Boarding and Pastoral Care

生活与学生关爱部

First of all, on behalf of all staff of the Department of Boarding & Pastoral Care, we would like to wish the Lucton family a happy new year. From 2020 to 2021, with perseverance and mutual support, we have gained splendid results in this special year!

At the end of 2020, the student care teacher of the department of boarding organized a workshop on "Wuli liang-pin- How to Identify and Cultivate Good Quality" for Year 10 students. "Wuli" means us in Korean, and "liang-pin", as the name implies, means good quality or fine products. Through such title, what the teachers want to convey a message to the students that it’s of great significance to preserve good qualities and characters. In fact, those qualities are always within ourselves. They do not need to be deliberately cultivated, but to be discovered and searched through a delicate heart.

In this carefully prepared lecture, the teacher and students first talked about the items around them, what kind of items or brands are good. To answer this question, students quickly cited many examples, such as LV bags, BMW cars and other well-known international brands. But when the teacher refers to questions like: why these items are defined as good items? What criteria are used to judge? At that time, there was a brief silence at the scene. After the silence, some uncertain answers began to appear, such as: Is it famous? Or good workmanship? Soon enough, a fierce discussion about the criteria to define a good product began. To analyze this topic, we dabble in social conventions, such as: law, ethics and mainstream values, and also explore the personal values towards individual Awareness, such as: self-ability, personal experience, and personal values.

Via discussion, opinions towards views on objects to the personality of others have formed, evaluation and examination of self and others have summarized. Within the one-hour discussion, positive thinking atmosphere has grown. The most gratifying thing for the teacher is that when the teachers on the stage are explaining, the students will provide positive feedback and interaction, and there will be nodding of their heads suggesting strong approval and the sparkles in the eyes suggesting their excitement. And this is also the original intention of this event. I hope that they will all be able to shift their thinking from the outside to their inside world. While striving to conquer the sea of stars, they also explore their inner universe.

After the corresponding success of the initial activity, the Department of Boarding and Pastoral Care will also extend the activity to other grades of the school after the new year. It is hoped that in the next year, all Luctonians will be able to participate in such activities. Find a little space for thinking, you will be able to understand yourself, recognize yourself, exceed yourself, and applaud your unique talents.