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After spending one semester
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For the three
years that I was in high school, like most students in
Korea I had one goal and lived with one fantasy. That
goal was to be accepted to a college or university of
my choice. I truly believed that HUFS was at this college
that I would be able to study all the things that I wanted.
When I was a senior in high school, I did a thorough research
of all the colleges that I wanted to apply for. I wanted
to study at an institution that would offer me the opportunities
and classes that would prepare me for my long-time dream
of becoming an official interpreter. However, after spending
one semester here, I have found that I was either misinformed
or I was naive enough to believe everything that I heard.
The English department at HUFS is well known for its classes
in interpretation and translation. It was one of the reasons
I chose this school over the others that I was accepted
to. But all that I have learned is that the English department
is in serious lack of professors for a subject that is
mandatory in becoming a major in that field a year later.
There are approximately 200 freshmen in the English department
and the maximum number of students that can register for
the interpretation and translation class is a mere 120.
Of the 120 openings for the class, nearly a third is taken
up by sophomores and transfer students.
It is extremely unfair and inequitable that some of us
are unable to take the classes of our choice although
we pay a good amount of money for tuition. If there is
one thing that I have felt about college life and of HUFS
is that college is not all that it's cracked up to be,
or as justified. |
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Kim Kyung-min (E-02)
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