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LettertoTheArgus
MemoriesofaVolunteer
W
hile I was skimming through the April issue of
uptweakingthedocumentsthatIneededtogetmypatronage
The Argus, sipping my latte while serenely
atthattime,andIdiscoveredthatIneededformaldocuments
enjoyingthecalmlyricsofgoodoldLinkinPark
provingIhaddonevolunteerworkinthepast.Naturally,the
andEvanescence,Icameacrossanarticlethatstruckmewith
documentswerenowheretobefound.Onlyoneothersolution
a great sense of guilt. The article was titled, ¡°Sharing Hopes
remained: I had to get my papers from the House of
and Dreams,¡± which was a story about Aewon, a volunteer
Sinsomang, and I haven¡¯t been there for more than half
organization that provides various activities for people who
decade.MayGodhavemercyuponmysoul.
aredisabledorfinanciallydisadvantaged.
Thedirectorrecognizedmeatonceandexclaimed,¡°Good
¡°Slapmesilly!¡±Ithought.¡°WhenwasthelasttimeIever
lord,myboy!Wherehaveyoubeenalltheseyears?¡±
didanyvolunteering?¡±
Aftergivinghertheusualpatheticexcusesformyabsence,
Inmyhighschooldays,wehadtodomandatoryvolunteer
shegotmethenecessarypapers.Oh,ifyoucouldseemyface
workinordertograduate.IrememberedthatIhaddonemy
then! My face was turning pinker by the second. To make
portion of the ¡°social service¡± at the House of Sinsomang, a
things even jollier, my previous ¡°students¡± had come out,
churchandawelfarecenterforthementallydisadvantaged.I
recognized me, and kept repeating their happy greetings.
had taught elementary Korean and art there for about two
There I was, surrounded by half a dozen people that I had
years.
turnedmybackonforsixyears.Wellthen,mydearreader,I
Dejavu, anyone? I found myself in the front lawn of the
ask of you: When was the last time you did your volunteer
HouseofSinsomangoncemore,justfivedaysafterIhadread
work?
thatarticle!InthesunnymorningofApril27,Iwasfinishing
HwangHo-su(EnglishandAmericanLiteratureMajor-04)
BeaYeon-joo
Cartoonist
ofTheArgus
MemoriesofaVolunteer
W
hile I was skimming through the April issue of
uptweakingthedocumentsthatIneededtogetmypatronage
The Argus, sipping my latte while serenely
atthattime,andIdiscoveredthatIneededformaldocuments
enjoyingthecalmlyricsofgoodoldLinkinPark
provingIhaddonevolunteerworkinthepast.Naturally,the
andEvanescence,Icameacrossanarticlethatstruckmewith
documentswerenowheretobefound.Onlyoneothersolution
a great sense of guilt. The article was titled, ¡°Sharing Hopes
remained: I had to get my papers from the House of
and Dreams,¡± which was a story about Aewon, a volunteer
Sinsomang, and I haven¡¯t been there for more than half
organization that provides various activities for people who
decade.MayGodhavemercyuponmysoul.
aredisabledorfinanciallydisadvantaged.
Thedirectorrecognizedmeatonceandexclaimed,¡°Good
¡°Slapmesilly!¡±Ithought.¡°WhenwasthelasttimeIever
lord,myboy!Wherehaveyoubeenalltheseyears?¡±
didanyvolunteering?¡±
Aftergivinghertheusualpatheticexcusesformyabsence,
Inmyhighschooldays,wehadtodomandatoryvolunteer
shegotmethenecessarypapers.Oh,ifyoucouldseemyface
workinordertograduate.IrememberedthatIhaddonemy
then! My face was turning pinker by the second. To make
portion of the ¡°social service¡± at the House of Sinsomang, a
things even jollier, my previous ¡°students¡± had come out,
churchandawelfarecenterforthementallydisadvantaged.I
recognized me, and kept repeating their happy greetings.
had taught elementary Korean and art there for about two
There I was, surrounded by half a dozen people that I had
years.
turnedmybackonforsixyears.Wellthen,mydearreader,I
Dejavu, anyone? I found myself in the front lawn of the
ask of you: When was the last time you did your volunteer
HouseofSinsomangoncemore,justfivedaysafterIhadread
work?
thatarticle!InthesunnymorningofApril27,Iwasfinishing
HwangHo-su(EnglishandAmericanLiteratureMajor-04)
BeaYeon-joo
Cartoonist
ofTheArgus
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