Kim Ji-soo

Strike up the banned

FRIDAY, May 19, 2023

On this day...1884-Ringling Brothers circus premieres1929-General Feng Yu-xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-shek Government1934-Military coup by Colonel Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria1939-Churchill signs British-Russian anti-Nazi pact1943-Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)1951-U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea1960-Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed1967-U.S. bombs Hanoi1967-USSR ratifies treaty with England & US banning nuclear weapons in space1982-Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion1994-Omar Sharif suffers a mild heart attack1994-Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center1995-World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai

TUESDAY, May 16, 2023

1911-Remains of a Neanderthal man found in Jersey UK1965-Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam1965-Spaghetti-O's first sold1975-India annexes Principality of Sikkim1975-Japanese Junko Tabei became first woman to reach Mount Everest's summit1977-5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on the Pan Am Building in NYC1983-Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel1986-South African President P. W. Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela1989-Soviet President Mikhail S Gorbachev & Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing1991-Queen Elizabeth becomes first British monarch to address U.S. congress1992-Polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock1993-Suleyman Demirel elected President of Turkey1994-Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana1995-Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier

FRIDAY, May 05, 2023

1920-U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal1926-Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"1932-Japan & China sign a peace treaty1936-Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa1944-Gandhi freed from prison1950-Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand1956-World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo1962-"West Side Story" soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album1965-First large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam1979-Voyager 1 passes Jupiter1980-Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos & police stormed the building1994-Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections1994-North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen

1,000 won breakfast

By Kim Ji-sooWhen the news of expanding the “1,000 won breakfast” offer at colleges rode the airwaves recently, a memory flashed back to me from 1987. As a freshman in college in Seoul, the chance to eat out at affordably priced canteens and eateries outside was a newfound joy.There however was a “sundubu jjigae” (spicy soft tofu stew) restaurant outside the main gate, which remains etched in my mind as if by a laser beam. A bowl of the tofu stew with rice and kimchi, the simplest type, cost 1,000 won ($0.77). I remember thinking, all that for this price? Admittedly after hunting down several alma maters, the price of sundubu seemed to vary from 1,000 won to 1,500 won. Yet the lucidity of that memory of gawking at the price, then at the stew's hearty taste and feeling a sheepish thankfulness for a “student discount” still lingers.As of 2023, a total of 41 universities in the nation are offering the cheap breakfasts. The gist of the scheme is that the government chips in 1,000 won and the school 1,000 won. One freshman at Sungkyunkwan University who

THURSDAY, May 04, 2023

1878-Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House1923-Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist & police in Vienna1931-Mustafa Kemal Pasha becomes Turkish president1945-German troops in Netherlands, Denmark & Norway surrender1957-Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam1959-First Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win1964-70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva1967-Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by U.S.; begins orbiting Moon May 71972-Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam1978-Russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany1983-China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China1990-Angela Bowie reveals that ex-husband David slept with Mick Jagger1994-Arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II

Grammar

By William R. JonesRules or principles that describe grammar began to be taught as one of the subjects in primary and secondary schools in the United States around the year 1842. Among students, there has been a strong aversion or intense dislike for it ever since. It was put upon us and reinforced by joyless rote memory. We loathed it and it bored us, yet at times it came to our rescue.In my present-day ESL (English as a Second Language) classes, I do not stress prescriptive or preferred grammar. My choice, option and preference is the descriptive or nonrestrictive grammar that we see, hear and understand from almost everyone. I subscribe with hopefulness that students will absorb the standard conventional norms of correct and incorrect use of the features, relationships and constructions of the studied language through our storied guidebook by the very much exposed reading of assorted conversations. Also, I give support to non-conventional English by what Robert Frost did say, “You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country.” By all mea

Transit agencies recorded announcements with some very devoted riders ― children with autism

By Jonathan TrichterPeople with autism spectrum disorder can present so differently that a common refrain is: “If you know one person with autism, you know one person with autism.” Yet, there are often startling similarities.For one thing, children with autism can perseverate, or focus asocially, on feats of mechanical engineering. I'm referring to stuff we all encounter every day without much thought.A common example is subway systems, a phenomenon front-line transit workers are well familiar with. They see it when these kids are dragging their parents on joy rides to nowhere or asking them technical questions so complex that they are stumped. Those interactions and the conversations those kids have around trains are a part of their atypical but still useful early socialization; it's how life skills and civic participation can be introduced into their different worlds.For those autistic children with language learning differences, the service announcements they hear on subway platforms can be some of the first phrases their minds grab on to. This can cut two ways. The children can b

WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2023

On this day...1861-Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)1932-President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week1948-Chiang Kai-shek elected President of Nationalist China1960-Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs1967-U.S. Surveyor III lands on Moon1971-Sierra Leone becomes a republic (National Day)1975-India launches first satellite with help of USSR1993-Branch Dividians/FBI 51 day standoff in Waco TX ends with the deaths of 4 FBI Agents and numerous deaths from suicide of the cult members1993-Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 401994-Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating

FRIDAY, April 14, 2023

On this day...+1944-First Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz1962-Georges Pompidou becomes President of France1971-Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation1978-Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia1980-Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (“Executioner's Song”)1983-President Ronald Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue1986-Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown1992-U.N.-imposed embargo against Libya takes effect1992-Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft1993-Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript1994-U.S. F-15 accidentally shoots 2 US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die