English Grammar Guide and Writings

My heart was pounding a heavy rhythm. ​ "She got all perfect scores? Except for one subject!" ​ The children were murmuring. Older students were so shocked by Eunju's grade they gathered on the way home to calculate her average. I couldn't believe it. She was smart but all perfect scores save one! A strange discomfort made me anxious and uneasiness washed over me. The rivalry with Eunju had already been resolved, and we were simply coexisting without issue. Yet, the girl's tr

Several boils grew on the back of Eunju's head. Kids made fun of those as saying that those were lousy. I was also one who was saying openly. There was no kid who played with Eunju. Her down-fall was attributed to me by half, and the other half was done by herself. When kids hooked their pinkies with each other, saying 'Mal Pureo' meaning 'Unsay the words or Untie the bond', it meant the pledge that they wouldn't talk to each other anymore. After I broke away from worshippin

산골과도 같은 마을에서 어린 시절을 보냈지만, 산아제한 정책을 할 정도로 인구가 증가하던 당시 우리 마을에는 아이들이 많았다. 생껄(우물이 있는 곳 '샘골'이라는 말의 경화 발음이었을거다)이라는 곳에 방과 후 아이들이 모이면 항상 수십명 넘는 그룹이 되어 웃음소리, 재잘거림 가끔은 비명소리가 섞여 왁작지껄했었다. 해질무렵까지 이어지는 매일의 모습이었다. 누구하나 대차게 모나지도 않았고 소박한 마을의 정경처럼 아이들 심성도 순박해서 함께 모이면 그 흥이 남달라서 시간가는 줄 모르고 즐거웠었다. ​ 시골 아이들은 날다람쥐처럼 재고 빠르다. 고무줄 놀이나 오징어 놀이를 할라치면 작고 호리한 몸들이 공중을 날라다니는거 마냥 움직임이 현란했다. ​ 그 중에서 가장 통통하고 굼띄었던 나는 놀이에서 제 역할을 못했다. 그래서 그냥 이 편, 저 편 다 끼어주는 깍뚜기가 항상 내 차지였다. 무슨 놀이를 하더라도 1분 이상 버텨내지를 못하고 죽었다. 잘 익은 감자처

There were quite many children in my village where I spent my childhood, though it was a deep inside of the countryside, hinted by the then government's birth control policy due to the exponential increase of the population then. There had always been the noisy bustling mixed with children's giggling, chattering and sometimes screaming at the square site called 'Saeng-ggeol' which I probably guess as an accentuated pronunciation of 'Saem-Gol' meaning a valley with a spring in