A Day in the Life of a Freshman
Chang Jae-Hyuk wrote this story when he was a university student in Seoul, Korea. Approximately 24.5 million people live in Seoul and its surrounding areas.
Wednesday
7:00 a.m.: I get up about seven o’clock in the morning. Since my friends and I have a group blind date with students from a women’s university tonight, I take extra time to look my best. My mom calls me to eat breakfast, but I don’t think I can. It’s already 7:30, and I don’t want to be late for my 9:00 class. It takes me about an hour and a half to get to my university, so I hurry out.
8:00-9:00 a.m.: I take the bus to the subway station. There are so many people on the bus that I can’t breathe. There is so much traffic that the bus can only crawl along. Finally, the bus arrives at the subway station. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people on the train, and the air is stuffy. We finally arrive at Shinchon station, and my university is now about a ten-minute walk away. I run to my philosophy class so I won’t be late again. I have already missed this class four times.