Fruit
Yehee Kim, Communal Vision High School Seocheon, South Chungcheong Submitted by Johanna Yun, ’14-’15 In Johanna’s words, “Students were instructed to create their own comics, following a lesson on comic books and a Marvel movie. The topic of the comics was left open to the students. Comics were selected for originality, comedy, and artistic effort.”
My Bucket List
Nara Shin, Hanbit School for the Blind Seoul I want to speak alien! I want to be born male! I hope to meet the UN president! I hope to meet my family! I plan to make my wings! I plan to make a time machine! Submitted by Laura Ahn, ETA ’13-15 In Laura’s words, “Nara is a beautiful and bright student, who also happens to be an orphan. I think that others should be familiar with the child- abandonment problem in Korea. She has done a beautiful job at overcoming this hardship in her life. “
Country Night
Jeong Haein, Yangji Elementary School (영지초등학교) Sejong City, South Chungcheong crystal moon shine little star twinkle Everything seems like quiet without the weeping bug waiting for the ruby sun everything is peaceful bowing to bright daybreak waiting for the twinkling night Night come again silently for our sweet rest Submitted by Dawn Angelicca Barcelona, ETA ’14-’15 In Dawn’s words, “I believe that poetry is really hard for English language learners to grasp as they learn basic greetings and phrases in elementary school. 해인 always goes above and beyond to push herself and enjoys writing in both English and Korean. I thought she did a great job experimenting with language in her poem.”