Many of my students have exceptional English skills, especially having never studied anywhere but Korea. Last week I challenged some of my older students to write an essay in the remaining 20 minutes of class. I decided to publish their work on this little ol' blog of mine because I felt they were great examples of Korean values. I debated whether or not I should correct these for this post, but ultimately decided to let you get a feel of what I am working with and left them as is. Plus, I didn't want to lose any integrity in my corrections. Of course, when I handed them back, I had corrected them and assigned a revision as homework, but all things considered, I was really pleased with the quality and creativity applied in such a sort time.
1. 'My Perfect Place to Live' by Choi Yun-ho
I will describe my perfect place to live here. It is a country located on the top of Mt. Everest. There lives only my family, relatives and my friends. Senior citizens are the rulers of our country.
Because oxygen is rare at the top of Mt. Everest, the Government provides a oxygen inhaler to each person, so that people can respire. Our country is a perfect place because, we can survive the termination of the earth. Sea level will go higher and higher as a result of global warming. So all country around the world will sink to the sea, except for my country. After the all disaster finished and seal level went down, we will go to the Korean Peninsula and found the country once again. We will reconstruct human civilization. That's all.
After I wrote all, I think my country is not perfect, rather terrible.
2. 'A Legend I Know' by Jung HeeJu
Long time ago, water's god's daughter 'hawback' love sun's god and she has son. She goes to Human world and baby come out her's stomach. her baby isn't person. It is ball (egg). Human world's king discovery it. He said 'How amazing' because sun shine on only the egg (ball. Then king take it some days ago. Egg (ball) is breakdown and boy baby is in the egg. King has nine sons, but he brings egg boy baby and king take egg boy baby and He made prince. Prince has talent. It is to throw arrow. His name is Jumong.
Nine sons is jealousy to prince because they are prince but every one like him and he is false prince. Then nine sons lie to king. They said to king "egg boy prince will kill you." Then king's men chase egg boy prince. Egg boy prince escape, when he front of river, and his back, chase King's men, and he said to the sky "I'm water god's grandchild" then turtle and fish made bridge and he go to good ground.
He build new country. The new country name is "GoGirea." It is one of the Korea country.
(I can't remember all of the legend. I gorget part of legend. That part I make little :)
3. 'My Perfect Place to Live' by SHIN Dong Jun
If I can establish a place, I will make it perfect. First there will be two soccer stadiums and two basketball playgrounds. By these environments, we will be able to exercise and make us healthy.
Then, I will make a garden that is filled with lots of flowers and tress. In this place, people will be able to breathe fresh air and then do many things such as walking, justing seeing nature or talking with other people.
Last of all, it will also have library and many convenience but less electronic machines like computers and air-conditioner. Maybe plenty of people will complain of this fact, however, I think electronic machines harm people so much and it interfere people's resting. Because of this, I will do that despite of many people's complaint.
I like nature, so I will make this place like nature. Then it will help people to relive their stresses and hard life. Because it is my house, it helps me of course. Oh, I forgot to tell you the place to sleep. This structure will be a third-floor building, so playing place will be the first floor, graden will be on the second florr and my real house will be top of this building.
4. 'The Legend of the tree in Andong' by Jang Min Gi
Once upon a time, there was a tree in Andong. In the present, the tree is located on the street of Andong dam. One woman was bothered by her husband's mother, she suffered all kinds of hard works. After all, she decided to die and she went to the tree. She hanged her neck on the tree with a rope. Next day, her husband's mother was dead and all people who bothered her were dead. Many people thought she was cursing them, so, some of them tried to cut the tree because she hanged her next on the tree. But people who try to cut the tree were all dead. So, many people didn't try to cut the tree and they always bow their head to the tree since then.
Surprisingly, the tree is cut by someone last summer. Is the man who cut the tree dead? I want to know his traces.
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