5. my thought on Bauman and Korean education

Frankly speaking, I was not able to complete Bauman’s two books. Because I got them the last Monday and it was boring to keep reading due to my physical condition of my right ankle’s pain. Besides, I felt Bauman’s idea has pointed out in Globalization was not up to date and he focused on critique of economical problems, which are external phenomena. He mentioned at the introduction of the Globalization piece that he tried to question of our times. I agree to it, but we, educators, should have criteria to solve the problems. I hope he evoked something at the end of his books. So I wrote this focusing my thought of internal issues in consuming life and globalization.
I think, if one is not living with his/her own eyes/perspectives, life would be consuming. Everybody has one’s own eyes but I mean it in terms of psychological realm of one’s identity.
It is easy and clear to say borrowing two visual materials of the catholic angels. The image of the white female angel is a western people’s image which is the icon of others’ eyes(culture) in my eastern point of view. Korean catholic love this icon and believe as a symbol of their ideal idol. This is the power of western culture. They are merely sacrifice of the culture’s power. The formidable is that it has already become their belief/life, hopefully, a part of their life.
My mother, sister and brother’ family except me are catholic. I am wondering that it is impossible to say this point to them. There is one Korean catholic church in Minnesota. The architecture of the church (even Korean) is same as the western church. There is a little difference to build a church according to a financial situation. Here again, the economical condition has launched which I wanted to ignore. I have to admit that Bauman’s critical view centered in economic is inevitable situation of our materialized world.
What we can learn from the trial and error of the past? It is to know the next step and not to repeat the trial and error. It is important to be aware of what the problems are? We have to extract the essence of the society from the critical viewpoint and learn not to the past trial and error is essential component for our times.
It is a matter how to teach the way of seeing, starts seeing through critical gaze in cultural contexts and then one’s eyes, which are able to see hidden meaning of our modern material world. My concern in education is how to teach spirituality in our fast changing society. And also we, Korean lost out spirituality in turmoil of modernization because of our uncritical acceptance of American educational system.