thoughts about session 12 on 8/1 w/Dr. Jungkim

[Anonymous]

Here is an article about homosexuality in South Korea from 2009. http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=7351116&page=1#.UBm01XjhBok

[Anonymous]

Very interesting lecture on North Korea post WWII and the differing views on peace and communism. Korea has certainly become an industrialized giant. The ship incident could have been an accident, but it would be interesting to know who is to blame for the shelling of a South Korean island by the NK.

[Anonymous]

It was very nice to have prices at the end of the class. Very nice to have gifts!

[Anonymous]

I feel as if I would like to travel to Korea now! interesting lecture today in an area of history that I am not well informed. I usually end my classes with WWII (if it is world history) because I have only taken one -two course pertaining to Asian history that focused on China and Japan and the issued textbook at my high school is very weak, vague and dry. I am thankful to have this experience to enhance my knowledge of this region. But I think we needed to spend more time in class collaborating with each other and seeing where we could draw more connections between the information that we have learned and the state standards.

[Anonymous]

South Korean women are bringing their children to learn English in the US to better their children’s opportunities for colleges and jobs. This touches on what Dr. Jung-Kim reinforced today about women being more in charge of the household. They manage the money, and they manage their children’s education which is apparent when they celebrate their children taking exams.

My question is how do the children feel about returning to South Korea after they have been exposed to the US or other countries? I think the movie on Tuesday addressed somewhat of this. The boy was exposed to some western influences, and he seemed disconnected from his culture. I can also make the correlation with Kim Jong Un having been secretly married or not married. He also had his wife or not his wife in a government setting. His brother also seems to be out of favor because he sneaked out to go to Disneyland. They were both educated in Switzerland and exposed to a very different culture.

[Anonymous]

The children's books Dr. Jungkim showed us were just propaganda for the Communist Party. Just think, if the children are inundated with that kind of propaganda day in and day out at such a young age, it's very easy to see how they can be so loyal to the Party. Children are educated the same way in Cuba.

[Anonymous]

In 7th grade the influence of Korea on Japan and China during the Dynasty period is mentioned briefly. I am grateful for the books we received because they give a detailed history of Korea which I can use to beef up the lesson on the influence of Korea.

[Anonymous]

I have read some research that says more and more Asian parents are having difficulty controlling their children once they've been exposed to western culture. There was even a story about a group of Asian college students who were exemplary students by day, but at night they would go out and rob people.

[Anonymous]

The Korean War was many things rolled into one. To the list of civil war, proxy war, hot war, and international war I would like to add war to impose political ideology. The United States was out to eradicate communism and push and pull Korea down the path toward democracy while the Soviet Union was forcefully spreading communism. The various factions in Korea that were demonstrating and conducting uprisings were working to impose their political vision on their fellow countrymen.

[Anonymous]

The Kaesong Industrial Complex illustrates the power money wields in cooperation between nations. It also means hope for the future. In Eastern Europe it was not military might but lack of money that brought down the iron curtain. In China it is the money generated by international trade that justifies cooperation with former enemies. North Korea obviously feels a desire to improve its economic condition and cooperation with South Korea will speed the improvement while bringing the two countries closer together. Germany, reunited, stands as an example of what is possible in the future for Korea.

[Anonymous]

Another interesting lecture. Korea's advance is amazing, and North Korea, well,interesting. I wish that those Americans who can't understand why everyone in the world doesn't love and appreciate knew more about things like the US complicity in repressing dissension.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t know that Korea established a constitutional monarchy in 1894 (Britain was 1688), some two hundred years later.

[Anonymous]

I Really enjoyed learning about the “New Women” and seeing pictures of them because during the 1920’s the flappers were doing all of that as well in the US. They were adopting new styles of clothing, hair styles, careers, marriage and etc. and therefore, I was fascinated by this because I didn’t know that the roaring twenties had such a big influence in Korea. I will definitely use this in my U.S. history clas when teaching on the Roaring Twenties.
edited by dcontreras on 8/1/2012

[Anonymous]

I was looking at the handouts and I saw a kid"s book, "When My Name Was Keoko". It looked appropriate for 5th grade, though it is looted as a middle school book. Has anyone used it?

[Anonymous]

i agree that it would be good to,have a little more "thinking time" , to try to share ideas about all this material and resources.

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