Sunday, February 23, 2014

essay (Nathan Cho)

What does it mean to lose you?
         Many people are afraid to lose something, and losing can be a negative word. However, some people who succeed in their life do not see losing as a negative word. Instead they see the positive aspect that losing can be a chance to gain something else. For example, if a business man loses a lot of money and, when he looked around, there was nothing except family. So he realized value of his family. I also had similar many people. When I lost something, I was disappointed and I did not want to try to find something. However I changed my mind by losing my passive attitude since coming to America.
         When I was in Korea, I had a passive attitude about many things. It is important to show other people that one has a good job, attended a prestigious university, and lives in a good home In Korea. So the most Korean parents pressure their children to enter a good university and get a good job. My parents were like that. I did not have the right to make decisions over my life. They decided my university and my future. Korean education also follows Korean parents’ opinion, which pressures the students. Korean education forces students to become more competitive and students have memorize without understanding them. These customs made me develop a passive attitude. Additionally, when I was in the Korean army, I was used to having passive attitude. Armies are societies based on ranks, so I was ordered to do tasks like transporting food, clothes and information to the commanding office. In the end, these made me adapt a passive attitude in Korea.
 2012 year, my mother recommended me that I go to Chicago for my future because American education is better than Korean. I also wanted to gain individual freedom in my life, so I decided to go to Chicago. When I first arrived in this city, I was afraid and worried that I should have found my freedom than in Korea. Now I am not worried about that because I realized I had to do something to change my attitude such as finding a house, school and deciding my life by myself. When I was in Korea, my parents pressured me about everything. But, I had freedom in America without parents’ pressure. It meant that I had new responsibilities, also it let me think profoundly more about my living in my life. Of course sometimes my parents are worried my decision, but I make an effort to persuade them.
I realized that loss can also be a positive word and it had changed my life. I have developed an independent life by this experience. Additionally, I not changed only my life but also people who are around me. Sometimes people who are around me ask to me about my life in this city and me sometimes advice about American life. Recently, I got studio which cheap, nice and a good location. So my friends wanted to be helped by me. Finally, it made that they thank me and respect me. Of course sometimes I make mistakes or the wrong decision. For example, when I first came to America I did not know any phone plans, so I just used a $80 plan for 6 months, one day I wanted to get information about phone plan systems to save money, so I studied phone plan systems and I am using a $30 plan, It is more effective than before. Finally, I realized that I encountered some difficulties, but I solved them by myself, and I think it was a good experience not to make same mistake.
 My new life represents independent and responsible. Recently, I started to challenge creative life which recycling my garage or using used products. I often see people who are successful businessmen, CEOs and scientists. Most of them had experiences about losing money, family and life. But, they succeeded and they told me that their experiences helped them. I also think that losing can have a positive effect and I can use the losing again such as my experience since coming America. I have learned to do not be afraid, because facing your loss can help you be

9 comments:

  1. Of course, if you afraid to lose, you get nothing. You have to get over it, and become a brave man, Nathan. I am doing something like what you are doing. Believe me that do do not give up, and your success just on the way!

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  2. Hello Nathan,

    I like your essay. It's very challenging to learn the things of life by ourselves, especially in another country. The most important is that you feel satisfied by doing that. I love your new challenge which is recycling and using used products. I care about environment and I recycle also the maximum I can, it's not easy in America, they don't know how to do. Good job !

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  3. Hi Nathen. I like the part that living along in a foreign country is a huge challenge, but it's also a good chance to learn some thing what you probably have not heard before. In addition, your experience in America is the part what catched my attention most.

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  4. Hi, Nathan
    I agree your point. Sometimes losing can be positive. Losing help us to learn more knowledge, and losing is the good experience in our life. I think you really like the freedom in Chicago. Fighting!

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  5. I totally understand you essay, because I have similar experience. All the things have special meaning even if it is bad things.

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  6. hey Nathan,
    I like the freedom in Chicago too. And I am supporting your business idea, hope you be the succeed businessman.

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  7. Hi Nethan!

    I really enjoyed your essay. There are a lot of things that I didn’t know about Korea. You should be proud of yourself for all those things you have done

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  8. Hi Neithan! Just want to say, that I love your essay. I like the way you brought the idea with loss as a positive thing. It is smart, smooth and philosophical. You really made me think about it, which proves, that you did a good job.

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  9. This is a good point for losing. Not all of the losing is negative, just like if you lost all money, so you did not to worry about someone wanted to get money from you. Not all the losing is wrong.

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