2010년 11월 24일 수요일

The wise and the cow - New version of fable

<The Wise Wife and The Cow>
 
    Once upon a time, there was a very idle and lazy man who lived with wise wife. His wife asked him to work in the field, but he rejected her asking. His wife went to the market and met an old man who sold a cow mask which made people into a cow at the market. She bought the cow mask and gave him this mask. When he wore the cow mask on his face, he turned into a cow! The cow had to work so hard every day and had difficulty in hard working. He regretted his past faults and decided to live life to the full if he changed back into a man.
 

    One day, she went to the market with the cow. She met the old man and asked to remove the cow mask. The old man came up to him and removed the cow mask. Suddenly, he changed back into a man. After that, he studied very hard and his wife supported him as far as she could. As a result, he became a secret royal inspector. After that, he arrested badly-behaved people and put the cow mask on them.
 
Moral : The men have to get married wise wife.
 
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<The Idle Man and the Cow>
 
    Once upon a time, there was a farmer who was very lazy and hated his work. His wife yelled at him so much that he went to the market to escape. There he met an old man who sold him a cow mask. The old man said that this mask helped men who didn't want to work. When the farmer put the mask on his face he turned into a cow! The old man sold the cow. The cow had to work so hard and he was so lonely for his family that he wished he was dead. Suddenly, he changed back into a man. He rushed home and kissed his wife and children. From that day on, he was a good worker and he never saw the old man in the market again.
 
 resource : Reason To Write, Judy L. Miller/Robert F. Cohen, oxford, 2001

2010년 11월 11일 목요일

Compare an educational institution of today with an educational institution of the past

    Compare an educational institution of today with an educational institution of the past. An educational institution of today is called 'school', and an educational institution of the past is called 'Hyanggyo' which is the Confucian temple and school to teach local students in the Joseon Dynasty period.


    Each institution differs in some respects. First, School is the big size building. There are various rooms such as science room, music room, gym, etc. But Hyanggyo is the small size building because there is one room. Next, the teacher in school teaches in a standing posture, and teaches interesting subjects. But the teacher in Hyanggyo teaches in a sitting posture, and teaches the Thousand-Character Classic that is very boring. Finally, the teacher in Hyanggyo is very strict. When the students didn't do assignments, the strict teacher gives students the long cane on the calves.

    An educational institution of toady and the past are different in some respects. But, there is a common of each an educational institution. It is that the students studied very hard.