KJC Speaking Contest

Twice a year our KJC Academy hosts a speaking contest in which the best three English writing/speaking students in each level create powerpoint presentations and speak in front of a small audience consisting of other students and us foreign teachers. Our task was to judge each of the students and choose the best in each level so he/she can advance to the all-KJC competion a month later. The speeches were pretty impressive overall, but some of them were downright hilarious. For some reason, Koreans freak out about mad cow disease. Students talk about it, Korean politicians debate it, Korean newspapers write story after story about it, and I'm not convinced any of them know what they're talking about. At any rate, the Korean obsession with mad cow disease led to some entertaining speeches during the competiton. Hopefully the pictures will portray the scene. Look closely at the slides in the background.