Blog 75

Dear students who will take English 110 next quarter

Hello! My name is Youngwook Kim. I took English 110 a quarter before you guys. I wrote many papers during the quarter and although they were kind of hard to write at the time I was writing, I think it improved me with my writing skills. While I am foreign student, my English was not very good. Before taking this class, I was kind of afraid of how I will do with the class because it is the class I have to take with Americans. I had many difficulties when writing the papers. However, the teacher helped me a lot by answering my questions carefully. As a result, although I was not good with writing and I got bad grade for the first paper, I did better for the next one and keep doing great for other papers. There should be some students who are foreigners and afraid of taking English class. I am not going to say this class is easy to take. However, if you try hard and ask questions to teacher, this class would not be very hard. Also, I am not sure that you guys are going to do the same thing but the most of the class were about science fiction and they were really funny. Lastly, the most important thing is the BLOG. We are writing 250 words blog everyday!!! I know it is hard and do not want to write it. However, it is important to improve your writing skills and it is also funny to read your blogs and other students’ blogs. That’s it for my last blog. I hope you guys do your best in this class!!^^

Sincerely,

The one who took class before you!!^^

Blog 74

Before taking this class, I thought science fiction is just something that is exciting that people normally see in the movies. Even though I saw a lot of science fiction movies, I thought it was only something that looks cool. However, after finishing this quarter, science fiction is kind of different from what I thought before. I watched almost all episodes of ‘Firefly’, and also watched two movies about science fiction. As we know, it was the same that the story takes places in the space and there are wars between human and human or human and aliens. However, the science fiction stories we saw and read in this quarter were different from other stories like ‘Star Wars’. Although they are not fancy like ‘Star Wars’, they have some serious stories and it was kind of funny to see those kinds of science fictions. The two movies we watched in class were confusing. They were really hard to understand even though I watched all parts of the movie. It might be because they were short. However, for the ‘Firefly’, while I watched almost all of the episodes, it was easy to understand. Also, I wrote many papers about science fiction in the class and it was really hard to write at the beginning of the quarter. However, after writing many papers, I think I can write them better and faster than before. I am not sure that I will have a chance to write about science fiction in my lifetime. It was really great time to do it and I hope I can do it again someday.

Blog 73

Today’s the last blog about anything!!!! You guys did a really good job. I hope you pick a wonderful topic for this blog. As I mentioned in my last blog, I am going to write about what I am going to do for the winter break. As you know, I am going back to Korea for the break and have some good days with my parents, relatives, and friends. While it is only 3 weeks of break, there are not much time to waste. For the first few days, I decided to stay with my parents and visit my grandparent. Then, I think will meet my cousins and friends and go to have some drink. Although I am 19, and I cannot drink in U.S., in Korea, people can drink at the age of 19 years old or above. Don’t worry! I may not drink that much because I am not good with drinking. I think this is it for the first week. For the second week, I might go to Seoul, the capital of Korea, and play with my friends in Seoul. Also, I will go for the skiing. It has been almost 10 years since I went for the last skiing. I hope I do not slip or hit someone. For the last week in Korea, I will stay in Daejeon, where I live in Korea, and just hang around. Whoo… I think this is it for my last blog about anything. Hey guys!! Do your best on the finals and have a great winter break!!^^

Blog 72

It is the last day of class!!! Now we only have final week left in this quarter. Is everyone studying hard for the final?? I hope you do!! However, the thing is…. We are still writing our blogs now!!! We need to study for our finals and these blogs are making me crazy. As you know, writing 250 words everyday was very hard at the beginning of the quarter. But, I do not think writing blogs now is not as hard as before. Although we do not have many things to write about, I can write really fast. We only have 3 more blogs after today’s blog. While we have topics to write about for blog 74 and 75, tomorrow’s blog is the last blog that we can write about anything. I am thinking about what to write for my final blog about anything. I hope I can write some funny things that I still can remember when I get old. Maybe I can write about what I am going to do during the winter break. It is very sad that it is hard to see you guys again. Even though the English class was very hard for me, it was very funny and I hope I can take classes with you guys again. I better study for my final now. I almost did not study at all right now… I hope you guys do your best on your finals. See you and have a great final week and a winter break!!

Blog 70

For today’s blog, I am going to write about my trip to Indiana. As I mentioned in my last blog, I went to Indiana to have a Thanksgiving break with my brother and cousin. Actually, Ohio and Indiana is not that far. However, it took almost 6 hours to get to the Indiana. To get to Indiana, use the flight is the best and the easiest way to go. However, I used a bus to go because it is cheaper than the plane. While it is cheaper, it takes longer to get to Indiana. I used a greyhound bus to go. Early in the morning of the Thanksgiving Day, I took a taxi to get to the greyhound station. I went little bit earlier than the departure time of the bus because I did not buy the ticket. After I bought the ticket, I waited about 2 hours in the station until the boarding. In the bus, I slept the whole time, about 3 hours, until the bus gets to the Indianapolis because I did not sleep at that night. After I got out of the greyhound station in Indianapolis, I took a taxi again to go to the Indianapolis airport. In the airport, I went to the bus terminal to take the limo to get to the Purdue. It took about an hour and half to get to Purdue. While it was hard to sleep in that bus, I got my laptop out and watched movie. When I got off the bus, my brother was waiting at the exit and I went to his house to have a happy thanksgiving day.