that. That day, tiger attacks people who can’t defend themselves becasue of deases. Also lion attacks peole who another villiage people who don’t wear  diamond. It’s a lion who die because of Malaria. Tigers survive from Malaria, becasue tigers eat diamond. Diamond has a protect ability from disease.


I dont’ like her, because of her selfish attitude.

She is very selfish, because she is the youngest of the family who has  spoiled her very much. Because she is also like shopping, I have to shop with her whether I am tired or not. She is a stingy girl, so I have to buy her meal! I don’t like her, so I don’t want to meet her anymore.


I dislike Mosquitoes

There are some reasons I don’t like mosquitoes. First, when mosquito bites us, it’s very itchy, because mosquitos pour their spittle into people’s body. Second, When we scratch an they bite, it becomes red, and its sight make us crawly. Third, it cost a lot of money to kill or avoid them, because we have to buy a mosquito net, spay and mosquito repellant. In finally, they are very annoying, especially when we tried to sleep!   I have a good idea to avoid mosquitos in the night. Smoke a mosquito repellant out and then put up a mosquito net. Don’t be cheat from mosquios who lie in the floor when you spay to them. They just faint! You have to kill them assurely. I hate summer becasue of mosquitos! They don’t have any good things. They behave in an annoying person.


Her stingy father

Sohee said her father is  the most stingy father in her family. He never gives allowances to her daughter So hee, so she tried to get the money when he drank ,but it failed. She get the money from her mother, and she earn her own money to have part time job. He never  eats dinner ,and  also he doesn’t buy foods outside. When he want to have some snacks or fruits he buy cheapest them even they are not fresh! He don’t go to movies to watch. He wait that movies until it is on tv. He is very stingy person!


Guess what this place is !

It’s the largest city in the U.S. There is a natural and biggest harbor in the world. The city has five sections, called boroughs. The most important and best known borough is Manhattan, the commercial, cultural, and financial center of the city. Also Live entertainment is plentiful in this city. Plays performed “on Broadway” often participate famous actors, playwrights and producers. This city has famous symbol ; the Statue of Liberty. It was given by French gorverment. This statue is one of the largest in the world.


The most important attitude to succeed : Flexibility

 I think the most important factor that we should enhance for success is FLEXIBILTY. Of course, this attitude may have some weak points but it also has many strong points, too.

Above all, it can minimize conflicts which break up when discussing something or talking with someone. When we have flexibility we can get along with people very well and make a goal more easily. In the past, It was very important for leaders to behave powerfully when acting or speaking. But now, things changed. Today, being flexible or mild is more important than being strong.

Second, It can save us a burden that might has been one’s whole duty. That means we can share a lot of works to do seperately and make it easier to carry out. Not only time but also money can be saved as well.

Third, with it , we can be adapted to a new enviroment very quickly. As you know the world we are living today is changing extemely fast. So we have to cope with a new situation. Flexibility is very useful attitude in this changing world.

There are lots of other important factors that we should learn for our success. But I’m sure that you will never succeed without being flexible.