The piano teacher

1.     In your opinion, did Ji-Su do what was best for Gyung-Min by sending him overseas to study the piano? Why? Why not?

     In my opinion, she did a great job because Gyung-Min will be more successful if he is taught by the expert of music. Especially, he has the gift. That is, he is talented in playing piano. If Ji-Su doesn’t send him to overseas to study the piano, he wouldn’t exert all his talent inside him. The best decision for him is letting some master of music teach him in person so that it would enhance his skills. It’s also the key point to decide whether he will be famous or not.

2.     Do you think that it is important for young children like Gyung-Min to have a loving parent (or adult) to care for them as they grow up? Why? Why not?

     It is absolutely for young children like Gyung-Min to have a loving parent, for many children who are abandoned or isolated would feel gloomy and lonely. As for them, it would be wonderful to have nice parents to keep them company. As a result, when they feel melancholy, they have someone to rely on. Most importantly, nowadays, people in the urban area are selfish and arrogant, so they won’t even care about the people who are dying. Why do you think they would care about a child like Gyung-Min who just lost his parents? In my opinion, everyone in the world needs love, even the animals are no exception. I would love to help a poor and abandoned child to grow up if I have enough money. Besides that, I would also donate some money to them if I don’t have enough money.

3.     What other things could Ji-Su have done differently in her efforts to teach and care for Gyung-Min?

     There is no denying that she has already done very well. However, if she can bring him to have the course of mental counseling, perhaps he would not be frightened by the light at the stage. He would suddenly become famous for this. In addition, if I were Ji-Su, I would bring him to travel as much as possible in order to inspire his ideas in his mind and to widen his horizons.

4. Do you think that striving for fame and success is the most important thing a person can and should do with their life? Why? Why not?

     Absolutely not. It’s apparently that we see so many people is striving for fame and success. Nonetheless, they finally can’t attain their goal not because they are not competent or capable. The reason why they can’t do it is just because they don’t have talent in it. I think we can pursue the things we want. Nevertheless, it would be inappropriate for us to do the things which are impossible. We should be sensible when it comes to what we should do or why we should do it. After thinking twice, we can save a lot of time instead of doing meaningless things and wasting our valuable time. Ultimately, no matter what we do in our life shouldn’t just be striving for fame and success.