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주제는 Describe the world you come from - for example, your famnily, community or school - and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

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My life has been a constant journey through different places over the world. As the head of an average middle class family in Korea, my father always looked for a new opportunity. During the process, I switched school three times in South Korea, lived off my aunt in New Zealand, and traveled across the United States twice. It was not very easy, of course. I had to adjust to my new community and school each time I relocate, and fight against racism everywhere I go.

Ever since I was a little boy, I had gotten used to moving to new areas because of the continuous change of my father’s business. My father went from a cop, a realtor, a flower shop owner, then to a cosmetic shop owner. When I thought it was about time that I had gotten used to the new environment, I would move to another place again. This wasn’t the only difficult part of my childhood. After I turned eight, I had to deal with the annoyance of hagwons, which are after-school academic institutes in Korea that are making fortunes off the parents whom want their children to become the next Einstein. When one finds out that the son of the next-door neighbor has recently started attending an English hagwon, one decides to send his or her son to a more eminent hagwon. Childs in Korea spend their childhood in a competition of their parents. This was the same case for me. Did attending hagwon turn me into an extraordinary genius? No. It was completely pointless, but I still had to go or I would ‘fall behind’ the other thousands of Einstein hopefuls. I was very exhausted with my life in Korea by the time I turned eleven, therefore I screamed with joy when my father told me that I would be going to New Zealand to study English. This was the beginning of a new chapter in my life.

As I was born and raised in a country that is dominated by one race and one culture, it was hard for me to imagine how multicultural society would be like. From the moment I set my foot on the Auckland International Airport, I was electrified with a cultural shock. Not only did everyone speak in English, but there were various kinds of people that I’ve never seen before. This was also my first time living without my parents. Although I was extremely happy to be away from intolerant parent control at first, separation from parents at an age of eleven was harsh. Fortunately, I lived with my aunt, who treated me like her own son. I immediately fell in love with New Zealand with the exception of the fact that I could not understand any of the English language. The nature was beautiful and I was free of the abnormal Korean private education. Life was perfect.

Eight months after I arrived in New Zealand, I learned why I was sent to New Zealand. My family and I had immigrated to the United States, and I would be officially named as the full time translator. We lived in southern California for a short time, and then moved to Maryland in January 2005. On our way, we traveled across the canyons of Arizona, the deserts of Texas, and the swamps of Louisiana. The trip left me with a tremendous feeling. America was huge! In Maryland, my father worked in Mountaire, a chicken factory that sponsors its immigrant workers to receive permanent residency. He became a factory labor from a cosmetic shop owner in Korea just for the sole purpose of getting me an American education. Salisbury, the town I lived in Maryland, had barely any Asians so I was often discriminated by Caucasians and African Americans. Many people called me ‘Ching Chong’ , a word created by non-Asians to generalize how all Asian languages sound like, and ‘Chinese monkey.’ Every time I walk by, people stared at me like I was some kind of freak. I felt like a frightened ‘monkey’ in a cage. The discrimination I received made me realize that Asians make up the smallest proportion of all the minorities in the United States and that I need to study hard to show my ability to those who had treated me with prejudice.

In the summer of 2006, my family and I moved back to California. We traveled across the northern states this time. Along the way, we visited Niagara Falls, Badlands National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Redwoods National Park, and Yosemite National Park. I now live in Diamond Bar, a community that is full of people like me, the black-haired and the slant-eyed Asian. But I still cannot forget the racism that I had to put up with during my stay in Maryland. Additionally, racism can be found everywhere. As an immigrant to the United States, my father has been involved in many unfair situations. I want to learn laws and contribute to immigrants who have disadvantages like my father. （여기서부터 더 써야함）

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