The War that Saved my Life

chapter 34-36

20103 Kim Joon Hyung 20110 Yoo Hyun Jae

20111 Lee Jae Hyung 20123 Shin Yu Chae
Table of Contents

1. vocabulary

2. summary

3. discussion
infantry
soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot
stalwart
loyal, reliable, and hardworking.
/strafe
to attack an enemy by shooting from
aircraft that are flying low in the sky AC-130
requisition (= commandeer)
the act of formally requiring or calling upon
someone to perform an action
/gag

choke or retch
/trough
a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of:
/agitate

make (someone) troubled or nervous:

/pillbox
a type of blockhouse, or concrete dug-in guard-post, normally equipped with
loopholes through which defenders can fire weapons
/elective
(of surgical or medical treatment) chosen by the patient rather than urgently
necessary:
chilblain

a medical condition in which damage occurs to capillary beds in the skin, most often in the
hands or feet, when blood perfuses into the nearby tissue resulting in redness, itching,
inflammation, and possibly blisters
summary
seven rules
1.Do not waste food

2.Do not talk to strangers

3.Keep all information to yourself

4.Always listen to government instructions and carry them out

5.Report anything suspicious to the police

6.Do not spread rumors

7.Lock away anything that might help the enemy if we are invaded
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discussion

Ada starts getting rudimentary education when she’s 11, including math.

Do you think it’s possible to reach enough academic maturity even when the
education(basically arithmetic) starts at the age of 11?
 growth spurts: rapid growth of body
proficiency : being skilled at sth

answer
I think it’s not impossible, but I have doubts. Education mostly starts with getting
literate, and Ada is certainly learning it. But starting late and missing the crucial
period of growth spurts during her childhood without intellectual stimulation
could reduce her potential.

Linguistic proficiency is not everything and only the foundation. Pattern

recognition and abstract thinking needed for math is something beyond language.

I think it would’ve been better if she had a chance to tinker with patterns more
earlier.
discussion

Why do you think the law protects the right of the lawful guardian(the biological
mother) even when she is unqualified as a parent to make decisions about her
children? Do you think it’s just or unjust?
 discretion : ability to make decisions
maternal : relating to mother
file : to submit a record(legal etc)

answer
suffice : to be enough
Judiciary : system of courts

I think the reason why the law stands to protect the biological mother’s right(if she’s living and
holding her children in physical custody) to exercise discretion regarding her children’s lives is
because it needs to maintain consistency with the majority of the previous lawsuits involving
maternal right where government intervention was deemed inappropriate.

Many of mother-children problems in families usually don’t have a practical value of even filing a
lawsuit, whatever the motive may be.

Although hidden problems seems to have surfaced as recognition of child abuse became higher
than ever, severe abuses leading up to legal confrontations are minorities compared to cases filed
at family courts.

This suffices for the Judiciary to take positions protective of the mother’s right in my opinion.

But determining its justness is rather theoretical and law is not designed to be ‘just’ but defined
on the notion of social contract, so I won’t comment on it.