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(영문) 서던캘리포니아 대학 학부편입 에세이에 대해 기술한 참고자료입니다.

저작시기 : 2021년 1월

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My life is like a human drama.
It has tragedy, nightmare-like dark ages, unique experience and significant changes.
My mother passed away a few d
ays after I got into Hongik University. A friend’s death is tragic enough to make a person’s life miserable. Imagine what my mother’s death did to mine. I was extremely shocked and felt as if I had lost everything when she died, even the meaning of my existence. I gave up almost everything. The only two things I couldn’t give up were the precious memory of her, and English, which she mostly wanted me to learn. My father tried to put me back in a normal life. He sent me to the school by force, but I wasn’t interested at all. I was a person who had given up almost everything.
However, something put me bac
k on track: My father cried, asking me not to live like that. I had never seen him crying so sadly except when mother died. I realized that I was causing my family pain and that is the last thing I should do. I slowly recovered from the shock. I began to work, exercise and do voluntary work.
On Dec. 2005, I made one of t
he biggest decisions in my life. I decided to challenge myself by serving in the military. I wanted to change my personality entirely; it had been too soft, and irresponsible. I had low self-esteem. I wanted to be mentally and physically strong. When I entered The Republic of Korea Army on March 2006, everything was different. Officers yelled, swore, trained me, and gave me orders. Every time I made a mistake or fell down during training, I was punished or forced to stand up and continue. Soldiers have to deal with dangerous weapons and fight against enemies. Any small mistake can lead to the deaths of comrades. They must focus. I tried my best to fulfill tasks without problems. I was changing quickly as I fought against myself in such a harsh environment.
When I completed my major tra
ining programs, I was appointed as a linguistics supplyman and positioned in the Second Squad, Headquarters Company. I managed many kinds of dangerous explosive ammunitions. Plus, I interpreted and translated meetings and documents between the US and ROK armies. Captain Hyun-sik Yoon, my company commander, taught me leadership and communication skills because the former squad leader was about to be discharged. He wanted me to lead the squad in the future. After seven months, I became the squad leader and was responsible for all its members and their misbehavior. Being a good leader wasn’t easy, but it was a valuable experience.
About four months later, The
Ministry of National Defense was accepting volunteers for Iraq War. It was the perfect chance that could turn me into a totally different person. Not only that, I could contribute to peacekeeping. I immediately volunteered and got a spot. When I first arrived in Iraq, I remembered the pictures of South Korea in 1950’s. It was ruined because of the Korean War. Iraq wasn’t really different from that. Children lost their parents, buildings were collapsed and injured people were everywhere. Many people came for food and treatment to Zaytun Division where I was dispatched. I dealt with various kinds of military supplies including 40,000 units of medical supplies in addition to the interpretation and translation for US detachment troops in Zaytun Division. Moreover, I was a leader of my squad. It was a heavy task. On May, 2007, there was a vehicle bomb attack at Erbil near the division. Numerous injured people came to Zaytun hospital. It was literally a chaos. The days in Iraq were exhausting, but I worked very hard thinking about those children who had lost their mothers and fathers. As a person who experienced a parental death, I could truly understand how they felt and decided to help them at all cost.
When I came back from Iraq, p
eople treated me like a hero. I recovered my confidence and became much more positive. After I finished the remaining period of the service, I was discharged. I felt as if I had been reborn. I felt as if I defeated the dark side of myself. With such life-time valuable experience, the qualities I earned in the army and the obstacles I’ve been through, I now believe there is nothing that I cannot overcome.
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