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  The History of English written by 10105 Kim So Yeon Let me introduce the history of English. First, Old English. From 559 to 1066, Old English was used. Old English is one of the West Germanic languages and differs from Modern English in many ways. In terms of grammar, Old English had personal pronouns that were singular, plural, and dual. They were more formal than those in modern English. Regarding vocabulary, the alphabet of Old English was significantly different. It was influenced by Runic in the early days and Latin in the later days. Since Old English was affected by Latin, it incorporated religious and academic words. Furthermore, Old English lacked derived words from Latin and French. Notably, there is a significant piece of literature written in Old English called "Beowulf," an epic poem of unknown authorship from the 8th to 11th centuries. Second, Mid

written by 10206 Kim Eunhwan The COVID-19 pandemic made people spend a lot of time on the internet. Because of that, the risk of SNS addiction increased. SNS addiction causes a lot of problems.  Individually, the health of people gets worse. It causes many diseases, such as back pains.  Generally, society loses communication. This communication means offline, not online. Many people become determined in social media, and they become neglectful of their real life. It causes a decrease in communication.  According to the National Library of Medicine, stress related to COVID-19 may escalate internet addiction.  They did a study to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on internet use to college students. The result showed the use of SNS increased, but the enjoyment of that decreased because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The increased usage of SNS causes mental problems. 

                                         written by 10714 Dawon Yoon, 10208 Hayun Kim             The Taliban in power The Taliban, an armed group of Islam governed Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. In the first period, they oppressed human rights, especially women’s. In 2021, after the US army withdrew, they became Afghanistan’s government again. They promised to respect women's rights but they didn’t keep the promise.  Oppression about women First of all, the Taliban oppresses the right to education. The Taliban prohibited girls from going to middle school and high school. In 2021, The Taliban limited the major that women can major in university. Women cannot major in economics, engineering, and journalism. In 2022, Taliban finally prohibited all women’s education in university.  In Afghanistan, It is restrained that women are working at any place except facilities such as schools and hospitals. Also, there are limited activities and tasks at home and abroad for non-g