tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357026555577605135.post8667871262646353904..comments2023-10-11T05:10:59.975-07:00Comments on kimchi-icecream: Pepero Day in Korea vs. Remembrance Day around the WorldJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14403839433187045342noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357026555577605135.post-6295999654656420552010-02-20T19:44:15.367-08:002010-02-20T19:44:15.367-08:00Hi Anonymous,
I'm sorry but I don't feel ...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />I'm sorry but I don't feel that FLAGS are enough.<br /><br />Can your Korean students IDENTIFY the country names? Maybe a few of the bigger countries but I really doubt they'd be able to recognize, for example, the Ethiopian national flag.<br /><br />Also, how can flags give the basic information of how many soldiers and service personnel came to fight and help Korea in the Korean War? How can flags communicate how many died in the war? How can flags communicate what the other countries did to help?<br /><br />In my opinion it's not enough.<br /><br />I've had several discussions with Korean co-teachers and students and they all tell me that on memorial day in Korea the focus is ONLY on Korean soldiers and people who died--yet the truth is that other countries had people who died in the Korean War, and I feel that ignoring their sacrifices and forgetting to honor and remember their sacrifices is wrong.<br /><br />Anyways, that's my opinion on this topic.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403839433187045342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357026555577605135.post-55629705006299196052010-02-20T17:37:29.910-08:002010-02-20T17:37:29.910-08:00Hello! Maybe you are not aware of the UN memorial ...Hello! Maybe you are not aware of the UN memorial cemetery in Busan? It's a memorial where you can find the flags of all countries who helped in the Korean war. During my last visit, students were on an educational trip there. So please don't fret, Koreans do remember and recognize greatly the global efforts awarded to them during the war. Try to visit there some time. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357026555577605135.post-89395659962713223922008-11-06T23:36:00.000-08:002008-11-06T23:36:00.000-08:00Thanks for these two posts. TO be honest I don't ...Thanks for these two posts. <BR/><BR/>TO be honest I don't remember ever spending much time on this day in the US---then again it's been a while since I was in grade school. I don't remember if we did anything special these days. From just what I've read on the blogs and forums it looks like Canadians and Europeans make more of this than Americans, so I'm a little embarrassed that doing lessons on this never occurred to me. <BR/><BR/>But, I think I'll put something together for Monday for my afterschool class and for my teachers' workshop on Wednesday. Can't do it for the other classes, though, but maybe the Korean teachers would pass some information along to students. <BR/><BR/>For me, Christmas is the "holiday" in Korea that I can't look at neutrally. I know it's been commercialized to hell back home, but to many people it still means something (even for those who aren't Christians). It's my favorite time of year, but yet also a thoroughly depressing one having to spend it in Asia. But more on that later. <BR/><BR/>Back to 11/11, is there any donation campaign to give money somewhere? Too late this year probably, but I was just thinking that if everybody---Koreans, foreigners, whomever---gave a fraction of what they spent on chocolate to some type of charity or humanitarian group, that would make a big difference and would be a big symbolic shift, too. I mean, if everybody gave the cost of a box, that would go a long way. Do you know about anything like that?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149708954524602455noreply@blogger.com