Boy, 10, offers lesson in life

"Think about 'how happy I am' while observing the photograph for five minutes," the teacher asks. /Courtesy of Twitter

By Lee Jin-a

A 10-year-old Korean boy’s answer to a teacher’s question has proved a hit online.

Showing a photograph of a boy in shabby clothes sitting on the ground and eating bread crumbs, his teacher asked third-grade students to write why they should feel happy compared to the boy in the picture.

A 10-year-old writes, “I think it’s not right to feel happy comparing myself to others’ pains. We need to solve their pains together, so that we all can live happily.”/Courtesy of Twitter

The student wrote: “I think it’s not right to feel happy comparing myself to others’ pains. We need to solve their pains together, so that we all can live happily.”

It is unknown how his teacher reacted, but the answer has warmed hearts of people on major Korean websites.