By Luke

I always get up around 6:40 a.m. when the alarm goes off.

After that I wash my hair. Before I have breakfast, I wear my school uniform and then I have breakfast like cereal called Corn Flakes.

Last, I usually check my school schedule through the web site of my school. On the way to school with my brother and father, we usually listen to the talk show radio from Mc Jang Seung-gyu. I arrive around 7:30 a.m., and I read a webtoon or play the game with my friends. Preparation to go school makes me have a power to study well in school. Preparation is the key to success!

I wake up at 6:40, sometimes my mom wakes me up at 6:40 and sometimes I wake up by myself when the alarm goes off. I wash my hair and dry my hair. I eat breakfast. Sometimes I eat chocolate cereal and sometimes I eat rice but I don’t like it. I check my phone and I wear my school uniform. I go to school in my father's car, we usually listen to the radio on the way to school. I can’t wait to meet my friends and I play games with my friends before the teacher comes to the class.

                                                                    By Luke

My name is Luke. I’m at Jeil middle school, and I’m in the 3rd grade.

I’m the oldest student in my school but some junior students are taller than me so I'm a little afraid of them! My favorite teacher is my Korean teacher because he remembers my name and always calls my name. However I don’t like my ethics teacher because when he came to our classroom for the first time, he said that our classroom was so dirty and he exclaimed so many useless things.  I think he always looks angry and doesn’t like students. I’m interested in playing basketball. Until last year I loved soccer more than basketball, but because of COVID 19 I didn’t have a chance to play soccer. Now I love playing basketball more than playing soccer.

My name is James. I'm 14 years old and I go to Jeil Middle School where I'm in the first grade. My classroom is on the third floor so it's hard to go to my classroom. My favorite subject is science and P. E, but l don't like my science teacher because she shouts at us every day in our class. My hobby is playing basketball and I play every Sunday. My brother and I are a team and dad is a one person team. I enjoy playing games with my brother and my favorite handphone game is Battleground. 

In my opinion, boys and girls can be good friends, but  it might take more time to become friends than between the same gender. 

I have best friends who are older than me. We are different ages but we have a lot in common so we talk to each other about the same interests such as soccer or playing games together. 

It is difficult for me to make good friends. In the textbook, there is “The only way to have a friend is to be one”. I think it means talking to friends first. but It is so hard to me.

 After I arrive at school, I play a game with my friend before the class. And at 8:30 we read a book for 20 minutes. We start class at 9. My science teacher yells at our class, and in Korean class, the students are sleeping. In P.E class I  play soccer or basketball.  At lunch time, after I eat lunch, I go to the cafeteria and drink some juice and eat some snacks. In my free time I talk with friends. When lunch time is finished I go to my next class which is boring and makes me sleepy. In math class I am sleepier. When I listen to my math teacher I think it is like classical music.

When all the classes are finished, my homeroom teacher comes to our classroom and lets us leave , then all the students run to the phone bag. Some students clean the room. As soon as I finish school I go to the academy

I prefer to study at home because I don’t have to wake up at 6:40.

I took online classes this week. Therefore I didn’t have to go to school. It means I didn’t have to prepare the same way I usually do. So I could sleep in a little bit more. Our online class usually starts at 8:30 am, I have more time to rest. Most teachers use the video to teach the students so the class is shorter than usual. It gives us time to play my favorite games!

As you know, there are many comfortable things so most students always wait for online classes. Some students turn off the mike and camera, and don’t join the classes. This is a big problem and the limit of taking an online class. Every student needs to join the class actively.

Now there are only 1,2,3 children in one family in Korea, and most of the family has only  1 child, and they don’t live with grandparents. My family has 4: mother, father, brother and me. When there is only one child in the family and the child get bored because the child is alone. In the future nobody will help the child but when there are 2 children in the family, then they will not be bored and in the future brothers, sisters can help each other. Parents don’t spend lots of money because there are only 1 to 3 children! Now there are more and more old people and less and less babies. In the future I think the population will be lower so Korea's power will be weaker. 

And I think when Korea's population is lower and other countries' population is also lower, other countries' power will be the same as Korea. And now many people don’t marry so babies aren't born in the world. So I think more people should marry. But I think now is good so we stop lowering the population in Korea I think.  We must stop lowering the population to save our country!!!

Many people worry about the future because there are no people. 

Korea has one of the lowest birth rates in the world.

Let’s see how population of Korea change and problems because of it,

In the past, Korea government said “ We have too many children, we have to reduce the population of babies. For instance, my father was born in 1974, he has one brother and two sisters. After the government's babies policy, I was born in 2006, I have only one brother.

It shows how the population of Korea has changed now.

In some countrysides of Korea have only old people because a lot of young people have moved to cities. Also Korea has low birth rates, and some cities don’t have any children either. In Jeju, there are less and less children, so some schools should be closed. In the future, Jeju might have a few schools. 

I watched a documentary on EBS, it said that in the future, Korea will have only Seoul. It means that other countrysides won’t have any people. Then Korea will be weaker and some day, Korea might disappear.

To get babies, we need to get married but most Korean want to live alone. I think that’s because they need a lot of money to get married and have babies. Therefore, Korea government must give some money to people who get married or have babies. Then people might get married and have children without any stress of money.