#7 Korean, as One Official Language

 As the world is being globalized, more than one language seems compulsory to have the ability to fluently use foreign language. However, this doesn't require a policy to designate the second language as an official language. People who are related to those works can learn languages through education. Korea should not have more than one official language for three reasons: social confusion, unnecessary of multilingual, and expansion of Korean.
 
 A world dominant language coming into our society as another official language can cause social confusion. If English that most Korean parents and companies prefer is selected to be sanctioned, loud voices probably argue for more usage of the second language rather than our first language. This circumstance would foster the chaos of the society, which affects a negative effect on the stream of our nation. Although this confusion would even out, it is time and cost consuming and considering no change after the time when we already had some talks about English as an official language a few years ago, this implies it is no need.

 As we realized, it is not necessary to establish official languages and we can just learn them. While some say it is essential to make use of major languages in this globalized world, it doesn't mean we have to set it as official. If then, all other countries should arrange English or Chinese as their official language. A problem of language replacement could be developed as mostly dominant languages would be added to an authorized community language. By exploiting activated programs or internet websites that is helpful for foreign languages, people who need or want to learn them can selectively and individually gain many chances to be educated. 

 Keeping Korean as one official language has an effect of spreading our national language. Canada where bilingual of English and French is used puts every notice in both letters. As such, if we validate similar policy, foreigners, at least living in Korea, probably never feel learning Korean is needful. It would not give any motive to learn Korean because they can just live on without knowing even a word in our language. Even though some may think there are already some foreigners living without learning Korean, that is just a part and inconvenience should still exist to give them incentives or even curiosity.

 National official language should be kept as one, Korean in order to prevent any social chaos, needlessness of the policy and to disseminate Korean. Why don't we fulfill effort to propagate Korean widely to become prevailing, instead of thinking whether to bring others to our special community language or not.

#6-2 4D Printing

 Have you ever thought of a material “creating” itself on your hands? Some might come up with Bumblebee from the movie, Transformer. However, the new technology, 4D printing doesn’t need a motor. This innovation is expected to bring growth in market scale and current industrial level.

 Skylar Tibbits, the founder of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT pioneered 4D printing. All might have heard of 3D printing, which added the aspect of ‘place’ to traditional 2D plane printing. Now, 4D appeared with the aspect of ‘time,’ joined to 3D. According to Tibbits, ‘where 3D printing simply creates a dimensional object, 4D printed objects are constructed using “smart materials” which can be activated by various stimuli such as heat, water, current, sound or pressure.’

 An expansion of market scale with 4D printing has potential profit. Prof. Sung-il Ham prospected 4D printing industry will increase the market size up to around \60billion ($51,458 million) by 2025. According to a new market research report published by MarketsandMarkets, the total 4D printing market will be valued at $63 million by 2019, and it’s expected to reach a staggering $555.6 million by 2025. As the scale of the market enlarges, more and more companies will enter into the industry to earn value and gain.

 Moreover, the magnificent technique will upgrade industrial level. As you know, delivery cost is related to the weight. If the minimum size of material is produced making full use of 4D printing, this light product will be delivered to a consumer and then build itself into the final object. As such, 4D printing will minimize the space occupation and transportation expenses, which is good news for companies. The innovation also draws medical field with regard to medical implants. Patients can be treated by simplified and minimized nano-product, such as artificial bone, which shape shifts itself after put it into the body. Jin-yee Seo, a leader of technical information analysis center of KISTI, explained 4D printing can be used in various areas but will groundbreaking development in medical sector related to artificial fingers, joints, and so on.

 In conclusion, there are bright outlooks with market scale and industry level due to 4D printing technique. Let’s be proud of our world in the aspect of keeping on challenge and evolution.

#6-1 Innovative Car Seat-cover

  Have you ever experienced any car accidents? A car is one of our most important transportation that many people use, and the safety problem is a major consideration while driving. Daewon Industry developed a new technology that car's seat-cover absorbs the energy made from the car collision, which provides safety and economic benefits.

   The innovation, awarded from the New Excellent Technology(NET), guarantees the safety. As the seat-cover absorbs the collision shock, it minimizes one's injury of body and need. Besides, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards delivered that this technique has an effect of significant decrease in death rate.

  Another effect that this technology contains is economic gain. According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and energy,  in manufacturing process, it will bring 55percentage of cost-cutting. In addition, the profit on sales is expected to reach 180billion won in three years by applying the skill to approximately 450,000 units of cars. Moreover, as the skill has lots of advantages, our country can seize the power in international market. This significant competitiveness in exports will  elevate and enhance our nation's position.

  With Daewon's new technique of car's seat-cover, people will feel relieved with the security and economic interest will be created. However, don't be careless. Even with any safety devices, still should have safety conciousness!!

Formal Essay #1 Rewrites

Hyunmin Sung

Prof. Kyle Brebner

IERW (03)

11 November 2015

Fall into Music, Flutter

If you see yourself right now, aren’t there something familiar in your ears? A music and earphone are our daily life. If you see Feign: Flutter, which is one of my favorite paintings, you can sympathize with what the artist is trying to say. This art was drawn by a Korean modern artist, Hyunjung Kim in 2013. She made different and various works of art under a title, “Feign Story,” and Flutter is one of them. In this essay, Flutter would be introduced through description, some background details, interpretation, and evaluation.

             As appreciating arts without any background information makes people think more, before depicting the details, the description would materialize the picture. A beautifully pigtailed girl wearing a purple, graceful Hanbok, which is Korean traditional clothes, is facing the side and wearing headphones with her eyes quietly closed. The white headphone is contemporary and famous one, branded “b” for ‘beats by dr.dre.’ On her head, six different, specially-looking animals are surrounding her in a semicircle. From the left, a purple hippopotamus is largely opening its mouth with lots of books; a black and white striped zebra with one green antler and the other one in red has put a pink eyeliner; a grey elephant has worn many colorful earrings on both its ears; a white polar bear wearing a Korean traditional hat, which a prince wore, carries a red grasshopper on its back; a pink squirrel with a black ribbon tie is eating something; and lastly an alligator with its mouth opened a little has a pretty colorful butterfly seat on its teeth.

             Based on the portrayal, to understand the art better, fine points that the artist wants to tell can largely be divided into two; total background and the specific art, Flutter. The big, outer frame of Flutter, “Story of Feign” shows informal everyday life with figures wearing Hanbok. The point that Hyunjung Kim intended here is a contradiction between “informal” life and the “elegant and secret” characteristic of Hanbok. She firstly draws a figure in the nude, and goes through the step of dressing the figure in Hanbok. She dyes thin Hanji, which is traditional Korean paper, in person to effectively express Hanbok in a ‘translucent’ way. This makes her message ‘one can see what is underneath the dress’ clearer. Under the theme, Flutter is the real picture I want to introduce. The motive came from Kim’s experience in everyday life. She loves to listen to music because she becomes stabilized emotionally, and can get intense energy while listening. She focused on the feeling of being in a different world as a main character in a movie as soon as she puts on earphones. As there are no restrictions in the world of imagination, infinite and limitless thoughts ignite people to heart plunge. What she believes is that music is more than mere auditory stimuli, and some powerful energy is made which takes her to certain spaces or connects to certain time. This touching and flutter feeling of music has connection with art in that art can also go beyond time and space through visual stimuli. She wishes people to be moved and fluttered by these works.[1]

             To add how I interpreted, Flutter seemed friendly but new, and at the same time gave me a chance to flash back. The combination of Hanbok and the headphone, which is a discriminative harmony of traditional and contemporary, and the peculiar animals around the girl’s head, which flashes on something imaginary, were interesting. She used familiar elements in a novel way. With this basic consideration in mind, I read the title of the piece and tried to puzzle them in my own way. I naturally knew that the girl is fluttering while hearing music as it drives her fantasy fly everywhere because I have experienced it. In addition, as people with their headphone or earphone on are the most common scenery from subways to airplanes, many people these days should also have went through. By appreciating music, they can gain energetic motives and healing while being in just one self’s secret area regardless of how the world goes around. This also can be enjoyed through an indirect experience by watching some music movies such as ‘Begin Again.’ In short, I thought it was familiar and fresh, and felt the similar way as the artist tried to speak; music has an immense power that moves people.

             Kim’s art is reflective of society and Korean but easy, which suits my artistic taste. Her overall works of art are reflective of our modern daily life so that all can sympathize and agree with it. People can feel what the girl in the picture is feeling. It is because most have experienced being in a totally disparate place, which might be free or exciting, while listening to the music regardless of places in their daily life. Furthermore, I sensed another allure in the touting of our heritage, Hanbok. The reason is not only the glamor that drums up worldwide attention but also the beautiful mind of Kim. As I like things that have a purpose to spread Korean culture and tradition, the presentation of our historical clothes through art is luring enough. This also promotes awareness intensively at the point that Kim is a modern artist. Besides, compared to other abstractive or overly subjective arts, her works are portrayed simple, frank, and straightforward. Therefore, it is easy to understand what the artist is trying to say. These demonstrate that implicit communication occurs between the artist and the spectator in her artworks.

             In conclusion, Flutter shows music contains an impressive power to let people’s fantasy run wild and throw people in a different place of ones’ own. The magnetic factors of the art come from reflecting and Korean but easy attributes. Considering the artistic point with our lives, as modern people have close association with music or arts, people should arrange their time to feel liveness sensing the flutter by appreciating them. Once a while, step out from the busy, stressful and competing society and concentrate on music deeply, not just enjoying and touching the next button. You all can be anyone in anyplace you want right now, just by plugging in earphone in your ears. Feel your heart and your own breath.

 

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[1]http://kimhyunjung.kr/