Journal Entreis #1

Yongsu Cho
08 Nov 11
English 3
Paul Kang
Journal Entries #1

Wind and Sunshine

One of the most valuable things that I learned from my high school period is that sunshine is really stronger than wind. The lesson didn’t come from science class or literature class but came from relation with teachers.
During my school life, I saw many students arguing their rights to teacher. Most of the students seemed unreserved especially when the matter was from teacher’s faults or their justifiable right. But such audacity usually motivated teacher’s anger rather than solved their problems. Those situations let me know that teacher is not cold, god-like existence to be only moved by ‘logic’, but emotional human being who sometimes gets angry when faced with students’ voice to chastise teacher’s fault.
It’s men’s defensive instinct to become offensive when they are stuck with criticism. In this viewpoint, effort to get something through audacity is useless. That trying only caused clashes between them. Furthermore, it can cause emotional hatefulness which doesn’t reveal superficially but effects on other thing surreptitiously.
Other than this direct, straight strategy, soothing and then requiring is more effective. If teacher attribute the matter to oneself, then first understand their feelings and accept that ‘indirectly’(Direct acceptation can charge oneself with whole burden of the matter even it’s not related with oneself). After appeasing their emotion, ask the teachers what I want. I got what I wanted mostly through this ‘peaceful and moderate’ way. And also some teachers officially recommended this way accepting they are partly affected by emotion even when deciding official matter.
To force like hard storm motivates only anger and clashes. On the other hand, sunshine strategy is more effective dealing with humans.