Part one
- What did you study in history lessons when you were at school?
Well, I studied war like World war and Korean war and also I studied the background of the time line and so on.
- Did you enjoy studying history at school? [Why/Why not?]
It's different depending on the kind of story. In case of me, I enjoyed studying about war when i was in school because it was interesting for me.
- How often do you watch TV programmes about history now? [Why/Why not?]
Well, I watch the TV programm called "Naked history of the world" and I watch it by OTT service called "Tving". So, these days, I watch it every day. Professional people like professors show up and explain the story of the world like World war, person like Winston Churcil. It is really intersting.
- What period in history would you like to learn more about? [Why?]
If I learn more about history, I would like to study about Chosun dynasty because there were a lot of cases like war, Japanese occupation. It was really sad but really important case in the Korean history so I want to learn more about that.
Part two
- Describe the neighbourhood you lived in when you were a child. (You should say: where in your town/city the neighbourhood was what kind of people lived there what it was like to live in this neighbourhood and explain whether you would like to live in this neighbourhood in the future.)
Well, when I was a child, I was lived in Jung moon-dong in Seogwipo and it's located in Jeju island. And at that time, my cousins lived next the door and my friends as well. So, always hung out with them after school at that time.
So, I don't remember about that but It was really good in that neighbourhood because when I was 17, I moved to Jeju-si but it was really sad. But I don't really want to live there in the future because the town is so small so It's really limited to improve myself so I want to live in big city.
Part three
- What sort of things can neighbours do to help each other?
Well, When I meet my neighbours, I always say "Hi" for them. I think it's good thing for each other. And also, there 8 neighbours in the apartment that I lived. We clean Aisles and stairs every months as rotation. It's also good thing for each other.
- How well do people generally know their neighbours in your country?
Well, generally, people doesn't know their neighbours well because they are not interesting each other. Some people say "Hi" when they meet their neighbours but some people doesn't. And if they meet each other, they just pass through them.
- How important do you think it is to have good neighbours?
These days, It's really important to have their own personal life after work, so I think it's really important to have good neighbours. Because If my neighbours make noise, I can't have a rest in my home. I'm always being annoying about that and it's really bad for me.
- Which facilities are most important to people living in cities?
These days, I'm really into working-out so I think gym and some facilities like park is really important in the city. Because it makes them healthy and also, it will be refreshment between the work and in their life. So, I think it's really important.
- How does shopping in small local shops differ from shopping in large city centre shops?
I think people prefer to go shopping at large shopping mall because they can easily find what they want. Well, If they go small local shops, it could be great but i think they generally have low quality stuffs than big city's shops. Also, there are not many stuffs. And in case of large shopping mall, there are a lot of franchise like Nike, Adidas. They basically have the great quality stuffs so I think that's why people prefer to shop at large shopping mall.
- Do you think that children should always go to the school nearest to where they live?
Well, generally it would be great for their family to go to school nearest to where they live but I think it's different depending on the purpose. Because in case of me, I was training my swimming skills for competition every months so I have to go to school that located in other city and it takes 30 minutes by bus. So I think it's just different each people.