Va, Pensiero

It has come to our attention that one man's demand for respect from a remote village of the Middle East can be rapidly turned into an international call to terminate the ill practices of the old regime. The very core of this revolution is a simple communication system, Face-book. The increase in online social networking endows the modern age with broad freedom of speech. With this powerful cyber-tool, the rising generation can organize its opinion and choose its own way to ensure its dignity. Nothing is unthinkable or improbable anymore. Regarding internet infrastructure, the current US President has remarked that South Koreans have greater access than many of his own na-tion's people. According to a recent article in the New York Times, our inter-net connection speed is the fastest in the world, followed by Hong Kong and Japan. It is this writer's opinion that South Koreans can be classified as " early adopters. " We are truly fond of the brand-new. However, South Korea is currently drawn into the vortex of an old-fashioned dispute. The dental education system is the issue. As long as they have existed, South Korean dental schools have followed a 6-year curriculum and have admitted students directly from high school. After finishing the program of study, students have usually earned the title DDS. Dental school graduates at that time were young enough to be full of vigor.