A large portion of the collective Asian culture cannot dismiss its roots in Chinese characters. As an example, although the Chinese and Korean language have there vast phonetic differences, all historical Korean documents are written originally in Chinese and much of the words used in everyday conversation cannot be decoded without knowing the meaning of Chinese characters. In fact, the language is so blended that we often find ourselves confused with whether or not the words we're using in modern Korean is actually Korean or from a Chinese character. In a nutshell, although we have our own Korean language, our culture cannot be separated from the influence of Chinese characters. As a Korean-American, I find it intuitive to argue that language is one of the largest transmitting mediums of culture. In this sense, I find it equally intuitive to agree that Chinese characters should be learned in school. On that note, I applaud the Woori Korean school in New Jersey for holding a Chinese Character competition last weekend and look forward to seeing more of these events that help preserve our identity as Korean-Americans.