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2018 Summer Personal Essay

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The reason I joined this camp was because I felt that the program activity to translate history into English is attractive and wanted to take a step closer to my dream by studying a topic that fits my course.

Our team conducted a survey on the implementation of the civil service system and educational institutions in the category of 'Education of Goryeo'.

The reason why we looked into the civil service system and educational institution was because the civil service system which was implemented at that time greatly helped the maintenance of Goryeo and continued to contribute to the stability and development of the country even after Joseon. It's also because it has produced many great scholars. What I knew about the subject before was a civil service system I had heard about. It was the ninth year of Gwangjong (958 years) of Goryeo that the system was first introduced to Korea. Taking the suggestion of a naturalized Ssanggi, Kwang-jong introduced a system of recruiting new talents according to Confucian scholarship and ability. In the civil service, the system was the most suitable way to recruit that who has no power but has capacity. The most impressive thing we have ever learned was the difference between the Kukjagam, a central educational institution during the Goryeo Dynasty, and Hyanggyo, a local educational institution. Just to give you a brief introduction..

Royal Academy (Gukjagam) is a public educational institution same as national university. There are many interesting features about Royal Academy.

The same three headings are taught but the qualifications for admission were different. Local Confucian school (hyanggyo) is also a public educational institution to teach confucianism in local. Our team planned the announcement to be a short play and a presentation. I found a video underlying to write a scenario for the play that I was going to give in my presentation, and I added additional content to it. (When I wrote the scenario, I can write funny because I thought about acting actors while writing a scenario.) We also found and translated the background of Goryeo's civil service system. (I could make the method of writing English familiar by translating the contents I found.) And I worked with my teammates to decorate props for the play.

As I expected through this camp is that rare chance to speak English, so I wanted to overcome my fear of speaking English by trying a lot of conversation with native English teachers through this camp. Also, I wanted to be more familiar with English with history as well as English by doing various activities other than studying English in a conventional way, and I wanted to raise my interest in English. I wanted to keep this camp as my special experience by discussing and presenting it in English during the vacation.

The camp isn't over yet, but I enjoy the activities more than I thought, so I think, I did a good job coming like the principal told.

So I want to participate in next English camp.