Sunday, April 16, 2017

#3 'Take a stand' post


 This year, Ulsan seeks to establish itself as a global ecological hub for whales. Ironically, to enhance the city's reputation, they decided to import more dolphins from Taiji, Japan, which is notorious for its brutal slaughter of dolphins. Despite protests from animal rights organizations and other political parties, the city government brought two dolphins to Ulsan. Not surprisingly, as soon as those two dolphins arrived in Ulsan, their health worsened and one of them died because of the way in which they had been transported from Japan.
 But this death is not the first. Since opening its doors, a total of 5 dolphins have died in that aquarium because of poor conditions.
 Dolphins need to swim over 160km at a speed of 20~40km/hr on a daily basis. According to Korea’s wildlife law, however, dolphins may be kept in an area as small as 84with a depth as shallow as 3.5 meters. This is like a human living in a small cage all day long. These highly intelligent, sociable animals who have IQs ranging from 80~90, suffer emotional trauma as a result of being separated from their families and die when they are held in captivity.
 Whale ecological education should not consist of displaying caged and abused dolphins to the public. Instead, people can learn about whale and dolphin biology from detailed photos and explanations. Science and technology can be employed for ecological education through the use of visual and auditory tools, and virtual and augmented reality.
 Even though there are many other options, the city is pressing on with this cruel plan when it is already the subject of international embarrassment. Dolphins belong to the ocean. Ulsan should release the dolphins in the whale experience hall into the wild.
 
 
 
 

Saturday, April 8, 2017

#2 Gender Discussion Questions



Q: Did you parents treat their sons and daughters differently?
 
A: Yes, especially my father treats me in a conservative way. Since I became 20 years old, he was almost spying on me whenever I met my boyfriends. Nevertheless, he also out of nowhere came up anywhere. That made me feel scared. On the other hand, he doesn't care about my brothers' relationships.
 
 
Q: What are the best and worst parts of being your gender?
 
A: The best part of my gender is a lot of, diverse opportunities for the beauty industry. I know that beauty products for male exist, but in the world, still has many stuff for female in beauty industry. I feel blessed that I could try different kinds of make-ups so that I look good and cover my flaws of face.
The worst parts of my gender is that we have a great deal of obstacles as a woman. In terms of rates of glass ceiling, dividing up the house chores among couples, the wage gap, female victims of crimes, there are many things women fight for gender equality.

 
 

Thursday, March 16, 2017

#1 Video reflection

#1 Video reflection






I hesitated often between sentences,made lots of grammatical mistakes such 'work experiences','was working','having relationships with my friend..'(I should have said "hanging out with my friends") etc, overused "like", "or something".
My speaking style was okay but, a bit weird when I said "I realized something missing in my life".
In terms of non-versal communication, my blinks seemed bit awkward and my body seemed bit stiff.
But I like the flow of the story in the video even though it has something to fix.







Saturday, March 11, 2017

Actress Kim Min-hee, director Hong Sang-soo having affair



http://khnews.kheraldm.com/view.php?ud=20160621001069&md=20160624003938_BL





She had been criticizied by a lot of people in Korea for seducing a married director, Hong Sang Su. Actually I can't understand that why she is the only onebeing criticized(blamed,attacked)? It is obvious that they both are in relationship, the one who decided to quit the role of father is Hong Sang Su. He didn't fit that structure of marriage hence that marriage must be a wrong choice.
 
These reactions among Korean people about this issue made me feel depressed. As a woman in Korea, still knows that the idea of predominance of men over women still remains in Korean society. However now 2017 things are changing and it seems that a male-dominated society is turning into a gender-equality on surface. but through responses toward this issue, it reveals that still there are lots of people blame on female side more, even though it has clear evidence that he left his family.
 
We're advanced country in economically, socially. but in terms of the consciousness of majority of people , It seems mandatory to raise public awareness of truth.