If you were to write a book, on what theme or subject matter would it be based and Why? (Stanford/93)

There are lots of different types of book. Each type of books has certain theme. Fiction has a made up story, or can be a real story. Also, there are books that are written based on the experiences of authors. Personally, I like those books that are written by authors’ experiences, especially when I am depressed, stressed and I do not what to do. Those books indicate what I should do to overcome these depressions. It is because the authors who wrote those had been in the same situation and they overcame that. In my opinion, this type of books can help teenagers a lot as they struggle and choose their ways for their future.

For this reason, if I were to write a book, I want to write a book about emotions or life when I grow and become old enough to talk about life. Recently, I read a book named Tuesday With Morrie, this book talks about life. While I was reading this book, I felt that I do neglect some really important things in my life such as regrets, family, culture, forgiveness and many other things. I always thought about myself so I felt I should get all the good things, and I realized that my thought was wrong. Because of this book, I looked back my short life and found lots of flaws that I had in my mind. This helped to make myself more grateful with I have.

 With my book, I want to make a good connection with teenagers who are lost or need advice. Since I went through that time, I needed a lot of help and advices, and people who were around me helped me lots and gave me helpful advices. Especially, my father bought me a book to read to overcome the confusion or depression. At first, I really did not want to read because I thought I would not feel anything from it except getting annoyed. However, I slowly liked the book and eventually it was a big tool to know what I was struggling with. After this, I started believing that book can be a great thing to people.  

I want to experience heaps of things in my life so that I can help them with my book. Also, I believe as I write a book I will learn more about life and keep it as I look back my life.

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Describe a risk that you have taken and discuss its impact on your life. (Kalamazoo College/93)

I go to Woodstock school in India. When I was in 6^th grade, I wanted to study at there desperately. As a normal young Korean student, I wanted to study outside of Korea. I applied and rejected. I was like okay, it was unlucky. Next year, I applied again hoping that I would get in. However, I got rejected again. Then, I concluded that this is not my school. After a year I went to Australia to study abroad.

Forgetting about Woodstock, I had studied in Australia. I was having quite nice life there. However, I slowly realized that I do not like the Australian curriculum. It was way too free for me. It was way too free for me. After realizing, I spent some hard times with that problem plus, I was confused with finding myself as all adolescents do. I came back to Korea with worries about my future school and all. One day, I met a friend, she was from Woodstock, and while we were having dinner together, she asked me “Why don’t you try once more? There is no harm to try.” I was encouraged, I felt like I can make it this time. After deciding to try for another chance, I went back to Australia. Dealing with my unpleasant work from my school, I slowly started preparing for my application to Woodstock. It was getting hard to make good balance of work between school works and preparing for the application. 

Although application might not be a big of deal, but for me I thought that I  should do my best to get what I want. I was preparing for my appellation alone and it was the first time to deal with a formal form of document. There were lots of things to prepare such as translating my reports past reports cards,  and other documents that are in Korean. I had to take some exams that the school required me to. Also, I had to keep good grades in my school because in case of another rejection, I should have good grade for my college. However, as the time went by, those are overloaded so i decided to focus on Woodstock. I was not sure that I can get and I was applying to 10th grade which is little hard. I was little worried about the grade. Still, I really wanted to go to Woodstock.I relay worked hard for it and finally I got in. If I think about it again, it might a dumb thing to do, just giving up on school work to get in better school. On the other hand, I learned something from this.

I've never done this thing before or I did not have to. I learned sometimes I have to make decisions and try my best to make my decision right. Also,I can do what I want only when I try.

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Effects of Laws and Orders

Select any issue that is of importance to you and discuss and your views (New College of University of South Florida)

Have you thought about that if law and order is disappeared? It will be big problem in society as homicide, theft and crime would happen, because the nature of humankind is sinful. If we do not have rules, our natural character is revealed as evil. We cannot do right thing by our selves, so rules are necessary for us. The play ‘Lord of flies’ proves this through the boy’s behavior on the island. Also hurricane Katrina is good example that why we need for law. 

Humans do not like it when someone becomes better than them. They crave to be greater than each other even if it means hurt other. In Lord of Flies, Ralph was nominated as leader by the boys on the island, but Jack was jealous because he wanted to be captain. He did not accept Ralph as the chief and would do his own thing.  Later, he brings his chorus and leads the hunt as they kill the pig to eat. After killing the pig, they suspend the pig’s head on a spear and paint the blood of it on their skin joyfully. They enjoy it. This could be because Jack wants to be the head, but in his inner heart, there was that did not want Ralph to become the leader as he would get being more favor than him. Jack displays a mental state of humans that does not accept being loser. This is innate of humans.

Lord of the Flies shows that humankind is evil. The boys on the island made rules to keep a fire burning so it would be seen by a passing ship, but Jack and his hunters broke their promise and hunted for pigs. Instead while they were hunting, the fire went out and then, an airplane flew over the island, so they missed the opportunity of being rescued. Ralph was very angry. He fights with jack and they become enemies. If the fire was kept, alight the airplane would have seen it, and they would have been rescued. This event shows us that human act as they wish and disobey the rules. Also people are violent. Through this event, we can know see the selfish nature of humankind and now we do not like to listen to other people’s opinions.

When law and order is not enforced, nature human is revealed. Hurricane Katrina is good example of this. This event occurred in September, 2005. It caused much chaos as so many people lost their families, houses, property, food, and they had nothing. Thousands of people helped to rescue them, but even then some shot at the rescue helicopter. The crime in the city increased as policemen in the city were not able to do their job. They were too busy trying to survive. Human have to be controlled by law and order, because if laws do not guide us, we will be insane like this event. When people collide with affliction, they became worried about themselves, do not feel uneasy about others. It displays that we have to be regulated by society. Law occupies a lot of rate that we do right thing. If we do not have the motivation of law compulsion, we cannot do the correct things naturally. So, we have a duty to obey the law.

As I mention before, I think that laws and orders do help us to do right things as people, and when they are banished, we tend not to care about right things

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