Are beauty pageants good or bad? Korean students' comments.

We watched this video today. First we checked to see if any of the students could find Korea on the world map. We made the quiz really difficult by showing students some maps where Korea was not even shown, and students quickly picked out the trick maps, and even paged through the atlas to find Korea. Then, we took the time to consider two points.

1. Why some people cannot find their own country on the world map.
Students mentioned many points in the discussion. High school students aged between 13 and 20 years noted some of the following reasons people may be unable to find their own country on a map:

• Maybe they don't study.
• Maybe they are not smart.
• Maybe they don't think about other countries.
• Maybe they think they are the only important country.
• Maybe they don't have any interest in the rest of the world.
• Maybe they are only taught about their local state or city in school.

2. We asked the question "Are beauty pageants good or bad?" Students from different classes gave these answers:
Pageants are bad because

• some people feel inferior and they may try and change their appearance through plastic surgery or unhealthy diets
  
• pageants are not about skill and intelligence which are more important than external beauty
  
• some people may neglect their studies if they worry about pageants too much
  

Pageants are good because:

• Pageants make people try to improve their appearance
  
• Winners will feel better.
• boys like to look at beautiful women
• women like to imagine they are the winners