Thursday, November 5, 2009

500#2 Narrative Essay My Stupid Brain

Have you ever looked for a remote control that you had unconsciously put in a refrigerator? A lot of people have brainless experiences in that they do not remember where their belongings were put. I am also one of those idiotic people. I had foolishly experienced it every day for three days.
One day, I was going to my university to take part in membership training as a senior by a 5500-1 bus as I always did. When I got off the bus, I realized that I had left my purse in there. I totally got confused, but I had to control myself. Fortunately, my cousin was with me because she was also a student at my university. I borrowed some money from her. Then, I took a taxi and followed the bus. After we chased the bus for 10 minutes, we were able to catch the bus. My taxi driver shouted out, “Stop driving, please! My costumer left her purse.” The bus driver stopped driving and my purse was on the chair where I sat down. My heart almost stopped at that time.
The next day, I was taking the 1005-2 bus to go to the English Institute. I set aside my file folder. My purse was in there and there were about three books and my diary in the file folder. As soon as I left a bus, I felt empty. I forgot to bring my file folder. I started running to stop the bus on the road. Fortunately, the bus was stopped traffic. Nevertheless, the bus driver did not want to open the door because the bus was on a road and the place was not a bus stop. I stared at the bus driver with a sad face and shouted out to him, “Please, I left my file folder. Open the door!” Finally, the bus driver opened the door. I found my file folder. After the terrible mistake, I kept this in mind, “Don’t do this again.”
However, my stupid brain did it one more time the next day. I bought a quite expensive engineering calculator. I had looked at it again and again because I really loved it. Buying it was a big deal to me. I hung it on a hook in a chair when I sat in a class, but I left it in a classroom after the class. I went upstairs as soon as I realized, but it was not in there. I had not even used it one time. I was so depressed. It cost almost 60 dollars. I was not able to sleep that night. The next day, someone called me. He told me that someone had my engineering calculator. I went to him with a drink. He was keeping mine. I was relieved.
I had a couple of terrible experiences every day for three days. After that, I decided that I would not forget to keep my belongings with me. People experience realizations from their mistakes. I also learned some lessons from my mistakes. It is to look at my surroundings one more time when I leave any place. After these days, I have not left my belongings behind without me.

Friday, October 30, 2009

500#1 Why Teenagers are Stressed out

Teenagers go through a lot of trials and tribulations while they are growing up. They are stressed out because of several reasons during that time. Teenagers especially push themselves although they are doing well. Simple problems can even become more serious to them.
Above all, teenagers are sensitive about relationships with acquaintances such as their parents and friends. They received financial and educational supports and are protected by their parents, so they have to be allowed their activity by their protector. However, they regard as interferences, not concerns. Accordingly, they are stressed out when their parents tell them, “You should clean your room”, “You have to study hard” or “You can’t go shopping with your friends”. Furthermore, they feel jealousy when their best friend even gets through another friend. They are stressed out about these problems because they are emotional and sensitive as teens.
Another stress that pressures teenagers is about the unstable future. They have fears their ambiguous future. Teenagers are placed in heavy competition between their peers and most of them don’t know what they really want to do. Although the time that they have to be independent from their parents is approaching, they are not ready to go ahead because they have grown up in the protection of their parents. Their future is a challenge to them.
Teenagers are also interested in their appearance during their maturing process. They want to express their own personalities especially in co-ed school . For example, they redesign their school uniforms to express their style. Some girls tie ribbons on neck. Other girls make their skirts short. And some boys dress their hair with pomade. Some teenagers get stressed if they are not paid attention by their peers.
In conclusion, they are stressed out in many ways like relationships with people, unstable future, and appearance. However, they become mature and strong while they endure that time. Also, experiences gotten from stresses help teenagers mature. As a result, they can conquer all their difficulties when they come out into society.

Monday, October 5, 2009

#6 Should Private Ownership of Guns be Allowed?

Do you know that private ownership of gun is allowed in several countries such as The United States and Australia? How many countries allow owning guns in private? A number of peoples and animals are dying by be shot. Some people use guns to hunt animals such as birds, wild boars and foxes. It is needed to criminate for other people. Should private ownership of guns be allowed?
The most negative aspect is that guns causes a lot of crim. Criminals uses it to rob things from store or revenge someone who they don’t fit in or hate. Some people are killed by criminals because they saw their face. Theses events often happen in a lot of countries that are allowed private ownership of guns. For example, a woman who had being run a laundry store was murdered by robber in the morning two weeks ago in Atlanta. She had had just a little money because most of money was in laundry machines. He ran away with just ten dollar. He stole just 10 dollar, but he killed her because she saw his face and he was scary if she report to police. Several criminals even don’t feel what they were wrong.
Another bad aspect is that private ownership of guns influence economy of country. Guns market has been grown rapidly. As a result, economy of a country will be collapsed if private ownership of guns is not allowed and prohibit. The number of guns in the United States is huge, probably well over 100 million. Thus, many people were purchased legally, but probably most people were obtained in the active black market in guns. In a case of United States, a person says, “economy in United States depends on guns market.” Clearly, the black market in guns is strong, even though many law abiding persons do not know how to go about getting guns illegally.
It is another serious problem that private possession of guns makes relationship among people worse. Most of American households own guns, so it is difficult to believe their neighborhood or another people. Sometimes, they shot their neighborhood when a dispute arises to them. Moreover, guns is used as weapon that people kill their family. Especially, owners who run store such as food restaurant, accessory shop install bulletproof glasses to protect themselves from robbers. Many people fear that criminals may invade their space.
However, most people possess guns to protect themselves from crim. The more crimes occur, the more people want to have guns. Certainly, people who have a gun are likely to care themselves.
Even though private ownership of guns defenses their life, but if ownership of guns is not allowed, crimination occurs less. Why private ownership of guns is permitted in some countries. Their decision is wrong. If it did not exist, we don’t have to worry about problems above. Why should we fear because of numerous guns? If we don’t have the right, we can be relaxed.

#5 Do you Think that Cats are Smarter than Dogs?

In a fairy tale titled “a dog and a cat”, a cat receives more love and affection than a dog from their owners. Why do they love the cat more than the dog? Is that because the cat is smarter than the dog? People usually said, “Cats are smarter than dogs.” This statement comes from where? There are several reasons for it. One of them is that cats can find their toilet by using the sense of smell if they are trained only one time. Also, they can detect smells that come out a drainpipe. In contrast, dogs are different from cats. Dogs have to be trained several times. Otherwise, they think that all places are their toilet. Another basis is that cats can clean themselves. They wash their bodies by using their tongue spittle. Compared with cats, dogs can’t wash by themselves. My doggy, KK, always struggles to run away from me whenever I try to wash him. They will get dirty if their owner does not try. The Third important clue is the ability to return their home. While cats have the ability to travel a long distance, dogs tend to get lost easily and need a person to help them. Nevertheless, all dogs are not stupid. A lot of dogs can share each other´s feelings with their owners and have more affection for their owner than cats, so they are willing to sacrifice for them if their owners are in danger. In conclusion, both dogs and cats are certainly intimate friends for humans. Accordingly, it is not important who is smarter. The point is that they are our lovely friends if we love them seriously and take good care of them. If we do, they will do everything for us.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

#2 Timed writing

Marrying after 30 is better than before 30 although marrying before 30 also has a lot of advantages. First of all, a decision that is made when a person is young is unskillful because they don’t have a number of experiences. It is easy to divorce on account of their different characteristics or hobbies. Moreover, it is hard to understand their real personality. They need to meet a lot of date partners. Another problem is a limited life. People want to get numerous experiences such as promotion in a job or they want to date more before they marry someone, but if they marry early, they are required to have several limits. As a result, they can’t what they want to do and may not achieve thier goals. For example, they can’t date someone else anymore. It is difficult to meet their friends because they care about their family. Also, what can you do if you are pregnant in a situation in which you want to be promoted in your position. Marrying late is not a problem because people’s thoughts or opinions about marriage have changed and they live longer than the past thanks to medical developments. After they enjoy and feel everything that they can do alone, they will not regret their married life. In conclusion, marrying is not an easy decision. People have to think about their marriage more seriously. Although they marry after 30, they can enjoy all their lives.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

#4 Comparison/Contrast

A Life in High School and University in Korea.

How do you feel when you entered a school? Most high school students feel exciting or fear when they pass the examination to enter a university in Korea. They imagine a scene that they are studying and having ramble on campus. There are several qualities a life in high school and university has in common and difference.
To begin with, there are several similar parts between them. Both of them are a place as an education institution where teachers and students get together. During they study in there, they build strong character and prepare to go out into a society by undergoing trial and error. They go ahead and study to achieve their goal. Joining a club activity relieves stress and helps them adapting in society. And then they are sensitive of the latest fashion and want to express their own personality. One example, they dislike and feel shame when they wear the same clothes.
In the same way, there are a number of differences. The most different part is a school life. In high school of Korea, there is a homeroom teacher who manages and consults students. Students receive arranged class schedule and have to follow it. The right of choice exists hardly for them. They learn limited subjects by teachers and can’t decide their teacher and have to meet if they don’t like a teacher. Similarly, there is no freedom for them because they have to go to a school and study until arranged time. Also, they usually don’t move another classroom to take a class except experiment, music or art class. In addition, attendance for them is required by compulsion. In contrast, university students are more selective choice than high school students. There is a professor or academic advisor in a university, not teacher. If university students don’t want to see a professor, they don’t need to meet them. Moreover, they can plan their lecture schedule by individualized attention and decide subjects and professor that they like. Therefore, they move other class room to take a course. Also, attendance for them is optional, so their grade is sometimes influenced by attendance. Consequently, university students have more freedom than high school students in their life.
In culture, drinking an alcohol is illegal to high school students. Accordingly, they always should enjoy healthy cultures like seeing a movie in theater or singing in a singing room. But a few students are against the rules and want to play like university students because of they don’t want to be restricted from someone. Furthermore, due to their strong union, youth culture develops slang words that are assimilated into mainstream society. On the contrary, university students are able to drink an alcohol legally. They enjoy their culture as much as high school students. But a club activity in university is more various than in high school. Finally, university students have much more opportunity when they enjoy.
In goal, their ultimate purpose corresponds. They hope they live a better life like that earns a lot of money. But a goal in the near future difference. High school students want to succeed in the entrance examination to a university that they expected. Most students study CSAT, College Scholastic Ability Test, which must take to enter a university in Korea although there are students that don’t want to enter a university. Contrastively, university students want to get a job that they have had a dream. They prepare their entrance examination in various fields.
In conclusion, between high school students and university students exist common and different part. Although they have difference aspects in their life, culture, and goal, both of them live in now and try for their future.

Friday, September 4, 2009

#1 Timed Writing One

Topic : What is a very important skill a person should learn in order to be successful in the world today?

Opinion : In my opinion, having computer skills is the most important skill that a person should learn so as to be successful in the world today. First, we can’t live without machines. We produce a lot of things such as clothes, foods, and instruments by using machines instead of labor. Most machines are operated automatically. There is a computer in that center. If it doesn’t exist, we have to handle it by hand and administrate all day. Second, computer make it possible to contact people living far away. We can see someone’s face using that cam of computer and talk to each other on online. People sometimes have a meeting on line. Jobs working at home appeared because the computer exists. Third, programs such as word, excel, power point make producing documents more simple. Most companies use a computer or programs in computer to make documents. Being able to use program mean that someone has a computer skill. Thus, if we read a book that was written on paper, it is difficult to read. For all these reasons, computer skill is essential nowadays, so if we don't learn computer skill, It is difficult to get a job. We live with computers.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

#3 The Hill Of wind

The Hill of Wind is in a small port called DoJangPo in Korea. It has a wide steep hill and green grasses. A cold and strong wind makes people’s hair blow around, so people have to grab their circled hats. Around the hill, there is deep blue seawater, calm or sometimes rough. It smells fresh and salty. There is a man that is enjoying fishing on a hard grey rock. He isn’t likely to have problems with anxiety. Black goats lie down on short grasses. Three girls are trying to take a picture with them. Another thin goat is eating some grasses. Next to them, there are five people. They are gazing at a boundless beautiful sea. Also, some people look like friends or lovers. They are taking pictures happily on a brown bench. On the top of the hill, cute children are playing around the hill. They are smiling. A man is shouting “YA-HO” loudly to someone. The sky above the hill is bright blue, and a bird is flying. It looks like freedom. The Hill of Wind is small, but it has peace and clean scenery, so everyone that visits there looks happy and is surprised by the place.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

#2 My flight from Korea to Atlanta

#2 My Flight from Korea to Atlanta
I will never forget the time I had a flight from Korea to Atlanta. I had to come to Atlanta by myself because there was nobody with me. I also had to get a boarding pass for the connecting flight to Atlanta in Tokyo. I had to pass through customs because I had some beans, some sauce, and some sesame. Thus, I had four pieces of luggage, and they were pretty heavy, so I was worried about them. When I arrived at Narita airport in Tokyo, I could not find where the connection flight was and I did not know where I could get a boarding pass. Finally, I missed my way and wandered around the lounge. Unfortunately, only the middle seat was left when I found the counter. Eventually, I sat between two men for 14 hours. At last, I arrived at Atlanta, but it took 2 hours for entry into Atlanta. I passed the customs without any problems except for the situation that I had left my cell phone in the security place. However, I found my cell phone. In the end, I was able to meet my father’s friend. And I didn’t lose anything as well as make a friend who called Tony in the plane. I learned how the plane boards through my lonely flight. My family and I didn’t have to be nervous or worried. I did it by myself. My heart was full.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

#1 My Favorite Song

The name of the song is "I am in LOVE". This song was released by the Korean singer "ECO" in 1997. ECO is a girls group. Their song have been loved for a long time, especially by women. The song have a love story. I like the general song's feeling not the special words. But I have a sentence I like a little more. The sentence is the following. "I've let go of all the hopes of love that the world has made with these feelings for you, I want to be another you and always here with you. For my dearest one. " The first reason it is special to me is their specific voice. I feel that their voice are different from other singer's. Their chord are beautiful. The second reason is that the words of their song make me happy. I always want to be happy on ordinary days. So their song that contains ordinary love in it feels the same way to me. I like the ballad because it is calm. I can forget a lot of thoughts when I hear it. That is the last reason. "I am in LOVE" is the best song that I like. I always hope for deep and everlasting love.