I believe the most memorable time to Korean are the 2002 World Cup. The 2002 World Cup was hosted by South Korea and Japan between May 31st and June 30th. It was the first World Cup held in Asia. People all around the world came to both Korea and Japan to see soccer games. Korean were very excited about this ever since the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games which were also held in Korea. They even made it to the semifinals for the first time in 48years. Some people say that the 2002 World Cup was a financial burden to Korea, but I think it was beneficial to South Korea in many aspects.

I think that the 2002 World Cup was a great success and it was obviously profitable to South Korea. First, the World Cup was an opportunity profitable to South Korea. First, the World Cup was an opportunity to let the world know about Korea’s presence. Many people didn’t know about Korea. Some people have not even heard about Korea. They were only interested in Korean soccer but they also got to know more about Korea’s culture and tradition. It also made many foreign tourists come to South Korea after the World Cup was over.

Second, the World cup make Korea and Japan have a closer relationship. Korea was once a colony of Japan. Many Koreans have had bad feelings against Japan for a long time. It could be said that the anger at Japan unified South Koreans, and the sentiment was getting worse. However the World Cup brought harmony and unity between these two countries, and Korean’s attitudes are improving in a good way since this event.

Third, the World cup strengthened the solidarity of South Korea. The whole nation bonded together in cheering the country. Thousands of people assembled in front of the City Hall of Seoul to root for the soccer game. After the game was over they showed their cooperation and a sense of public order by cleaning up the trash. This also improved Korea’s image worldwide.

Some might say that the 2002 World Cup was responsible for South Korea’s financial burden. They say that it took a lot of money to hold the World Cup. I do not agree with this. It did coast a tremendous amount, but the it also gave a priceless benefit to South Korea in both material and immaterial ways. After the World Cup tourists increased and South Korea is still earning large amounts of foreign currency. This is showing that foreign countries’ interests in Korea are growing and the world is focusing on Korea. The World Cup has played a big role in such happening. I’ve realized the powerful influence of sports, and I looking forward to the 2018 Pyunchang Winter Olympics also held in Korea.

We meet new people every day in our lives. However, it’s true that as individualism is overflowing and the number of crimes are increasing, people always try to be cautious. On that account, it is important whether to be more open or cautious when we meet new people. I believe that we should be more open to new relationships because humans are social creatures, others will also open themselves to us, and when we be too cautious we judge others before we get to know them.

           First of all, humans can not live alone. They have relationships with other people and form social communities. This means they are social creatures. For this reason, one should always make an effort to be open to other people. This attitude can be one of the foundations of building and maintaining a good relationship.

           Also, if we open ourselves to other people, they will open themselves to us. Humans have a psychology of reciprocation. This rule can be applied to the relationships between human. Therefore if we nicely show our free-hearted mind and honesty, others will react and naturally open themselves to us. The more open we are, the closer we have relationships with others.

           Some might say that we should be more careful with others because they think we can be deceived or harmed. I do not agree with this. If we always have a sense of alarm against other people, we would lose faith with them without any reason and shutdown ourselves. This makes us judge other people before we get to know them. It can also lead us to suspecting innocent people because of our bias. This is more dangerous.

           I think being careful and having a sense of alarm has different meanings. It is good to be careful by trying to care for others, paying attention to them. However having a sense of alarm makes us look too stubborn. If we are too cautious we can not only trust others but other people will not trust us either in return. I think we need to be more open when we meet new people because this attitude supports our relationships.

Nowadays, people really think that their appearances are important, and this is proved by the fact that everybody gets a plastic surgery. When I look around my friends and acquaintances, at least one out of five has received plastic surgery. Most of the people are used to it and thinks this is not a problem. So do I. By plastic surgery people can gain confidence in themselves, and I think everybody has the right to choose whether to receive it or not as long as they can afford it. Also, if plastic surgery is banned a I believe a black market will be formed and there will be more serious problems.

First of all, people can gain self confidence through plastic surgery. Nowadays the society considers people’s appearances, even when getting employed. That is why people have high pressure on their looks. And every person has a complex of their appearances. If they could get rid of it through plastic surgery, nobody would hesitate to run the risks. Plastic surgery can surely give confidence to one’s life and make them live a new one.

Secondly, even though plastic surgery is dangerous or costs a lot of money, people have the right to decide whether to do it or not. People have the freedom to do whatever they would like to do as long as it does not harm others. In this view, if plastic surgery gives positive influences to one’s life, and one wants to receive it, it doesn’t matter at all.

Finally, if a law that bans plastic surgery is set, this will lead to forming a black market. For an example, the law that bans marijuana makes people carry on transactions illegally. Plastic surgery is the same. The more they try to place plastic surgery under the ban, the more problems will arise by trying to receive plastic surgery illegally.

I believe that everyone has the right to improve one’s self esteem. And this could be done through plastic surgery in some cases. Plastic surgery has positive aspects, and if they try to ban it, problems will surely occur more than before. Plastic surgery can not only improve one’s appearance but also the quality of one’s life.

Everybody knows the fact that English is important. That is why more and more colleges recommend English lectures even though the subject is not related to English. However people are arguing wether this is beneficial to college students or not. I also have several international relationship English lectures which are taught by Korean professors. To my experiences, English lectures are ineffective and only stresses out both professors and students.

First of all, English lectures make the students confused, There are so many technical terms, and this make the students have a hard time following the class. My double major is international studies, and in my political economy class, the professor who is Korean does a lecture in English. We have a thick book which is also in English. However the professor makes a hand out every class. This is a abridgement of the textbook. This means even the professor knows that the students don’t understand the lecture and the book. The thick book in English is just symbolical. Nobody actually reads it carefully. English lectures may look in some way ‘dignified’, but it just causes misunderstandings.

Students also get bored and rarely pay attention, because they can not keep up with the class. This messes up the atmosphere of the class, and makes the professors lethargic. Because English is so important I believe enjoying English is also important. However English lectures just make students lose their interest not only in English but also in their majors.

Korean professors also have difficulties preparing the lecture. They have to know about what they are teaching of course, but to prepare it in English is not easy. If there is a professor who is not that fluent in delivering his or her lecture in English, there is no use about it. This just makes the professors stressed out and the students confusing. Also if all lectures are in English, professors would have to be qualified with their English skills, and this will put more pressure on them.

There is no reason why English lectures should be carried out. In my opinion, the school has to expand courses like English conversation class, English debate class and make them mandatory. This will make students improve their practical English skills. These courses should be taught by native speaker professors, so that students will not be confused in pronunciation and will not misunderstand the content of every course. Students will not only improve their English, but this will also draw their interests in English.

English lectures show that universities are forcing students to learn English. I believe first, they have find a way to make students interested in English. Then students will try to work by themselves, because they know best that English is required in Korean society.

Men in Korea have to enter the military for two years. It is their duty to do it. Some people say that they are sacrificing their two years, and need to be rewarded, while other says that it is their duty, and they should be proud of it. In my opinion I surely agree that they should receive some incentives. However I think military incentive policy which gives extra points to discharged soldiers is a discrimination against women, the disabled, and also among men.

First of all, military incentive policy gives restriction to the women and the disabled who enter the public service. As every body knows, the test to become a civil servant is fiercely competitive, and the borderline pass to the exam is extremely high. The reality is that people get to pass and fail by a narrow margin. However if the government give extra points for each subject, this will give a decisive effect on the results, and this is the same as excluding people who can not receive military incentives, who are usually women and the disabled. One research shows that when the military incentive policy is carried out, the percentage of people who pass the exam and don’t have extra points can actually decrease.

Secondly, the military incentive policy is a discrimination among men too. Military incentive policy does not have effectiveness, since the range of the application is too small. That is, only men who take the civil service exam or apply for specific companies like LG or Samsung can take advantage of this system because only public enterprises adopt this system. For the rest of discharged soldiers who do not apply for positions in public sector, there is no compensation at all. Consequently, even though the rest of men were equally discharged upon completing their military service, they cannot receive any compensation for their military service.

Last of all, the military incentive policy is just a symbolic policy because the military incentives is not enough to make up for the military services experience and it’s not a practical compensation. Some people might think that a symbolic policy is also important to us. However, the military incentive policy is an obstacle to make a practical compensation. Therefore, we need to get rid of the symbolic system and find a realistic policy which is based on the financial and spiritual compensations. Actually when the minister of national defenses surveyed the 1113 soldiers, most of the soldiers wanted practical policies such as financial aid, tax reduction, and so on. And only 37% of the soldiers wanted the military incentives

I am not insisting that we should not reward the discharged soldiers. I think the military incentive policy is just not the right system to give advantage to all the discharged soldiers. We should find other compensations that can encourage people to enter the military and raise the fighting spirit in the army.

People define success in different ways. Yes, success is objective and I want to talk about what I think success is. In my opinion I believe success is to follow one’s heart. There are so many kinds of obstacles that try to block people from success. However it depends on how one tries to get away or overcome it. There is a person I think that has succeeded. This person came out on a show called ‘Korean’s got talent’. His name is Che Sung-Bong He had a very tough life and gave influence to other people through his beautiful voice. The word ‘success’ means to achieve one’s goal, but to ‘huge success’ means to effect other people’s life and change it in a way, and Che Sung-Bong did this.