I want a success but I haven’t exactly thought about how I get to a success. I just want to real some articles dealing with successful people in whatever their fields. then there’s TV programs that introduce to us from the failure of their life to successful life I don’t know how they dragged themselves to successful world, I just envy them, now I’m thinking that maybe they have successful genes from their parents or just they just make efforts to make a success or achieve something others cannot even reach. when I look at successful people they are all diligent and see things in a different way, I feel it’s amazing because I feel maybe Im dull? i don’t know. maybe I’m facing the harderest time in my life which is all about getting a job and all the undecided life directions.

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         ‘It takes only 8 years to graduating of university, isn’t it so fast. Ha ha ha’. This saying criticizes these days university tuition issue. Although,  we have to take 8semesters for graduating. It just takes 4 years actually. but because of huge expensive entrance tuition, students have to make their money after each semester and resister semester after next. According to research, more than 80% Korea university students have ever been pressed about tuition and more than 30% students of seoul universities take our loans to make tuition. It doesn’t make sense. Education is not the member of market principle.

Education is public service. According to Constitution, a nation has the right of education.  And education is not just for individual but it can be helpful for society. because educated people are the engines of future social progress. So it shouldn’t be left to the market.

         People who against half-price tuition maintain it is form of populism which is not realistic policy but just for getting interest from nation as politic purpose. They think it is impossible to half-price tuition by present national finance. To do this, government collect taxes from nation, it will be burden to nation again. It is possible. but it is not best way. Collect tax is not the only way to half-price tuition. We already pay taxes, so use it. For example, repealing the tax cuts for the rich feed is one of the ways. : tax cut for the rich feed is 90 trillion in Korea.

         Some people think education is option. They said that our nation, Korea, is applying compulsory education until middle school, so university is out of responsibility of government. but in Korea, is it matter of personal choice weather enter university or not? Actually in Korea, university has been recognized as a course of getting a job. Furthermore entrance rate of university is 80%. Graduating of university is connected directly to getting job. So education is not just option as social atmosphere in Korea.

         Public service should be universal. So everyone should have an education opportunity regardless of their parent’s economic power. Especially, society makes silent oppression that a university education is essential. In this situation, entrance tuition burden which make debtor students is not a big fuss and half-price tuition is also not just political demand. This demand is natural and government actualized it by viable alternative.

“I don’t love man, I love a person who is a man” This is famous sentence related to homosexuality. Recent, Korean drama start to include homosexual things. Still, there are a lot of people who hate the homosexual codes in drama for several reasons. However, this is hot issue and people think that this is worth enough to argue. This situation already can be one of the evidence that people ready to talk about homosexual to a positive way. Korean government has to legalize homosexual couple marriage because of diversity, the right to pursue people’s happiness and it doesn’t make society dizzy.

First of all, some people said heterosexual is normal thing originally people love opposite sex. However, according to Foucault, knowledge and ‘truth’ are produced through discourses. There are no pre-existent ‘truths’ that representations simply reflect. ‘Seen to be believed’ which is written by Richard Dyer wrote this “’Homosexual’ and ‘lesbian’ have been negative sexual categories, at best to be viewed pathologically, at worst as moral degeneracy.” People tend to think that homosexuality is sickness or sin. They believe that heterosexual is right thing, but what is the truthful and normative? Can we believe normative ways are really normative truth? When something becomes ‘common sense’, it also becomes naturalized. After naturalizing, people don’t think about whether it is truth. They just accept is as a truth and don’t want to challenge it. However, what you believe is not truth. It is just your belief.

In addition, homosexual couple marriage is right to pursue their happiness. Everybody have right to meet and marry person whom he or she love. Nobody disturbs it even though this is not major. This is their choice. This is their freedom. The freedom doesn’t hurt people. Therefore, people also cannot hurt them. Homosexual people also one of the members whom society have to protect them from other force which can hurt them. Not to bother them is not society’s duty. To protect them is society’s duty.

Furthermore, homosexual cannot throw the society into chaos. When it comes to homosexual thing, people might say that it has bad influence to the young generation. However, this point of view is already quite distorted. People follow their inborn tendency. Even though young child see homosexual couple who live next door, it cannot influence to the child. The child just keeps his or her natural tendency. The homosexual couple lives their life and the child also lives his or her life.

Homosexual is not sickness and it is not a sin. This is only their tendency. There is no pre-existent truth in the world. Korean government should accept diversity of people’s tendency and protect their right to pursue happiness through legalization of the homosexual couple marriage.

What are the things that come into your mind when we say “Christmas”? Of course it’s the occasion where even the most cold-hearted person shows generosity and warmth. Aside from generosity and warmth, there is a thing that we should put on one of our hot topics which we can see all around the city, those twinkling, little, electric lights, in short as “light bulb”. When it’s December, we can see trees along the streets covered from head to toe by light bulbs. Some says it’s beautiful but there are hidden facts we want to ignore. People have to remove the light bulbs which wrapped by bulbs because it can be stress people’s eyes, it torments trees and it is a waste of electricity.
To begin with, all of you know about our eyes, and how they get stress. The causes of the eye stress can be some activities that cause you to focus your eyes for long periods of time, and the lights around us. In spite of too much stress caused by sign boards, radiant lights from TVs and computers already, when Christmas season comes people cover the trees with a lot of lights which isn’t beautiful anymore for it adds more stress to the eyes. Also, because of the lights bulbs, drivers sometimes cannot see important traffic sign. We call it light pollution.
In addition, we should discuss about putting light bulbs is that trees are also suffering. Nobody said that Christmas is an occasion that other life forms too should be treated as well like humans but it’s just too selfish for human beings to afflict trees for a moment of romance or art. It is painful for trees to be wrapped around by electric wire and feel the heat of the light bulb. We should be considerate to trees especially on such occasions.
Moreover, economically it is a waste of electricity. Based on what I have said before, it ends up as a waste of electricity. Over a month, around thousands of lights bulbs are lit every night. Unfortunately, it is useless. Actually, people don’t need the lights. Korea is oil-poor. We don’t have oil enough to light the thousands of bulbs around the trees which are arranged along the path.
After few weeks, we will face beautiful and cheerful Christmas. We can enjoy Christmas without light bulbs. If people remove the thousands of light bulbs around the hundreds of trees, people can enjoy more peaceful Christmas. Christmas season is beautiful because it filled with people’s laughing sounds, the bell sounds of the Salvation army not because of the lights bulbs.

Few years ago, government made a law related to school food. They said that cafeteria should not sell carbonated drink, soda. It looks like that Korean government really worried about Korean students. However, they missed huge thing or they just ignore it. Korean students’ obesity is not because of carbonated drink. Actually, Korean students don’t have time to exercise. Especially, middle school and high school students only have 2 hours for gym class a week. Even, gym class is optional class, it is not essential class to high school second and third grade. According to Seoul metropolitan office of education, 14.1% of the students never exercise during a week. For them, walking and claiming stairs is exercise activity. Also, 23% of the Korean students answered that they don’t have gym class even once during a year. This situation brings a lot of problems and school should teach students gym and expand time to exercise. This is because exercising helps people to keep their health, it can be their hobby and exercising is important especially to the adolescents

First of all, they don’t know how to enjoy exercise and they don’t have chance to enjoy exercise. Exercise is really important to their life because exercising brings us nice feeling and healthy life. If school doesn’t teach them gym, it means that school just takes their healthy life. Also, exercise takes people’s stress. People can release their stress and violence when they exercise. This is very useful and effective way to remove stress. Therefore, enjoying exercise is really essential thing to students.

Also, variety of exercise can be students’ hobby in their future. Unfortunately, they miss it a lot. According to the research, students are asked this question “Why don’t you exercise?” 45% of the students answered that we don’t have time to exercise and 21% of the students said that I don’t like gym and exercise. What do you think about this answer? These answers can be understood two ways. First, they don’t like gym, the other is they don’t know how to exercise. The latter is right. Exercise like swimming, running or jumping rope can be a good hobby, even though it is simple thing. However, nobody teaches them how to exercise. School don’t have right to take their hobby.

In addition, Adolescent period like 16,17,18-years-old is really important time because they have experienced a lot of change physically. If they don’t have chance to exercise, their body cannot develop perfectly. Especially, during 3 years their lung grows up very much and become perfect.

I cannot forget one sentence. One student wrote this sentence in internet. “Before the summer vacation, I always go to the food restaurant for lunch in school but after the vacation, school serves the lunch from the restaurant to our class so I don’t have to move even lunch time.” The school and the Ministry of Education let students move and exercise. This is their duty for Korean future.

“Fragmentary knowledge is not related to liberal. The people only have knowledge is the most useless in the world.” Alfred North Whithead said this in his book ‘The aims of education.’ Today, university students tend not to consider philosophy subject. They only focus on practical learning. I can make sure this situation brings about disaster in our future. Liberal subject is necessary. It is not optional thing. We have to study. This is because liberal subject stir people to think creatively, when liberal subject and practical subject combined, students can be real talented people and study liberal subject is not only students’ duty but also their right.

First of all, liberal art is driving force of human’s development. Spider can make strong and elaborate net which cannot be broken down by wind. When it comes to sunflower, we can see how the seeds are arranged mathematically. However, human don’t have any skill. Even though human’s poor skill, human build great civilization. What makes people to construct a great civilization? That is because of liberal art. Human is also kind of animal. Human also have animal needs like sexual desire and appetite. However, human can be distinguished because of liberal art.

In addition, when people study liberal art and practical study both, the people can be real talented people who can contribute to developing this society. Liberal art is based on practical study. If people cannot understand liberal art enough, they also cannot know practical study well. This is the study’s dualism. Liberal art and practical study never be divided. These two studies have to be harmonized. When people focus on only practical study, people become un-intellect experts. When people focus on liberal art also, people become creative people who are essential in the world.

Moreover, today, a lot of university students try to get a nice job. They study English to get a high score on TOEIC, try to attain many licenses, go abroad volunteer without deep thinking. Students try to do their best in order to be a people whom big company need, whom big company needs. They don’t try to be what they want to be. Finally, they confused between what they want to be and what company want them to be. In this situation, after they get a good job. This is because they cannot find their way and standardized make them stressful without thinking about themselves. When people have their conviction and philosophy about their work, they can satisfy and achieve their goal. Imagine that there are two people one is only study to get a nice job without her or his thinking. Another has her or his own belief and conviction of her or his work. If you were a CEO, who do you want to hire? Of course, company also wants to hire creative and thoughtful people.

Aristotle said this “The happiest life is seeking the truth life.” I hope that university students also live the happiest life.

Few years ago, MBC asked people who are from 10 years old to 60 years old “What do you regret most?” 10’s people answered “I regret that I didn’t study hard.” 20’s people answered “I regret that I didn’t study hard past.” 30’s people also answered “I regret that I didn’t study hard when I was young.” 40’s people answered that “I regret that I didn’t study hard.” 50’s people answered that “I regret that I didn’t study hard.” Now, can you guess the answer of 60’s people? 60’s people answered that “I regret that I didn’t make my children study hard.” Study is important part of Korean life. Many Korean think that human resource is our future. Therefore, competition between students is also high in terms of their grade. According to National Statistical Office, one student spends 240000 won for their study in 2010. Korea has huge private education market. Korean government tries to force the private education market not to grow up anymore. Unfortunately, their efforts are not working because people think that private education disturbs students and it brings a lot of problem in this society. However, this is their mistake. Korean government should encourage private education because it has good education system, it can take care of children after school and the price of private education will be low.

To begin with, actually Korean private education system is good. ‘Hakwon’ teach the students effectively. Especially, in terms of English, it is not enough to learn only from school. Students also can have more chance to repeat their study. ‘Hokwon’ system makes the students study hard and get a good grade. ‘Hakwon’ program is very efficiently, many students can be evidence of this argument. Repeating is a big trait of ‘Hakwon’ system. ‘Hakwon’ teach students until they know exactly.

In addition, ‘Hakwon’ can be a place to take care of students or protect them from other dangerous system. Most of the parents have job and they cannot take care of their children. In this situation, students can break the rule easily. For example, they can smoke or drink alcohol after school. Also, they might not consider their study because parents who have a job cannot control them. However, students who have to go ‘Hakwon’ after school, they cannot break the rule easily and they have to focus on their study. ‘Hakwon’ can less students’ breakaway.

Moreover, if government encourages private education, the price will be low. Many students cannot receive private education even though they want to study more because of the price. If government let ‘Hakwons’ competitive each other, they will less the education fee. Students can choose ‘Hakwon’ among the various ‘Hakwon.’ It can guarantee students’ right to select what they want. Also, the ‘Hakwon’ will try to develop their program be better. The good system of ‘Hacwon’ helps students study hard and effectively.

‘Hacwon’ should be spread in Korea and students who are underprivileged also can get good education. Government has to help the students not to regret in their future about their study.

Do you know the exact reason of the 2008 financial crisis? In my case I thought I knew, but I realized that I was all wrong after watching this movie. This movie criticizes the reality of this break down and wants to point out the problem of current America society that is ruled by the wall street key players.

By the bankrupt of the main companies like AIG, Lehman Brothers, and Godlman Sachs, there was a severe economic crisis in the year 2008. For the economies are all linked together, this financial crisis had a huge effect not only to America but also to the world economy. Millions and millions of people lost there job and loosed their money. This movie is showing how the 2008 financial crises occurred, and it is pointing out that the financial crises was occurred because of the corruption of the key players and employers who were the core of these main companies.

In this movie they interview economists, professors and CEOs who know well about the US economy and the financial crisis. These people all say that the 2008 financial crisis was decisively occurred by the deregulation. By this deregulation, the key players of the main companies played a fraud against the customers and laundered money. The most important thing is that within the company they tried to help conceal this fact. The irony is that the government hires these people as a the treasury secretary. So they call the government the ‘Wall street government’

Before I saw this movie I did not know that the 2008 financial crisis was occurred because of the company itself. As watching it, I realized that this movie has the same opinion as Jang Ha-joon who is an economist and a professor of Cambridge University. Jang Ha-joon emphasizes the role of the government and their regulation. He believes the role of the government should be expanded and the restrictions are necessary. I also think that because there were know regulations against there companies like Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs, they tried to only consider their profits and expand their volumes. So this financial crisis was not an accident but was caused by an out of control industry.

This movie simply interviews people and shows charts. However it has a great effect on showing people what is the truth about the break down of the US economy, and it also lets me think about the influential of America. We should always have an eye on the world economy because nowadays everything is linked together and they give and receive the impact.

Nowadays we can often hear of the word “globalization”. This word means the world is becoming closer and closer. So are the countries. We can say that the boundaries between countries have no meanings. As the world is becoming one, interracial marriage is also prevalent. However this can be an issue because there are not only advantages but disadvantages too.

To go ahead with the good influences interracial marriage can bring, I think that interracial marriage can solve population problems in Korea. Korea’s birthrate is low, and it keeps falling as years pass by. Therefore I see interracial marriage as a solution.

Interracial marriage can also help to improve political relations between countries. As the world is becoming closer, country’s economical, political, social events can give a big impact to each other. They need to help each other and these marriage can play an important role to improve relationships between countries.

Finally, interracial marriage can carry out cultural understanding. They can experience each others culture through marriage. It makes them learn their difference of culture, lifestyle and language They would have to tolerate and under stand each other.

However I know there are many problems as well, like the children of mixed percentage can experience a lot of difficulty and have identity crisis. Or parents themselves can also be treated bad and suffer from the difference of langage and culture. That is why I believe that their should be many programs that support these multi-cultural families, because the number of these families are increasing rapidly.

There are many arguments about interracial marriage. I think there many advantages and the problems will be solved, because as time goes by people are becoming open minded as the world is also becoming a global village. Interracial marriage is a natural happening and its number will increase. We should accept and regard it in a good way.

Last year, the National Labor Relations Board initiated a law suit against a company which fired a woman worker who mad abuse over her supervisor on the internet, Facebook. The Board announced that it is unfair discharge. According to the board’s announcement, “Expressing any complaints, dissatisfaction about company’s unfair decision or choice on Facebook or other SNSs (Social Network Service) is the freedom of expression. Giving opinions on colleague, supervisor or company is an appropriate action. It means that she has done nothing wrong.” However, the company which was given the lawsuit refuted the board’s statement as insisting that “the dismissal of her/ the reason of dismissal originated from her complicated wrong actions. She didn’t show us the appropriate actions but attacked her colleagues to speak out to the publicand even made a personal attack. Her actions must be unforgiven.”

In my opinion, making some nasty comments about somebody who is not happy with others could happen, and also is a kind of a catharsis. Especially, this phenomenon is more outstanding in our Confucian society, Korea.

Let’s make an easy situation to understand. There are two guys with different classes. A person with a low class is relatively short of opportunity for expressing his opinions with a high class, he can even be pressed down by the one with a high class. So, he would make bad or nasty comments about the guy with a high class to chase his stress away. But it is that not all the organizational members act like that. There may be a person who keeps and remains silent by just doing his job. However, it is an obvious fact that there are a lot of peoplewho would make abuse on somebody because they are not happy in their life.

Let’s get to the point. I also have been a member of society like school life, army, part-TIME job, so, sometimes I feel dissatisfaction with those life because I am not a perfect man. But with my military experience, I’ve realized a simple thing. Making nasty comments about somebody in a small way or in a direct manner is not a good solution to drive the negative mind away.

In the end, it would end up returning back to me as a curse when I become a leader in an organization. So, how should I react when I notice when somebody makes nasty comments about me?  Honestly, who will remain still when he knows about abuse on himself?

After all, the most important thing is the mental attitude. In one of the views of Asian aspects, it says that “When you have a negative mind in your world, it would come to you as all the negative things. But when you try to keep positive, all the pessimistic force would go away from your mind and it would bring all the good results to you.” I couldn’t agree with this saying more. Even though the case what I’ve mentioned is not Korean’s matter, I hope the thing would bring a good solution to both sides soon because I can’t be sure it couldn’t happen in Korea.