Seowon Jung, a haole kama`aina – Hawai`i

Name: Jung, Seowon Class: HWST107-WI Instructor: Luukia Archer Date: 8/14/2008 Every U.S citizens have the right to be educated without any charge and discriminations. The government would budget to educate them at primary, middle and high school. Indeed, some parents want their children to be educated by better environment, school, and teachers; so, they would send them to the private school that the tuition is very expensive. A few days ago, one private school in Hawaii has been a major issue again that four non-Hawaiian students are suing Kamehamaha School […]

드디어 6주간의 여름학기가 끝났다. 솔직히 말해, 정말 죽을 것 같았다. 이번 세션에 수강한 과목은 총 2개. Hawaiian Study 107 – Writing Intensive, Managerial Accounting 202 하와이언 스터디는, 비록 Writing Intensive이긴 하나, 강사의 조금은 성의없고 무책임한 수업진행으로 인해 매우 편하게 수업을 들었다. 물론 International들은 A 받기 힘들다고는 하지만 그래도 Writing Intensive에서 international들은 B만 받아도 만족하지 않나? 아직 성적이 나오진 않아서 잘 모르겠지만 내 주위 애들은 다들 그랬다. Writing Intensive는 B만 받아도 만족이라고. 문제는 Accounting. 내 전공은 Accounting이다. 전공과목이므로 솔직히 말해, 조금 신경써서 공부하고 싶었고 되도록이면 모든 것을 다 알고싶었다. 그래야 주립대 […]

Name: Jung, Seowon Class: HWST107-WI Instructor: Luukia Archer Date: 8/2/2008 Language is an ability to create and using language is the most distinctive feature of humans. Each language holds a history and culture, giving identity and roots. Yet, worldwide, 4 languages die every two months. Of the 6,000 languages known, only 3,000 will be left by the end of the 21st century. Even though there is a lot of language in this universe, nobody knows the origin of language. Of course we couldn’t live without language, but what we know […]

Name: Jung, Seowon Class: HWST107-WI Instructor: Luukia Archer Date: 7/29/2008 Nowadays, a lot of islands in unknown places have been modernized and the Western culture has affected back stump places such as Africa, Micronesia for a couple of hundreds years. However, nevertheless, a lot of Africans, islanders have still lived same savage life style until now. Moreover, the satisfaction rate of their life has been decreased more and more than before. Has the western culture system been something wrong? Otherwise, have they refused to accept the western culture? Of course, […]

도무지 이해할 수가 없습니다. 제가 분명히 “퍼가실 때는 본 블로그 주소인 출처를 반드시 퍼가신 곳에 적어주시기 바랍니다. 본 글은 퍼온 글이 아닌, 제가 직접 작성한 글임을 밝혀둡니다.” 라고 적었음에도 불구하고 윗글은 살짝 빼버리고 아랫글부터 카피해가신 분이 한 둘이 아니더군요. 게다가 펌 내지는 퍼옴 등의 퍼온 글의 표시도 전혀 되어있지 않구요. “글”도 재산입니다. 작성의 편의상 반말로 작성하겠습니다. 또한 내용이 깁니다. 양해부탁드립니다. 먼저, 본인은 결코 금융, 경제에 대한 전문가가 아니며 새마을금고에서 3년간 경력을 쌓고 미국으로 유학을 떠나 지금은 하와이 주정부에서 근무하고있는 사람이며, 100% 제 경험에 의해 본 블로그를 작성했습니다. 또한 본 글은, […]

Name: Jung, Seowon Class : ESL100 Kansas school district provides free laptops In the past, a lot of poor people couldn’t go to school because they didn’t have money. These days, nobody says they can’t go to school because they don’t have money. That’s why the government has supported education of the citizen until high school. Nevertheless, poor students do not have equal opportunities of education. For their poor students, school should do something. 80% of People in Kansas city are poor people. They dont have computers at home. A […]

Name: Seowon Jung Class: ESL100 Date: 5/12/2008 The government of many countries have continuously tried to invest a lot of money in bringing up heros. Therefore, many people emphasize that young children are the future of our country and many experts are concerned with improving education and, the educational system appropriate to each grade level. Despite the efforts of the experts, there is a gap between the rich and poor children. According to Proctor & Dalaker (2002), 27% of Hispanic and 30% of black children are living in poverty but […]

Name: Seowon Jung Class: ESL100 Date: 5/12/2008 North-Eastern Asian countries have been affected by Confucian ideas. In South Korea, there is a sentence so far that when boys and girls become 7 years old, they can’t sit together. Moreover, approximately 500 years ago, women were not able to show any portion their skin except her face, hands, and feet. So, there are a lot of single-sex middle and high schools in S.Korea and Koreans are familiar attending single-sex schools, meetings, and military service. Someone, who wants to meet and talk […]

Name: Seowon Jung Class: ESL100 Date: 5/12/2008 One of famous entertainer got married to another entertainer last year in Korea. Their wedding ceremony became a topic of conversation because the bride was a transgender and the reaction of the masses ran to extremes. She, who was a male, getting married to a real man was unacceptable for Korean people and against popular sentiment. However, transgender: gay, lesbian and bisexual are not unfamiliar words anymore. Therefore, we are going to have to be concerned about them. The National Education Association (NEA) […]

Many experts, governors, and politicians are focusing on how they make the maladjusted students stay in school to study. One of their programs is the alternative high school. They expect that if parents send the maladjusted students to alternative high schools, they will study hard. Can it be so? Do this kinds of students really want to study? I don’t think that the reason they don’t study is that they don’t like their school or the present educational system. Therefore, I raise a question the effectiveness of alternative high school. […]