Advice from Jinyup

 

Jinyup Jung, a man of wisdom. Copyright Red Cloud Indian School.

 Advice from Jinyup

By Jinyup Jung '14

You really think that school is not worth much more than being a couch potato?

Some students wondered why they have to complete the curriculum in high school. Others even complain about the school, which makes these students bored, stuffy, painful, and tired in classes; they feel doing school work is not worthwhile. There are various reasons that many students hate school, being in school, or doing school work. They have to wake up early; they get a lot of homework to do; they have to stay up during school or they get a punishment; most schools have a rule that students are supposed to take off their hat; and too many school rules which students have to follow. I strongly believe that some of you have felt being controlled or overwhelmed by a school teacher, a principal, or whoever. I highly believed that others have no idea why they’re supposed to work as a group. That’s because students think those things are unnecessary. They just want to go to college. They just want to get a job. They just want to enjoy their life without struggling with it. However, seriously, we need to think it over again, again, and again.

Have you ever thought about why your parents have asked you to do your homework or to prepare for a midterm or final exams? That’s because they were so happy to do homework when they were just about your age? Or they were so studious back to their Albert Einstein season? I do not think so! Instead I believed that it’s not only you who had problems with schoolwork, but also your parents. I mean that most of your parents have felt the same as you’ve felt so far. As a life pioneer, they ask you to do your own work, not to skip it.

School is just a basic step to live your life. School is just not to teach you about academic knowledges, skills, or some kind of materials. Being on time, doing your homework, following rules are just a first step to start in your life. As some of you may know, this world has little promises and lots of rules. It seemed like nothing, but if you are against them when you turn to be an adult, you are going to be in big trouble. However, those promises and rules in the world are contained in your elementary school to high school.

As a person on the earth, you should follow them; although you may never want to. If you do not want to, you have two options to do what you want. First, you could go to Mars and live without any rules. Second, you can enjoy your whole life in prison with eating hard bread and cold soup. Social relationships are formed from doing work with your peers; being on time is important because if you are late or skip work as a high school student, I’m pretty sure that you are going to get fired. I’d say that doing your own work before deadline could be the most important part in your life. Trust in school, it will give you the best accomplishment ever, which is much more valuable than a million dollars to your life.