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contributiontogroupmembers.
Oneoftheadvantagesofdivestingoneself
fromsocialcircles,isenablingtheperson
toescapefromthetacitobligationon
IndeliblestigmasonAssas
participatinginunpalatablegatherings,thus
AsKoreansocietyimportsindividualismnowadays,
securingadditionaltimeforone’sownsake.
peoplearewitnessingatransitionalperiodofsocial
DespitethemeritsinwhichAssascanbask,
change.Duetotheremnantsofcollectivism,meanwhile,
itssetbacksprevail.
theburdenoftheAssalifestyledoesnotseemtorecede
Isolatingoneselffromtheotherscanresult
anyasthetwovaluescollide.
inacurtailinginthenumberofopportunities
HofstedeSix-dimensionModel,anindexthat
tocultivatesocialskills,comparedtoso
reflectsculturalinclinationsofcountriesacrossthe
calledInssas.Early-20-somethingsjust
globe,indicatesthatSouthKoreagained18outof
freshoutofhighschooltendtoundergoa
100pointsinthe“Individualism”dimension.The
drasticchangeinlifestyleastheyproceed
UnitedStatesandJapan,ontheotherhand,received
toacollege,asteppingstonetoabroader
91and46,respectively,onIndividualism,ofwhich
world.Theyhenceacquirequalitiesvianovel
thelatterisregardedasaconsiderablycollectivistic
experience,includinghowtosocializewith
nation.Comparedtoothercultures,itisobservablethat
theunacquainted.Howeveraboundingother
collectivismstillisdominant,playingasamainstream
opportunitiesmaybe,itisnomorethan
sentimentunderlyingKoreansociety.
narrowingthescopeofchoicesforindividual
IsaacYun,aKorean-Americanexchangestudent
growthinabroadsense.
inYonseiUniversity,repliedobliquelytoaquestion
Asidefromimpedingself-improvement,
regardingtheAssacultureonKoreancampusesas,“I
Assalifestyleisoftenfollowedbysome
definitelyseethingsgoingoninKorea.”Yun,whois
drawbacks.Manygatheringsandclubs
astudentofBerkeleyUniversity,alsoclaimed,“Even
oncampusoftendoubleaschannelsof
myAmericanfriendsinYonsei,whoarealsoexchange
information.Excludingoneselffromsuch
students,toldmethattheyareusuallyfinewitheating
socialcircles,thus,canleadtoasymmetry
aloneintheStates,butuncomfortableinKorea.My
inusefulinformationcomparedtothose
otherfriendsinBerkleyareusuallyfinewithdoing
activelyparticipateinthoseoccasions.
thingsalone.”
“Themorecirclesyoujoin,themorepeople
ThesenseofreluctancetowardbeinganAssa,
youcangetacquaintedwith,rangingfrom
stemmingfromirremovablesocialresidue,isleavinga
studentsinothermajorstograduates”said
trail,especiallyonsocialnetworks.AnYouTubevideo,
astudentmajoringinPoliticalScienceand
titledas“ToBeanInssa,I’llTellYouHow!!,”illustrates
Diplomacy.“Itisoftenhelpfultoknowmany
howtobecomepopularamongcollegefriends,which
peopleinthosegatherings,andacquiremuch
drewmorethan100,000views.Thedelugeofvideos
informationafterwards.”
withthesimilarcontentsonthewebsiteimpliesthat
hardlydoestherecentinfluxofindividualismdisposeof
stigmasonAssasappliedbytheexistingcollectivism.
Itisnotimportantwhethertobecalledas
“Howeverprevalentpeopledothingsbythemselves,
anAssa,forone’smodeoflifecannotbe
suchaseatingalone,Istillfeeluncomfortablewith
subjecttovaluation,butismerepreference.
it,”saysKimMin-ji,astudentofSungshinWomen’s
Itis,nevertheless,inevitabletoexperience
University.Sheexpressedherunwillingnesstobecalled
shortcomingsofbeingoverlyimmersed
asanAssa,claiming,“Iamworriedaboutwhatothers
intoeitherside.Ratherthancircumscribing
wouldthinkaboutmewhenbeingalienatedfromthe
oneselftoacertainpattern,itisimperative
majority.”
totakeaneclecticapproachbyadopting
whatisbestforoneselffromtheeitherside.
WhatAssasmaysacrifice
ssk01144@hufs.ac.kr
HardlycantheperksofbeinganAssabeoverlooked.
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