Yesterday was the anniversary for the independence movement in Korea, called ‘Sam-ill-zzul’. And to commemorate Korean Independence Day, our school, KMLA scheduled its entrance ceremony on that day. Doing the entrance ceremony in that day is quite creative.The moment that I cannot forget, THE moment that stays in my mind, was the candle light ceremony.
Our school’s symbol are two things; one is the ‘Rose of Sharon’, which is Korean national flower, and the other is the candle, which has a meaning of ‘sacrifice’; very patriotic. In the middle of the ceremony, we earned a candle for each person, lit it, and put it in the front of the gymnasium. During the ceremony, the headmaster calmly talked about meaning of these candles, while we, the freshmen, were holding the shining lit candles, which were full of soft but hot candle drippings. He told us that the meaning of this ceremony is to remind us of the spirit of sacrifice, like the candle that burns itself to make the world bright.
It was sort of ‘sacred’; I mean everyone was very quiet and serious. No one thought the candle light ceremony was just a meaningless ceremony. For us to be reminded of the spirit we should have, sacrifice and patriotism was very remarkable . While the headmaster was calling the students’ names, each and every one of freshman walked to the shelves in the front of the hall and put their candles on the shelves. Seeing my candle shining gently made me feel very proud. My wish, which is to have a happy, meaningful KMLA life, was shining inside my mind like that candle. There’s only one difference between an ordinary candle and the candle in my mind; the candle in my mind would never melt.
-This is the post that I wrote in Mr.Johnson's class!
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