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Pandora’sBox
ProblemswiththeWriting
Certificate
By LeeJin-woo
EditorialConsultant
T
he university needs to consider more carefully its
theSeoulandYonginCampuses.Therearethreestepstogain
writing courses. The Department of Philosophy of
the certificate. First of all, anybody who wants to get the
HUFS adopted a policy about the certificate of
certificatemusttakethetwenty-fourcreditsthatareapproved
qualification for philosophy teachers in 2007 and has issued
by the university within the courses approved for the
this certificate to give the opportunity to teach the writing of
certificate.Second,gradeshavetobehigherthanB.Finally,a
essays in the name of the HUFS president. There are two
graduation thesis must be accepted. After completing these
reasons why the school selected the training programs for
three steps, in the name of HUFS president, the certificate of
essaywritingteachers.
qualificationfordiscourseteachersisissued.
First,Koreanstudentsatuniversitiesarerequiredtoexpress
However,beforethethreestepscanevenbestarted,thereal
theiropinionswithlogicalorderintheirwriting.Theinterests
important step is registration for this program. So, taking a
in teaching students to write like this are increasing. The
closer look at the current circumstances about registration on
process of educating the students to become writing teachers
theInternetisneededtosolvetheseproblems.Evenifstudents
has not been dome well by the universities. So, the
want to take the course, those who do not register for these
Departments of Philosophy at all Korean universities have
courses on the Internet cannot get a chance of earning a
decidedtooperatetheprogramsfortrainingthosewhowantto
certificate.
be teachers of discourse after their graduation. Also, HUFS
Most students who hope to be a writing teacher have
feels the importance of training students to become writing
difficultiesregisteringforthecoursesontheInternet.Onboth
teachers.
campuses, each sophomore class has one course for the
The other reason is related to the current economic
certificate, each junior class has two courses, and each senior
recession.Inthepast,receivingadiplomameantemployment,
class has one course. The classes are limited to nineteen
and universities had a tendency of letting their students solve
students and that means they are graded on the absolute
theirownproblemsbythemselves,whichmeantthatstudents
gradingsystem.
taught themselves how to write. However, what is happening
The intention of restricting the number would be a better
insocietytodayisgettingworseeconomically.Somestudents
ideatoimprovethecoursequality.Itismoresuitabletoteach
even intentionally delay their graduation as a means of
writing in smaller classes. Also, the absolute grading system
acquiringskillstohelptheiremploymentbecausetodaygetting
has the advantage of making both students and professors
a diploma does not automatically mean employment. That is
focus on in-depth study more easily than if the class were
why universities go to great efforts to meet these urgent
taughtontherelativegradingsystem.
demands: so they can expand students’ opportunities to be
However, under the current system, the lack of courses
employed.
prevents those who are accumulating the credits for the
However,everypolicyhasitsweakness.Thereareproblems
certificatefromregisteringforthecourses,whichmeanslosing
with operating the qualification certificate for essay teachers.
the chance of becoming essay teachers. Taking the current
The detailed regulations of the policy should be dealt with
situation seriously, it is time for the university to assess the
beforemoreproblemsarise.
accuratedemandsforthecoursestostopthepresentconditions
Severalenforcementregulationsarepresentedwithstudents
fromcontinuing.
who want to be essay writing teachers. The qualification
certificatefordiscourseteachersisopentothestudentsatboth
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