When I was in the first grade of high school, I met a teacher whom I can't forget. I learned many things from him. He was a very awful English teacher in our school, and he was my class teacher for two years from first grade to second grade. He always held a big stick in his hand; he often hit us with it, and he scolded us for trivial things. When we first met him, we hated him very much because of his behavior, and we weren't able to understand why he had to act like that. Nobody in the school liked him. We always dreaded going to school every morning, and we hoped that he would be absent from school. A few of my friends even hoped that he would die or get hurt. Also, he taught us from morning to late night. We wanted to have free time and to escape from him. Nevertheless, he destroyed our dream perfectly. Even during summer or winter vacation, we couldn't take a rest. We had to have class and dictation. If we had a poor grade on an exam, we received severe punishment. It may have been harder punishment than in the military. He distressed us every day. We really hated him.
        In spite of these bad qualities, he had the advantage that he drew a sharp line between public and private affairs. He was an awful teacher in class, but he was a kind advisor in private places outside of class. I don't remember when we began to like him; however, we came to understand him little by little. He had a passion for education, students, and life, and he had the goal of making us into real human beings. He always emphasized and tried to teach this to us through his actions. When we understood his passion, we followed and believed in him as we believed in our parents. Therefore, we could understand everything about him. He often said to us, "Everything is resolved when we truly open our hearts to others." We could understand his meaning after we understood him. If a person has a mind which is open to other people, we can see this in his actions, life and meetings with other people, because actions reflect the mind. In addition, I think that his acts indicated innocence about life. He taught us regardless of wealth. Honor and his teaching were not just his job or a boring repeated duty. His action came from his innocent attitude toward education. Also our attitude is not just to be obedient and submissive as students. This is learning about innocent teaching. I think that the reason we began to like him is that our innocent minds began to understand what he said, that everything is resolved when we truly open our hearts to others. Though about seven years have passed since high school, he will always be my teacher in the future. I could enter a university thanks to him, and he taught us knowledge from the text as well as about life outside of books. He helped me develop my sense of values in life, and my life is based on his teaching.
        When we graduated, we couldn't hide our emotions because of the way he had taught us. But I am very sorry to him, because I didn't visit him with my high school friends this year. I decided that I would be like him and have a beautiful effect on others as he had a beautiful effect on me. Moreover, I will teach my children in the same way that he showed me his innocent, passionate mind. These days, many words have disappeared: innocence, truth, sincerity, passion and so on. Most people forget these words because they are tired of their life. I will believe in these words and want to live like that forever, because I learned their meaning from him.