Ilsoo's Globalized Life

Advertising for children

2004-07-25T20:27:00.000-07:00

I think advertising which target for children is the easiest thing. Children have very simple emotion. They are interested in what they see such as famous actors in cartoons or movie. Also, because children's appetites are not complicated, they like pungent food such as food which tastes chocolate or cheesy. I alreay experienced these things when I was a child. Therefore, if a company wants to make a good market which targets children, they have to be children's situation first.

My name, 'IL SOO'

2004-07-22T22:40:00.000-07:00

A Korean name is usually composed of three Chinese letters. My name, IL SOO, has a meaning. ‘IL’ means ‘the best’, and ‘SOO’ means, ‘very intelligent’. So, ‘IL SOO’ means, ‘very intelligent and the best anywhere’. My grandfather created this name before I was born. Korean names are often made by a child’s father or grandparents. I was the first son in my family, so my grandfather wanted to give me a name which had the meaning, ‘the best’.

Obesity

2004-07-08T21:26:00.000-07:00

It is true that obesity is on the rise in Korea. I think the reason this is happening is because of globalized life. Many fast food chains are coming into Korea such as McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King. These junk foods make people get fat. To stop this problem, people need to work out everyday even a few hours and control their eating habits. People who are getting fatter have to avoid oily food such as burger or other fried food.

A Designed Baby

2004-06-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

I don't agree with changing a child's genes. I cannot say it is right or wrong, but personally, I don't suggest parents change their babies' genes. We should not custom design our children. If we do, the world will be full of confusion. There will be no low class workers. If people change their genes or their babies' genes to save their lives, that is good. However, if they change their genes to make sure they succeed in life, that is not a right decision.

People's opinions about the death penalty

2004-06-20T09:08:00.000-07:00

Although I don't agree with the death penalty, other people might think differently. So, I interviewed two people who are attending the university. Both of these people said that they strongly agreed with the death penalty. Their reasons were very similar. They said murderers might kill again and again if they don't get the death penalty. They also said they should realize that if they kill someone, they also will die. That's the only way to stop issues like murder.

The Death Penalty

2004-06-20T08:53:00.000-07:00

The death penalty is not justified. Even though it is legal, taking a human life is a kind of murder. There are other penalties instead of the death penalty. Putting a murderer in jail for life is the best way to punish him. Also, we should give the murderer an opportunity to realize that what he did was wrong or right before he dies. For these reasons, I believe that the death penalty is not a wise way to solve this problem.

Korean Folk Tale - A Lazy Boy Who Becomes a Cow

2004-06-11T15:17:00.000-07:00

This folk tale is a Korean traditional old story that was re-written by Kyoungbok Lee and Ilsoo Yoon.
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A long time ago, there was a lazy boy who really hated to work. He just wanted to sleep all day long without working. That’s why the people in his village called him “Lazy” instead of using his real name.

One day, his mother was really sick. She couldn’t even stand up, so she asked her son ‘Lazy’ to bring her a glass of water. “Lazy, Can you bring a glass of water?” Of course, the son who really didn’t like to move refused to get the glass of water for her. ‘Lazy’ started to get annoyed at his mother who was always trying to make him move. Eventually, he thought “Being a sleepy cow will be much better than being a hard-working human”, so he decided to run away from home.

The lazy boy started to walk without any destination. When he was walking alone crossed a path, met an old man who had a cow shaped mask in his hand. ‘Lazy’ started to tell his story. After the boy finished his story, the old man said, “Don’t you really want to work? If so, put on this mask. When you put this on, you can be a cow.” The boy was fearful, but he put it on his face because the old man said that he could become a cow if he put it on. Right after the boy put on the mask; he became a real cow and discovered that he could only make ‘moo’ sound. The old man took the boy, now is a cow, to a market, and sold him to a farmer with saying, “Do not give him turnips, If you give him turnips, he will be died.”

After the boy was sold, he had to work really hard because the farmer whipped him if he didn’t. Lazy thought “I’m not a cow, I’m a human. If he can go back home, I will work really hard, but if I can’t, it will be better to die than to live like this.”

Suddenly, the boy remembered the talk between the old man and the farmer. He started to look for turnips so he could eat them and to die, but he couldn’t find any. A few days later, he found a cart filled with turnips. Seeing the turnips, ‘Lazy’ ran toward the cart and ate them. “Mother, I’m so sorry, I was wrong.”

The moment he swallowed the turnips, he felt something hit him. It was a dream! When he woke up, he realized the he had had a dream when he took a nap. ‘Lazy’ started to cry because felt so relieved. The boy promised himself to work hard from then on.

From that day on, ‘Lazy’ became a completely different person. He started to work harder than anyone else in the village, and people called him “Hard Worker” instead of his first nickname, “Lazy.” Finally, when he went out to work, he said, “I’m going to work hard.”

Influenced Korean language

2004-06-05T07:56:00.000-07:00

The Korean language has been influenced by other languages, especially in the field of technology. We use many English high tech words; for example, we use the words, ‘computer’, ‘e-mail’, and ‘Internet’. Koreans use these words instead of changing them into Korean. The reason is these words were created only a few years ago. Now that the world is being globalized, people accept the foreign words for these things.

A day in my globalized life

2004-06-02T13:19:00.000-07:00

I'm living in Michigan, United States. When I woke up, I turned on a TV made in Japan, and checked my e-mail with my computer, made in the U.S. Then I listened to Korean pop music. While I was going to school, I saw many people from many different countries. When my class began, I studied with an American teacher. After I finished my classes, I watched an American channel, a Spanish channel, and a Chinese channel on TV. At night, I talked on the phone with my friends on my telephone made in Mexico.

Language

2004-05-28T05:59:00.000-07:00

The population of the earth is increasing rapidly, but the world is getting smaller. That means, the world is being globalized. Korean middle school or high school students, for example, have to take English class, which is a mandatory class. English class is not even a second language class. Now it is a mandatory subject that Korean students have to learn. Then students take Japanese or French for their second language. Like this, language is playing a very important role in present day society. When we are interested in other countries' cultures, we should know about their languages first.

Welcome~!

2004-05-25T05:57:00.000-07:00

Hello, I'm Ilsoo Yoon. I am 20 years old. I am from South Korea which is a small country located in Asia. I have studied in the United State since I finished my high school freshman year in Korea in 2000. I really love science. My favorite subjects are chemistry, physics and math. I'm also a little bit interested in 20th centry history. I'm not sure what I'm going to study, but I'm pretty sure that I will study in a science field.