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Name: Amy Rhee
Assignment: Essay
Instructor: Paul Kang



Although I had to leave behind all the school works and preparation of exams, participating Talkback Classroom was truly worthy experience. From this program and people of the team, I have learnt so much valuable lessons that I could not have learnt from 11 years of school works.
Before participate this program, I was a student who was indifferent about politics and neglected her own country’s history. Now, however, I can feel myself changed. By watching of news and reading a lot of papers during this program, not only I learnt more about current issues such as missile test, nuclear threat, or other Korea facing problems, but I also learnt the governments policies and positions, international relations, the effect on each countries, and Korea’s status in the world internationally. Also, by studying about the reunification of Korea, visiting places like DMZ, interviewing experts, I had learnt so much about Korean history and the details that I did not know despite the fact that I am a Korean. I now became a student who has wider perspective on politics and history.
I have not only obtained intellectual knowledge, but I also learnt so much other precious lessons. By spending whole 2 weeks with great people from different culture, I learnt how to interact with different people. Also by having experiences such as interviewing various people from the North Korean refugees to ambassadors, I could learn the attitude and get a lot of confidence.
Participating Talkback Classroom was wonderful, once in a life time experience.