Lighting Up Students' Dreams and Futures... Ulsan Office of Education Operates Visiting 'Saramchaek Library'

Ulsan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education is operating a "Human Library" that visits schools for local elementary, middle, and high school students, teachers, and parents.

The Human Library is a new concept library project first attempted in 2000 by Danish social activist Roni Ebergell, where people are lent instead of books, allowing readers to communicate and share wisdom and experiences.

Ulsan Office of Education began a pilot operation in 2017 and has been running the Human Library annually.

This year, 20 human books actively working in various fields such as travel experts, storytellers, photographers, novelists, lawyers, vocalists, sports instructors, and painters were selected to meet with 74 classes and clubs in 44 schools within the district.

Human books with diverse experiences and expertise share detailed stories about their growth and ways to prepare for the future with participants as they choose their careers.

On the first day of the Human Library operation, the 15th, travel expert human book Kim Hyun-taek and UNIST Design Department professor human book Lee Seung-ho visited Cheonsang Middle School and Cheonsang High School, respectively, to talk with students about travel and industrial design.

Vocalist human book Han Yu-rang plans to share the joys and sorrows experienced as a vocalist on European stages and ways to enjoy music, while storyteller human book Hwang Sun-kyung plans to conduct activities on considerate speech and experiencing being a human book firsthand.

Participating students had a time to design their dreams and future with a rich perspective on life through the vivid experiences and knowledge conveyed by the human books.

A student who participated in the human book program said, "Having direct conversations with human books in the familiar space of the classroom gave me a different level of emotion than reading books," and added, "If given the opportunity to meet human books in various subject areas in the future, I want to actively participate to concretely gauge what I want to do and what I am talented at while planning my future."

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