May 5th in Korea is Children's Day, a national holiday.
It is a day when many children go with their parents (including the father, whom they sometimes seldom see, but that is a different post) to a park, a restaurant, an amusement park, etc.
Many children get a gift of one kind or another.
Last week one of my 6th grade students said, "Teacher, last night I asked my mother for a Children's Day present."
I awaited the response, kind of knowing what it was going to be, since I have heard it from students before.
The 6th grade student continued, "But my mother said, "You are not a child!" I was so sad."
I asked some 5th grade students about that remark, and they confirmed it, saying that as 5th graders this was the last year that they could expect to receive a present.
Not all that different from Western cultures, is it?
However, it's still a bit of a shock when thrown in your face . . .
It is a day when many children go with their parents (including the father, whom they sometimes seldom see, but that is a different post) to a park, a restaurant, an amusement park, etc.
Many children get a gift of one kind or another.
Last week one of my 6th grade students said, "Teacher, last night I asked my mother for a Children's Day present."
I awaited the response, kind of knowing what it was going to be, since I have heard it from students before.
The 6th grade student continued, "But my mother said, "You are not a child!" I was so sad."
I asked some 5th grade students about that remark, and they confirmed it, saying that as 5th graders this was the last year that they could expect to receive a present.
Not all that different from Western cultures, is it?
However, it's still a bit of a shock when thrown in your face . . .
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