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Had two students stop by last night just to chat ~ we talked for four hours 😛 Then had a sweet student bring me cookies this morning, and another one tea. I Love my Kids! They seriously have hearts of GOLD! ❤

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“Nine Dead, 287 Missing in Ferry Sinking Off Southwestern Coast”

“At least Nine people were killed, with the fate of 287 others unknown, in the Sinking of a South Korean Ferry off the country’s Southwestern Coast, officials said Early Thursday. As Military Divers and other Rescuers Resumed a Desperate search for survivors Shortly after noon, Recovered Two More bodies were, the Coast Guard announced.The death toll is feared to Soar, as search-and-rescue Efforts have been hampered by swift currents, low temperature and low Visibility.Sewol The 6,825-ton, heading to the Jeju Island with 475 people on board, capsized after sending a distress call at around 8:58 am Wednesday (Korea time). Two hours and 20 minutes Completely SANK it later. Passengers include Ansan Danwon 375 students and 14 Teachers from High School, who were on a Four-Day Field trip to the Island. Among them, 179 have been rescued. Remains The exact reason for the Sinking Reports Suggest UNCONFIRMED but that it might have an Underwater Hit rock.Rescuers say many of the passengers and crew seem to have been trapped in the vessel.Authorities plan to START Working to Recover the Sunken vessel as Early as Friday. Sent by Some text messages were students at the time of Sinking Public MADE. “Mom, I am sending this as I may have no chance to say. I love you!” Read a message. teary Families of the missing have been restlessly waiting for follow-up at the Paengmok Port Reports in Jindo, South Jeolla Province, the Nearest port from the Ship SANK WHERE. Immediately after Receiving a BRIEFING on the incident, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye ordered all-out search-and-rescue Efforts by relevant authorities, According to her Office. Park was quoted as saying her heart is Breaking What could be One of the Worst over in South Korea during peacetime tragedies.Prime Minister Chung Hong-won hurried to Jindo to meet the families of the passengers. He faced a Barrage of Fierce Protests from many Families Upset About a delay in rescue Efforts. The USNAVY’s Seventh Fleet also has Sent a Ship with helicopters on board to join the Operation. Meanwhile, the U.S. government offered its condolences.”We extend Our deepest condolences to the loved Ones of those who Lost their lives on board the South Korea Ferry, the Sewol, “Marie Harf, the State Department’s deputy spokeswoman, said at the Beginning of her Daily Press BRIEFING in Washington DC The U.S. is ready to Provide any Necessary Assistance, she Added. She also noted the U.S. 7th Fleet has Joined the Operation. “The USS Bonhomme Richard has Moved to the Area to Assist the government of South Korea with the search and rescue operations … We are ready to Help in any Way we can, “Harf said. . . . .”

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Encouragement for Students Job Searching!

19 Feb

Students everywhere are beginning to feel the coming dread; summer ever approaches, nearer and nearer. It is officially time to find internships and jobs for the summer. The interview period has arrived, particularly for law students who are facing the early interviewing period at their law schools. These are the weeks when the top law firms around the nation visit school after school looking for the best interviewees to hire on for the summer. For those chosen, it means increased odds for an excellent/high-paying job after graduation. For the rest, it means disappointment, rejection, and the continued need for determination and faith in oneself and the potentials of the world.

As such, I thought I’d share this poem by Rudyard Kipling in honor of those students heading off for the wonderful world of applications, dressing up, and much praying. His words of wisdom have gotten me through college applications, several job interviews, and every other time in my life when I needed a few drops of extra courage. I actually have it pasted to a bulletin board in my bedroom so I have it on hand every day. Hope he does the same for you! Good luck!

If

by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you.

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you

But make allowance for their doubting too/

Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or, being hated don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise.

If you can dream–and not make dreams your master;

If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim.

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same.

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools.

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build them up with worn-out tools.

If you can make one heap of all your winning

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss.

And lose, and start again at your beginnings,

And never breathe a word about your loss.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings–nor lose the common touch.

If neither foes not loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much.

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run.

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it.

And–which is more–you’ll be a Man, my son!

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Travelling in a 외국의 (foreign) Land

8 Nov

Travelling–the great journey into the unknown. Dun dun duunnn… They tell you the world is vast, and you sort of understand that when you begin to travel. But nothing quite seems to prepare you for that first step off the runway and into a whole new world. Luckily, at least in the countries I have visited, that new world has seemed just familiar enough (they had normal American toilets and a Dunkin Donuts. . . always a plus) that I wasn’t completely dumped into culture shock.

However, I was recently asked by my supervisor to draw up some tips for fellow students visiting countries where the language is a barrier. I got to thinking about it, and I decided to focus on what I learned on my most recent visit to Korea. By miracle alone, I had the luck to be roomed with a local girl for the first two weeks, or I have no idea what I would have done. Travelling in a new country without the benefit of language proficiency is difficult, but there are a few things that can make your life so much easier.

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