30 Days of...

     The idea might sound at first pretty confusing, what I'd like to propose for a 30-day program is to switch the night and daytime for 30 days. This means a person would have to sleep during the daytime and lead his major life cycle during the nighttime: he or she could play video games whenever bored, and he or she could take a part-time job in fast food chains, bars or restaurants that open for 24 hours. One could also meet his or her own friends, only if they are still awake.

     Why am I proposing this? Because the topic was always something fascinating to me: at least a day of living the nightlife instead of the busy life during daytime. Any kids would have experiences of trying to stay awake during all night with their might, even though there's really no practical good in it. The silent, furtive nighttime can offer people some rest from the mundane daytime lives, could provide them some time to reminisce over themselves, and make them to give more attention to places or people they would not have noticed ordinarily, such as salesmen working from early dawn or taxi drivers who stay awake during the nighttime.

     I also want to know that if people could sustain their ordinary lives still pretty normally if they change their life cycle so radically. As a proud student of the KMLA, I'm pretty sure that anyone suffers a lot from a sudden breakoff of their daily life cycle. Also, I'm pretty curious if 30 days are enough period for a person to again completely change into a nighthawk; I don't know if someone's daily life cycle built up for several years could change so dramatically in just a month of period.

     If I was given a chance, I would love to take the opportunity to lead a month of nightlife. Of course it might be a bit more lonley than before, since anyone I'd like to have a friendly talk would be sleeping, but I think it would be very "romantic" to be a nighthawk around quiet midnight.

CR: Does education kill creativity?

     The TED speech about how the current education system kills the students' creativity was one of the most compelling and persuasive speeches I have ever heard. Though there might be some different opinions about the topic, I think the speaker had a critical point. I do agree that there should be something done on the current education system in order to foster a more creative and productive atmosphere among the students.

     Why is creativity so important for us? It is because creativity is one of the most important factors that motivate the capitalist society. Creative people change the society, make a progress, and benefit the whole society eventually. Then why do I argue that current education system is harmful to fostering creativity? This is because the current education system only focuses on teaching certain 'practical' subjects, e.g. calculus, language arts, etc. Why do art classes have to be taught less frequently than such subjects? This is simply because the majority of people on the world lead 'ordinary lives', and getting into companies is a crucial factor for such lives. Companies seek for someone who is intelligent enough to do certain assigned tasks, not for someone who can dance, paint, or sing. The problem here is that although many children have infinite possibilities and so diverse interests, such education system pushes those different children into one stereotype and eventually kills possibilities of kids becoming a Picasso or a Beethoven. Lack of creativeness does not only plague the fields of art; already in Korea right now, companies are complaining that the employees are nothing more than machines only pouring efforts on assigned tasks. People should stop seeking for someone who can prove a higher IQ, but start searching for the ones who think of something nobody else can ever imagine; otherwise the Google or the Apple would remain only as a dream workplace for us.

     So, let's make the point simple and plain here: current education system needs to be changed. Otherwise, people should not expect their own children or employees to be creative.

My Debate Motions

THBT violence in military interrogation could be justified.
THS sports club activities in school.
THBT cigarette prices should be raised.
Sorry for posting so late. I slept before actually posting it, though I've already came of the three most easily debatable motions.