What happened on Tuesday?

-       On Tuesday, I spent whole day preparing the Social Studies project and preparing Spanish pronunciation test  First I had to get a board,  color paper, and some things to decorate. I went a store that has really things like those with my friend S. She lives in Bundang, too. We shared estimation of appearance our project. It was quite similar. Mine was sushi in the black plate and hers was kimono in the closet. We helped each other to find things that each of us will need. After I came back to home, I quickly started practicing pronunciation of Spanish, because test will be on Wednesday. And then, I logged into MSN messenger. Then I heard that my friend S will be doing the project on the black board like me. However, the color of paper we bought was kind of same because we bought together, and the basic concept was JAPAN. I worried that our project would be look similar, so that the teacher can think that we worked together, or something. And reason why we chose to do on the board is we wanted to do different from people who are doing presentation, although making board pretty is much harder than making presentation. I was little angry, because it seems like she copied my project or something. However, few hours later, I realized that it is not the thing to be angry, and I became really sensitive. I tried to calm myself down.

How did you feel on Monday?

-       On Monday, I was little surprised, because I always thought that the animations that my brother always see is just stupid thing that make children dumb. However, it actually give children some lessons. The lessons were Money is not the most important thing. And just outside is not important. You should not evaluate something with outside like appearance. It is very important lesson. I really never thought that children animation can be helpful for getting that lessons. I hope that every children can understand that lessons from the animation

What did you learn on Sunday?

-       I learned that you should care about others, not just yourself. And also, although you are not directly related to bad things, if you are seeing some bad happenings, you have to fight against it, from the movie I saw ‘Hair Spray’ The main character Tracey who was black didn’t just see the discrimination of black and unfair TV programming for black people. Although it isn’t related to her, she just fought against white who wants black to be separated with White. What she did was not only fighting against them, but leading black to have courage and fight against them. However, at first the boy named who she liked, He was white too but he didn’t participated fighting against unfair TV programming, for his own life. However, the movie showed that what Tracey did is very difficult to do, but very great thing to do.

(( READING BLOG – ANIMAL FARM : GEORGE ORWELL )) 

1 What happened in the book

-      The animals in the Manor farm had revolution against the owner of the farm, Mr. Jones. One of the smartest pig, Old Major gathered all of the animals and persuade them to fight against the owner, who make us to work constantly, but give us least food. Finally, they did. They fought against the owner of Manor farm, and decided to control the farm by themselves. They first changed the name of the farm from ‘Manor Farm’ to ‘Animal Farm’ . Also, they wrote seven commandments for animalism on the wall. And Snowball, and Napoleon are the smartest pigs who would be leader of the farm. They read Mr. Jones’ book to study about farm. They taught the alphabet to some of the animals. Also, animals worked very hard than before, because it wasn’t for the money or benefit for Mr. Jones and other human beings but for themselves. Although it was hard for first time, it was becoming better.  

2 What will happen next?

-      I think something bad will happen first. Because the part I read now is just happy. It doesn’t have any conflict. Maybe they will fight with each other, or with humans like returned Mr. Jones. However, I think they are smart enough, and keep studying about human and the farm, they will win over human and will solve the problems and difficulties well 

3 How did you feel about the parts you have just read

-      I felt so shame for Mr. Jones and think the animals are really great. Actually, there are many farmers who treat the animals badly. Some of them just think that animals can’t suffer and become sad, but they can. They are living things, too. Mr. Jones make the animals work without rest, and if they seem like they are dying because of starving, he gives least food. And he is always drunk and abuse animals very often. This is just book, but I think there many farmers like that. Through this book, we can estimate how the animals will think about us and how will they feel, when the bad farmers do that. I felt very shame that there are some human beings like that, and felt sorry for the animals. 

4 If there is anything to change, how would you change it

-      If I were author, I would use different animals or more diverse animals. In the book, they say that pigs are the smartest animals who lead the farm. However, in Korea, many people think that pig is the dirties animal, and very stupid. So, if Korean hear about the book, or read the book, some of them wouldn’t understand it. Generally speaking, most people think that the dogs are very smart animal. So, I can use dogs as the leader of the farm. Or I can make the leaders very diverse kind. In book, all of the leaders or great animals are pigs. However, if the author use more animals, it would be more interesting

What happened on Monday?

-      On Monday, I was so tired, so I decided to rest little bit. My brother was watching an animation on TV. I asked him to change the TV channel, but he didn’t. So I just watched what he was watching, while my mom was preparing dinner for me. In the animation, there were a old man, woman, and a dog. They saw a commercial that they can go fishing on the big ship for free, and they went there. The captain of that ship looked kindly first, but as soon as the ship departed and went to strange red sea, they knew that the captain is a pirate. He said that he want to get a dragon named GARASI which live in the sea. He said that it is very dangerous animal, and told the old woman to go into the sea and grab it. However, the plan was that woman will be eaten by GARASI, and while it eats the old woman, the captain would be able to catch it. The husband of that old woman knew that she will die, but the captain said that he will give some money, so the old man didn’t do anything. However, the dog realized the situation and went into the sea, and found the old woman playing with GARASI. She said that it is not dangerous, but kind. It was just afraid of human beings. The captain who tried to catch GARASI died, while he tries to kill GARASI, and make big money by selling it. It was childish, but gave me a lesson
How did you feel on Sunday?

-      I was so happy on Sunday, because I went to see the movie Hair Spray. I really wanted to see it , since I was in USA. I firstly thought that it would be in Korea, too. However, it just came out now. Actually, my brother wanted to see the different movie, but I just persuaded him to see this. Because I really desire to see it. It was really great movie, though. My brother said he doesn’t really understand the content of movie, because it was little hard for fourth grader. Only those who know the background of the movie, the period when the black and white were separated would enjoy and understand the movie. Although my brother didn’t really understand, he said it is fun and great movie. They were many funny part like one girl who was always mean to the main character Tracey fall down from the stage. Also, it was musical movie, so there were many singing part. The songs from the movie were really great and made us to be excited. Also, all of the actors were good singers, so that we can enjoy the movie. I was happy because my brother liked the movie, too, and I really enjoyed watching the movie, Hair Spray 

What did you learn on Saturday?

-      I learned that one’s feeling can affect others’ feeling greatly in Christmas Bazaar. In morning, my mom and I wasn’t really great. However, my mom was supposed to go, and should help mothers, because she already told them that she will. However, I really didn’t like it, because she was trying to help others, although she is very sick, too. And also, she wanted me to go with her, but I really wanted to rest in house. However, my mom was sick and I didn’t want her to go alone, so I just followed her. Surely, I wasn’t happy. However, in bazaar my mom seemed really happy. She said that she was really enjoying it. Because she really enjoyed, smiled, and laughed with other people, I became really happy, too. I learned that others’ feeling can affect me much, and my feeling can affect others’ too. I will try to control my feeling, so that other people can be happy and not be sad because of me.

What happened on Sunday?

-       On Sunday, I saw the movie ‘Hair Spray’. Actually, it was on theater in US many months ago. Before I came to Korea, I wanted to see a movie with my friends so we went to movie theater, and there was Hair Spray and Pirates of Caribbean. However, we saw Pirates of Caribbean, although we wanted to see Hair Spray also. So it came out in Korea too few days ago, so I went to see them. I had many homework, I really wanted to see it, so I went to watch it with my brother. It was kind of musical movie. It was mainly about the discrimination between black and white. The main character Tracey , who is white want black and white to be one. It was very great movie. I want to recommend it to my friends.

How did you feel on Saturday?

-       I was just happy on Saturday, because of bazaar. Any bad things didn’t happen. Some of my friends couldn’t come. However, my closest friend T and M came. We did many things in bazaar as many as we could. After we experienced everything and had enough food, we went to library to look around the book fair. I was happy that we could come to see the books together, because it is little hard to come to library together or book store together after school because we live in different cities, and take at least an hour to come. Also, my mom was happy because she could saw many pretty things and she could meet many teachers and parents. Because she was feeling great, she bought me many things like rings and the cards. Because she was happy, I was happy too

What did you learn on Friday?

-       I learned that outside is not only thing that is important. Although I didn’t caught LUP, so didn’t have detention, I still spoke Korean sometimes. Although I was free, and supposed to be fun in FUNFRIDAY, but my mind was just heavy. During I was playing basketball well, suddenly I feel guilty, so started thinking about it. My mind was filled with guilt for one hour. When I first heard about FUNFRIDAY, I thought it’s kind of unfair, because people who speak Korean many times, they have their own skill to not busted from the teachers. However, I realized that I can’t even have fun in FUNFRIDAY, although I don’t have detention, because of guilt in my mind.

What happened on Saturday?

-     On Saturday, there was Christmas bazaar in our school. My mom was supposed to sell hot chocolate and

   coffee, so I just followed her. When I fist went there, there was my friends S and L. They were doing nails

for some young children. I just helped them little bit, and started to look around the bazaar. There were

many pretty Christmas thing. Then, my friend T came, so we did face painting together. Hers was three

colorful hearts, and mine was pretty white candy canes. After that, we bought the same rings, which is  from

Philippines according to someone’s mom. I also bought one for my baby cousin who loves jewelries.

And then, we bought some Christmas cards, which is made of the pictures young children in GSIS drew. After

we bought some of them, we decorated the cookies and gave to our parents. It was pretty fun.  

How did you feel on Friday?

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-     I felt little guilty on Friday, because it was fun Friday and I didn’t have detention because I didn’t caught LUP. Reason why I felt guilty was I spoke Korean this week. Actually , it is quite hard to speak only English. Because Korean is more comfortable than English for me, so when I am in hurry, or in emergency, or it just comes our automatically sometimes. Sincerely, I spoke Korean sometimes, bur I never been to LUP detention. So I felt so guilty. I will try my best to not speak Korean anymore

Ë  What happened on Friday?

 December 8^th was fun Friday, which is the prize for those who didn’t get caught LUP Korean that week. However, students who got caught LUP they have the detention, while other people play. I didn’t get caught LUP, so I could play, too. We didn’t have anything to do inside of the school, because my friends and I don’t really like to do something with computer. Usually we go to soccer field and play, but it was too cold that day. So we went to gym to see and play basketball. We could see some boys and girls already playing basketball. They were very good. My friends said that they want to play basketball, but I don’t really know how. So they taught me how to play. They were really good at it. After they taught me how to play, we divided into two teams. My team was made of three members, and other team was made of two members. However, all of our team members were taller than other team members. So, we surely won the game. It was fun.  

Ë  How did you feel on Thursday?

 I was really nervous on Thursday, because of the Christmas concert. I know it would be very short and not good for audiences, but it was very huge deal for us. Because it was first time to act on the stage, in front of the whole school. It was just few minutes, but still, it was big deal for us. During rehearsal, the drama teacher said that we are not good enough. She said that our practice looks better. We knew that it is because we were nervous. We practiced very many times before the concert, because we really wanted to do well and didn’t want to make the teacher and our parents to be disappointed to us. Before us, another group in drama class performed their play, and they did really great job. We thought that we wouldn’t be better than them. We just wanted to go to our houses. However, after we played, the teachers, parents, and friends said that we did great job. We knew that we didn’t. So we were so thank you for them who encouraged us, and sorry to each others and our teacher 

Ë What did you learn on Wednesday?

 I learned that complicated perfect sound made by machines is not more beautiful than awesome sound made by human. For many chapels, the music was from the computer and the singer in computer sang it. However, on Wednesday, the teachers played the songs by human. It was much more beautiful than computer.  

What happened on Thursday?

-       On Thursday, there was a Christmas concert in our school. It started at 7’O clock. There was a music concert before, but drama class didn’t perform that day. So this was the first time to perform in a concert for drama class. We were supposed to perform drama in few minutes in front of the curtain, while the band or choir is preparing the next performing behind the curtain. It should be very short for audience because it is only three or five minutes. Also, all of us are not professional, so our play doesn’t look that good either. While band or choir sing together loudly, make beautiful sound, and play or sing many songs, we just say our few lines which is not that good. However, it was big thing for us. We were so nervous before we go up on the stage. I was so nervous. . . I am not that kind of person who go front well and speak loudly. I am really afraid of speak loud in front of many people. And there were like three hundred people. After I perform and went down from the stage, I couldn’t remember anything. I couldn’t remember what I did on the stage for few minutes. Also, we performed a poem ‘Do You Hear what I Hear’ which wasn’t successful, because our voices were too small. However I could see awesome play of band, and beautiful songs of choir. I hope I could do again, and see the beautiful performances again

How did you feel on Wednesday?

-       I felt sorry for God and the teachers on Wednesday, because I wasn’t really paying attention in chapel. On Wednesday, my head was filled with thinking of the Social Studies project. I was so worrying about it, because the topic I chose was very hard to find the information. I wanted to change the topic but my friends said that it would be too late to do it. My head was just filled with that worrying. When I was hearing the worship songs, and singing them, I wasn’t really thinking of it, but as soon as the teacher started talking about the father of John Baptist, I didn’t pay attention fully. I was so sorry for the teachers and God, because the teachers who talked in chapel should put effort to prepare the stories they told us, but I didn’t really listen them. I thought that I should pay attention more in next chapel

What did you learn on Tuesday?

-       I learned that encouraging help me so much. I am really sorry for my parents that they stayed with me, and keep encouraging me, and keep giving me something that I will like. However, it helped so much. If there wasn’t their encouraging, I would give up to do that hard project, because my body wasn’t in good state. However, at that time, I was sorry for my parents for doing that, and didn’t want to make our parents disappointed again, so I did it as hard as I could, but still it was so hard. I wasn’t really tired, because my parents stayed with me. They knew that they will help me, and it helped me much more that they would expect. I thought that I should do same thing when my brother struggles with something.

-       Mrs. Flowers is the short part of the long story . It is written by Maya Angelou. It is the autobiography, and it talks about the girls Marguerite’s role model Mrs. Flowers. Marguerite, which is the author herself, used to refuse talking. However, one day Mrs. Flowers came to the store where her grandmother works. She said that she wants Marguerite to carry the provisions she bought to her house, because she wanted to talk to her. Mrs. Flowers persuaded her to talk with saying like speaking is the only way to separate humans and the lower animals. And in her house, she gave some books to Marguerite and told her to read it loud in house, and she read the poem out loud to Marguerite. Marguerite impressed by it, because it sounded like a song. After that, Mrs. Flowers told Marguerite to memorize the favorite poem and say it to her later. She also gave Marguerite some cookies and lemonade. She was impressed by her love and respect

-       If I were the author and it wasn’t the true story, I will change the ending little bit. Marguerite finally say “ yes maam” , but I want her to say more words so that Mrs. Flowers can be impressed by her too, and be happy , and confidence of what she have done. Because Mrs. Flowers had done really great job, and Marguerite changed because of it, but Mrs. Flowers wouldn’t know whether her mind changed or not.

-       I think Mrs. Flowers is very great woman. She probably knew that the love and respect is what Marguerite needed and was the only tools that could change Marguerite. It wasn’t that difficult. I really want to meet her someday,

What happened on Wednesday?

-       On Wednesday, there was a chapel. As we always do, we celebrated the birthdays and sang some chapel songs. Two teacher was singing and the drama teacher was playing the piano. However, for few recent weeks, we played the songs by YouTube. There were some concert video clips and some presentation people made. They were cool. However, we didn’t do that this week. We just played them by piano, not by computer and hear the voice by two teachers , not by the singer in computer. Of course, the sound in computer is more complicated and sounds awesome, but to me, the piano sound sounded more beautiful. It really remind me of Jesus. The voice too. Of course, the singer in computer sings better than the teachers, because they are more professional. However, the teachers on the stage, who were singing with their real feelings make me more think of Jesus. After that, we prayed just as every chapel, Then, we heard about the Walt Disney. He was not that great man before he created the Snow White. Also, the country was not on good state. Most people were poor. However, he didn’t give up to make those other characters, and kept getting success. So now almost every people in the world know about Disney. Also, we heard about the father of John Baptist. He really wanted have child but he and his wife were too old. However, he prayed to God everyday. However, his wife Elizabeth have baby someday. So we realized that power of Jesus or God is so powerful, so that they can make nay miracles, if they and we want.

How did you feel on Tuesday?

-       I felt so sorry and thankful for my parents, because of the social studies project. Because I have to turn the outline of my Social studies project by Wednesday, I had to gather some information about Sushi, which is my topic. However, I really don’t know much about it, so I need a book. If I look at my computer screen a lot, or read long passages on computer, my eyes really hurt and have headache. So I wanted to read the book, but there wasn’t many books that have the information I want. So it took very long. However, if my parents see me doing that, or see me suffering about my work, they never help me but stay late with me. I was so tired of finding the information I want and my eyes became red, so my parents worried about me so much. They made some food for me, so that I can eat them and rest little bit, or my feeling can be better. Also, they should be very tired and want to do what they want, they stayed with me, and encouraged me. I was so sorry and thankful for them.

What did you learn on Monday?

-       I learned that I should manage my time well. If I control myself little bit, my life can be much better. Because of the meeting of my teacher, me and my mom, I heard my problems and realized them. The reason why I get low grade is I forget the homework many times and don’t pay attention in class. The reason of that was I sleep less than four hour everyday. The reason why I stay up late is I don’t finish my homework fast. The reason why I can’t finish my homework fast is I don’t pay full attention for my homework. I always chat with my friend between my studying. After I realized that it was very big problem and chatting cause many big problems in my life, I resolute to change my life. I resolute to decrease chatting as much as I can and sleep before 12’O clock. I did on Monday, and I could feel great on Tuesday.

What happed on Tuesday?

-       I got the project on Tuesday and I should hand the outline by Tuesday. I had to do It is the Social Studies project, and I had to do something with Sushi. I had to gather the information about Sushi, because I was not really interested in Asian Food culture, because I don’t really like them. I really didn’t know anything about Sushi. Also, I need to get the English book which is very difficult to get. . So I just got one book which doesn’t have many information I want. Therefore, the only resource I can get was from internet. Because it was hard to find the information in internet, it took really long time. The problem was my eyes. If I look at the computer screen for few hours without break, my eyes become red and I have a headache. That was the only problem. I had. I concentrated on that subject fully, so I could finish the outline by 11’O clock. So I could sleep at 11’O clock, which is the time I promised to sleep.

How did you feel on Monday?

-       I felt sorry for my mom because the way she spoke to teacher sounds like she disappointed too much, and really surprised with my bad grade. I know that my mom always stayed up late with me, because I would want to sleep more, if every people in family sleep. However, the result of little sleep was bad grade, so she should be disappointed. Every time she told me to stop work with computer, I told her that I am doing homework, but my messenger was on. I felt so sorry for her. Also, I was very thankful for the teacher, because now I could realize what is my problem and now my life became much better. Now I sleep before 11’O clock, so that I am not sleepy. So I can concentrate in class well. I will try hard to keep the promises I made on Monday