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2018 Summer Personal Essay

Topic: 2018 Global forum camp

I am attending the 2018 Global Forum Camp for the first time. I applied because I thought it was a unique chance. There was a group of people according to the field of careers and I got into the medical club. Because my dream job is a nurse. So, to celebrate 1,100 years of Ganghwa Goryeo which is the theme of this camp, we combined the medicine, a topic about Goryeo, and the way of our group was to choose the subject related to the medical history and infectious diseases. I chose the infectious disease topic because I was always interested in diseases and their healing. The only infection I knew about during the Goryeo Period was smallpox. I think it's because I'm not interested in history. So I found out that there was a lot of new information. However, there was not much data on infectious diseases in the Goryeo Dynasty. Nevertheless, I have been searching hard and have found a lot of data. One of the most memorable things I've ever studied was malaria, one of the infectious diseases in the Goryeo Dynasty. I have never thought that malaria would have such a long history, but it was amazing to find out about it. After having organized the data that I researched in this way, I translated it into English. According to the historical facts, Korea's first official record on malaria was during the Goryeo Dynasty. I think it is because many difficult words came out. Whenever difficult words were coming out, I searched them in the English dictionary and translated. And for the first time in my life, I have been able to post the information I have found on the Wiki, And I think it's really interesting that someone can read my organized materials. Tomorrow, which is the last day, is the day when we have to make a presentation in English, so I got to know a lot about Goryeo while I was in camp and gained more confidence by talking with native English teachers in English. And teacher Zarina bought me a snack and I ate it deliciously! Finally, I feel hopeful that the project is completed well. I want to participate in the Global Forum camp next winter too.

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