Episode 1

Letter from Kay and Eddie

Letter from Kay and Eddie

I just wanted you to know we got a new

6 year old girl named Rachael in Dec and
a 6 month old from Korea, his birth Mom
brought him to US, 2 weeks ago.
Both have several medical problems.
They joined our 2 other adopted kids
Teddy and Amanda. All our adopted kids
have Down syndrome.
For us, being capable and qualified to
take care of these angels is a biggest
blessing of life.

Kay and Eddie

What Do You Think About This?

1. What is adoption?
2. Do you know anyone who was adopted as a child?
3. Do you know anyone who has adopted a child?
4. Would you want to adopt a boy or a girl? Why?
5. Are adoptions common in your country?
6. Should you tell the child that he or she was adopted? If so, at what age? or
when?
7. Should adopted children have the right to know their biological parents?
8. Do you believe there is discrimination within the adoption organizations?
9. Do you think a person should be able to adopt a child of a different race?
10. Should a single man or woman be able to adopt a child?
11. Would you want to find your birth family? Why or why not?
 Episode 2
April fools day

YouTube has announced it will shut down the popular video-sharing website. In a
video posted online, YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar says: "We started YouTube in
2005 as a contest with a simple goal to find the best video in the world. We had no
idea we'd get such a great response."
All videos that are uploaded before midnight will be reviewed by 30,000 YouTube
technicians and the winner will be announced in ten years.

What Do You Think About This?

1. What is April Fool's Day?
2. Why is it called April Fool's day?
3. Do you have any similar traditions in your country?
4. Why do you think it continues as a tradition each year?
5. What time of day do you have to play a trick by?
6. What are some tricks people play on April Fool's Day?
7. What is the background of this day?
8. Do you have the same tradition in your country?
9. Do you play tricks on April 1st?
10. What sort of tricks do you play?
11. Have you ever tried fooling your family on April Fool's Day?
 Episode 3
Aliens? Do they really exist?
I do not believe that intelligent aliens
from another planet have visited Earth. I
do not think there is any good, credible
evidence that alien life has interacted
with humans.

I believe that because of the very large

number of planets that exist in the
universe, and the frequency with which
we think Earth-like planets occur. Of
course, it is very difficult to estimate the
probability of life forming on an Earth-
like planet, or the probability of
intelligence evolving, but intelligent life
on other planets is statistically likely
even if these probabilities are very low.

- Ben

What Do You Think About This?

1. Do you think Aliens exist?
2. If aliens do exist, what do you think they may look like?
3. Why do you think aliens in movies and comic books generally have a human
shape and eyes?
4. Do you think aliens are likely to be friendly or unfriendly?
5. What would you say to an alien if you meet one?
6. If your government discovered aliens, do you think they would tell other
countries, or the general public?
7. If aliens visited Earth for a week, what should we show them to impress them?
8. Do you think its a good use of money, sending signals into space in case aliens
are listening?
9. If aliens visited us, what do you think they would say about us when they
returned home?
 Episode 4
Be ambitious!

I have so many, but doing nothing for it to happen.

Although I have achieved a few things that I always wanted, it seems that I've reached
my limit. I am doing the same job for several years.
I always tell my wife to encourage me to do things and she does encourage me indeed,
but every time I start thinking that maybe I could try to do this or that, then at the
same time I start to draw the obstacles in my head which seems that I wouldn't be
able to surmount.
Even the things for my own fun. I always wanted to learn to play the drums, but
obviously I have done absolutely nothing about it. Chris

What Do You Think About This?

1. What is your biggest goal in life?
2. How do you plan to achieve that goal?
3. Should parents help their children set goals?
4. What are your career goals?
5. What are your financial goals?
6. Why are goals important?
7. Is having a goal in life effective in becoming successful?
8. Do you think people have fewer goals as they get older?
9. Do you have any goals that you feel are unrealistic?
10. What are the main differences between male and female goals?
11. Which of your goals have you already achieved?
 Episode 5
Earthquake! Earthquake!

A powerful earthquake can cause

landslides, tsunamis, flooding, and other
catastrophic events. Most damage and
deaths happen in populated areas. That's
because the shaking can cause windows to
break, structures to collapse, fire, and
other dangers.

Geologists cannot predict earthquakes.

They hope they will in the future through
continued research and improved
technology.

Earthquakes can happen anytime or

anywhere. But you can prepare for the
unpredictable with a family safety plan,
emergency kit, and supplies.

What Do You Think About This?

1. Have you ever experienced an earthquake?
2. Has your house been damaged by an earthquake?
3. What preparations should you make before the earthquake hits?
4. What happens during an earthquake?
5. Were you frightened the first time you experience an earthquake?
6. What areas of the world have many earthquakes?
7. What kind of injury is caused by earthquakes?
8. What frightens people most after an earthquake?
9. Is it possible to know in advance that an earthquake is coming?
10. What are the three things that you want to put in your emergency kit?
 Episode 6
Casino & Gambling

Q. I lost $260 at a casino last week. It really affects my financial situation right now.
Can I get my money back if I send more money for casino?

A. It's a 'stake' not a 'steak.' You spent some money in a casino. You could have spent
it on food or gas or a movie with a girl, but you chose to spend it on playing games in
a casino. Don't expect to get it back any more than if you had spent it any other way.
If you really want to recover what you lost, get a job as night shift manager at 7-11
and you'll have it back in a few days.

What Do You Think About This?

1. What percentage of people do you think gamble in Korea?
2. Are there a lot of Casino in Korea? Can people go anytime?
3. What is the most amount of money that you can afford to lose in betting?
4. Apart from the obvious financial problem what other consequences can
occur as a result of excessive gambling?
5. What kind of people do you think are more prone to developing a gambling
problem?
6. Do you think that those who own and run casinos are criminals or conmen?
7. If your best friend invites you to go to a casino, would you go?
8. Do you ever buy lottery tickets? Do you expect to win?
9. What are the three things that you want to do if you get unexpected money?
 Episode 7
About being a child

Q. Why do children learn things much faster than adults do?

A. Kids have more neurons actively creating new connections than adults do, so they
can do things like learn to play tennis or memorize the multiplication tables or learn
to play video games or fix a computer much more easily than we can. So it's much
better for you to expose your kids to lots of different things - repeatedly, ideally - to
allow those connections to be formed, rather than trying to catch up later.

What Do You Think About This?

1. Were there many children in your family?
2. How many children do you have? How many would you like to have?
3. Do you enjoy being around children?
4. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
5. What are the positive or negative things about being a child?
6. Do you think that children are different today from the time when you were
child?
7. What is most annoying or amazing thing about children?
8. What is the most important thing that we need to teach children?
9. Why do you think some children commit violent crimes?
10. Do you think we have to answer children's questions even if they are
inappropriate ones?
 Episode 8
Chores, never easy!
I'm 13 (turning 14 on July 27) and my
mom is always telling me to do chores,
but i never do them.
I hate doing chores so much and I was
wondering what could make them more
enjoyable? I have to do things like
cleaning my room, doing the dishes,
cleaning the litter box, etc.
Is there anything I can do to motivate
myself to do each chore? And any tips on
doing each of those chores?

I'm beginning to feel really sorry that I

never do the chores my mom asks me to
do.
- Jimmy

What Do You Think About This?

1. How does your family decide who does various chores around the house?
2. What chores are you responsible for? Do you like to clean up your room?
3. Do you wash the dishes in your house? Do you wash clothes for your family?
4. Can you think of some dangerous chores that you can't do?
5. If you could buy only one, would you buy a dishwasher or a washing machine?
6. Do you like to go to the supermarket?
7. Have you ever had an empty fridge for a long time only because you were too
lazy to go grocery shopping?
8. What kind of products does your family buy on the Internet?
9. If you have a robot to do your chores, what would you choose for it to do?
 Episode 9
A Girl Molested By The TSA
6 Year Old Girl Molested By The TSA

How far have we fallen as a nation when a 6

year old girl has to have her private areas
touched in public by the TSA before she is
allowed to get on an airplane?
This is an incident involving a 6 year old girl.
We learned to be more cautious after 9.11
terror disaster.
However, it doesnt make sense for me!
Will we subject ourselves to anything as long
as the authorities insist that it will keep us a
little bit safer?
If I were mom of the girl, I would have been so
upset.
- Steve

What Do You Think About This?

1. Do you think what the TSA did was the right thing to do?
2. If you are the parents of the kid, would you complain about what they did?
3. Why do you think the TSA are doing this?
4. Can you give a similar case that happened to you or someone that you know?
5. If you are a chief of TSA, are you going to change your policy?
6. If so, how do you want it to be?
 Episode 10
Doctors mistake

People make mistakes, and we're not going to vilify doctors because they're human;
most of our best friends are human. That said, 98,000 people die every year from
mistakes doctors make.
98,000. No wonder they're so depressed. And even if they do everything right, they
have to deal with patients dying from superbugs they can't stop.
A mistake is defined as a death that could have been preventable. Either a mistake in
surgery or a mistake in a prescription or some other weird mistakes.
One study showed that if you randomly pull 100 medical charts, 40 will contain
evidence of doctor errors.

What Do You Think About This?

1. Do you always feel better after youve visited the doctor?
2. How much does it cost to go and see the doctor in your country?
3. What do you think about the costs of visits to the doctor in your country?
4. Do you always think youve received the best treatment from your doctor?
5. Do you always believe what your doctor says or do you sometimes doubt
him/her?
6. What do you think are the worst things about being a doctor?
7. What do you think are the best things about being a doctor?
8. If you were a doctor, which area would you like to specialize in?
9. What do you think about when youre sitting down waiting to see the doctor?
10. Do you prefer male or female doctors?
11. Do you think doctors talk and gossip about patients?
 Episode 11
About Death penalty

Death penalty or no death penalty?

I think death penalty is one of the most effective ways to prevent horrifying crimes
over the world. I know there are a lot of people just cant agree with my point of view
since it is also a kind of killing someone. However, I believe that it would definitely
reduce the number of crime against humanity. What do you think? Jack

Since abortion is also banned is several countries, people should not commit murder
even if its a punishment for someone who committed a terrible crimes. Sheena

What Do You Think About This?

1. Who do you agree with, Jack or Sheena?
2. Is the death penalty effective in preventing crimes?
3. Do you think death penalty must be recognized as another murder?
4. What do you think will happen if there is no death penalty?
5. What do you think would be more difficult for criminals between death
penalty and life penalty?
6. Introduce your point of view and give three supporting opinions.
7. If you can charge death penalty for only one specific crime, what should it be?
8. Why do you think there is an opinion conflict over this issue?
 Episode 12
Curfew

Do curfews keep teens out of trouble?

I have a very strict family background. So I always have to be home by 8PM. If I dont
come home on time, my mom would be in panic. I dont understand why my mom and
dad are making me like a monkey in the zoo. They say that we have curfew for safety,
but I cant just get it. I am sure that we will still be safe as long as we are being careful
all the time. - Jenny

I am having a hard time making my daughter understand why we need to have curfew.
It is really something that we must have for safety, but my daughter doesnt agree with
it. I am so afraid that something so dangerous might happen to her when its already
night time. There are many drunken people and teens that we dont know and we cant
control out there. Jennys mom

What Do You Think About This?

1. Did you have curfew when you were young?
2. Why do you think parents would make curfew?
3. Why do you think teenagers strongly want to stay out until night?
4. If your child wants to hang out with friends until 11PM, what would you do?
5. Do you think boys dont need any curfew?
6. Some people say that having curfew may provoke teenagers in a negative way,
do you agree?
7. If you were Jennys mom, how would you like to explain about curfew to Jenny?
8. What time is the best to set a curfew?
 Episode 13
Is competition good?
Why Be Equal? Living in a competitive
society is a good thing because it's
entertaining.
We are all different so why settle in for
equality? If we were all equal then why
bother go watch a soccer game or a see a
beauty pageant or maybe even a cooking
contest?
If everyone was the same then there's no
need for all of that. Who would care?
We'd all know that everyone was a
winner. Actually there wouldn't even be
a winner.
Why be equal? If you have a special
talent show it off that's what makes us.
We don't all have to be the same. We
aren't robots so why do we act? Show off
what you have!
Maggie

What Do You Think About This?

1. Do you think competition is good?
2. If you think so, why is that?
3. If you dont think so, why is that?
4. What do you think is the positive aspect of competition?
5. What do you think is the negative aspect of competition?
6. Have you had any competition?
7. What was the most difficult part when you were competing with other people?
8. What did you learn from competing?
9. Do you think competing with friend can be harmful for the friendship?
10. If competition is too high, what can happen?
11. If there is no competition, what can happen?
 Episode 14
About Tims Concern
My name is Tim, senior university student
in U.K. I cant sleep a wink tonight because
of my concern. I am very worried about
myself, my future and my entire life. When I
entered the university, I expected myself to
find the things that I want to achieve by the
time I graduate. However, I feel lost now
that I have no idea what I want to be or
what I want to do.
It is a total shame that I have no life goal at
this time. So I cant share this concern with
parent or friends. They think I want to be an
engineer since I chose the major, but its not
true. I just had to choose engineering
because everyone said that it is one of the
promising jobs. I deeply regret that I just
chose what other people told me rather
than thinking what I really want seriously.
I hope you could give me some advices.
From a sad boy, Tim

What Do You Think About This?

1. Have you ever felt same like Tim before?
2. How did you deal with the problem?
3. What do Korean students consider when choosing their major in the
university?
4. What are the majors that people commonly choose?
5. Is getting a job difficult in Korea? Why is that?
6. What advice can you give to Tim?
7. Usually, when is the most appropriate to set a goal?
8. Do you also have an experience having a concern that you cant tell anyone?
9. Have you ever made wrong decision because of listening to other people
without your own opinion?
 Episode 15
Long distance relationship
Q.
My boyfriend needs to leave and work in
Japan. I dont know if I can bear this.

A.
Relationships never work out as planned,
long distance relationships are hard, but
they can be worth it. If you truly care about
and trust the other person in the
relationship then you can make it work.

Don't make a plan except when you plan to

see each other. I have been with my boy
friend for almost 4 and a half years and we
spent the first 2 years away from each other
and only got to see each other on the
weekends. I can say that there are positive
sides for long-distance relationship as well.

What Do You Think About This?

1. Do you think long distance relationships work?
2. Have you ever been in a long distance relationship?
3. What are the difficulties when it comes to long distance relationship?
4. What do you think is the benefit of having a long distance relationship?
5. Do you believe out of sight, out of mind?
6. If you have a long distance relationship, how would you make your partner
feel beloved?
7. Do you prefer to write a letter sometimes instead of text message or e-mail?
8. How long can you stay positive without seeing your boyfriend (or
girlfriend)?
9. What will be the most harmful things for long distance relationship?
 Episode 16
The placebo effect

The placebo effect refers to the phenomenon in which some people experience some
type of benefit after the administration of a placebo. A placebo is a substance with no
known medical effects, such as sterile water, saline solution or a sugar pill. In short, a
placebo is a fake treatment that in some cases can produce a very real response. The
expectations of the patient play an important role in the placebo effect; the more a
person expects the treatment to work, the more likely they are to exhibit a placebo
response.

In medical research, some patients in a study may be administered a placebo while

other participants receive the actual treatment. The purpose of doing this is to
determine whether or not the treatment has an actual effect. If participants taking the
actual drug demonstrate a significant improvement over those taking the placebo, the
study can help support the claim for the drug's effectiveness.

What Do You Think About This?

1. Have you experienced the placebo effect?
2. Why do you think people truly feel better after taking sugar pill which has
no medical effect?
3. Do you believe that our brain itself can work on reducing the pain on its
own?
4. Do you think you have experienced a miracle?
5. Have you ever experienced something that you cant prove to others?
6. Do you prefer to take medicine or to take a rest when you are feeling sick?
 Episode 17
Eye contact

How often have you talked with another guy who never looked you in the eye during
the entire length of the conversation? Or perhaps he did meet your gaze a few times,
but then his eyes shifted back to his shoes or to some point off in the distance.

Id like to say that the ability to make good eye contact is one of the social skills a lot of
young men seem to be struggling with these days.
By having a good eye contact during a conversation, we can give the other person a
good impression and it also makes the person feel that you are sincerely listening.
Sometimes, eyes can express more things than your mouth.

What Do You Think About This?

1. Do you make eye contact when having a conversation?
2. What are the situations that its difficult to make eye contact?
3. Can you think of some situations where eye contact should not be made?
4. The eyes have been called "the window to the soul". What do you think that
means?
5. Is it OK if they look at something else while you are talking?
6. If you were lying, or not telling the whole truth, what would your eye
contact be like?
7. Why is making eye contact important in a job interview?
8. What is the difference between staring and making eye contact?
 Episode 18
about ghost
Ghost stories have been with humankind
for thousands of years. There are written
accounts from the Chinese and Greeks, for
example, which make up some of the
earliest writings of hauntings. But do people
in our modern, well-educated civilization
actually believe in ghosts?

In the United States, the answer seems to be

"yes." According to a survey taken in 2015,
more than half of the population considers
ghosts are real. The belief is in spite of the
questionable scientific evidence. The poll
also revealed that few people have ever seen
any spiritual being, and have simply based
their beliefs on TV and movies.

What Do You Think About This?

1. Do you believe in ghosts?
2. Do you believe that dead people come back to life as ghosts?
3. Would you talk to a ghost?
4. Do you know anyone who has said that they have seen a ghost?
5. What is the scariest ghost story you know?
6. Would you stay the night in a place where people say that there are ghosts?
Like in a very old uninhabited house, a church or a school?
7. Do you believe your ancestors are watching you?
8. Why do people say they see ghosts even though they sometimes do not?
9. Can you recall any strange or unexplained events in your life?
10. If you were a ghost who and where would you haunt?
11. Would you be scared if a ghost talked to you?
12. Have you thought of being a ghost hunter?
13. Do you think the type of ghost may be different depends on the culture?
 Episode 19
Am I gossiping?

I heard that my friend Tina is not coming to

school and I think its because she found out
that her mom is actually a stepmother.
I am not sure if her mom is really a
stepmother, but I felt like her mom is not
really caring for Tina when I went to her
house.
Am I gossiping? No! Of course not!

I am just worried about Tina.

I think its not gossiping if someone is
talking about other people with care and
concern. Im not happy with Tinas situation,
so how can it be gossiping?

- Tinas friend, Maria

What Do You Think About This?

1. How do you define gossiping?
2. Do you like to gossip?
3. Do your friends often gossip about you?
4. Why do you think people like to listen to gossip ?
5. Why do people like to gossip about the rich and famous?
6. How would you try to resolve the problem, if you had got into trouble
through gossiping?
7. If you discovered that someone had been gossiping about you, would you
confront them?
8. What are some of the things you like to gossip about?
9. Have you ever told a rumor that got someone in trouble?
 Episode 20
Have you ever?

Have you ever forgotten your mother's birthday?

Have you ever laughed until

tears came from your eyes?

Have you ever sung in public?

Have you ever received a love letter?

What Do You Think About This?

1. Have you ever been on TV?
2. Have you ever called your boyfriend or girlfriend by the wrong name?
3. Have you ever cheated on an exam?
4. Have you ever eaten in a restaurant and realized you have no money with
you?
5. Have you ever fallen asleep and forgotten where you were?
6. Have you ever fallen or stumbled in front of others.
7. Have you ever met a celebrity?
8. Have you ever received a present that you really hated?
9. Have you ever saved a piece of chewed chewing gum and started chewing it
again later?
10. Have you ever raised your hand to answer a question, and then forgot what
you were going to say?
11. Have you ever gone to greet a friend or family member then noticed it was
someone else?
12. Have you ever guessed someone's age wrong (younger or older)? How did
the person respond?
13. Have you ever been a guest at a surprise party?