"Mokjangs can increase your intellect and sociality" 1
When I visit Korea, I usually eat breakfast alone in my apartment, watching TV, and one of the TV shows I enjoy watching is KBS’ 'Morning Garden'. The show deals with different topics every week and once a week they invite an expert to give a lecture. On one particular episode, a children’s expert spoke about the importance of playing. Playing is essential for mammals as it not only develops muscles, it helps with the development of the brain. For example, a rat that has playmates has thicker prefrontal cortex and is better at finding its way through a maze than one without any playmates. Chimpanzees that grow up alone are unable to blend in with others and sometimes aren't even able to mate.
For humans also, playing is essential for intellectual development. There has been a case in which a child who has read more than 1000 books and was able to do two digit additions and subtractions even before starting school eventually fell behind in class and his intellect decreased as a result of his parents preventing him from playing with other children and only making him study.
Playing is essential for intellectual and social growth, but when you look at a timetable of a typical primary school student in Gangnam district in Korea, it is filled with classes and tutoring with only one or two hours of playing time a week. Clearly, playing is no longer a part of children's life in Korea and you can hardly see any children in playgrounds anymore. Generations that lack playing will lack social skills and tend to be more selfish. Before, when I helped young migrants settle in, they were extremely grateful; however people now not only refuse help, when they receive it, they take it for granted. This may be due to their parents telling them to focus only on their studies and helping them with everything else, that when they receive help, they are not grateful for it. People who succeed are not the intelligent, but those with good relationships. –to be continued-
This week's message
All registered members of the church are rostered to volunteer in preparing lunch and helping in the kitchen. Please also ensure that everyone washes their own dishes after eating.
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김지나 2019.05.07 18:28
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When I visit Korea, I usually eat breakfast alone in my apartment, watching TV, and one of the TV shows I enjoy watching is KBS’ 'Morning Garden'. The show deals with different topics every week and once a week they invite an expert to give a lecture. On one particular episode, a children’s expert spoke about the importance of playing. Playing is essential for mammals as it not only develops muscles, it helps with the development of the brain. For example, a rat that has playmates has thicker prefrontal cortex and is better at finding its way through a maze than one without any playmates. Chimpanzees that grow up alone are unable to blend in with others and sometimes aren't even able to mate.
For humans also, playing is essential for intellectual development. There has been a case in which a child who has read more than 1000 books and was able to do two digit additions and subtractions even before starting school eventually fell behind in class and his intellect decreased as a result of his parents preventing him from playing with other children and only making him study.
Playing is essential for intellectual and social growth, but when you look at a timetable of a typical primary school student in Gangnam district in Korea, it is filled with classes and tutoring with only one or two hours of playing time a week. Clearly, playing is no longer a part of children's life in Korea and you can hardly see any children in playgrounds anymore. Generations that lack playing will lack social skills and tend to be more selfish. Before, when I helped young migrants settle in, they were extremely grateful; however people now not only refuse help, when they receive it, they take it for granted. This may be due to their parents telling them to focus only on their studies and helping them with everything else, that when they receive help, they are not grateful for it. People who succeed are not the intelligent, but those with good relationships. –to be continued-
This week's message
All registered members of the church are rostered to volunteer in preparing lunch and helping in the kitchen. Please also ensure that everyone washes their own dishes after eating.