Your Acacia Tree
In this multimedia web feature, a high school student asks her classmates a simple question: ‘Who Will You Be?’
“It was six thirty in the morning. Because I had woken up early in that morning, I came out from the dormitory and walked along the schoolyard. Birds were already moving and trees were waking up. What I have seen here, was a large acacia tree.
Before we talk about the acacia tree, let me ask you a question which may seem to have no relations with the tree.
Blogroll: The Beginning of the End
Two weeks from today I will be on a plane on my way back to the States. I must admit, there were times during this year when I thought that day couldn’t come fast enough. There were times when I was homesick, and lonely, and struggling to understand this totally upside-down culture. And all I wanted was to go back to my momma’s house, curl under the covers, and be a kid again. Growing up is hard. Living abroad is hard.
Blogroll: (Danielle Teacher’s) Korean Students Speak
From a young age, Korean students are trained to memorize mountains of information with the hope of attending a prestigious university one day. In this strict, regimented education system, there is little room for creative thought or personal expression. Last fall, some of my peers sought to address this very issue by creating an online project called “Korean Students Speak”. The premise of this project is simple. With a marker and blank piece of paper, students can creatively voice their opinion to the world.