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Kid from Jeju, Kid in Jeju

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"Your efforts may never betray you" Every time a student blame discrimination, they blame a lack of effort. Every time a student becomes skeptical for one's success, they boast their 'equal opportunity system' to the poors. They, the developed nations, are arguing that they have a clear system to capitalize student's ability regardless of their environment. Top universities in the world are helping freshmen by giving them scholarships and free tuition. Governments are operating various programs to help poor students. However, Gladwell throws a question that is against most of our beliefs: "Is the system really capitalizing poor student's ability?" The answer he gave, was shockingly no. Gladwell argues that there are a lot of smart students that are not recognized by universities. Most of the people believe that society gives equal chances to the wealthy and the poor, since universities are giving full tuition to poor kids. However, finding poor...
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Metafiction writing : Kornblume

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Before reading: I set Bach’s English Suite No.3 Allemande for background music. Listening to this music while reading help you to understand about my metafiction. Please turn on the volume, and if the music ends before you finish, simply press F5 Kornblume The train became a scene of agony. Some of us wailed sorrowfully while others already lost their hope and blanked out. I crouched down at the side of the carriage, and looked through my pocket to check want I got. A broken compass, bent metal wire, and an unopened letter. Frankly, I recognized the writer of this letter before opening it. I smelled the familiar scent of her, faintly smiling at her round but somewhat crooked hand writing of my name ‘Carol’. Softly, I spoke “Therese”, to check my own way of pronouncing her name. Then carefully, I opened the letter, and started to feel it. Dear Carol This is Therese. Therese from Leipzig , that little town with Kornblume blossoms and Bach’s music. That town where nothi...
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How I noticed difference of interpretations in cultures by The Great Gatsby

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1. The Great Gatsby More than the novel itself, The Great Gatsby left me with a huge impact in its wake – it was an after-class discussion which made me stunned the most. When I was in middle-school, I discussed whether Gatsby is great after reading the novel with my peers. However, nine out of ten students evaluated that the word ‘great’ in the title is merely used as a satire – that Gatsby, is closer to ‘obssessive fool’ than a great character. Even my teacher interpreted in this way. Shockingly, some of the famous Korean critics was also in favor of this interpretation. To them, Gatsby was not truly "great" at all. Below are the comments made by famous Korean critics.  “[Gatsby’s life] is not great …. Greatness is no more than a satire of Gatsby’s foolish act and his death.” ( 강준만 , 미국은 세계를 어떻게 훔쳤는가 (How America Stole the world), translation made by writer) “This novel is not about how great Gatsby is. The irony of the word ‘great’ is merely a sarcastic ...
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