Chapter 188 – Leadership Camp (3)
– Now, this is the last lecture for today. Our alternative university students, please cheer up a little more~.
“Yes!”
At the words of the last lecture, the eyes of the students turned lively.
“Is the lecture shorter than expected?”
“I know. Three hours until the last lecture is good.”
“Oh yea. Will you give me some free time?”
The lecture now lasted only two hours. I said it was the last lecture, so I took an hour more, so it’s a total of three hours. It was a very short time to come to camp.
There were no students who were dissatisfied with the short lecture time. An in-depth and rich lecture proportional to the tuition fee? It was enough just for my major.
Joo Kyung-eun seemed to be able to clearly see the thoughts of such students, so she smiled. Unfortunately, she meant something else when she said it was the last lecture.
– The content of the last lecture is a 3-minute speech. All you have to do is come up to the front and talk to each other for 3 minutes. Topics are completely free! You can talk about your hobbies, and if you’re confident you can sing or dance. Of course, in that case, there is little I can give you feedback on.
– Since there are less than 50 students, it will take about three hours if we simply give feedback.
The moment the words ended, the faces of the students who had been giggling were stained with despair. At the same time, a voice erupted.
“I heard it was the last lecture!”
“Too bad! You made fun of us!”
“I hate speech…….”
Ju Kyung-eun awkwardly raised the corner of her mouth at the cry that was much stronger than she thought. She was honestly trying to tease me a little, but she seemed to have said the word ‘last lecture’ for nothing.
She put her hands together as a sign of sorry and prayed.
– Guys, I have to pay for the money too~. If I don’t fill the time, the instructor’s job becomes difficult. Huh?
“Ooh!”
Wonseong did not subside easily. I can’t put this into good words. Joo Kyung-eun changed her attitude and said menacingly, putting her hand on her waist her.
– Are you going to give a lecture other than the speech?
Students’ reactions were mixed.
“Uh, I like not having a speech?”
“Right. It’s embarrassing to go out in front.”
“I wish I could lecture like I do now. To be honest, ‘Let’s Get Closer’ was a bit fun.”
However, such a reaction went into Joo Kyung-eun’s next words of her without a trace.
– Shall we talk academically for three hours about what leadership is without audio-visual material? Now, Fiedler’s Situational Leadership Theory…….
“Ah! I like the speech!”
“Instructor, do whatever you want!”
The reaction changed in an instant.
Seo Ju-hwan laughed and admired.
“As expected, your skills in dealing with students are no joke.”
“If you are thirty-three, how many years do you have as a lecturer? Lectures are very good. You seem to have been a lecturer for quite some time?”
Joo Kyung-eun’s lecture was such that even Lee Seok-chan, who always messed around, said so. However, contrary to Lee Seok-chan’s thoughts her, Joo Kyung-eun has not been working as her instructor her for a long time. Seo Joo-hwan heard about it directly from her.
‘In a way, that instructor also helped me.’
It refers to what happened before the return.
A memory that she forgot because she passed by without any particular relationship.
‘Student Juhwan, do you like poetry?’
However, at least one poem was engraved in her heart for a long time.
*
A speech is an act of expressing one’s opinion or opinion in front of many people. Speech training was easy to raise the quality of interviews, lectures, and speeches, so there was even a separate professional instructor.
The average age of the students gathered in the auditorium is about 21 years old. It is still an age where the experience of speaking is inevitably lacking. Naturally, there were many students who felt reluctant to step forward.
Joo Kyung-eun looked at those students and said.
– Guys, I said that confidence is the most important thing before leadership, right? To be more precise, a confident ‘attitude’ is important. In reality, it is important to speak with an attitude that is consciously self-confident and not nervous, even if you are less confident. It can be seen as a kind of ‘acting’.
– These abilities have no answer but repetitive training. Of course, some people are born with it, but at least I overcame it through training. Guys, can you believe me if I was a very timid person in the past?
– Someone who stutters, stoops, and mumbles in a low, barely audible voice. How are you used to it? Right. When I first appeared in front of you, that was the past me.
The students widened their eyes in disbelief. Of course, Joo Kyung-eun now only looked like a skilled and confident instructor. It’s to the point where I can’t even remember how timid I was at first.
– Can we talk about the old days? I was once a nerd who only studied. I only studied enough to go to a teacher’s college. Then, I joined an acting club with a friend, and that day I had a dream of becoming an actor.
– Guys, did you tell me that I like my voice? I know. Your face is pretty enough, isn’t it? Uh? Who laughed? I’m afraid I’ll definitely lose points. Uhm. Anyway, the appearance was a passing point. I received attention as a fairly promising newcomer in the club.
– But there was a big problem. It’s obvious, but actors have to act in front of other people, right? Apart from wanting to be an actor, it was very difficult for me, who was timid.
At Ju Kyung-eun’s words, Yubyeol, a female student sitting next to Lee Seon-chan, nodded her head alone and said.
“As expected, somehow he said he was good at it.”
“Yes? What?”
“Hehe. That’s Yeonyoung. I was in a club when I was in high school.”
“By the way?”
“That just seemed right to my eyes. There were some similarities with the people who acted, such as the instructor’s gestures and the way he spoke. Your vocalization is also very good.”
“You definitely have a good voice. But why didn’t you become an actor and become a lecturer?”
Joon-ho Bae, a sophomore in the Department of Theater and Film, muttered incredulously. Yubyeol then tapped his forearm and said scoldingly.
“Brother, don’t think about useless things. You said you would become an actor, right? And my vocalization is better with my older brother.”
“Ugh. Thank you, star.”
“Huh. If you’re grateful, work harder. When are you going to stand with me in the lead role? It’s possible before I graduate, right?”
“Haha…….”
Lee Seok-chan tut at that friendly look and clicked her tongue. He stabbed Seo Ju-hwan in the side and said.
“Hey, the stars have brightened. Looking at it now, the owner is different.”
“I wasn’t interested in the first place, man.”
“Oh, right. Were you aiming for that instructor?”
Seo Joo-hwan smiled vaguely and shrugged his shoulders. It’s true that I approached it with that intention, but it wasn’t just that intention.
“Are you really getting along with Eunji?”
“I got a number when I filled out the mission sheet earlier.”
“What a great kid anyway.”
Park Eun-ji was a female student majoring in aviation, but she is pretty and has a slim body that is above average, as she is a student. She was also the female student Lee Seok-chan was targeting from the beginning.
– … Like this, in my experience, the gaze of others is something that can be overcome through training. I know that some of you, like me in the past, may be reluctant to step out. However, there are more benefits to living an extroverted life than an introverted one. I hope you will follow this lecture well so that you can even act at the moment you need it.
After that, the speech began.
*
Did Joo Kyung-eun’s story about her timid past work her? She stepped forward without taking out even the introverted-looking students, and she continued her three-minute speech.
– My, my hobby is visiting restaurants…….
Even if it was a confident and trembling voice.
Joo Kyung-eun applauded the student who finished her speech with her uneasy attitude and gave short feedback.
“Great. I’m nervous, but it wasn’t much better than I thought, right? It seems like you don’t know where to put your eyes, but in that case, it’s good to fix one person in your heart and look at it.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
“Thanks for the useful information. I didn’t know there was a restaurant like that in the neighborhood I frequent.”
“Hehe. Go and try it.”
“Yes! I must try it.”
There were students who spoke while trembling, while others spoke skillfully with innate confidence. For example, Lee Seok-chan, who was singing as if she were standing on stage, was representative.
– It will fly high above the blue sky!
– This is your first time, but you’ve flown many times before!
Seo Joo-hwan laughed out loud when he saw Lee Seok-chan singing passionately.
‘Is that an appeal?’
Singing Turtle’s ‘Airplane’ to appeal to Park Eun-ji, an aviation major, was obviously a madman. No, Park Eun-ji, the person in charge, is giggling and laughing, so should we say it’s great? He was, after all, a goal-breaker.
“Now, next person? Oh, you are a student of Joo-hwan. It’s already the end.”
Seo Joo-hwan got up from his seat and stepped forward. Joo Kyung-eun asks him as he approaches him.
“What do you want to talk about? As I said, the topic is free. You can sing or dance like the dinner students.”
Then Lee Seok-chan shouted from behind.
“Hey, Jjuhwan! Do both! You know what I did at the talent show during Empty Time! Everyone claps!”
“Wow!”
Following MC Lee Seok-chan’s words, the students in the auditorium clapped. At that, Seo Joo-hwan cursed and glared at Lee Seok-chan. He sang and became playful with excitement.
Joo Kyung-eun also giggled and said.
“Do you sing well and dance well? That’s great, student Joo-hwan.”
It’s a distinctly different response from what he’s been trying to do to avoid burdening other students. The round and round smile was full of playfulness.
Seo Joo-hwan laughed and shook his head.
“What if I encourage the instructor?”
“Ah, if it’s burdensome, of course you don’t have to. But I don’t think Joo-hwan would take that off very much. Am I wrong?”
At those words, Seo Joo-hwan deliberately shrank and stammered.
“I-I am very timid and introverted. My hobbies are thinking alone and reading…….”
“I’m sure I can’t act. Now, there is not much time left for the lecture, so can you start your speech now?”
Joo-kyung said with a smile. Did she really aim to become an actress? She is a keen insight.
“Ahahaha! Joo-hwan oppa, don’t lie!”
“Brother, hurry up and finish! I’m hungry!”
I guess it was just that the acting was clumsy below the standard…….
Seo Ju-hwan licked his lips and stood in the middle of the auditorium.
“I will recite a poem.”
At those words, the students turned to bewildered faces. Of course you thought you were going to sing or dance, but suddenly you’re poetry?
Joo Kyung-eun was also surprised and asked.
“City?”
“Yes. Because I like reading.”
“Of course I thought it was a joke…….”
“It is prejudice.”
Of course, I am a writer who likes to read. I was memorizing a poem or two.
‘Actually, it’s a poem the instructor gave me.’
It happened in the evening after the lecture before returning. At that time, he was roughly slumped in a corner, then quietly came out of the tent with a drink. Even that day, he was in awe over the death of Han Soo-ah, who came to mind from time to time.
Joo Kyung-eun, who was hanging out with the students, came up to him and said.
‘Student Juhwan, do you like poetry?’
A poem she told me remained in her memory for quite some time. Although it was not a poem that she liked, she was comforted in no small way.
Seo Joo-hwan started off by reciting a poem.
“The poem I am going to tell you is ‘To Narcissus’ by poet ‘Jeong Ho-seung’. It was included in a collection of poems called ‘Because I’m Lonely,’ which came out in 1998, and is a poem that comforts those who are suffering from loneliness.”
After speaking, I took a moment to catch my breath. And then he started reciting poetry.
“Don’t cry. I am human because I am lonely.”
It was such a moment to open up.
[The special ability ‘Thing Feeling’ is activated.]
[You can put any emotion you want into the song.]
Seo Ju-hwan, who had opened his mouth, shut his mouth for a moment.
Poetry is also treated as a song because it has rhyme.
The moment everyone was puzzled by his sudden stop his, Seo Joo-hwan removed his lips again. He was reminiscing about his past, when he was terribly lonely.
Don’t cry
I am a person because I am lonely
To live is to endure loneliness
Don’t wait for a phone call that never comes
When it snows, I walk in the snow
If it rains, walk on the rain road
In the reed forest, the black-breasted snipe is also watching you
Sometimes even God weeps because he’s lonely
Birds sit on branches because of loneliness
The reason you sit by the water is because of loneliness
Even the shadow of the mountain is lonely, so it comes down to the village once a day
Even the bell rings because it is lonely
After speaking, Seo Ju-hwan chewed on the poem he had been reciting for a while.
‘It’s such a warm poem.’
This was true even though it was a poem with a command ending and an attitude of obeying fate. It’s really not a poem to comfort people, but something.
The author of the poem, poet Jeong Ho-seung, was talking.
Born as a human being, loneliness is not something you can avoid. The daffodils that bloomed in the spring cold, the snipe in the reed forest, and even the God above are lonely. But, no one is lonely.
Maybe you feel bad depending on who accepts it. He might have accepted it, saying, “Don’t be upset because you’re not the only one lonely.”
However, Seo Joo-hwan said in his poem his, “I am not the only one who is lonely in this world, so there are so many comrades. That’s why, don’t cry anymore.” I felt the narrator’s comfort.
Perhaps there are people in this space who are suffering from loneliness like the self in the past.
Seo Joo-hwan looked around the auditorium widely.
“…… ?”
Looking around, he tilted his head in wonder. Because he had finished reciting, but the students were still looking at him. There was still a low silence in the auditorium.
‘Ah, time isn’t over.’
It was difficult to fill 3 minutes with one poem.
Seo Joo-hwan scratched the corners of his eyes shyly and opened his mouth again.
“Hmm. There will be times when people suddenly feel lonely. Why don’t you think of this poem at that time? At first glance, it seems to be rushing, but if you look closely, you can feel the narrator’s comfort.”
They were still blank eyes.
In order to help understanding, it would be good to give an example of the core part, and I continued talking.
“The flower language of daffodils is self-love, pride, integrity, and mystery. Why did the narrator compare people to daffodils among many flowers? I interpreted it as ‘If you want to overcome loneliness, start by loving yourself’. Interpretation of the poem is up to the person who accepts it, so those who are interested may do well to think about it.”
After he finished speaking, he bowed his head.
“I will end my speech with this. Thank you.”
At this point, I had to hear the feedback from instructor Joo Kyung-eun. But there was no response.
Seo Joo-hwan glanced back at Joo Kyung-eun.
“Hey, Instructor? Done… What?!”
He shuddered and then, frightened, moved closer to Joo Kyung-eun.
“Go, Instructor? Are you okay?”
At the end of her gaze, Joo-kyung was shedding tears in silence.
