[Subject] 12월 4일 주제올림!

[고혜정]

* Warm-up question!!

1. What do you do when you feel lonely?

2. What makes you happy these days?

3. What do you worry about the most these days?

4. What type of person do you feel most uncomfortable with?

5. A stranger breaks into your house while you are sleeping. You wake up, and you have

   a gun in the room. Would you use it?

6. You have the power to bring one person back from the dead. Who would you choose?

7. You can change one part of your personality-What would it be?

8. Do you think there is a friendship between 男 and 女?

9. (for women)If your husband doesn't like to have any jobs and want to take care your

    children and housekeep and let you work instead of him, what would you do , is it ok?

10. (for men) If your wife doesn't want to work after marrige, do you agree or you don't?

     (you are making a poor living)

11. When was the best school life for you? high school or middle school or elementary

     school or university ? and why?

12. Is life fair in your case?

13. (for singles~^^)Why do you think you are single?

14. How do you score yourself as a boyfriend or a girlfriend(husband or wife)? And Why 

     do you deserve that score?

15. Your best friend tells you that he/she is homosexual. How would you react?

16.  You find out your own sister/brother/friend is taking drugs. what would you do?

* Violence in Schools

As part of its war against school violence, the government has decided to station former policemen in schools to prevent juvenile crime. It will experiment with a ``school police'' system at seven elementary, middle and high schools in Pusan for three months from May, deciding later whether to expand the plan nationwide based on the results.

The idea of putting uniformed officers into elementary schools appears excessive but reflects the need to nip teenage hooliganism in the bud. Surveys of the nation's 5 million students indicate that at least one-tenth have experienced physical aggression, intimidation, extortion and gang-based ostracism.

In Pusan, the nation's largest port city, the proportion is more than double, with almost half of all bullying occurring within school grounds. The amount of school violence has recently declined slightly, but student gangs are getting younger, more organized and increasingly violent. More and more, they resemble mini crime rings.

The physical and mental damage sustained by the victims is enormous. Many students hesitate to go to school, while some suffer from trauma even after graduation and a few others commit suicide. They cannot report these crimes for fear of retaliation. School violence seems to have exceeded the level that can effectively be tackled by just parents and teachers. The initial result of cops in school will likely be positive, if experiences in other countries are any guide.

But there are still some points to be considered before implementing the system even on a pilot basis. First of all, the scope of violence in schools is still limited due to the nation's strict ban on firearms, so the presence of uniformed officers could smack of over-surveillance and have an adverse effect on teenagers. Parents and teachers should first ask themselves whether they have really done their best in addressing the problems of students, instead of just nagging them to study harder.

The government ought to focus as much on prevention as punishment. All related parties, including the educational and law enforcement authorities, should first try to reduce the students' exposure to harmful influences, including violent films and computer games. If the government ultimately decides to introduce the system, it should still seek a social consensus on how to do so.

For example, some overzealous officers could infringe on students' rights and obstruct normal schooling, while also creating friction with teachers over student control. The roles of these guards need to be clearly defined and they should have a good understanding of educational ethics and juvenile mentality.

- Questions

1. Have you heard about the "Iljinhoi"? What do you think about that?

2. Why do think school violence is continuously increasing recently?

3. What kinds of methods are necessary in order to diminish dreadful school violences and

    juvenile crimes?

4. If you are a parent with kids who suffer from school violence, how will you react to the

   school?

5. Do you have any good ideas to protect our kids from school violence?

* Plastic surgery

Did you know that one in every ten women in Korea has had plastic surgery, and the number of men getting it is on the rise?

It's no surprise as Korean society is very conscious of physical appearences.

Of course, there are many kinds of procedures being done, like breast enlargements,

liposuction, and double eyelid surgeries.

We all hear about the risks involved with any kind of surgery, but people are willing to take that risk to look beautiful.

The media subsonsciously tells us the standards of beauty.

As we watch models and celebrites with gorgeous bodies and perfect faces, we want to be like him.

We forget that they themselves might have gotten plastic surgery to look that way.

In any case, that may be one reason why people get plastic surgery.

- Questions

1. What do you think influences people to have plastic surgery?

2. What sre some side effects of getting palstic surgery?

3. If money wasn't an issue, would you get plastic surgery?

4. Should there be a limit to how much plastic surgery a person should have done?

5. Should insurance companies cover plastic surgery in their medical plans?

[고혜정]

응원에 힙입어 얼른 회복하고 다시 올렸습니다~^^;;지금까지 주제가 다소 무거운 감이 없지 않아, 이번엔 쉬어갈겸(?) 다들 아실만한 내용으로 두개 올렸습니다. 대신 할 말은 많겠죠? 질문을 많이 올리고자 하였으나..ㅡㅜ 생각날때마다 하나씩 올릴께요. 간혹 쌩뚱맞은 질문이 있을지라도 재밌게 웃으며 얘기해보아요~^^

[장유미]

네~ ^^

[김효실]

자료 올리느라 수고했어요~~

[양권석]

이번주는 못갈듯....잼나게 하십쇼......^^

[김은주]

무사..-_ㅜ

[고정숙]

혜정아 고생했다.. 중급반 여러분 . 앞의 warm-up 자료는 1:1 speaking time 에서 주로 사용을 할 것이고 뒤에 있는 article 은 팀 스터디 시간에 쓸 예정이니 준비 많이 하고 오세요. article 자료는 스스로 요약을 해보시면 훨씬 이해 하기가 쉬울것 같습니다. 스스로 요약하고 질문을 다섯가지 정도 만들어 보세요

[김은주]

warm-up questions이 재밌네요^^; 언니, 감사합니다^ ^

[이경호]

고생많았쪄!!! 이번주에 얼굴봄세!!

[김수현(영)]

얘기거리가 많을 것 같네요~

[Ricky(이상훈)]

% 리키도 이번주에 설 특강땜시 불참확률 90% 암튼 화이삼~~

[김정은]

고생했어^^ 일요일에 보게~

[김은주]

언니, 이번주엔 스터디 참여?^^ 근데, 언니 저는.. 아마 참여를 못 할 것 같아요. -_ㅠ

[김정은]

요즘 생활이 뒤죽박죽이라...아직 잘 모르겠어..갈려고 노력할께..

[박문희]

See you on Sunday

[정재훈]

Why do you think you are single? ---->즐기는 건감? .넘하누만. 꼭 내입에서 그말이 나오는걸....ㅠㅠ

[김은주]

요즘 쓸쓸한거죠? 그런거죠?^^; 화이팅.

[문건우]

재밌을것 같은데 저는 여기 부산에서 공부하느라

[김은주]

어디서든, 화이팅이예요. 제주 오시면 중급반으로 꼭 오세요^^