Yoonsoo Kim

Sarah Fehrman
Connection Journal #2
10/22/19

Reflection Journal:
- Feel: I felt interesting when I learned the thinking process during, I write an essay or
research. In Korea, almost all students have to search the template their own to turn in the
essay. But if the professor wants a better essay or research paper, then they should help
their students. Learning about the method and comparing the real difference between
vague terms in the class makes me passionate about the course. And I felt proud of
myself. I took the SAT to transfer to US college but still uneducated in writing an English
essay. But I got A on the first connection journal.
- Think: I think the process of learning how to write an essay and research is different
from my country. I haven't learned about how to write an essay and what is the difference
between primary research and secondary research in Korea. Even though the etiquette
and the method of research writing are from America, Koreans do not teach how to write
and construct the essay. All the time when I write an English essay, I realize Korea
should teach about the writing method and improving students' analyzing ability in
reading and writing areas.
- Like: I like the way that the professor taught the process of inquiry using the example of
how to solve the math problem. It was easy to understand the difference between search
and gather. And showing how to apply the process of inquiry in real life helped. And I
like the discussion about the character of the book. In ‘To kill the mockingbird1,’ there is
a various character, and we can analyze the character and predict what happened in part
2. It makes me curious and listening to others’ thoughts about who is bad guys, and who
will be dead is also enjoyable.
- Dislike: I dislike the presentation. First of all, I am not good at speaking English, and that
makes me panic in an accidental presentation. Even though I tried to announce the
presentation, I didn't prepare well and screwed up. And the summary presentation was

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To kill the mockingbird citation
 not an individual presentation that we don't have much time to discuss and control the
time. Since I didn't read the summary presentation guideline before the presentation, I
missed putting specific examples of other's perspective in the book.
Word count: 386

Double Entry Journal:

Quote # Page #/ Connection

Scout, simply by the nature of Page 3,
the work, every lawyer gets at speaker:
least one case in his lifetime
that affects him personally
(Lee, 2006, p.86).
Mockingbirds don’t do one
thing but make music for us
to enjoy (Lee, 2006, p.90).
speaker
For text to self, I am preparing for the pharmacy
school and sometimes thinking about the situation
Atticus that I will meet with that job. Can I understand and
help the homeless with the service spirit? I am not
sure about that. I think the situation that Atticus
met is similar to the thought that I have. Atticus
decided to help Tom Robinson; nevertheless, he
might lose at the trial. Although Atticus is just a
character of the novel, when I faced his attitude to
the world, I reflected on myself. Can I be a good
pharmacist who has warm-hearted without
stereotypes to the patients?
Word count: 104
Page 90, For text to text, this quote makes me think about
speaker: the quote of the bible. In the bible, there is the
Miss quote ‘Keep far from a false charge, and do not
Maudie kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not
acquit the guilty.' 2 (word for the world, 1972,
Exodus 23:7, NASB) We discussed the meaning
of the title 'To kill the mockingbird.' The
mockingbird represents the innocence in this book,

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Bible citation: Retrieved from https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Exodus/23/type/nasb

Try fighting with your head
for a change… it’s a good
one, even if it does resist
learning (Lee, 2006, p.87).
and the title means destroying integrity. For this
meaning, I thought Tom Robinson might be the
mockingbird of the town. Because Tom Robinson
is the black person in the city and the time of the
book is 1930 that lots of black people killed
sinlessly. Black people lived without harm to
others in the town like mockingbird singing for the
people — however, White people at that time
making issues to expel them. It makes me consider
unconditional love, which is related to 'Agape.'
that the author wanted to include in her book.
Hence, I recall the bible with this quote.
Word count: 142 (without quote)
Page 87, For text to world, this quote is Atticus’s answer
speaker: to Scout. Scout is too young to understand the
Atticus discrimination that black people had. And it makes
me think about Martin Luther King Jr. He was a
minister of a small town. At that time, white
people tried to amend the law that black people
could not sit the same seat on the bus with white
people. Martin Luther King imposed a boycott
with thirty thousand people. As a result, boycott
success. If change is necessary, then lots of effort
are needed. Especially the change in the book and
the situation in 1955 when Martin Luther King
faced ignorance of white people is the freedom.
Martin Luther King said, ‘We know through
painful experience that freedom is never
voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be

“You never really understand
a person until you consider
things from his point of view
… Until you climb inside of
his skin and walk around in it
(Lee, 2006, p.36).”
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New York Times, What Dr. King Wrote, and What He Did: Retrieved from
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/13/opinion/what-dr-king-wrote-and-what-he-did.html
demanded by the oppressed.’ 3 (New York
Times,1990, p 30, editorial board) Even though
Atticus might lose in the trial, his effort to clear
Tom’s false charge gives power to black people in
town.
Word count: 140 (without quote)
Page 36, For text to self, this quote makes me consider the
speaker: relationship between friends and me. I always try
Atticus to give a particular concern to others because I
don’t know their thoughts. Nowadays, I fought a
lot with my boyfriend. We dated for almost a year,
and sometimes I felt I knew him so much. But
knowing him, 100% is hard. Even though we are
from the same country and in the same situation as
international students, our significant differences
and educational background differences disrupt
understanding him. And the essential problem is
that humans are selfish in harsh conditions. For
me, studying abroad makes me selfish. Thus,
considering things from my boyfriend’s point of
view is hard. When I read Atticus’s quotes, I just
thought about the relationship between my
boyfriend and me. I hope that one day I can
understand him without a fight.
Word count: 144
Reference/Citation:
1. Lee, Harper. (2006). To kill a mockingbird. New York: Harper Perennial Modern
Classics
2. Word for the World. (1972). New American Standard Bible: New Testament. New
American Standard Bible: New Testament. Longview, TX.
3. What Dr. King Wrote, and What He Did. (1990, November 13). Retrieved October 20,
2019, from https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/13/opinion/what-dr-king-wrote-and-what-
he-did.html.