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When I saw the smiling face of a child named Hae-ran, I felt two different emotions. The first feeling was happiness because her smile was so beautiful. Strangely, I also felt fear and worry. I was worried about her future and I was afraid that she would lose her smile. This worry and fear is natural since Koreans have a lot of prejudice and discrimination toward people who are “different.” Children with a different skin color are often ignored and mistreated. This is the reality that multicultural families face. This realization inspired me to start volunteering.

Some difficulties that a foreigner faces are language barriers, cultural differences, and the feeling of missing one’s home country, or homesickness. I have learned this through my own experience. I lived in the United States for one year when I was 9 years old. At that young age, everything was so interesting and new. However, I have to admit that there were some difficulties in adjusting to the new environment. My English was so poor that I had a hard time catching up with the class and communicating with friends.