This month marks the arrival of a new wind upon the international journalism scene. The very first English newspaper publication of my highschool was published.
The Guri Times (see future wikipedia entry: Debut, The Greatest Ever Newspaper) promises a once-a-semester publication detailing the lives of its namesakes students, faculty and cultural climate.
Its writing, well, it's something to be seen.
Okay. I'll stop that there. I am actually really proud of the students for putting the whole thing together. It was not easy - and I would know since I edited each draft. The newspaper is the work of about 8 students and one of my co-teachers and they really did put a lot of work into it.
And the English really isn't that bad.
So, for your disclosure, these are the features of the inaugural issue of The Guri Times:
- Letter from the school Principal - translated, of course, into English
- Interview with the new President and Vice-President of the Student Body
- An Interview with Eric (me) and a short essay I wrote about my first two months at school
- Science Specials ( Guri High School becoming Science Specialized; Water Found on the Moon; The Life of Isaac Newton; and my favorite, an article entitled: "Food, the Main Cause of Korean's Pimple")
- a foldout information sheet about the G20 Summit in Seoul
- Four Essays by Students about School Life
- 13 Question Mind Test (which will be repeated in its entirety below)
- "Successful Top 10 Movies In The World" - a short review of the top ten grossing movies ever (example: #4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: "It feels the lack of something. Compare the original work and this, the original work is better"..... the entire write-up for The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King": This movie leaves a message like this 'Though someone is very small, weak and worthless, if someone has brave, belief and hope, he/she can change the world.'))
- Write-up about the 4 most famous Korean Soccer Playes
- Write-up about the Korean Boom in Japan
- impossibly hard/scientific crossword puzzle that I couldn't even complete.......(not touting my crossword skils - am touting my English skills)
Here's the 13-part mind quiz. Some are quite interesting.
Questions:
1) You are going to decorate your room with roses from the flower garden. How many roses do you want to pick from?
2) You enter a room which has nothing but four white walls. How would you feel in it?
3) You are going to cross a desert. How many pairs of shoes do you want to bring with you?
4) The angel of death came to you. The merciful angel will give you one more day of life before he takes you with him. How are you going to spend the last day?
5) You are walking on the street then something quickly passes you by. What was it?
6) You design your own house. Are you going to make the roof high or low?
7) You happen to open the cupboard. How many cups are in there?
8) When you pass by a street, you find a deserted house. Is the door of the house open or closed?
9) You fly in an airplane for the first time in your life. How would it feel when the plane takes off the ground?
10) What part of Mona Lisa's portrait do you want to change?
11) On a rainy day, you are walking in the street. Suddenly, a car passes by you and splashes mud on you. Where on your body would the car splash the mud?
12) You are lost in the woods. Finally you find an old castle. You enter inside, there is a candle strand on the table. How many candles are on the candle stand?
13) Your baby is crying, the doorbell is ringing and the water is boiling in the pot. In what order are you going to handle them?
Explanations:
1) The number of people you love.
2) The feeling when you die.
3) The number of people you would love before you marry.
4) The thing you want to do right now.
5) Your before life.
6) The height of your self-esteem.
7) The number of your true friends.
8) The door is your mind toward other people.
9) The feeling of your first kiss.
10) The part you are proud of in your own face.
11) The part you want to change on your body.
12) The number of boys/girls you will go out with in your whole life.
13) The things you are looking for on a date. The baby symbolizes his/her personality, door-bell means their appearance and water is their property.
So there you have it. Korean-translated into English personality test.
Anyway, once again, proud of the kids (all first-year high school students) for putting it together.
I even got cover credit as a proofreader. Awesome.
Can't wait for issue number 2.
AND next time you think All The News Thats Fit to Print is a good tagline, just remember the motto of the one and only Guri Times:
We study hard.
We keep a clean school.
We respect others.
quotation:
"Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts."
(i'll let you all attribute that one)
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