Love and Major.

Love and Major.

Sang-Hoon SEO Sang-Hoon SEO

Sang-Hoon SEO

IB MYP & DP Korean A L&L teacher of RGSV in Hanoi, Vietnam.

发布日期: 2024年10月30日
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I became an IB Korean A teacher on February 9, 2009. I still remember that day because it was a huge turning point in my life. I hope that a literature teacher will be my last identity.


For the past 16 years, I have tried a lot to communicate with the Korean literature academia. I have met many people, I have given many lectures, but I have always failed.


I wanted to meet someone who loved literature, but they wanted to meet someone who majored in literature. I wanted to introduce my interpretation to them, but I've always encountered the same question.


"So, did you major in Korean literature?"


In lectures to the public, even though almost everyone agreed with my interpretation, but not a single Korean literature major understood it. (Now I think maybe they don't want to understand.)


Strangely, those who majored in Korean literature did not loves literature, and those who love literature did not major in Korean literature. So I haven't met anyone who loves literature while majoring in Korean literature yet.


Right now, I don't communicate with the Korean literature academia any more. Maybe I was in too much of a hurry. Maybe the next generation will be able to communicate. For that time, I leave my interpretations online.


I haven't found the answer to this question yet.


"Should a person who majored in literature teach or a person who loves literature teach?"


How would you answer the above question?

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