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The Associated Press (2009, Feb. 04). Another National Obsession. Korea Times .Retrieved Nov. 19, 2009, from http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/10/202_38945.

Summary

According to this article, a lot of Korean students want to study English abroad . It became the largest foreign group in the united state. Also, the wild-geese fathers and education costs could be a big problem. Even though they are just median-income parents, they try sending their children to America by force because they want their children can learn creative learning in foreign colleges. They vaguely think if their children study abroad, everything is going to be alright. However, Korean people need to reduce their ambition and to change their education system. Studying abroad is not a good solution for our education system and our knowledge power. Korea should be stopped sending good students to improve knowledge power.

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I chose this article because it shows our country's education problems and I'm also in this situation. To tell the truth, it is a trend that studying abroad in Korea. Many students want to study abroad even though they are not rich people. In the interview that they take to get a good job, the interviewer will exactly ask whether or not they studied abroad. It became a certain necessary condition to get a good job in Korea. They think about it very simply and everything is going to be fine if they go to study abroad, but it could be a big problem in Korea. At first, they need the number of money to study abroad. If some parents are not rich, they could make a lot of debts to send their children to abroad. Nevertheless, their children can fail their studying easily because studying abroad is too hard and lonely. Also, nobody care and meddle them. They just do everything themselves. It means they have a lot of free time and should control everything themselves. However, it is really difficult to do it alone except any help. For these reasons, many students fail to study abroad. I also came to America to study English. Before I came here, in fact, I was really ready to be alone for my work, but studying abroad was totally different to my prediction. I thought that if I go to America, I will be able to concentrate on my work very well. However, it didn't work as well. I always felt lonely and missed everything about my country and family. It is not a tiny problem for foreign students. In addition, sometimes, I couldn't control my mind well because there was not anything that I can rely on abroad. Many foreign students could feel like me. In consequence, they should think more about studying abroad whether or not it is really necessary for them before deciding to go to abroad. It is a wrong way that they just want to study abroad except a great purpose because most students and their friends do that. I'm also studying abroad, but I have a certain purpose and dream. It is to be a great teacher in the future. That's why I study here even though I feel lonely and hard very much. In closing, Some people who can't study abroad can simply envy the people who study abroad, but there are not only good things to study abroad. I hope many students choose their way well after careful consideration for long time and our education system would change for the better.

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Reference

The Associated Press (2009, Sep. 21). Young and Idle. Korea Times. Retrieved Nov. 04, 2009, from http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/10/202_52205.

Summary

According to this article, the graduating college seniors feel really scared because of a low percentage of employment, a long-term slump and jobless growth. The government's various stop-gap employment programs are good for a while, but they could suffer more suffered since it can keep them in an employment limbo for a long time. Nonetheless, President Lee Myung-bak just wonders why all high school graduates want to enter colleges and large enterprises. In contrast, the Lee administration's education policy still gives preference to a high scholarship person and giant enterprises. Lee really needs to try very hard to decrease the soaring youth unemployment rate for social economy.

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In the first place, it is really a big problem in Korea. Many of the my friends are suffering from this problem. At the same time, due to low percentage of employment and jobless growth, in particularly many graduating college seniors have chosen to enter a graduate school and remain as a poor person. President Lee just thinks about it too easily and doesn't give us any solutions. For these reasons, our society's high scholarship people are increasing. They just want to study more since they can't get a good job. Furthermore, even for people who have a high scholarship, it is difficult to get a good job because the competition is too high. Thereby, many of them want to study English in other countries since it could be a basic skill to get a good job. I also came to the United States to study and get a good job, though, there are a lot of people who have high English skill in Korea. In brief, nobody can get a job easily. Undoubtedly, our society's economy is going down and many people are also losing their job. Many people have no idea about it and don't expect for the Lee's government, but a bad economy is not always bad. Eventually it will be able to be changed again to a good way. In conclusion, all people have to do their best for their dream and don't have to lose their hope.

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The Associated Press (2007, Aug. 24). The Big Mac Gets Its Own Museum. MSNBC. Retrieved Oct 28, 2009, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20423294/h

Summary

According to this article, the Big Mac has become very popular as a real pop culture item since it was first introduced in 1967 by Jim Delligatti, who is a McDonald's owner. Some Big mac addicts opened a Big Mac Museum Restaurant and made "Big Mac-Aholics" group on the Web site Facebook. The sandwich is really sold well each year in the U.S. and a professor of nutrition said if sometimes people eat this sandwich, it is not bad for health. We can love to eat fast food, but it could be a good thing or bad thing.

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I chose this article because I'm interested in McDonald's. In my opinion, American people really love fast food. They generally tend to overvalue it. I think it is just fast food. People can enjoy eating those, but building a museum restaurant and a cake-like tower of McDonald's hamburgers for their party seem to overact for me. Actually, fast food is not good for health. Also, I don't really like to eat fast food, so I still suffer from choosing food in the student center at every lunch time because there is just a lot of fast food. I wondered and pitied why fast food is American's favorite food. There is a lot of healthy food and various food in the world. They need to know and taste it. Fast food could be a good way when we don't have enough time to eat but I think it should be a rare case for their health. When I first came to the U.S, I was really surprised that Americans could eat fast food three times a day. I hope they reduce their eating fast food and they can find interest in eating other food and cooking other cuisines.