essary: age matters in building a relationship

In a western society, age could not be a matter. In most cases, it does not matter how old you are when building relationship. You can be a friend of someone regardless of how young or old you are than the other. However, in the Korean society, age really matters in general. The Korean culture is based on confucianism in which the seniority is regarded as a very important attribute and plays a significant role in building and maintaining the relationship. You should respect a person who is older than you. It is highly appreciated virtue when you show your respect to older people than you. In Korean, there is a word “Hyung” in Korean which means an older brother. In usual, once you build relationship with someone who is older than you, you often call him “Hyung” although he is not a blood brother. But such perception or culture is changing gradually, transitioning to the western society where age is a merely a number, but not affecting the relationship building.

Hi there SIR [이름]^^ What a wonderful essay of yours. ^^ You were awesome in expressing your thoughts. Some people say that the older one is responsible for maintaining a good relationship. Do you agree with that? I think this topic is also nice to talk about in class. Be careful with your articles and conjuctions. I enjoyed reading your essay. See you in class! Teacher Nina In a western society, age could not be a matter. In most cases, it does not matter how old you are when building relationship. >> In a western society, age doesn\'t matter for people who are in love. In most cases, it does not matter how old you are when building relationship. >> In most cases, it does not matter how old you are when building a relationship. You can be a friend of someone regardless of how young or old you are than the other. >> Correct! However, in the Korean society, age really matters in general. >> Correct! OR >> In Korean society. age really matters. The Korean culture is based on confucianism in which the seniority is regarded as a very important attribute and plays a significant role in building and maintaining the relationship. >> Korean culture is based on Confucianism in which seniority is regarded as a very important attribute and plays a significant role in building and maintaining a relationship. You should respect a person who is older than you. >> Correct! It is highly appreciated virtue when you show your respect to older people than you. >> It is greatly appreciated when you respect other people especially the older ones. In Korean, there is a word “Hyung” in Korean which means an older brother. >> In Korea, there is a word ,“Hyung” which means older brother. In usual, once you build relationship with someone who is older than you, you often call him “Hyung” although he is not a blood brother. >> In usual cases, one you build a relationship with someone who is older than you, you call him “Hyung” even though he is not your brother. But such perception or culture is changing gradually, transitioning to the western society where age is a merely a number, but not affecting the relationship building. >> But this kind of perception or culture is changing gradually, transitioning to the western society where age is merely just a number and it is not affecting the relationship.