Final Project

(1) Funny quote
  - An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her. - Agatha Christie-


(2) Wise quote
 -  All that we are is the result of what we have thought." -Budha


(3) Surprise quote
 -  JUST DO IT

ASSIGNMENT(5/25)

(1) find 3 quotes from chapters 9 and 10 (total of 6) from What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20.

CHAPTER 9
  -  There's a big difference between trying to do something and actually doing it.
  -  There's no excuse for being late, for not handing in an assignment, for failing and exam, for not spending time with your family, for not calling your girlfriend, and so for
      If you really wanted to deliver you'd figure out a way to make it happen.
 -  Life isn't a dress rehearsal, and you won't get a second chance to do your best.

CHAPTER 10
 - Give Yourself Permission to challenge assumptions, to look at the world with fresh eyes, to experiment, to fail, to plot your own course, and to test the limis of your abilities.
 - The message that we each determine how we view the world was driven home to me in an unexpected way.
- Our failures, aren't as important as we think they are at the time.


(2) Post your art critique on your blog.

☛ Description
It is a painting. Subject matter in this picture is one woman, maybe herself. Behind her is a scattered dessert and stormy sky. The lines are curvy; the shapes are organic; textures are bumpy. Dominant colors are yellow and black.

☛ Analysis
She is in front view and almost symmetrical and balanced except her skirt. Dominant colors are yellow and black, which are dull and dark. It used shading and shadows which give a sense of three dimensions. She is in the foreground, the dessert in middle and the sky in background.

☛ Technique
It is painted on canvas by oil using brushes with blended strokes. It seems that she made a plan before starting to paint. She might have looked at herself in the glass and thought how to draw.

☛ Interpretation
We rename this picture as ‘the broken heart.’ We can feel her physical and mental pains from many nails stuck into her body and her tears. Dominant colors make us feel sad and depressed. The dark yellow and black desert give us a sense of isolation and loss. But we also find the hope from white doves in her pupils. The main theme of it is about her painful life and hope. It shows her strong will to live despite her pain.

☛ Judgement
The painting isn’t representational like picture. We cannot see a column in our bodies. It is not real and abstract one. It expresses her pain, sadness and hope. (She got more than thirty times of surgeries and could not have a baby. The larger nail piercing her heart represents the emotional pain caused by Diego, her husband.) Many group of people or institution that would appreciate this painting the most because her strong will for life and positive mind show us how little woman overcome the obstacles in her life.

ASSIGNMENT(5/16)

Choose 3 quotes of inspiration from Chapter 8 in What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20.


(1) You aren't going to like everyone and everyone isn't going to like you, but there's no need to make enemies.


(2) If you wait a long time to apologize, the damage continues to grow.


(3) The key to a successful negotiation is to ferret out everyone's interests so you can maximize the outcome for everyone.


=> never forget that the world is very small and you will likely bump into the same people time and time again.

assignment(5/11)

Q. Find 3 examples of lemons being turned into lemonade

(1) Quyen Vuong's story
   => "you can make your own destiny by focusing on your goals and working incredibly hard."

(2) Steve Jobs' story
  =>  "you never know when your experiences will prove to be valuable"

(3) Perry Klebahn's story
  => Many people would have given up along the way, balking or even stopping at each new obstacl. But Perry saw opportunities in every challenge, and as each hurdle was overcome and all the pieces were put in place, his chances of seeing a positive end result increased.

And  here is the other example.
Frida kahlo. One of the my favorite artist.

Assignment(5/4)

- 7 Questions to Finding Your True Passion -

(1) What puts a smile on your face?
 - Chatting with my friends and family. Watching TV show.  

(2) What do you find easy?
 - Sleeping, Only planning a day without action, helping others to figure out something that I know better than they.

(3) What sparks your creativity?
 - Thinking business items, Planning my vacation...

(4) What would you do for free?
 - Teaching korean to foreigners, Planning an itinerary for my friends.

(5) What do you like to talk about?
 - Travel experience, about future plan, blue ocean.

(6) What makes you unafraid of failure?
 -  When I feel I don't have any family to take care of  and anything to lose.

(7) What would you regret not having tried?
 -  Not establishing education foundation.

  These questions help me to think about my passion and I could reflect on myself.
  I asked these questions to myself many times when I was traveling alone.  I tried to find what I would do in my future and what I want to be, but I couldn't. Instead of trying it again I decided to think what I could do right now for me and someone else. I didn't have anything to give other people and I only made decision to learn more practice until I would have ability to help someone else and myself. 

ASSIGNMENT(5/2)

(1) create your own life metaphor.

LIFE IS LIKE A BACKPACK

 You can put whatever you want to bring in your back pack, but you have to bring it on your own. That is, you must be responsible by your decision in your life.

(2) Choose 3 quotes of inspiration from Chapter 6 in What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20. 

 
 - It's important to keep experimenting, trying lots of things until you find out what works. Being too set on your path too early will likely lead you in the wrong direction.

- Planning a career should be like traveling in a foreign country.

- Great people support each other, build valuable networks, and create a steady stream of new opportunities.

- There isn't a magic number for the amount of time you should stay in one role before evaluating whether it's right or not.

 

Mid-term presentation

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine

“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

“Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” – Benjamin Disraeli

“Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.” – Mark Jenkins

Assignment(4/11)

1. It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end

2. A successful career is not a straight line but a wave with ups and downs.

3. Learning from others can significantly reduce your failure rate. You don't have to figure everything out yourself.

Assignment(4/6)

POETRY ASSIGNMENT

Campus in Spring
A cherry tree blossoms when spring is coming.
My age is already twenty four. To library, to class I am sick and tired of going.
Preferring a cup of coffee to a bottle of soju,
Unfortunately I have no one who drink it with me.
Spring is the most cruelest time. So lonely.

Is she interested in me? The girl
Next to me smiles, looking pretty cool.

Stolen my heart is

Please give me your numbers

Ring my bell every night.

I am the man you look forward to.

No one loves you better than I. But she is

Going leaving behind me. On a street a cherry flower falls.

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Most of you can understand this poem. When I was freshman, I was exactly same as poetic narrator.

ASSIGNMENTS(3/28)

1. Definition and example of dignity
   Definition: 
If someone behaves or moves with dignity, they are calm, controlled, and admirable. 
  Example : Even we have close relationship with our friends, family, and girlfriend, we have to preserve our dignity because we are animals that have self-respect.

2. Find an example of spoken word poetry and post it on your blog. Why does it appeal to you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QEj0T-yo7E
It appeals to everyone has this experience so that they empathize with writer. So did I.

3. Research Sarah Kay and Project V.O.I.C.E. What is her story?
Project V.O.I.C.E. (Vocal Outreach Into Creative Expression) is a national movement that celebrates and inspires youth self-expression through Spoken Word Poetry.  Conceived in 2004, Project V.O.I.C.E. encourages young people to engage with the world around them and use Spoken Word Poetry as an instrument through which they can explore and better understand their culture, their society, and ultimately themselves.  Project V.O.I.C.E. brings together performance, writing, and a supportive environment to inspire youth to recognize that their views are significant, valid, and necessary.

Sarah Kay is a Spoken Word Poet who grew up in New York City and began performing her poetry when she was only fourteen years old.  Even though she was often the youngest poet by a decade, Sarah made herself at home at the Bowery Poetry Club, one of New York's most famous Spoken Word venues.

Assignments(3/23)

(1) Answer the questions on the conversation prompt discussed in class.
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[Questions]

Read the following quotes taken from Chapter 3 of What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20.
With your partner discuss the questions below.
“The rules made by society are a huge presence in our lives, created by the government, religious groups, our employers, our schools, our neighbors, and our families. Because these social groups craft the explicit rules around us, we often find ourselves in situations where we are driven to break them to satisfy our personal desires or the drives of our species.” p/33
“Everyday, physical signs tell all of us what to do, written instructions direct us how to behave, and social guidelines urge us to act within specific parameters. In fact, we also make lots of rules for ourselves, in large part encouraged by others. These rules become woven into our individual fabric as we go through life.” p/33
“We draw imaginary lines around what we think we can do – lines that often limit us much more than the rules imposed by society at large.” p/33
“We define ourselves by our professions, our income, where we live, the car we drive, our education, and even by our horoscope. Each definition locks us into specific assumptions about who we are and what we can do.” p/34
“We always make our own prisons, with rules that we each create for ourselves, locking us into specific roles and out of an endless array of possibilities.” p/34
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Do you agree with these quotes?
- I don't want like these quotes but, I agree that is true.

When is a rule really just a suggestion? And when do suggestions morph into rules?
 - It depends on our mind. If you think something is really not important, it is just suggestion.
 
What are the consequences – good and bad – of getting “off the prescribed path” (breaking the rules)?
- The good thing is that you can be a creativity person and you will make differences.
  the bad thing is you have to take a risk.


What happens to those who break the rules?
 - They will be alone and Society will make him social misfit. But if he continues break the rules, he will be successful and others will agree him.

(2) Post an example of the ‘herd’ mentality in action. [e.g.] photo or video (your blog)

We call Louis Vuitton bag to '3seconds bag' because we can see it every 3seconds on the street.

It really relates with 'herd mentality'

(3) On this day the expression ‘OK’ entered into the American vernacular. What does it mean and who is credited as being the first person to use the expression publicly.

'ok' has lots of means.
 1. When you accept to the others proposal.
 2. yes ; all right
 3. used to stop people arguing with you
 4. safe and well

The origin of this widely used expression is much debated but one of the more plausible suggested origins is that it was abstracted from the O.K. Club formed in 1840 by partisans of Martin Van Buren who allegedly named their organisation in allusion to 'Old Kinderhook', his birthplace being in Kinderhook, New York.

On this day, many years ago, Stanley went in search of Livingstone. Who are these individuals and what is their story? What is the famous quote attributed to this event?

his famous quote is "Dr. Livingstone, I presume."

stanley had to find Dr.Livingstone, and he finally found him, and told him "Dr.Livingstone, I presum."

we use that expression "someone who was hidden shows up public" or "We ask someone's name carefully"

Define 5 of the idioms we discussed in class. Use them in a sentence.(3/21)

(1) all your eggs in one basket.
- When I bought some stocks, I would heard "don't put all your eggs in one basket."

(2) watch your language
- I sometimes make ill of other people by spitting bad words, so I need to watch my language.

(3) just in time
- I hand in English conversation class assignments  just in time.

(4) cut me some slack
- I had many assignments, so  I coudln't sleep well, but my friends want to go out with me.
  I told them "could you cut me some slack, please!"

(5) fish out of water
- I felt fish out of water at Salsa dance party, so I decided to learn salsa.

3 quotes of inspiration from Chapter 3 of ‘What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20.’ (3/21)

1. With big goals, you are usually allocated more resources and there are more ways to achieve them.

2. We draw imaginary lines around what we think and we can do -lines that often limit us much more than the rules imposed by society at large.

3. You should feel free to flip ideas upside down, to turn them insdie out, and to cut loose from the chains of normalcy.

How can I solve my problem with random object!

My problem - This semester I always have been getting health problems, jaw disorder.
Random object -Text Book!

Ironically, I have to solve my health problem with object that might cause the problem.
However, I will never give up to solve it. Let's see how I arrange my disgusting problem.

Although reading a book is not good for Jaw disorder(because it makes neck muscle tired), I have to keep reading a book for my studying. So, I cannot throw it away. I will use it as massage bar to relax neck muscle.

In addition, if I read it ahead of class, I will not be under stress so that  it prevents a recurrence of an illness.

More to a Smile Than Lips and Teeth

a. What according to Dr. Niedenthal, is the scientific explanation for smiling?
  Smiles are not simply the expression of an internal feeling. Smiles in fact are only the most visible part of an intimate melding between two minds.

b. How did Dr. Niedenthal and her colleagues begin to study the science of smiling?
  Despite the fact that smiling is one of the most common things that we humans do, science’s explanation for it to be weak.

c. According to the article, is it correct to say a smile is simply an expression reflecting feelings of happiness? Explain. No,  sometimes muscles contract when people are feeling sadness or disgust same as they feel happiness.

That's why we cannot say smile is an expression of feeling of happiness.

d. What are some of the categories smiles fall into? What are some of the distinguishing features of each?
  Smiles can fall into many different kinds and they may be distinguished by certain expressions. For example, an embarrassed smile is often accompanied by a lowered chin, while a simile of greeting often comes with raised eyebrows.

e. Is it possible that people use smiles to gain some advantage over others? How?
  Of course yes. Though there is a real smile, many people make false smile to gain some advantage from others. For example, when we meet someone who has relation with business or studying, we try to show them that we are smiling because we know they will be comfortable and have positive impression with us.

How to solve the Ribya crisis with one rubber band (17th March)

I think we can use this rubber band to show our peace-like mind to the world.
I mean we can put it on like bracelet and collect money to help poor libyan.
The world will change and everyone will donate money for libyan so that Gaddafi cannot keep doing war.
The important thing is that we show our opinion by putting on rubber band and paying money but only reading newspaper in the house.

What can I do with one clip?

1. What lessons we can learn from kyle?
  Though there are many unexpectable possibilities in our lives, we only tend to try certain facts. Kyle teaches us that we also can have a opportunity from uncertain things so that we make use of  any information that looks useless.

2. What assumption does this story challenge?
  People think everything has its own fixed price and we only can buy or change by paying same value of things that we will get. However, Kyle bought a house with only one little clip.

3. What are you going to do with your paper clip?
  I will change this clip to someone's sourvenir and news of his travel, and I will give him some valuable information about my traveling, for example cheap airplane ticket, accommodation and beautiful spot, etc. And then, I will keep changing his sourvenir with other people who want to visit place in which I've been already or I have information from others.        

3 creative ways which my friend accomplishes his goal

<How to get to sleep early>

My friend Joo woo young has a bad habit which goes to sleep late.
I’ve thought 3 ways to change his habit.

1.  I think we normally feel drowsiness after lunch.  We can use it for dinner.  First,  skip your lunch and  stand hunger until you have a dinner.  Second, you just eat up everything before the time that you want to go to sleep.

2. Use your dictionary. Bring your English dictionary to your bed  when you want to go to sleep. And then, start to read silently it from A. You will fall asleep soon.

3. Format your hard disk right now.