On August 28th 2015, DGHS had a special session with Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS) in DGHS club "Connecting Classrooms” successfully carried out their conference. "Violent and Non-Violent Movements" set as the theme, DGHS and MGIS students first identified some of the non-violent and violent movements within India and South Korea. Then they analyzed the historical background of these movements and explained the results that they had within each country. Finally, they discussed the movements with each other and shared their personal stories of participating in either violent or non-violent movements.

The Candlelight Rally and Wednesday Demonstration were the examples of non-violence in Korea. DGHS attached much significance to non-violent movements: non-violent movements are morally and politically justifiable and are a win-win solution. However, DGHS also critically approached these movements and analyzed the limitations. DGHS students.

first evaluated the actual profit. Because of their characteristics of "non-violence," all those movements were impractical seeing that most of them failed to realize their needs in such policy. DGHS concluded their presentation arguing that we should avoid bending to pressure and use appropriate means when we use non-violence to resist.

While DGHS students focused on "non-violent" movements, MGIS students gave more examples of use double quotes movements. They introduced the People's Mutiny, the Partition of Bengal, the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, and Simon Go Back, which were the representative examples of violence during the struggle for independence. "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." Quoting Mahatma Gandhi's saying, MGIS students criticized and showed remorse toward such movements.

Ending the conference with the Q&A sessions, we were able to feel each school's scholastic passion over such themes.

By Sae-Yeon Ahn
(DG editor & reporter)