Bi-Weekly Learning Journal #6

[Sarah Kwon]

This week we had a case study on a forest fire that happened on a mountain in Korea. We looked at a news video and article that talked about how one of the residents on the mountain was a father. He was extremely sick and didn't have that much longer to live so he collected cash in his home to give to his son. Unfortunately, when the fire started on the mountain, it burned all of his cash, leaving him with nothing. It was a really sad article because there was nothing the father could have done and he lost thousands of dollars in a flash. Currently, there is a donation box (like GoFundMe in Korea) that asks people to donate their money to give back the father's lost cash. There was also a discussion about whether the government should do anything to refund the father. After watching the video, we filled out a worksheet about the forest fire case study and what we would do if we were in that situation. 

[Kevin Kim]

It was really tragic to read about the victims of the forest fire. The rural town seemed to have been devastated by the fire and many lost everything to it. The South Korean government should have a system in place to help victims recover financial loss because people like the grandfather, they most likely had cash in their homes instead of in banks. It was even more sad to hear this because the money has been saved up his whole life for his son but he has lost it all.