<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 4em; TEXT-INDENT: 15pt; mso-char-indent-count: 1.5" align=right><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕 color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dec. 6. Sat. Cold</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 15pt; mso-char-indent-count: 1.5" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕 color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A shit medal</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 15pt; mso-char-indent-count: 1.5"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Today was not a school holiday. So my older son went to school. He came back home with the result of his final test took yesterday. Before he got the exam, I suggested that I should buy the plaything of </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">‘</SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">딱지</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> for him and my younger son on the condition that he got all straight 100 points. The plaything only costs 300 won. But my pure and simple older son accepted my proposal although he could buy it enough by himself.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 5pt; mso-char-indent-count: .5"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I asked my older son, </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Well, Sunny, did you get good scores?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">”</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 5pt; mso-char-indent-count: .5"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mom, it</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">s worse than the mid-term exam,</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">”</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> cried he.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 5pt; mso-char-indent-count: .5"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕 color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So I prudently asked him how many students got all straight 100 points. There were 7 students who got 100 points on every subject on last mid-term exam. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 5pt; mso-char-indent-count: .5"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There was no one who got all straight 100 points,</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">”</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> shouted he.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 5pt; mso-char-indent-count: .5"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕 color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I could breathe freely and peacefully. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 15pt; mso-char-indent-count: 1.5"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 15pt; mso-char-indent-count: 1.5"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Although he couldn</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">t meet my need, I decided to buy the plaything for my sons. So we planed to buy it after we went to the library. As a usual Saturday, we went to the theater in the library to watch a movie. After watching the movie of </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">‘</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">animal farm</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, we went to the reading room to read books.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 20pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 20pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When I went to the circulation desk in the reading room to return the books I borrowed, I met my older son</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">s friend and his mother. We talked about the final exam and the award given to the students who read books and took the notes after reading the books. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 20pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My older son</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">s school honored the students with the medals according to the number of the book reports. In the event of over 50 reports, the student could get a gold medal, over 40 reports, a silver one and over 30 reports, a bronze one. The students read books and write the book reports before the first class begins. Only 20 minutes is given to them. I think that it</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">s very short time for them to take the notes. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 25pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.5"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 25pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.5"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Writing is a very hard work for kids. I didn</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">t force my older son to write the book reports. As a result of my unconcern, my older son wrote only 6 book reports. Some of his classmates wrote the book reports not only in the school also in their house. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 25pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.5"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 25pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.5"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyway my older son got the shit medal expressed by him and I will wait until he is dying to write something on his notebook. I bet that if someone</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">s brain fills with its knowledge, interest and curiosity, she or he will write something to show off in the near future.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 25pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.5"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=바탕 color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On the way home, we went to the stationery store next to the library to buy the plaything. My sons were on top of the world. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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첫댓글Hi Cindy, I'm for it. If your sons are eager to get something,they will do their best. My younger daughter wrote reports over 50 and got a gold medal.Because I promised to buy her a Nintendo,so she did. Veronica
첫댓글 Hi Cindy, I'm for it. If your sons are eager to get something,they will do their best. My younger daughter wrote reports over 50 and got a gold medal.Because I promised to buy her a Nintendo,so she did.
Veronica
Wow, really? Congratulation!!! My oler son promised to write the report on every weekend in my house.^^
My sons also like 딱지. Although I have never bought 딱지 for them, they have lots of them. Because they pick them up on the street. ha ah~
Jiyoung, they are very independent and strong. Maybe they can servive anywhere.
Veronica