​​​​​​​“There is a rainbow on my dashboard.” The woman thought it was strange because all the little icons on her dashboard suddenly lit up into an array of different colors. When she called her brother about this situation, he raced over to have her car towed away. When I saw this post on Instagram

Did Virginia Woolf go to college? Many assume that she did, but she didn’t. She has never had formal education while her brothers and halfbrothers attended private schools and prestigious universities such as Cambridge. Her educational experience in her formative years was more like homeschooling. S

‘밥 먹었어?' This is a very common and widely used greeting in Korea, which translates to ‘Did you have your meal?’ or ‘Did you eat something’ in English. It is also my favorite greeting, as I am a person who thinks eating is very important and crucial in life. There does exist a certain cultural, histo

​​​​​​​It’s hard to imagine a headline that could reverberate more in the media than the continuing invasion of Ukraine by Russia’s Putin. But even if you missed the latest 94th Academy Awards like I, you should have heard about actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock across the face on stage

Have you heard about the sunk cost? It is a cost that you’ve already spent so can’t get it back. People are likely to feel difficult to give up with sunk costs because of time, money or other investments they have put in. This psychological tendency is called ‘the sunk cost fallacy’ and it does not

​​​​​​​Culture affects students’ cognitive learning styles. It also influences teachers’ capacity to evaluate their students’ academic abilities, class contributions, and learning opportunities. There have been some studies about cultural diversity in education. Through a cross-cultural comparison b

​​​​​​​Last October, I went to my aunt’s first private exhibition. In an extremely small area which looks crammed with just three people, various watercolor paintings were displayed in rows. Although she wasn’t a professional artist and was in her late fifties, I was rapidly overwhelmed by the passi

The Covid-19 pandemic has deprived us of many great experiences in our daily life. And I want to count traveling abroad as one of the great joys that I am missing the most. In this first week, I surprisingly met many courageous young travelers visiting this campus as exchange students. So here is my

​​​​​​​There is a lot of work to be done every day as if I try to clear a game step by step. It would be okay to move forward gradually. But as the number of friends who achieve their goals increases, I’m getting anxious. Maybe you feel similar emotions as I do. Yes, we know that we just take our fi

​​​​​​​Every morning I would get out of bed, head straight to the scale lying in the corner of my room and weigh myself. This had been my morning routine ever since I was a little girl. I would always fearfully peer askance through my glasses, hoping dearly for any sign of weight loss while dreading

Russian invasion to Ukraine has just started. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to Luhansk and Donetsk, two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine. Putin defends his action, saying that the situation in Donbas, where the two regions are located, is becoming critical as

Humans like to think that we are in control of our lives. And yes, there is no exception, that includes both you and I. Just recall the times when you grimaced at the aberrant incarnates of antisocialism and laziness in your all-rounder class, asserting with confidence that you would never degrade i

I recently had the chance to re-read by Harper Lee with a small intercollegiate book club that I lead with several friends. As is well known, Harper Lee’s novel is an American classic published in 1960. The central storyline follows a court case in which African- American Tom

The last time I wasn’t able to chip in a conversation about “Squid Game” was during a team project. Our group chose to present a case study regarding Netflix’s business strategy, and that was when I decided to watch the show. “Squid Game” was boosting Netlfix’s shares to outperform its rivals within

​​​​​​​I wonder if reading books is an inconvenience these days when the handy smartphone is so lightweight it seems the hefty book may cause carpal tunnel in the wrist. Aside from the negative physiological response, books have become remote from people’s lives with the intoxicating lure of webtoon

​​​​​​​Quite occasionally, people put too much stress upon understanding others that they end up neglecting their own feelings. For instance, even though you are upset, you are hesitant to express your feelings to your friend because she has gone through tough times. Or you are exasperated at your f

​​​​​​​Impressionism, social media, and a diary notebook. What can these three possibly have in common? I believe all of these serve as channels that store and deliver our memories. Impressionist paintings, such as Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, have left an indelible stroke in art history by def

​​​​​​​The COVID-19 outbreak has sparked off a surge in the demand for contactless communication. The sheer speed of change had not been forecasted before COVID-19 despite all the grand vision of digital transformation laid out by the tech industry. Working from home, learning from home, meeting fro

​​​​​​​Coming home late at night from Ewha University subway station, I walked peacefully down the empty streets towards the international dormitory. With only a few people on the street, the atmosphere was already so much calmer than my home university in Philadelphia, USA. As I approached the inte

​​​​​​​“Is this your name? This is the Seoul Prosecutor’s office. We heard that a large sum of money has been taken from your account. To recover this loss, you should do as we say.” These days, we know this as a starter line for phone scam. Similar starter lines for a scam text message would be “Mo