Spooky Rookie
Can you believe that there is a middle school class reunion that has continued since 20 years ago? I know It is hard to believe, but I have such a reunion. More interesting is the fact that even our teacher participates in this reunion every year. We gather not only to see old friends but to meet the teacher whom we all love and respect. What is so special that many students do not forget and have respect for him yet?
As soon as he became a teacher, he took charge of our class. It was rumored that he was very strict as if he was a soldier. So, at the first class we waited for him, being nervous. Then the rookie teacher burst into the classroom. The eagle eyed man who has soldier-like hair style stared at us for a while. We were frozen and thought, 'we will die.' Finally, he opened his mouth, "Why are you so quiet? You are the middle school students who are vigorous, and new semester started just before. Don't you have any special story to talk to your friends? Come on, make a noise freely." But we didn't say any words and just glanced at each other. Then the teacher started, "Then I'll introduce myself first." After the first class all of the classmates became intimate, and we all got to know that the new teacher is very kind person.
During the year we gathered many good memories. At the field day our class did all the athletic tasks in harmony and won the first prize. Harmony was the most important thing the teacher required. He often tried to attract us to many cooperative works. We climbed Mt. Dobong together, gathered donation for homeless children, and camped on the school playground. So, during the year all the classmates built sincere friendship, and the friendship continue until now.
My teacher has a funny nickname, Onalal (오날랄). It is a dialect of Onul-nal (오늘날) which means 'today' in Korean language. He came from Jeolla-do, so he has some funny habits of pronunciation. When we are meeting, one of our classmates always manipulate him into saying one of these words. Then we laugh at it, clinking glasses. "Cheers!"
Sometimes like a funny friend, sometimes like a kind older brother, and sometimes as a wise mentor, he has always been with us. Although he now looks very weak because he suffered from stomach cancer years ago, he is my hero who got special force.
Hi, this is Youna Lee and it was really nice to read you writing! What I liked about your writing is that it contains a bunch of examples and details. In other words, it is really faithful to this time's writing focus. Because of this, your writing is much interesting and colorful. I especially liked the part that you illustrated the first meetimg with your teacher. However, I could see some grammatical faults. And I think you tried to show us too much things, so if you remove some unnecessary sentences and arrange it more simply, it would be much better. Except those, I overall enjoyed your writing piece. Thank you!
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