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2019 Winter Personal Essay

GGHS 2019 Winter - Team 3

3. What did you know about the topic before the camp?

In fact, only Buddhism knew about the religion of Ganghwa. There were too many famous temples in Ganghwa. Also, what I learned in history class influenced me. Being born and raised in Ganghwa, we became familiar with famous temples such as Jeondeungsa and Seonwonsa Temple. Actually, I only heard a lot of names and didn't know the details. I've heard of Ganghwa Anglican Church, but I didn't know it was Catholic.

4. What did you learn about the topic during camp?

I have no religion. So there was no knowledge of all religions. There are many new knowledge that I learned while researching Buddhism and the Anglican Church. First of all, it was a little shocking that Ganghwa Anglican Church is not Catholic but another religion called Anglican Church. It is also said that GangHwa was the first place to be baptized when the Anglican Church entered Korea. Another religion was the Daejonggyo. The Daejonggyo had a memory heard in history class, but did not know what had to do with the Chamseongdan of Ganghwa. Religions were hiding in all parts of Ganghwa. In times of foreign invasions, we learned how powerful the religion was by our ancestors who overcame hardships by relying on religion. I don't have much time to come across other religions because I have no religion. It was a meaningful time for the global camp building up knowledge by exploring new topics.

5. What was your role in the team?

Our group had two second graders and five first graders. Our group was misdirecting the topic at first. So our first-year students gave better ideas, organized them, and told the second-grade students. If we sat still, the results would not have been better than they are now, and we wouldn't have known exactly what we were doing. We set the matter straight and began to examine it again. I finished my investigation and started writing the script for the presentation. While writing the script, Eun Jin also joined. We wrote the script and told the story we decided on at the meeting, and they all said yes. I divided the roles and wrote the rest with Eun Jin. I am not a confident and active person. So it's embarrassing to talk in front of a lot of people and not be good at it. Nevertheless, I played a student who did not finish college. I was worried that I couldn't do well on stage during practice. Luckily, I was able to do it with confidence because I met my team well. If I had met other members of the team, I wouldn't have been confident on stage. The award was due to the hard work of our team members.