Review of ‘Audition boom in Korea’

 Now on days, there is a bunch of audition programs and many people also love that. It is getting more popular and over million people apply to auditions. It looks very powerful in society.

However, I am not interested in audition programs. To be honest, I hate these programs. Based on strong points that fair competition, chance to success and easy to challenge, these programs get popularities but I think facts are not true. First, programs broadcast applicant’s privacy background story so, viewer get touched with stories then they can’t determine without emotions. It is not really fair. Second, it is easy to challenge but very difficult to win in over competition. In addition, most audition programs are focus on pop music which is too commercial. Talent is not only singing it could be painting, playing instrument, acting or etc. On my view broadcast stations do these programs for only money, and I didn’t pay my subscription fee to watch these selfish programs. I think they are also destroying children’s dream too. Children who watched these programs might change their dream and concentrate to practice for joining audition. Probably they spent much time and money to practice but they will recognize it is harder than they expected to win. After recognizing, they may feel empty and lose their dream too. It’s so pathetic.

 In conclusion, I wish this audition boom will be over soon. Firstly, these programs are not educational and lead over competition society. Over competition hurts too many people and effects many things badly. Actually, S.Korean society is already over competition to get a job and I am really sick of that as a job seeker!!!! Why do we need to be in over competition even in free time?

Review of ‘Mr.Ahn syndrome’

Mr.Ahn is a scholar and an entrepreneur, but in the past, he was a doctor, computer programmer and professor. As above, he has challenged many field and he is quite success in all field he has challenged. However, only political field is that he hasn’t challenged and refused offers. I guess he knows political field is not really ethical and quite difficult to deal. Even so, he declared that he is interested in running for mayor of Seoul in last month.

After his announcement, everyone included me are shocked and most people support his position. But just 5days after his announcement, he changed his mind to give up running for mayor of Seoul, and during these 5 days the stock price of his company went up high. This point is what I am curious to know. Because of his announcement, stock price went up high then someone got benefits, after that he changed his mind in just 5 days even he had refused political offers for many years. Who is someone? Who got benefits?

Anyway, I like and respect him because he is very challenging, punctual, ethical and inspiring person. He is most respect person of 20’s people as well. So I am completely welcome that if he will be a mayor of Seoul or president. Even somebody don’t like he is being a president because he doesn’t have any experience of political field, I am sure he will be good. Because he already challenged many field and he never gave up then success. Additionally in my opinion, company is also like a small country and he already mange his company very well. So following these reasons I can trust him to manage my country.

Review of 'Women driving in Saudi Arabia'

Yaqoub did a first presentation of our class. First of all, I want to say he did really good job.

He talked about Women driving in Saudi Arabia. I think the topic was important global issue what we are not really interested in because it is an unfamiliar topic for us. Actually 3 years ago when I had been in Australia, my Saudi Arabian friends told me about this problem, so I knew that women in Saudi Arabia can’t drive, but at that time my friends made me understand this problem with religious view. Since then, I have treated this problem as cultural differences or natural religious thing, not an issue we have to think and solve. However after Yaqoub’s presentation, I tried to think it in different ways.

Inside of this problem, there are many other matters such as religion, politics and people’s common sense. I mean it is not only problem about women rights, it could be political matters or religious matter. I found more details about Saudi Arabia on the internet and then, I realized Saudi Arabia has a biggest oil source of royal family’s own. I think royal family doesn’t want that people getting desire to have oil source. For that, royal family has to control the people and steal women rights is one of ways to control people. It is totally just my opinion.

In the earth, there are many different people, and we have to live together. Because human is social animal, therefore we can’t live alone. So we have to learn accept people who have different thoughts with us. In consequence, I don’t want to say we have to help women can drive or not. As I said before, that is not matter about only women rights and I have nothing to change Saudi Arabia. So, I just want to accept the way they live and their opinions without blames or supports. This is what I want to do for living all together.