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PEAI Prophet '13 Spring “All the News Special pre-thermonuclear war That’s Fit to Print” THE PEAI PROPHET edition Spring 2013 Vol. 2 ... Issue 1 Copyright © 2012 PEAI SEOUL, PRACTICAL ENGLISH APPLICATION INSTITUTE #1 student-run newspaper in Daechi-dong 300 WON Inside this issue... andrew choi PEAI Debate Camp A look at Dennis Teacher’s once a year debate extravaganza UNLIKE ORDINARY PEAI days, students came to PEAI at an early time in the morning with a big smile hanging on their face, filled with joy and enthusiasm. It's probably because a huge gift package set is waiting for them; PEAI Debate Camp. Debate Camp is a camp that was held from February 2nd (Sat! to February 3rd (Sun! in Yang Peong English Village. 2 Dennis Teacher first arranged this camp for the PEAI students' extra opportunity to experience the "real" debate. The debate was divided into Junior and Senior division, each of them having 3 different motions and 1 Impromptu debate. What’s your zodiac? Actually, until last year, this camp was 'Debate Ski Camp' but this year the "Ski" part totally disappeared. It was mainly because of the danger that people could get injured and the lack of time to focus on debate. However, majority of the INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS TEACHER students were looking forward to this by the fact they were going to ski, but unfortunately, they seemed a little disappointed; including me, too. In this debate camp, we first had a seminar about the ski camp and a mock-debate done by the coaches with the 2 motion, "should the parents be responsible for their child's crime." The debate went on 4 times in a row for several KEDC Debate hours, in between we got to eat delicious lunch and dinner including rice, soup, and various side dishes such as kimchi and black beans.. And Cup Noodle for late snack added the final touch for a perfect meal. At the end of the “By that, we day, the best program occurred; where Foreign Language High School were able to and KMLA student or 4 graduates informed dream higher about their school and how to enroll in those Roy’s Pizza Quest schools. By that, we of one’s were able to dream Q: What was the part you were mostly proud of? higher of one's future A: When I saw students gradually improving and future” and set one's plans into spending a great time here, I was very proud of action. them. The following day, the finalists debated against each other Q: What parts should we practice more to be for the first place and the trophy. The teams were Mimas excellent debaters? 8 and Despina the Junior division, and Callistor and for the A: A confident mind is required to deliver your Senior division. After a keen competition Minas and won the thoughts properly to the judges. Also it will help by title of the Champions. "We were able to improve our debate expanding the amounts of informations through Lounge Unmasked skills and become more confident in it. I liked it that we preparing a lot, because at the actual debate, written were exposed to the 'real' world of debate and we definitely speeches are not allowed. want to go there next year, too." said Kayle and Eric from 5C-RM1 who participated in this camp. Q: What are the standards of a good debater? A: The standards of a good debater are good I was privileged to interview with Dennis Teacher and organization, good arguments related to the issue, learned more about the required qualifications of debaters. lots of knowledge, and an ability to explain ideas ©Ashley Lee critically with the combination of these qualifications, 8 you will be able to be a good debater. 0 0 1 SPRING ’13 P R O P H E T The PEAI’s Own 12 KPop Star Zodiacs Andrew Choi’s remarkable run on KPop Star Season 2 ARIES(Mar.21-Apr.9) -They are independent, outgoing and trusting and always have hope TAURUS(Apr.20-May20) -They are usually cool and calm, but usually do not reveal their true personalities. GEMINI(May21-Jun.20) -They are always curious, mischievous, and thirsty for news, and never can stand still for long. CANCER(Jun.20-Jul.22) -They are compassionate and caring, but can be rather flighty and sensitive. LEO(Jul.23-Aug.22) -They are a general type of happy go lucky and faithful to their friends. VIRGO(Aug.22-Sep.22) FORMER PEAI 7TH grade teacher Andrew Choi gets hugely successful on the show K-POP- STAR. -They are creative, sensitive, and loving, He has been performing great songs which allowed him to go from top 10 to Top 3. Highlight of but sometimes are thought of as fussy. this week, on March 31st, Andrew sang the song ‘BABY’ but fails to reach the finals of the show. Most people believe that if he chose a song that wasn’t song by other singers on the show, he might have gone on to the finals. What he and SM Entertainment BOA decided on the picked LIBRA(Sep.23-Oct.22) -They are gentle, kind, and peace loving song was that they might be able to overpower bang ye- Dam’s version of the song. Maybe it folk, although sometimes hard to was that he had the feeling that he wanted to win or it might have been not but the three understand. judges stated that he wasn’t like the Andrew Choi they used to know. He received the total score of 265 points which wasn’t enough for him to win the round. His last words on the show SCORPIO(Oct.23-Nov.21) were about thanking his supporters, his family and friends. On March 24 he performed the song -As a wise and power loving kind, they ‘ 빗속에서’ and got a fantastic score which was the highest score of the round and the best are reputed to be the “most powerful” sign of the zodiac. score he got so far. The 3 judges each gave him a score of 95, 90, and 96 out of 100 and the total score of 281 out of 300. He scored about 10 points higher than other teams which led him to cast from one of the judges. He confidently went up to Top 3 and was casted by SM SAGITTARIUS(Nov.22-Dec.21) entertainment once more. His performance was complimented by JYP about how he fixed the -As an optimistic party, they are happiest problems he had when he sing. He promised to show a better performance next week when traveling and exploring new things. supported by SM Entertainment. Also, two weeks ago, Andrew surprised the judges and all of the audience by proposing to his girlfriend Estelle bringing a great effect to him. His Popularity CAPRICORN(Dec.22-Jan.19) went straight up until he reached to the semifinals of the show. -Although there are two types of Capricorns "one who keeps on trying for higher goals, one who likes where he is!, However, some of you might not know well about Andrew teacher or the K-POP-STAR show. He they are both patient at getting their goal. came from Newark, New Jersey and he taught the seventh grade for the entire year of 2011. During that time, he was also in contract with SM Entertainment to write songs. SM AQUARIUS(Jan.20-Feb.18) -All Aquarius have different personalities, Entertainment also rented a house temporally to write songs. He stated that this friend from SM for they are so unique. But they do not (Entertainment! who urged and told him that he had the possibility to success well by the show. easily give up on whatever they believe. Also, you might not know well about the show. This show is a survival audition program in which three managers of the biggest music companies in Korea judge the teams applied and PISCES(Feb.19-Mar.20) chose a winner. The final winner gets 300million won and Debut right away and a Sudan car. -Mysterious individuals, most Pisces are ©Christopher Kim extremely talented and gifted in many ways. 0 0 2 SPRING ’13 P R O P H E T Education is Evolving A fresh perspective on education NOWADAYS, STUDENTS JUST memorize many mathematical formulas. Because of this, students lost courage and joy while studying it. At least Korea students were 1st at math, and 2nd at science above 50 countries. The total score was the 3rd above them. Then, we need to look at how they enjoy studying those subjects. It is very shocking that in 2006, we were the lowest grade-55th out of 57 countries. Furthermore, the student`s whose career is scientists are decreasing. This is the result of making students memorize just mathematical formulas, and study with no experiences and joy. However, now, Korea is starting to make students able to learn all different subjects, such as math and science, in one textbook, called STEAM education. STEAM Education is an education `trend` where science, technology, engineering, art, and math are all learnt together. The teachers make students plan created. This had been sent to Korea officially increasing students` creativity. STEAM and experience given experiments. By this, at 2013. Korean governments try to make education`s goal is to make student have the students should notice how this relates to movements toward the STEAM education, more creativity and skill to blend in the their own lives, and form problem-solving and they started to make new textbooks subjects into one.
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