Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m Ae Ran Hwang. I'm very happy to participate in this contest. I'm currently an office worker in the sales department. My goal in this company is to work in the department of education. The reason for this is that I want many people to learn the things that I have learned when I was a student.
Before I tell you about this, I have a question. Here is a black ball and a white ball. What do you think is the difference between these two balls? Color? or Shape? I think there is no difference between these two. Because humans with different height, age and color are also all the same people just like these two balls.Just like these two balls are not different,the experiences I had on knowing the differences and discrimination gave me the opportunity in having a dream and building my career path. So I think that the most valuable education is to know the difference and discrimination.
I want to tell you one story to connect with this issue.When I was a freshman in university, I had participated in TALK program. This program is teaching English to elementary school students in after-school with a Foreigner. At that time, It was a precious opportunity that I met good people and had a dream.
One of the best memory was that I spent time with a multicultural family. Especially, one girl. Her father is Korean and Mother is Filipino. She was very bright and always had a smile. One day, during class, one student said to her "You're very black and different, not like Koreans." At that time, she got hurt from her friend and ran away outside. I was upset. Firstly I disliked the student saying hurtful words.
Secondly, about education not letting students know about the differences. So, because of this, I thought about how a student who is different would be able to live without getting hurt. Now, How about reconsidering if we are discriminating and differencing everything around us. Unconsciously, Don’t you discriminate by thinking “you are black” or “you are white”? I think that living together without discrimination is those most desirable thing. The basic is to recognize, consider and communicate in our society.
Thank you for listening.