Bi-Weekly Post #6

[Hyeon Jun Jo]

The past two weeks, we studied about the Korean flag and the national anthem. I remember learning how to draw the flag when I was in second grade in Korea and have forgotten about it until now. Each symbol and color mean something and that was a fun recap of what I learned when I was so young. We also studied different ways that the flag is set for different intentions and I never knew that there was a reason to different methods of hanging the flag up. In addition, we examined each verse in the national anthem and defined what it implied, including studying some vocabulary within the national anthem. I only knew a small part of the first verse, but learning the whole song was quite difficult. I grew up in the U.S. and have never given a thought about these two subjects. However, now that I learned both how to create the Korean flag and how to sing the national anthem, it made me reevaluate myself as a proud Korean citizen. This exercise itself was not so nearly focussed on language, but it truly was a big step in getting my self closer to Korean culture.