Sunday, January 12, 2014

김수영 - A Day in the Life

Hello! My name is “김수영”, but it doesn’t mean swimming. Before start to talk about my daily life, I’ll introduce about me a little. As you know I’m Korean high school student. Especially, I’m grade 3 and that means I must study hard to go to university. Maybe in Korea, all of students’ final goal would to go best university. Because of bias that if we go to good university, we will be able to work in huge company(like samsung), furthermore stable life with happy family.

Anyway I’ll talk about my daily. Since now is winter vacation, I’ll tell about nowadays. Monday 6 a.m. I wake up by alarming, and go to bathroom to wash my hair and brush my teeth. After then, go to school by subway. It takes about 30 to 40 minutes. Class begin from 8, but if I take subway to fit then, I have to go with so much people. Anyway arive to school, I do my homework then. As time goes by friends come one by one, but most of them fall asleep on desk as soon as arrive. Schedule are set 50minutes and 10minutes recess, time table is like this ; 1 English 2 Math 3 Korean 4 Science(which one we selected before among physics, geology, biology, chemistry). Originally, we should self-studying to 10p.m. but many of us go to Hagwon, which is private education institute. In my case, I go to there only on weekend from 5;30 to 8;30. At there, we take classes and ask about what we don’t know, but the main reason why we go to there is because of they make us study strongly. Our parents like that :D.

So, finally after school, I enjoy my short free time such like check facebook or kakaotalk. And do jump-rope from 12;30. The main reason to do that was to be tall but nowadays I do it to sleep well. After shower and drink a cup of warm milk. then go to bed directly.

After five times cycle of life like above, finally weekend comes! Saturday is the day when I sleep like bear. I wake up when I like to. Then go to library, I don’t know whether library means where to study. Anyway, I go to library near my Hagwon. My Hangwon is math specialty. Science class, on that point, math is the most thing. And extremely hard, insomuch put most of study time. Well, after Hagwon, I go to bed early, maybe 11 to 12. Sunday is starting with mass, yes, I’m Roman Catholic, so go to church from 8;30 and go to library and Hagwon like the day before.

You may think my life is too routine, yes, I agree and many of us hate our daily cycle. I was scared, As long as I study a lot and get good grade, could I live my rest like? Aren’t there any other ways to be get a good life? But as I get older annually(even I’m young now). I realized that somehow I’m happy. Though studying is so hard, I have many good frinds(leave more times than family), and at least I have meal. Students want to change this society, but perhaps when they get older, they compelled to live this society whether they want or not. And I think complaining doesn’t change anything. Community isn’t the target of argue. Probably, it’s the thing like baby, who we should take care. 

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Hello, this is the English language blog for Dong Sung High School, a Catholic boys' school in Seoul, South Korea. Here Dong Sung students will write about their lives, their school and their studies. Thanks for reading!