Who is he??????
He is my middle school teacher Mr. Kim. He is just a normal teacher in a normal school, but he is famous enough to be in a newspaper. Actually he is blind...
In our first class, he was clicking some buttons on that strange device under his hand in the picture. I thought it was just a new device that is connected to computer and helps teaching, He clicked a button and a powerpoint pop out. Then he started to talking about famous blind people. At first, I thought he was doing the usual encouraging us that we can do anything as disabled did. However, just after he finished talking, he confessed that he is blind. He told us that he can barley see an outline of object. He cannot tell whether we are men or desk until we say something to him. The first thought that passed my mind was 'How in the hell that blind men can teach us?'
Nevertheless, he continued talking. He told us how hard he studied in order to be a teacher. He told us that he had memorized whole textbook so as to teach students successfully. He seemed to be little depressed when he talked about difficulty he faced because of his disability but mostly every word he says alluded his passion and excitement. Gradually, I began to respect him. When the finish bell rang, he bowed to us and said " Where there is a will, there is a way. I wanted to teach others and I tried. This small dream came true and now I am standing in front of you. I ask your co-operation as I will face many problems while teaching. Thank you" I applauded and it continued for over several minutes.
I am sometimes so fear the fail that I lose will to move one step forward. However, whenever it occurs, I think about Mr. Kim, living epitome of the quotation 'Where there is a will, there is a way'