South Korea

khalid abdulrhman

sami ali

 

 

Contents

Introduction:

Habits and customs:

Architecture:

Education:

Sports:

South Korea

 

 Introduction:

South Korea is one of the most important countries that attracted the eyes of people all around the world. It became so because of the development that it achieved in all fields throughout the last century. South Korea occupies the south part of the Korean peninsula after the separation from North Korea in1948 with the help of America. Korea put itself on the international map, as it became an industrial country competing the world's major powers. Some products such as electronics, steel, ships, automobile in addition to IT industries turned it into international station a lot of countries go back to as a main supporter. The country always hosts and sponsors international events, which add financial and moral benefits to the country. They hosted events such as Seoul Olympics in 1988 and FIFA World Cup in 2002.

 

Habits and customs:

 South Korea has unique habits and customs that hard to be seen in other places of the world. For examples, in charismas Korean believe that they “should hide their shoes on the first night of the New Year” that is because the ghost will wear one of them and it will be a bad luck for the owner of the shows. To show respect there, you should bow to the others as a kind of greeting. People in Korea are always in a hurry. They want to do their tasks and jobs as fast as it is possible. Korean’s important part of their life is drinking. Elderly and even young drink alcoholic beverage permanently. People in South Korea like fashion too much and they concern of fashion matter. Most people are up-to date in their clothes and in their physical appearance and girls do not go out without make up on their faces.

 

Architecture:

The old traditional houses that made of straw are replaced with high buildings that all look like. People of one family with different generations used to live together under one roof whereas new generations prefer to live separately. That is what makes the demand of building houses exceeds the supply. The new houses are being built now in the same design that old houses had been built in order to save the traditions of their grandparents and their great architecture that they inherited from the old generation.

 

Education:

Education represents an important side of Korean life. Parents give the highest priority to the education, so they sometimes slaughter sacrifices in order to make their children get high marks. The students have to spend 6 years in the primary school and then they spend 3 years in the prep school. After Prep School the students go to the secondary school for three years to go to whether to the university (4 years) or junior colleges ( 2 years). The rest of students who didn’t go to university enter the work force directly to have a technical job or craft. Currently , Schools are still categorized by sex. Boys study in separated school than girls because they believe there a difference between the ability of understanding between boys and girls.

 

Sports:Taekwondo is the most important sport in Korea. It has a historic origin in their old ages. When the Korean peninsula were divided to three kingdom, it became the formal martial arts there and it has a great importance between people of these ages. Although Taekwondo backs to the old ages, people consider it as a young game that appeared recently. New generation’s favorite sport is football. I became very popular after the host of FIFA World Cup in 2002 and FIFA World Cup.

 

 

stereotype

The students in the class have many different ideas in thinking. The stereotype which they have means the way they think from childhood. For example when the Japanese man was identified himself, and talking about his country by comparing between Japan and other countries. Also, about the Pakistani and Sikh from India when the teacher ask the Sikh to sit near Ali, he refused to sit with him, and he prefer to sit near the Italian, because he is a Muslim. Even the woman from France had a big impact, when the man was fighting to sit near her because she is a beautiful woman.

Blue eyes and Brown eyes

We watched the short video in class together for 1 hour about discrimination, and it talked about a reunion in 1984. The students were re-united to watch the video of the lesson, which was made by the teachers.

In the first class Jane Elliot tried an experimental lesson. She started to ask them, what's the difference between black people and white people, and their answers was negatively, and the reaction shown bad feeling to a black aspect, and the white is completely different from them. Then she started to separate the students in two parts, first one is a blue eyes group and the second one is a brown eyes group. Firstly, She talked about a blue eyes, and until a blue eyes they get proud, and think that they are especial than a brown eyes. However, the brown eyes was upset from her, and they dislike her comparing. As will as, it created a bad relation between the groups until two day.

On the third day, she found the problem became more complex  than before, because they were friendly.

When the teacher re-united them again, they seem that they  want be a friendly without any problem preferring.

What is cultural diversity?
It's different traditions from country to other country, the way to eat foods, and drinks. Also, the way of men's and women's dancing together or alone, and the colors, the design of clothes and the specially at weddings, and national  day or even the sad day. As well as, many traditions are skillful and talent.

What do I expect to learn on this course?
I export to learn about the culture in the world, and what it does the way to enter another country, and what is the difference between the countries, and why they are doing these things, and what are the positives and negatives of these various traditions. and what is the best culture in my opinion?

What have I already learnt?
I learnt about the culture of Japan and Brunei. and I see the languages are different in Brunei and the people pluralize by repeating the word. For example:- penuntut penuntut. The Japan was from the strong military, and they had a different way than other countries to develop their country.


What do I know about Hedley?

I know that he is from the UK. and he is married. with two daughters, Kate & Emma. Mary. and he were working in Brunei for 10 years and Qatar nine years and also he did work in the U.A.E and he did travel every where in his life, he is a sports man and his favorite sport is rugby, he likes music and watching movies.