21st Oct

Topic 1. How Honest Are You? You think you’re pretty honest, right? There are 15 questions you guys can choose from (Yeah~ a lot~^^). At first, pick any questions you are interested in and then share your thoughts and experiences with people in your group. Please talk honestly and freely. Are you ready to go? # Questions If… 1. Your best friend’s out-of-state boyfriend or girlfriend comes to visit, and you can’t believe how rude and obnoxious he or she is. When your friend asks what you think, how do you react? 2. Your boyfriend or girlfriend - who you know is very concerned with their appearance - has clearly gained some weight. They ask you point blank if they look fat. Do you give them your honest opinion? 3. This could be you: Someone asks where you bought your cool new shoes/shirt/jacket/dress, you lie and tell them you don’t remember—so, they can’t run out and buy the same thing. 4. If your boss, coworker or friend’s breath really stinks, do you tell them? Have You Ever? 5. Cheated on a test (by copying answers, smuggling in notes, etc)? 6. Passed off someone else’s work or achievements as your own? If not, have you heard of this kind of happening in your workplace? This could be your supervisor.^^ 7. Called in sick at work when you were not really ill? If yes, why? 8. Misstated the facts on a resum&eacute; or job application? 9. Discovered that a friend’s partner was cheating on them and not mentioned it to your friend? 10. Taken office supplies from your company for personal use? 11. Been undercharged / received too much change from a cashier and not told them? If yes, how much was it? 12. “Borrowed” something from a friend and not returned it? 13. Damaged an unoccupied car and not left your details? 14. Lied about your age? If yes, why? 15. Lied to your spouse or partner about the cost of a recent purchase? Topic 2. Christopher Reeve’s Last Interview CHRISTOPHER REEVE TELLS HIS FINAL TALE A source of inspiration to millions, Christopher Reeve had his own sources of inspiration. One of them, he said in one of his last interviews, was Brooke Ellison. Reeve won fame as the invulnerable hero of the “Superman” movies, then won respect as an actor for more complex performances in such films as “Deathtrap,” “The Bostonians,” “Street Smart” and “The Remains of the Day.” He earned worldwide respect and admiration, however, after the 1995 horseback-riding accident which left him paralyzed from the neck down and on the verge of death, unable even to breathe without mechanical assistance. Instead of succumbing to his injuries, Reeve staged a dramatic comeback as both an actor and a director. His final project is “The Brooke Ellison Story,” a television movie set to premiere on the A&E channel on Oct. 25, the true story of a young woman who, after being left a quadriplegic by a car accident when she was 11, rallied to earn a degree from Harvard. “I give a lot of speeches and do a lot of interviews,” Reeve said, “but I felt that, if we could tell this one story really well about what it’s like to live with paralysis, and have that seen in a dramatic form around the world, that would be a really worthwhile contribution ... I feel that with everything in life, whether it’s a film project or anything else, I can only do things that I actually care about. I can’t just take any job, because things are too difficult to do and life’s too short and precious.” The truth of that observation was borne out on October 10, when Reeve died of heart failure at a hospital near his home in Westchester County, N.Y., where he had been undergoing treatment. # Questions 1. “When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked ‘What is a hero?’ Do you think a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences? If not, give us your own definition of Hero. 2. He published his own biography book “Nothing is impossible’. In his book shows that we are all capable of overcoming seemingly insurmountable hardships. What lesson can we learn from his life? * insurmountable: so great that it cannot be dealt with successfully. 3. If you have special ability to be able to help people who get in trouble, Are you going to choose hero’s life like a superman, spider man or wonder woman? If yes or not, why? 4. Have you ever thought of being handicapped? Just imagine that you have to lose one body part, which one are you going to choose? What body part is the most important for you? 5. Facilities for handicapped people are insufficient in Korea. Compared to the developed countries, what do we have to change? If you know good examples of excellent facilities or service for disabled people in other countries, let us know. 6. Known the world over as Superman, Christopher Reeve has been a symbol of strength, the force of good, with the ability to fly and soar over the problems of man. Have you ever admired that kind of abilities? If you can choose supernatural abilities (superhuman strength), what kind of ability do you want to choose? (ex. Psychokinesis 염력, telepathy 텔레파시, Clairvoyant power 투시력 등) 7. All of us are, in some ways, prisoners in life—some by limited thinking, others by physical limitation. But rarely has a man demonstrated such a wonderful ability to face limitation. Do you know anybody who step beyond his or her physical or mental limitation?