I am a teacher Yun Jung-hyun who teaches technology at a high school in South Korea. I would like to talk about Chairman Chung Ju-young who founded the Hyundai Group in my country. Due to the Korean War in 1950, there were no industrial facilities in Korea. At that time, South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world.

In the 1970s, Chairman Chung Ju-young wanted to establish a shipyard. However, he had no money, no skills, and no experience. He needed a letter of recommendation to borrow money.

Chung flew to London to get a letter of recommendation from A&P Apple Door, chairman of Longbattom, a renowned British shipbuilding company. All he had was just a picture of the desolate sandy beach of Mipo Bay, Ulsan, where he would build the shipyard. He said, "We're planning to build a shipyard. Please recommend us." But the answer was "No".

At that time, he took out a 500-won bill with the turtle ship drawn from his pants pocket. "We have already built an ironclad ship 300 years earlier than Britain. Unfortunately, the industrialization is late, and the potential is sufficient.”

Finally, Chung persuades Longbattom to get a letter of recommendation. In addition, Chung obtained export guarantees from Barclay Bank through negotiations.

And Chung Ju-young established the world's best shipyard, which everyone thought would be impossible. The completion of the shipyard, which no one else had done, coincided with the acquisition of the first-week ship. As a result, Korea currently has the best shipyard in the world.

There are words that Chairman Chung Ju-young used to say to those who thought it was impossible. "Whatever you start, you feel 90 percent of the conviction that you will achieve it and 10 percent of the confidence that you can make it happen. There is not a single percentage of anxiety that it may not be possible."

I would like to talk about my teaching experience like Chairman Chung Ju-young. I couldn't satisfy the needs of all my students during my teaching experience, which is a shame, but I would like to summarize my 30-year education experience into three points.

First, I worked at a school in a rural area where the working environment was pretty difficult. Not only are farming and fishing areas worse off than cities, but I had to live away from my family for a long time.

Second, I educated students who needed more help. As most of my students were underprivileged, coming from low-income families, raised by grandparents and divorced families, their lives were too tough to focus on learning.

Third, the students I taught were not akin to studying. Of course, some students were good at it, but many students lacked the will to study.

Like Chairman Chung Ju-young, I have been teaching for 32 years and have done things that others find difficult to do. I taught technical skills to students who needed more support and taught them the proper skills to grow into democratic citizens.

If you think you can't, you can't see the way, but if you think you can, you can see the way and find it. Even in the face of hard work, if you carry out your work with positive thoughts, you will see a way that seems to be absent, and on the contrary, if you think negatively, you will not see a way.

Many people think they can't do it when they face difficulties and try to give up to avoid them. Everyone finds it difficult at first, however, people learn life by making mistakes.

Now I want to ask you a question. What have you done for yourself, for your family, for your country, and for the world?