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“All rise, Kookki eh daehan gyeongrye, sit.” Starting with the phrase as always, the 26th court held in the Dasan Auditorium, however, was done quite differently in a good sense. Wise time management and some educational comments would be the main reasons why so. Though some of the students’ attitude could have made the mood of the court a bit aggressive, overall it was all managed pretty well.
Time management is one of the most important factors that decide how it felt after attending the court. The 26th court was very efficient in managing the time. It was partly because there was comparably few people accused that week and partly because Mr. Sung was more generous that day. According to the 26th Court List, there were exactly 118 people accused of violating school rules. It was not many, but not that little either. Here, the Judicial Branch was wise enough to call out as many people as possible at once, those who were accused for the same violations. Since the judge called out 10 or more students at the same time, the whole process of calling out people was finished in less than 30 minutes. Although Mr. Sung’s comments took about an hour, it was far less compared to the usual ending-at-9-whatsoever comments.
With this good time management, students’ attitude was one thing that could have improved the whole process even more, if it were a bit better. Though only few students were dozing at the court, a lot of people used their cell phones to either text message or play Smartphone racing car games. Some of them were even being noisy. They gave up whispering; now they were just saying out loud however they wanted to. For example, the one sitting near me was text messaging for the whole time, and sometimes talked to me with a high pitch voice, no matter what the judge was saying. Some students were violating even the very basic rules by wearing inappropriate jackets that were not KMLA Noobies.
Luckily for the students, there was only one final defending speech, with one petition of appeal- so actually two speeches. Whether there were one or two, it was way less than usual, considering that there used to be four or more speeches in average. The juries seemed to have made judicious decisions about what to accept and what to reject. They accepted the petition of appeal with new evidence given by the defendant, which was about violating teacher’s direction. But the final defending speech about violating self-study regulation was rejected for having too few evidence. I believe the decisions were made very wisely in a sense that the juries had strict standards. Amount of evidence and the accuracy of it are the only ways that the juries can make judgments.
For this court, Mr. Sung had a big role in forming the bright mood. For most of the courts in the past, he was always accusing students, making them stand up one by one and yelling for the whole time. When he was not yelling, he was either staring at the Court List to find whom to accuse, or talking to himself. But on that day, he left a very remarkable comment that I would remember for my life, probably. I still remember the whole phrase: “You might feel very annoyed about the teachers scolding you for now, but in the future, by the time when you get to my age, it will be very lonely and depressing to have no one in your life yelling at you for doing something wrong”. It was the best comment that Mr. Sung had ever made at the court, I believe. I bet most of the students, not only me, thought it was valuable enough to think about the comment for a while.
Overall, the mood of the court was comfortable and fun with some jokes. How much was it? As much as I would not want to go to the court in the future, not because it is boring, but because I don’t want to get disappointed at another court, while comparing it to the 26th one. I would not recommend you to try to go to the court for a time, but I can definitely say that those who were accused for the 26th court was lucky to be called on that day. (Almost) FIVE STAR COURT!
