Police Officer
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By Ahn Hyoung-June ("June")

        I would like to be a public official. Especially, I want to be a police officer. It is suitable to my aptitude and character, because I believe that principles are important in everything. Moreover the job is stable. And a police officer doesn't work for a private person. He works for the nation. I think that it is a much more meaningful job that other jobs. Of course, when I was a child, my dream was not to be a public official. My dream was to be an athlete. Especially, I liked baseball, soccer and tae-kwon-do. At one time, I wanted to be a comic book store's owner. My parents wanted me to enter the Military Academy or to be a public official. They said my character was suitable for the job of public officer. But I didn't know that in those days.
        When I was a teenager I like sports. And I usually played baseball and soccer with my friends on the school ground every morning. And after school, we played soccer or baseball games with neighborhood friends. I went to a tae-kwon-do hall because my father wanted me to. He is a black-belt. He told me that a man should protect himself. But I hated to go to a gymnasium because I couldn't play with my friends. But I liked it later. It was very interesting. I exercised hard. The coach praised me as a good athlete. I decided to become a tae-kwon-do athlete. But I gave it up about one year later, because the coach went to another gym. After that, I hated to go to the hall of tae-kwon-do.
        When I was in middle school I wanted to be a pro baseball player because they were the most popular men in those days. Moreover I liked to play baseball. Especially I respected Park Chul-Sun. And so, I played baseball with my friends after school. I proposed to buy a baseball glove to my mother. But she scolded me because my parents didn't want me to do exercise. They especially wanted me to go to the Military Academy or succeed as a scholar, because nobody entered a university at that time. And I hated the job of a professional soldier then and to do studying. I thought that a soldier had no freedom. For a while my father wanted me to become a boxer because he liked boxing very much. Of course, I also liked it. We would watch boxing all night. But I disliked becoming a boxer because it was not a sport but only a fight.
        When I was in high school I gave up becoming an athlete because most of athletic life was miserable in the end. In their best days, they are loved by everyone. But when they are old, if their play is bad, they are ignored by their fans. One day, I saw a student who looked charming to me. And so I decided to major in English. I wanted to speak English fluently as the boy. At one time, after having seen the movie, La Boom, I fell in love with Sophie Marceau. And so I decided to major in French. I had to enter this university because of my religion (Dae-Sun-Jil-Ri-Hoe). But when I entered Daejin University, our school did not have a department of French literature, so I had to major in English literature. But I didn't regret my selection. I only wanted to study foreign language. I didn't think about how to use it.
        But after I was discharged from the service, my dream took shape. When I was in the army, I thought over my future job. Two years later, I must get a job. Into the bargain, I was the oldest boy. I ought to serve my parents. I needed a stable job. But I knew that the society was confused through the newspaper. I thought that the job of public officer was the most stable job. And I decided to be a public officer. Especially I wanted to be a police official, because I knew that my character was adequate because of my army life. My character is faithful about the matter given to me and I have a strong sense of responsibility.
        In the future, I will be a police officer. And so I want to take a role in people's security and our nation's profit. Moreover the job is to work for our nation. And it is proper for my character. I saw my character through the army life. My character is suitable. Also I like it. And my parents will be proud of me, the police officer.


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