MinLK Story

The Scholastic Writing and Arts Award sparked an exigence for me to reflect the world I am inheriting. As an upcoming young adult, I am the Future. Current events continue to reveal the fragility of our world, social injustice, environmental crises, and political unrest weigh heavily on the present. My poem reflects this tension, acknowledging the weight of inherited challenges while asserting the potential for renewal. Here's to myself, my generation and the future to come.  I am the Future, a new cure, a quiet seed that was planted, a pulse beneath soil that breathes the echoes of what came before. Some days I wake drowning in the echoes that were left behind, And when I see mothers weep in corners of the map, children fade in photographs, and hope bleeds away like color held to the sun, a wreckage drifts across my ribs. Fear still writes your choices for you. It scribbles over voices, presses dreams into smaller shapes, folds rights into envelopes that never open. And yet rain c...

  A Long Walk for Water's  story plot Here is a plot chart for the book “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda sue park. Characters: Salva: Main Character Nya: Main Character Uncle Jewiir: Salva’s uncle Marial: Salva’s new friend Dep: Nya’s brother Chris and Louise: Slava’s new parents Michael: An aid who helped Salva Problem: Northern and Southern Sudan is having war against religious rights. Many areas of Southern Sudan are getting surrounded by the enemies. Slava, who is part of the Dinkha tribe, is evacuating in groups with many people. He faces many hard times, like losing his family and friend. Naya, also living in Southern Sudan, is part of the Nuer tribe, which is an enemy of the Dinkha. Her village is facing many problems with water. The water is always too little and dirty to drink from. Beginning: In the Dinkha tribe, Slava has fled his school and is in a journey of walking to Ethiopia. During the Journey, he worries and thinks about his family, as ...

This is my second novel regarding peaceful unification in the Korea peninsula  Title: Now, we are one Writer: MyLK Happy to see brightness, I dashed toward the sunlight. But when I got out of the pipes, I felt my face fall into a confused look. When I stared at the Panmunjom, I realized that I was very far away from Seoul. “Are you lost?” a voice called. Without hesitation, I quickly replied “Yes. I sure am. I need to get back to Seoul. Do you know the way?” He replied quickly as well. “I’ve heard a lot about Seoul. My great grandfather used to talk about it a lot. But I’ve never been there before.” he said. “Oh...” I said with disappointment. “However, I will be happy to help you get home! It’s my pleasure.” he eagerly replied. “So, are you from North Korea?” I asked. “Yes, indeed I am. And you, my friend, are probably from the other side of the peninsula!” He added. With excitement, I ran toward the brownish body, which looked exactly like me. “My name is Barley...

Fourth Grade gifted student program: Field trip ; writing nature walk This is a writing I wrote in my fourth-grade gifted student class My legs were wiggly and my stomach was jiggly.   I had a bright smile on my face that spread every time the clock ticked. Until the time came when the bus finally arrived. I got out sniffed the chilly autumn air. When we arrived at Seatuck, our guide walked our class through the soft, dirt path to the clear pond dressed with leaves. He told us that we were going to catch creatures that lived in the pond and to figure it is using the confusing key. Everyone grabbed a spoon so they could catch the animals first. When I picked up the spoon, my excitement slowly faded away because I didn’t have anything to catch. until, I saw a movement in the brown, gooey mud. When I caught it, I realized it was a fish! My smile grew again and I put the fish in the water. At the end of the fish hunting, we ended up catching six gigantic tadpoles and four m...

How to save the earth (1) "Going Green", an essay that I wrote in third grade  Imagine the earth covered and filled with junk, garbage and flies. Nobody wants to live in such a terrible environment. It is important to protect our attractive environment and go green. What is Going Green? Going Green is protecting our planet and not polluting it. Going Green makes Earth a better place. There are many ways to go green like, using less energy, less items, and less water. "Scan, scan." I am borrowing a book from the library. Using less products or items is an important part of Going Green. What is upcycling? Upcycling is turning old things into new ones that are useful Recycling is suing things over and over again. One way to use less products is to recycle. For example, you can bring a cloth bags to the supermarket and use it instead of a plastic bag. Another way to go green is to upcycle. Specifically, you can melt broken crayons, and ta-da, you have a brand...

[ LIFE OF BUTTERFLY ] I have a long skinny body without any fur. My wings shimmer in the sun and shine like glitter in the moonlight. What am I? My name is Minyoung and I am an adult painted lady butterfly. You might think I am a gorgeous butterfly, but I actually used to have a big furry body with no wings! My body went through a metamorphosis and different stages to be an adult butterfly.  My life began as a tiny egg, smaller than a pebble. My mother laid my egg with a sticky substance that is produced by my mom's body. The substance helps men and my egg stay on the leaf. I stay there for seven to ten days. My second stage is the larvae stage. When I emerge from my egg, I start eating the shell of the egg. That is my very first meal. After I finish eating the shell, I start eating the leaf I was born on. As I eat and grow, I start to shed my skin. This is called molting. When I molt, it helps me grow bigger.  My second to last stage is the pupa stage. In th...

First of all, I want to share my writing about a growth mindset that I wrote in third grade. A growth mindeset is when you persevere and unwaver to accomplish a certain goal or plan (even if its really hard). My writing tells about a time when I had a fixed mindset (a fixed mindest is the opposite of a growth mindset) and then changed it into a growth mindset.  Secondly, you can see my personal narrative about the field trip to Jones Beach in 2017.  [A P.U.S.H. toward a Growth Mindset]  January, 26, 2018 "Do I have to?!"  I complained. Did you know that there was a time I had a fixed mindset? A fixed mindset is when you give up easily and don't show grit. Someone with a fixed mindset thinks that they can NEVER EVER do it and they believe that their brain would never grow.  I had a fixed mindset when I took my first swimming lesson in South Korea. I was extremely fearful. For example, I was the oldest one in the ...