Message from dreid

[Anonymous]

I never heard of Korean slavery. I think that Korean slavery as well as slavery in any country is a good tool to examine in the classroom. I think that one angle that I would look at would be how and why slavery began, and how and why it ended.

I had no idea that the Korean alphabet came about in the 15th century, and I didn't know that the Japanese took over Korea and that the Koreans had to take Japanese names

I have always been fascinated with the Chinese, Japanese and Korean alphabet. When I look at it I have no idea where to begin, or what it means, but I've always thought that it was beautiful and fascinating. I plan to learn at least the preliminaries of these languages. But, since taking this class I have had a reason to look at the characters of these languages, and to finally start to make sense of it. And, what little I have learned has made a light bulb come on. It sort of like finding a clue to a code, and then things start to make sense.

Don't get me wrong, I haven't learned any of these languages, but I can now recognize some of the characters, and know what they mean, and that is exciting, and I can't wait to learn more.

Dr. Jennifer Jung-Kim gave insight to the separation of North and South Korea. I never really knew why. It was a very interesting session. The books, magazines and CD's were very informative. The CD titled Korean Culture was very informative, and has a lot of information about the history, art, literature and architecture of Korea. [Edit by="dreid on Nov 26, 7:59:56 PM"][/Edit]