Concentric zone model

Not long after the trimming began, Lieutenant Pak Chul of the Korean People’s Army of North Korea, surrounded by ten other North Korean soldiers, approached the workmen and soldiers trimming the tree. “If you cut more branches,” Lieutenant Pak warned, “there will be a big problem” (qtd. in Oberdorfer and Carlin 148). Captain Arthur Bonifas, the American leading the trimming, ignored him, and the poplar trimming operation continued. Lieutenant Pak continued to threaten Captain Bonifas. “The…

In 1950, the Korean War began as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or North Korea, invaded the Republic of Korea in the south across the 38th parallel. Shortly after the start of the war, American and United Nations (U.N.) troops joined the battle and fought alongside South Korea. Correspondingly, General Douglas MacArthur had been named commander of the U.N. forces by the United Nations Security Council. Both President Harry Truman and General MacArthur acknowledged the significance of…

The statement “Genie is living proof of human resiliency” is true because she survived everything she went through. Genie lived in in nearly total isolation until she was 13. She spent most of her time naked, retrained to a potty seat only being able to move her hands and feet day after day. The article states, “At night she was put into a straightjacket and caged in a crib that had wire mesh sides and an overhead.” She also wasn’t fed a lot weighing only 59 pounds. Genie overcoming all of this…

The Never Ending Genocide On February 12th, 2016, North Korea tested its most popular nuclear weapon, stirring debate around the world. During the previous super bowl North Korea flew spy satellites over the super bowl stadium. These recent and almost invasive events are the just the icing on the cake, North Koreas history for being a ruthless and extremely hostile country under its dictatorial leaders is long standing. This aggressiveness is not limited to its enemies, their treatment of their…

I was eight when I moved to the U.S from Bangladesh. Shortly after I started school, I realized the importance of language. At the time, I knew some English but it was not enough to carry on a conversation. Due to this limitation, I faced hurtful comments and bullying. I realized the necessity of language in social interaction and communication. When I became fluent in English and started making friends, my interaction with my peers changed for the better. I now realize how language can either…

Barbara Demick interviewed defectors from Chongjin, North Korea in her book “Noth ing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea.” She wanted to get an idea of what real life is like in North Korea. She chose an array of defectors from different factions. She told their stories in a novel format instead of having to read their individual interviews. She chose six main people and really dug into their every day life, their thoughts and feelings on what was going on around them. I think she chose a…

own tacit understandings (Richardson, 1997). Like Montessori educational approach, which welcomes multi-age students to learning in a one classroom aligned with Vygotsky’s social constructivism. Students with different ages work together to form a zone of proximal development. Montessori (1967) believes that “The hands are the instruments of man 's intelligence…He constructs his mind step by step till it becomes possessed by memory, the power to understand, the power to think"…

Many cultures have been inspired by the Unites States, however South Korea has shown Americanization characteristics while still maintaining their own unique traditions. They have learned and are fascinated by the American lifestyle by their differences of religions, traditions, and media. In Korea, the culture is mainly impacted by several values: the importance of family roles, their fine cuisine, and their popular music. Korea is a peninsular country located in the Far East, adjacent to…

language/dialect (EAL/D). According to research on Quality Teaching by Killen (2009), there has been a continuous strive in refining teaching models to improve on the outcomes of student learning whilst providing teachers with sufficient techniques to ensure that there is effective and high quality teaching practices and quality learning environments. The Quality Teaching model presents pedagogy…

In the article entitled “We grow as we learn: Youth indoctrination in North Korea”, Niki O’Brien talks about how indoctrination of future generations is embedded at a young age in education, music, and everyday life in North Korea. O’Brien mentioned how education is a huge and very vital factor in contributing in an effective systematic indoctrination. In school, children are taught that South Korea was the aggressor of the Korean War and that the Americans were their enemies. 1 Students…