678-word version: “Please stand up and direct with your one hand to the north,” the professor asked the audience. The result was messy. To the people directing towards different parts of the hall, the professor asked again, “Well then, all except for those who think they are corr..

“Allegiance to the flag of our country,” as solemn command of Sa-bum-nim, the master of the Taekwon-Do school, reverberates in the ample hall, the children who are uniformly dressed in the flawlessly white suits place their right hands on their left breast and fell the pumping of their..

Again, I hesitated to fill the blank. For others, the blank was a space where they would write out their dreams with anticipation, but not for me. Ever since the little chat I had with my grandfather when I was in ninth grade, the blank entitled `Anticipated Occupation` in the personal information..

A recent conversation with my uncle, who had just recently served in the ROK (Republic of Korea) army, made me realize that I was regretfully in one of the last remaining anti-socialism generations of a divided nation. "Military Readiness" has always been an important aspect of our educa..

724-word version: Our family motto: Be a necessary contributor to society. Be vi., aux. v. (pp. been [bin / biːn, bin]): You use be to introduce more information about the subject, such as its identity, nature, qualities, or position. For me, “to be, or not to be” depends on whether..

Tell us about a few of your favorite books, poems, authors films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, magazines, or newspapers. Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed, or add a category of our own. (one or two paragraphs) 162-word version:..