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Believer Posted 18 years ago
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Now the national election for Presidency of South Korea is over and a winner is selected, all the anticipation and high drum rolls have been in low ebbs. I wish that the newly elected President of South Korea will get his pre-election agendas rolling and put the not-so-active economy in high gear.
One day, I was listening to his new President giving a sort of religious confession before a viewing public on television and one thing that stuck in my mind is what he told about his mother's visit when he was serving time in prison for what I believed to be a political activity. He told us that while he was in prison, his mother visited him only once and at that time, unlike other mothers, who were spending a lot of time with their sons, I think he said his mother spoke only these words briefly and then left: "Son, are you praying", "Son, are you reading the Bible", and "Son, are you studying?." To me, this confession left a long-lasting impression on me because it reinforced my belief on what a strong mother should be like. A mother need not be vocal, nor does she need to be verbose, to make a lasting impact on her son-- sometimes, short piercing remarks can touch a son's heart more forcefully than any other means of rebuke or discipline.
To me, to rebuke a young person by giving a long lecture on how he should behave is like money not spent wisely. There is no need to talk for a long period of time trying to put some of your sense into your kid: but like money given to him when he needs dearly, few wise words from a mother who has earned her name from a son can move her son heart and make the right impact at the right time to help him to take a right step for the better.
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Now the national election for Presidency of South Korea is over and a winner is selected, all the anticipation and high drum rolls have been in low ebbs. I wish that the newly elected President of South Korea will get his pre-election agendas rolling and put the not-so-active economy in high gear.
One day, I was listening to his new President giving a sort of religious confession before a viewing public on television and one thing that stuck in my mind is what he told about his mother's visit when he was serving time in prison for what I believed to be a political activity. He told us that while he was in prison, his mother visited him only once and at that time, unlike other mothers, who were spending a lot of time with their sons, I think he said his mother spoke only these words briefly and then left: "Son, are you praying", "Son, are you reading the Bible", and "Son, are you studying?." To me, this confession left a long-lasting impression on me because it reinforced my belief on what a strong mother should be like. A mother need not be vocal, nor does she need to be verbose, to make a lasting impact on her son-- sometimes, short piercing remarks can touch a son's heart more forcefully than any other means of rebuke or discipline.
To me, to rebuke a young person by giving a long lecture on how he should behave is like money not spent wisely. There is no need to talk for a long period of time trying to put some of your sense into your kid: but like money given to him when he needs dearly, few wise words from a mother who has earned her name from a son can move her son heart and make the right impact at the right time to help him to take a right step for the better.
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Before the teachers' responses, here comes my point of view of a sentence: To me, to rebuke a young person by giving a long lecture on how he should behave is like money not spent wisely. I would revise it as any of the following (arranged in the sequence of similarity to the original sentence): To me, to rebuke a young person by giveing a long lecture on how he should behave is like to spend money unwisely. To me, rebuking a young person by giveing a long lecture on how he should behave is like spending money unwisely.
- Before the teachers' responses, here comes my point of view of a sentence: To me, to rebuke a young person by giving a long lecture on how he should behave is like money not spent wisely.
- I would revise it as any of the following (arranged in the sequence of similarity to the original sentence): To me, to rebuke a young person by giveing a long lecture on how he should behave is like to spend money unwisely.
- To me, rebuking a young person by giveing a long lecture on how he should behave is like spending money unwisely.
- To me, time spent on rebuking a young person by giveing a long lecture on how he should behave is almost wasted.
- To me, giving a long lecture on how he should behave is of little value.
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Before the teachers' responses, here comes my point of view of a sentence:
To me, to rebuke a young person by giveing a long lecture on how he sh
To me, to rebuke a young person by giving a long lecture on how he should behave is like money not spent wisely.I would revise it as any of the following (arranged in the sequence of similarity to the original sentence):
To me, to rebuke a young person by giveing a long lecture on how he sh
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BelieverHi,
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Now the national election for the Presidency of South Korea is over and a winner is selected, all the anticipation and high drum rolls havebeen in low ebbs ebbed away.. I wish
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