On peaceful Saturday, I am spending my time reading a book about how the world would be changed after the coronavirus outbreak. It made me think alot about my past, present, and future.
I suddenly remember my high school debating class. In 2006, we had a hot issue related to the national official language because the world started to get connected with the globalization and the international communication skill became required for the further business. Therefore, in my high school debating class, we discussed whether making English as another Korean official language beside Korean should be required for global leaders. Even though students went either for or against, I stand neutral with faith in future technology for translation because past ten years, all had been dramatically changed with unexpected technology. However, the teacher and others thought I am crazy and didn’t take the issue seriously that later, he didn’t even want me to talk.
After fifteen years, we can use various translation program through our smart-phone, and the imagination became the reality.
I always talk about my dream and imagination about my future, but 99 percent of people treat them as a joke or some ignorance of me. When I was young, I felt so angry because I believed that they ignore me, but now I realize that they have not ignored me, just they have never thought about it and learned about it. They were just ignorant about how the world changes.
Therefore, I tried to avoid the conversation about my ideas and future with those who just think about only what they can see. The life would be different after ten years. I just need to ignore them jabbering, but focus on my future and imagination so that all could become real.
What do others jabber about you? Does it make you annoyed? Please just ignore the ignorant and follow the path that only you can see.
Pearl Ellen Ju 