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LookingforMorrieSchwartz’slifeandworksfrom“TuesdayswithMorrie”
Teachingaboutlivinganddying
MotherGoose’sTales
byCharlesPerrault
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riends and relatives can be helpful
Academy in Vermont, U.S.A. For Mr.
source of advice. They help one to
Schwartz’s students, he was just like
understand the world as a profound place
ProfessorJohnKeating.
A
and give courage to cope with the hard
mongthemasterpiecesofFrenchliteraturethereis
times. For Mitch Albom, the author of
ATeacheruntilHisDeath
one work which is especially renowned and
Tuesdays with Morrie, his greatest mentor
Morrie Schwartz always wanted to be
beloved not only to westemers but also to koreans
wasMorrieSchwartz,hiscollegeprofessor.
remembered as a teacher even until his
although, paradoxically, its author remains virtually
Almosttwentyyearsaftercollege,Mitchmet
death,andheactuallyachievedhisgoal.He
unrecognized.
Professor Schwartz again, and decided to
taught more students even after his death,
IfoneaskedaKoreanreadertoidentifythesourceof
write a chronicle of their time together.
and in fact, people still learn a lot from his
“Little Red Riding Hood” , “Cinderella” , or “Sleeping
Morrie was a great teacher even until his
wisdom until now. Mitch Albom, author of
Beauty”,themostlikelyanswerwouldbeGrimmsFairy
death, and he left many aphorisms and
Tuesdays with Morrie and a sports
Talesorevenjusttradition.
philosophiesoflife,inspiringpeopletolivea
columnist, was his student at Brendeis
The famous Grimm Brothers, however, were merely
betterlife.
University. They were not able to keep in
thecollectorsofnumerousversionsoftalesthathadfirst
touchfor16years,butwhenMitchheardof
beenprintedin1697,overonehundredyearsbefore.The
Morrie’sLifeandWorks
Morrie’sillness,heflewtoMassachusettsto
originalversionsofthesestorieswerewrittenbyCharles
MorrieSchwartzwasborninChicagoand
join his mentor once again, and keep him
Perrault.
raisedinNewYork.Hewasonlyeightyears
company while thinking and talking about
Charles Perrault, who was born in January 1628 in
old when his mother died. After his father
living and dying. The old professor named
Paris, was a member of the Acad mie Fran aise and a leading intellectual of his time.
remarried,hisstepmotherbroughthimup.In
theselessonsashisfinalthesis.Mitchwrote
Perraultspopularityandreputationeventodayisdue,almostentirely,toaslendervolume
his childhood, he learned about loss and
down the conversation he had with his
of tales that he published in 1697. This book, composed of eight simple stories, had an
Morriehadthelastinterviewbeforehisdeath.
vulnerability as well as goodness and
mentor, and this resulted in the book
unassumingtitle,StoriesorTalesfromTimespast,withMorals:TalesofMotherGoose
strength, and he became interested in these
Tuesdays with Morrie : An Old Man, A
(Histoiresoucontesdutempspass,avecdesmoralits:ContesdemamrelOye),which
values throughout his life. He got his
Hisshort,butpithystatementstouchedmany
Morrie offered honest, and impressive
Young Man, And Life’s Greatest Lesson.
in their original order were as follows : Sleeping Beauty , Little Red Riding Hood ,
bachelor’s degree in the University of
lives and his efforts ended up with a book,
insights into many philosophical questions
Thisbookhasattractedalotofpeople,and
Bluebeard,ThemasterCatortheBootedCat,TheFairies,Cinderella,Rickywiththe
Chicago, and he majored in social
Morrie : In His Own words. Here, Morrie
thatpeoplehave.Someofhisaphorismson
helped people understand the beauty of
TuftandLittleThumbkin.
psychology,whichfocusesonthecombined
wrote“Learnhowtodie,andyouwillknow
life are as follows : Accept yourself, your
livinganddying.
Perraultchosehisstoriesfrequentlyfromthestorytellingtradition,andherecordedthem
effects of one’s personality and one’s
howtolive”.
physicalcondition,andyourfateastheyare
Morriehadaquietapproachtodeathand
withwitandstyle.Histaleswerecleverlypiecedtogetherfromavarietyofversionsand
personalsituationsonone’sbehavior.While
atthepresentmoment.Keepyourheartopen
offered a lot of thoughts about a good life
were given elements of humor and language alluding to seventeenth-century bourgeois
Wisdom about Life from a
watchingtheemployeeswhosufferedduring
foraslongasyoucan,aswideasyoucan,
and a good death. In addition, Morrie
andcourtsocietythatwouldhavebeenforeigntoapeasantstale.Hedidnotinventhis
the Great Depression, he decided not to
RemarkableMan
for others and especially for yourself. Be
explained what is true happiness, and
taleseveninhisdaytheirplotswerewellknown-buthegavethemliterarylegitimacy.
simply look at the workers, but study and
Morrie’s courage in the face of his slow
generous,decent,andwelcoming.
asserted that one does not need to be a
Eachtalewasalsoaccompaniedbyoneortwoversemorals,composedinsuchprecious,
learnfromtheirsituations.Andfornearly30
andpainfuldeathinspiredalotofpeople.In
Besides these, he commented a lot about
celebrity or a rich person to be happy.
sophisticated language that today, most modern publishers of the tales eliminate them
years,hetaughthisknowledgeonsociology
addition,heiswell-knownforhisaphorisms,
life, community, work, aging, and death.
Charles Derber, his former colleague and
entirely,consideringthemunsuitableforchildren.
tostudentsatBrendeisUniversity.
briefbutpithysayingscharacterizedbylogic
They all sound commonsensical, but he
confidante,saidhistrueselfandgenuineness
Stories or Tales from Times past, with Morals : Tales of Mother Goose,However,
However, he was diagnosed with Lou
or imagery. They are often confused with
thoughtthatpeopleoftenfailtorealizesuch
came through in his books. Undoubtedly,
childrenarecertainlynottheexclusivereadersofthesecharmingstorieswhichmakeus
Gehrig’s disease, or Amyotrophic Lateral
sayings or proverbs. However, aphorisms
commonsensical things. On the Nightline
Morrie Schwartz was an inspiration to his
think and dream. Next year marks the tercentenary of Perraults death and it will be
Sclerosis(ALS)inhislateseventies.Hewas
reflect the personal viewpoint of distinct
programs, he candidly talked about the
students,family,andfriends.Hewasagreat
commemoratedbythosewholovehimandhisworksallovertheworld.Weareallinvited
notfrustratedwiththis;instead,hedecided
individuals. On the other hand, the basic
physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of
mentorandadevotedhusbandaswell.And
onthisoccasiontoreadandre-readhismasterpiecewhichopenedupanewliterarygenre:
to use the last phase of his life as an
values in the society are found in proverbs.
facing his imminent death. Eventually, Mr.
it is good to know that even now, his
fairytale.
opportunitytofurtherteachpeople.Thus,he
The oldest aphorism in the world is “Art is
Schwartz’s mental attitude strengthened
wisdomandinfluencestillprevaillongafter
taught anyone and everyone including his
long, life is short” by Hippocrates who had
while his body weakened. He welcomed
heisgone.
family, friends, colleagues, and journalists.
greatly contributed to the medical world.
many visitors and he had discussions about
His lessons were profound, and they were
WilliamShakespeareisalsopopularwiththe
dying. Hence, he was somewhat similar to
abouthowtoliveameaningfullifeandhow
statement “Frailty, thy name is woman”,
the teacher in the movie “Dead Poets
ByShinJunga
to die without regrets. While his muscle
while Blaise Pascal asserted, “Man is but a
Society.”ThemoviestarredRobinWilliams
ByKimSo-won
LecturerofDepartmentofFrench
function became worse, he began writing a
reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a
as John Keating, a passionate teacher of
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number of aphorisms to express his ideas.
thinkingreed.”
English literature at the exclusive Welton
Reviewingthe11thinternationalconferenceofKoreaAssociationoftheMiddleEaststudies
AwarmdebateforcivilizationandmodernizationinMiddleEast
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“
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Europe and Islam”, “Arab world models of
societies. It results from man’s expanded
future because the Arab world knows that
Horticultureblossoms
Korea Association of the Middle
development”, “Modern Egypt in nexus-
knowledgeandcontrolofhisenvironments.
keeping their identities is more important
EastStudies”washeldatlecturehall,faculty
reconsidering the modernity in Egypt”,
Is modernization possible in the Middle
than modernization. The purpose of this
office building, HUFS from October 11 to
“Korean - Saudi economic relation”, “ The
East? Likewise, in order to overcome the
seminar looks back upon the past of the
moreinKorea
13, 2002. This seminar was supported by
sacrificialscapegoatmotifinmodernArabic
problems of backwardness, the Arab nation
MiddleEastandprospectsonthefutureofit.
many organizations such as the Korean
novels”,“TheidentityofIslamicwomenand
lookstoanadvancedcountryasanexample
This seminar was brought to a focus of
research,theKoreanFoundationandHUFS.
socialstatusofSaudiwomen”and“Therole
modelandasourceofinspiration.Theyqre
discussing than announcing a treatise on
H
ave you ever heard about
The main theme of this seminar was
of muslim intellectual in Indonesia (Past &
obligatedtofollowtheflowofhistory.
middle east. Also, mood of this seminar is
“Horticultural science”? Without
civilizationandmodernizationintheMiddle
present)”.
It means that, the Muslim will be able to
solemnityandseriousness.
anydoubt,manypeoplearefamiliarwith
East. Participants read a piece of paper
Then what is the meaning of
adapt to a changing world, but there are
“Horticulture” but not many of them
related to the subject and held a discussion
modernization? The modernization is a
differences between modernity and Islamic
actuallyknow“Horticulturalscience”.Of
about it. However, the subtitles of the
processofsocialchangebywhichcountries
modernity. The former is mainly being
ByHeoJae-sung
course,
it
is
related
with
presenters were various. They were as
ofabackwardstatemakeeffortstogainthe
directed towards the future, while the latter
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flowers(floriculture), plants and the
follows:“ModernizationandJewsbetween
common characteristics of the developed
reinterprets the past in order to create the
environment but it also includes the
related sciences such as genetics and
inheritance and especially, biology,
Disclosingsecretofeternallifethroughthemovie“Deathbecomesher”
landscapearchitectureandgardening.
Above picture shows the latest
As many people might imagine, this
conferenceoftheKSHS.
studyfieldisnotwidelyknownandthisis
themajorreasonwhytheKoreanSociety
Prolongationoflifeisnotimpossibledream
for Horticultural Science cannot be
Inaddition,thesocietyisputtingitsbest
developed as it should have been. Oh
effortinpublishingownbooksanddatain
Sung-do, the president of the society
English and the members of the Korean
noted that, “I dare say to everybody that
Society for Horticultural Science are
T
the members of the Korean Society for
preparing the internet conference and
he heroines of the movie, “Death
would live much longer if people took a
Horticultural Science have worked
presentation.
BecomesHer”,twowomenhankerfor
medicine free of the active oxygen. It
extremely hard but we could not satisfy
Onthe1stofAugustin2002,the27th
havingeternalyouthandbeautifulfaceeven
actually succeeded in America though this
ourselves.”Hisstatementseemstrue.
venue of International Horticultural
aftertheyenterthetwilightoftheirlife.They
medicineonlyprolongedeelworm’sspanof
The KSHS was founded in 1963. Its
Congress was announced in Brussels,
are not happy at the realization of dream,
life. In addition, people have the enzyme
greatworksincludesymposiainsixareas
Belgium. Not surprisingly enough the
thoughtheyhaveeternalyouthastheytake
prolongingtheminDNA,butthelengthofa
Awoman,who
which are ; vegetables, fruit trees,
nextcongresswillbeheldinSeoul,Korea
theelixiroflife.Theymustliveevenifitis
telomeregetsshorter.Thatistheexactform
hadtheelixirof
flowering grass or flowering plants,
in 2006 as a fruit of the effort of the
brokenforthemnottobewareoftheirbody.
of telomerase. Therefore, one will have
life,temptsan
facilities of horticulture, preservation and
KSHS. “We are just doing our best and
So far, little is known about the secret of
immortal cells if the person inserts the
innocent
circulation, and heredity and breeding. It
we are sure that the 27th congress in
longevity. However, it is not necessary for
telomerase.
scholartotake
sets at least two symposia per year and
Koreawillbesuccessful,”saidLeeJung-
one to be disappointed about this because
Lastly, a scientist argues that the human
it.
tries to award the best thesis annualy as
myung, the chairman of the 27th IHC
scienceisstillpossibletodevelop.
growth hormone might have an effect of
well. Last year, the 21th ceremony of
OrganizingCommittee.Headdedthatthe
Thenwhatisthephenomenonofaging?In
preventing aging. One had more than a
awarding prizes were held and this
society needs more help from specialists
abroadsense,agingisthewholeprocessof
normalamountofcholesterolandworsenthe
ceremony helped a lot of specialists to
andalsofromordinarypeopleaswell.
going through until the life is over. In a
function of body as a lung, a kidney when
concentratemoreontheirworksinorder
The theme for the 27th IHC has been
narrowsense,agingiswhatweusuallyknow
the human growth hormone lacked. These
to produce more valuable results and to
decided as “Global Horticulture :
aboutgrowingold.Itincludestheconceptof
areexactlyequaltosymptomsofaging.The
contribute the KSHS more academically
Diversity and Harmony”, signifying the
increasedwrinkles,inelasticskin,decreasing
Adenine(A), thymine(T), guanine(G),
no one who went beyond the limit of 122
aging can be delayed if the human growth
aswell.
importanceofmaintainingandpreserving
the amount of hair and weakening bones.
cytosine(C)) The telomere gets shorter little
years. Supporter say that the maximum
hormonecanbemaintainedfor20years.The
Mayof1983,thesocietyorganizedits
horticultural diversity as well as
From the former viewpoint, being a
by little when cell divides, and the cell
lifespanpotentialwillnotchangethoughthe
effect of the human growth hormone was
firstinternationalsmyposiuminKoreaas
harmonizing the diversity in this global
provision of Nature, this aging process is
division would after that it shorten to some
life expectancy may be lengthened. On the
proved through a clinical test. Besides,
a ceremony of its 20th anniversary. 10
village which becomes much closer and
irresistable, but the latter regards it as a
degree.Sothetelomereisanindexshowing
other hand, others says that the maximum
Hollywood’s stars make use of the human
years later the KSHS held another big
more intimate thanks to the recent
phenomenon of abrasion which can be
ageofcells.
lifespan potential will lengthen if the length
growth hormone so that they may preserve
international simposium called “past,
innovations in transportation and
developpedorstopped.
Secondly,thereisthestresstheorysaying
ofatelomerebecomeslonger.Itwasproved
youngandbeautifulbody.Ifpeoplewantto
present and future of Horticulture of the
communicationtechnology.
What is the reason that causes aging?
that aging happens to people when stress
throughexperimentationofaneelworm.The
live longer, they have to avoid active
NorthandtheSouthAsia.”Lotsofgreat
Thereareavarietyofviews.Firstly,thereis
builds up. Thirdly, there is the free radical
life span of the eelworm was 1.5 times
oxygen, stress, and overeating. This will be
scholars from 12 different nations
aprogrammedagingtheorywhichsaysthat
theoryofaging.Inshort,theagingiscaused
raisinggeneticvariation.Theywillliveuntil
thefirmtruthforalonglife.Aboveall,itis
participated in this symposium and in
the process of aging was all arranged
by active oxygen, because it destroys the
180 if lengthening of a telomere can be
important that they have good days without
1994itopenedthenextsimposiumcalled
beforehand in the gene. For example, the
material such as the DNA, the protein and
appliedtohumanaswell.
havingstress.
“Lily”andin1997asymposiumwiththe
telomerefixesthelifespanofcelldivision.
the cell membrane. It means the active
How is aging-related research going on
ByLeeJoo-hyun
title of “Freshness and the quality of
The telomere is the repeated structure of
oxygenishighlyreactiveanditeasilyattacks
today? Recently, it was discovered that
EditorofTheory&CritiqueSection
ByHeoJae-sung
fermentedvegetables.”
six nucleotides called ‘TTAGGG’ existing
differentmaterials.Thereisacontroversyon
studies about aging have the infinite
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of the end of DNA. (DNA is composed of
thelimittheoryof120years.Sofar,thereis
possibility. Scientists thought that they

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