Homework – due on Feb 7 (EAV Chapter 4)

<4b>
1. participation
2. categorized
3. participate
4. random
5. tradition
6. voluntary
7. injured
8. acquire
9. regional
10. normally
11. energy

<6a>
1. import
2. porter
3. port
4. report
5. deportation
6. transportation
7. portable
8. portfolio
9. export
10. reporter

<7b> #2

The extracurricular activity that I participated in my undergraduate period was the one closely related to the social circumstance of Korea. The period from late 1980s’ to early 1990s’, which coincides with my university years, was time of the social tumult in Korea. The request for democracy against a military dictatorial government was very serious, and it was like the eve of a war. There were large demonstrations nearly every day somewhere in the country, which usually initiated from student movement chapter even though many normal white and blue collars participated in.

It was natural that this situation affected my whole university life. I joined one of the groups for discussing the socio-cultural matters. This kind of group was one of the most popular in that period. We read books covering various social sciences and philosophies and naturally discussed the principles of Marxism and social revolutions. And some of the group members went out of class to act what we learned in theory. I was the one among them.

When I became a junior, I began to work as a member of the student council in my department. And when I was a senior, I became a member of the student council of College of Liberal Arts. I was in the position of training new members. It was very valuable experience to learn the self-government and leadership but, in retrospect, was very time and energy consuming. As I indulged myself in the student movement, I could not manage to balance my study and extracurricular activity. The focus was upside down. As a consequence, my academic progress was not successful and several credits were flunked, resulting in the poor GPA.

I quit my involvement to the movement after I left the university and returned home. As I failed to balance my study and student movement, I was too unprepared to face the real world. I had not considered the imminent matters, such as getting a job and making a living. It was evident that my indulgence gave me some disadvantages. However, I have never regretted my experience as It gave me much more valuable things to live: how I should see, what I should see, and who I should see in the world.