Teen Life Project: Introduction
Hello! Well……. My name is Sarah, and I am thirteen years old. I am in 8th grade in an international school and I have been out from my own country for 2 years and half now. My life started on 20th of September, 1993, in South Korea. I was going to a normal Korean school until I was 9 years old when I moved to an English boarding school (still in Korea). I went there for about a year and half and finally when I was 10 and half years old, I moved to this international school that I still attend today.
My life here is just wonderful and lots of fun, too. I go to school on week days (talking to my friends and doing my school work), and I go to a tuition center from Monday to Friday. On the weekends, I hang around with my friends, go out for dinner with my family, go shopping with my friends or with my mom, do my homework, etc. etc. However, I sometimes feel boring, due to the fact that I have to do the same things everyday; wake up in the morning, go to school, do my Korean school work, go to a tuition center, practice my instrument, do my homework, etc.
I also feel stressful often from the pressure I get from school and all other things, and the fact that I hate the most about living in a foreign country like this is that my family can’t do things that they can in our own country such as meeting with our friends, to whom we can talk comfortably to. Of course we have friends here as well, but they are not exactly like the ones we have in Korea. During the holidays, when everyone at school can have fun and enjoy their lives, we either go to other places in different countries, or we back to Korea for like a month. Living in this country would not be anything like living in other countries like Columbia, Canada, and the United States.
I love to read a book on my bed while listening to my iPod, go shopping, gossip with other girls on the phone, spend time with my friends, and play any kinds of games. But here are some things I don’t really like: comic books, red peppers, spaghetti without meatballs, my brother who annoys me every 5 seconds, Novia when she talks about nonsense, Sai when she talks and doesn’t eat during lunch, Miki when she stresses out, Emma when she gives me ‘The Look’, etc. My biggest motto is this: Always be happy and smile.
Oops, I forget to mention about our school. So here we go: I have 8 classes and we take 4 classes each day, 1 and half hour each if there isn’t anything special. The 8 classes are: Exploratory (health, drama, art, or computer that changes every quarter), Algebra, Mandarin, Band, PE, Social studies, Science, and of course, English. I like all my classes, especially Algebra and English.
Lastly, the issues that I am interested in for the Teen Life Project. Well, there are many, many problems all around the Earth. And therefore, I am concerned about many things. First, poverty. I have been wondering since kindergarten, ‘Why are there so many poor people all over the world? Why are they starving to death when there are people, on the other hand, who are eating so much that we realize that we have to go on a diet?’ Yes, this is a serious problem. And obviously, everyone knows that. Then why not do something about it? Why are we just sitting here, doing nothing, and yet talk about poverty?
Secondly, terrorism. How did this all start? Why are there terrorists? For fun? Every time I asked myself those questions, I could not answer. I think terrorism is a big, big problem because terrorism is just so……. Dumb. (I don’t really like that word but there really isn’t a word to describe it.) Terrorism is forcing innocent people to die and it has to stop.
Next is pressure/stress. We, especially the students, receive so much pressure everyday from parents, teachers, peers, etc. I think this is a serious issue because too much pressure = too much stress = low self-esteem and low self-confidence = many people commit suicide, do drugs, etc.
Okay, so this is all I wanted to say. I apologize if the topics changed so randomly. I hope that now you have finished reading, you probably have learned some ideas about who I am and please feel free to comment on my blog.
