TS #9 - Brad Charlassier

For my 9th tutoring session i met with Dojun. From the start he had always been fairly easy to talk to, but I think after having a few sessions together, he now started conversations on his own. I suppose he felt comfortable enough to do this with me which made me happy. To start the session we talked about the stabbings in Japan. A deranged man went into a disability center and stabbed around 20 people while they were sleeping. This disability center was also a place this knife-wielding man used to work at. I asked Dojun what he thinks caused this man to do these stabbings. Dojun replied that he thinks something happened at the disability center. Somehow some of the mental disability in the room per se worked its way into the mind of this man who decided to try and kill all of the residents of the care facility. I am not sure how we transitioned, but somehow we got onto the topic of men and women's role in society in Korea. He said that he thinks the mandatory military service that all men must abide by, creates a divide between men and women. The men feel closer to authority and their country after serving in the military and is a possible reason for the more male-centric favored society that has come to fruition in South Korea.