As a rising senior excited to close the last chapter in his high school, I stood between a few paths the beginning of this summer. This is the last summer of high school; how do I make the most out of it? Some around me were adamant scholars; having finished 10 months of…
Category: Editor’s Column
[Editor’s column] Transitional Experience: The Summer College Program
Among many questions that high school students have when it comes to entering colleges or universities, one prominent question is about how the university/college experience will be once the student makes it into the campus upon a successful admission. Of course, this question is hard to convincingly answer. In fact, a student may be…
[Editor’s Column]Do You Have Time to Sleep During Summer Break?
Many may think that summer is a perfect time to catch up on the sleep that they missed from the previous school year. Especially for high schoolers, they probably were extremely tired of pulling all-nighters and preparing for tests and exams. And because of this, they plan to sleep in or simply do nothing…
[Editor’s Column] Introducing Our 20 JSR
The 20th Semester of the J Student Reporter Program at Korea Daily has been officially begun and the time has come for the esteemed student editors and reporters to be introduced. This semester, out of the many applications we received, just about 50 students were chosen this Spring. Out of these 50 students,…
[Editor’s Column] Running for the Children
Saturday, May 29th – a small group of students, teachers, and parents gathered around a small park in Bundang, South Korea. Clad in all sorts of athletic T-shirts and shorts, the participants of Fun Run for Nyaka began stretching. As the whistle blew, dust started flying with every step of the runners. Some…
[Editor’s Column] Seniors: Take Your Final Bow!
The time has come in the school year when the Seniors take their final bow as they leave high school behind and enter into college. Similarly, here at JSR, it is also time for us to say goodbye to our seniors who have worked so diligently throughout their time with us. Whether they…
[Editor’s Column] Blood Drive: Student Run, Student Centered
Every so often, high schools and other organizations will host blood drives, and there is always a great scramble among the students tasked with finding donors. Even after promises of free food, there are not many willing participants. Despite the reluctance and refusal to donate blood, where and why do all these blood drives continue…
[Editor’s Column] The Proper Management of Stress Both During and Post-APs
May 7th marked the start of the 2018 AP exams. After a school year’s worth of preparation plus additional hours spent individually preparing with Barron’s and The Princeton Review, among other test preparation books, students are ready to show their acquired skills. As an annual exam, students from across the globe participate in…
[Editor’s Column] #KoreaToo
It was as if Korea had turned upside-down. In January this year, when a female prosecutor Seo Ji-Hyeon decided to publicize her experience of sexual assault, as well as the ongoing custom of muffling the cries of such victims, the citizens of South Korea fell into a shock. Many were shocked that such vulgar and…
[Editor’s Column] AP Season is in Full Swing
The phenomenon of the infamous AP season is something most every teenage student has experienced at some point in his or her high school career. It is a commonality of a majority of high school students, and many can agree that the pre-process of studying, preparing, and paying; the peri-process of taking the tedious, multi-part…