| My high school friend I want to describe my female friend, Min-hye. She is the same age as me. She is about 166 centimeters tall, and very slim. Her most conspicuous physical characteristic is her skin. Her skin is quite dark compared to many other usual women. Actually we went to the same high school. One day of the 3rd year of high school, one of my best friends who loved soccer, made fun of her by calling Adebayor, the famous soccer player from Senegal. Everyone in the class told him that it is not manners to call a lady in such a way. However, soon her nick name became Adebayor. I sometimes called her in that nickname, every which time she got upset and ran after me to beat me.
It is unfortunate that she can't play soccer well, but she is good at singing. She sings really well. Actually, when we were highs school student, we were in a choir. It is no wonder that she is good at singing to some degree(I was kind of a tone-off at that time, though). At that time, she was 'just good', not unbelievable or super excellent. When becoming the 3rd year, I gave up Korean SAT for I hated studying itself so much. Anyway, every evening I sneaked out of the school and went to Karaoke, with Min-hye! She also seemed like she hated studying.
Unlike other many diligent and smart students, we went to Karaoke many times throughout our final year of the high school. Apparently, I did not persuade her to go to Karaoke with me, but many friends of mine told me to go by myself and stop destroying her life. Since I gave up studying, singing was so fun at that time. And every time I went to Karaoke, Min-hye was with me. Actually my singing didn't gett better that much. But, Min-hye became good to great, great to excellent, excellent to unbelievable. Probably, it is me that made her a great singer. Anyway in the end, she went to one of the SKYs..... I did not gain anything from Karaoke but Min-hye's mastering singing.
She is a nice person and independent. She's been in the Philippines and America, respectively for a year. So, I changed her nick name from Adebayor to Philippina. Now she is on her last semester of university, preparing for getting a job like I do now. So far, I kind of rarely met her, but recently we meet often, and go to Karaoke. She is still good at singing. It seems like we went back to our high school life again. And at the end of our efforts of getting jobs, I can imagine that she succeeds and I fail just like at the time of high school. Oh, no!!
Finally, I forgot to tell you one thing. She is sometimes dull and insensitive. Now at this moment, she is studying SSAT, which is Samsung's aptitude test in front of me. She does not have the slightest idea what I am doing now. |
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Yoo Hongsang/character sketch/Tue 11 a.m.
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1. Write one sentence to sum up what this person is like.
ReplyDeleteMin-hye is a very generous, nice, independent, vigorous friend and has a variety of features.
2. List three details from the essay that support your sentence in step 1.
: . I sometimes called her in that nickname, every which time she got upset and ran after me to beat me.
She is a nice person and independent. She's been in the Philippines and America, respectively for a year.
It is unfortunate that she can't play soccer well, but she is good at singing.
3. What the person looks like, what the person does, What other people say about the person
4. Most of all, you have put a number of the features of that friend. So it was little hard to catch what the person is.
5. She has a variety of personalities and the writer likes her very much.
6. I think your essay describes your friend very well. So If you focus only one or two features of that person, the essay will be better. Thank you!
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ReplyDelete1. Wrte one sentece to sum up what this person is like.
A. She is very easy-going smart and more than good at singing.
2. List three details from the essay that support your sentece in step1.
A. Even though she was called by the nick name, which certainly does not sound pleasnat, she didn't get serious about it. And as you mentioned, she got into one of SKY. This is the undoubtful symbol of smartness in Korea. Don't get me wrong. This is the reality... And when it comes to singing, it is quite obvious that you put the biggiest emphasis on her being a great singer.
3. What the person looks like: She is slim. Her height is avaerge, and her skin color is relatively dark.
What the person says: It is not written, but I can imagine what she might have said while running after you to catch and beat you up.
What other people say about the person: She was called by the nick name, Adebayor. And it is not exactly written, but I guess people around think her as a very smart and deligent student who has a promising future. It's because even thought you and she together went to a karaoke, it is only you who was called "destroyer" of her life.
4. Were there any things in this essay that you did not understand? If so, what were they? You mentioned that you gave up studying and sneaked out from the school. What do you mean by "sneaking out"? Did you ditch your official day time class? Or is it like that you had been in a kind of boarding school and you sneaked out from what is so called "야자" or "자습시간", which is usually scheduled after the end of the official daytime classes? I mean, if it is that you ditched the offiacial class, it must have posed a huge problem to both you and Min-hye. I need more details about your situation at that time.
5. Why do you think the writer chose to describe this particular person?
A. She has a very prominent and interesting characteristic which is her being good at singing. But more than that he chose her, I think, because she is stiil a closest friend to him, who shares many good memories.
6. Write one or two questions about the person described in this essay that you would like the writer to answer in the next draft.
A. I just became curious about how two of you got closer.