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To the visitors to my Blog,

I had a meeting with language art supervisor to discuss about the book. Here is the email I sent to her about the meeting summary:

Carol,
It was very fruitful meeting with you and I feel relieved somewhat since I came to know that you are aware of the issues and take it seriously and positively. I amcopying Pat since I have been talking with her about that book.
As we discussed , a very few people are intersted in oriental history especially korea and other small countries and becuase of that , so far from the bamboo grove (from now on So far) can be selected as a good reading materials for young students.
We have the same view on that book :
1. The book has unbalanced historical context about the 40 years of cruel Japanese occupancy in Korea. The book might lead the young reader assume that korea asa cruel offerder and Japanese as a poor victim overall. The book itself and alone can not serve well for the right information.
2. The book has some strong sexual description that might not be appropriate to young students.
3. The book is well written and can be better book to read if there is some counterpart: (Recommended some books). Before young student read the book, 1) Class teacher must have some time to let student know about the histrical fact at that time. 2) Before student read the book, class teacher must recommend " the counterpart " to read first. 3) the counterpart book will be studied further among curriculum committes and supervisors and teachers.
4. There are some unclear issues remained and summarized for further study.
5. Carol will send an official letter to Jay Chun about the book and the plan.
I just formed a group of people who are interetsed in correcting the issues and spreading the campaign to other school district. WW-P is the first school district. Inmy understanding, there are over 14,000 school districts in USA. The purpose of the group is not to remove the book but to add more historical information and morebooks to make young students understand the history at that time.
We hope we can change a little.
I believe I had a good start with Carol and Pat.
Regards,
Jay Chun