March 29 정유빈 (yubinjeong)
1.summary
In this class, the behavioral and cultural characteristics of various countries were taught. The first question the professor asked was, 'Do you agree that Confucian culture exists in Korea and China?' I agreed with that idea. (I tried to make a presentation, but the professor passed me :() When looking at Korea where I live, adults should use honorifics as the basis and have good manners. I have learned Confucian attitudes from an early age, such as starting to eat when an adult starts eating. This is the basis for the existence of Confucian culture. The next question was, 'People like English, but what are the disadvantages of using English?' English is very cool and a great language. If it's a disadvantage, I think it's an accent. I heard that there are many cases where you don't understand what you're talking about if you don't speak properly.
2.interesting
The most interesting thing about this class was that I was able to think about the past culture of Korea. Among the professor's questions, there was a question, 'What kind of culture existed in the past but has now disappeared?' What I immediately thought was that discrimination against women's jobs and behaviors has disappeared. In the past, there was a strange culture in Korea that women did housework unconditionally and men had to go to work unconditionally. Also, women did not have the right to vote. This was a very wrong culture and a culture that had to be eliminated. Today is an era in which both women and men can work and do housework if the agreement between couples works well. The days when only men could vote have disappeared completely.
3.disscussion
The discussion I want to have with our classmates I respect is 'Why does our culture keep changing easily?' In the past, it was not easy to change culture. But today our culture is constantly changing. Why is that? I think it is because of the development of smart technology. With smart technology, we can easily solve the questions of 'What is the culture of other countries?' and 'What is popular these days?' For example, YouTube, portal sites, etc. While looking at videos or articles on such sites, they imitate culture or trends, saying 'Oh this is a little cool!' Someone sees and imitates the imitation again. I think this cycle continues and becomes a culture. The human rights culture of women in the past, which was wrong, also made people think again as media technology developed, articles and videos asking, 'Is women's human rights okay as it is?'
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