More Hines Ward
Here is another update from the story that refuses to die. Hines Ward has now said that he is going to set up a scholarship fund in his mother’s honor and maybe meet President Roh:
Korean-American Super Bowl hero Hines Ward said Friday that he hopes to create a scholarship named after his mother, Kim Young-hee, to help ethnic Korean students in the United States.
Ward said it is a blessing for him to be half Korean, and he wishes to meet with Korean government officials and youth during his upcoming trip to South Korea in April.
I think it is great that he is setting up a scholarship fund, but I would recommend to him that it would be better to set up the scholarship fund for mixed race children in Korea as well. They are the ones who need it more than anyone. Also when he talks about visiting Korean youth, I hope he visits some of the youths in the orphanages as well as average Korean youths.
I got to give Hines Ward credit, he definitely does know how to say the right things to the Korean media:
Even today, his mother tells America’s Super Bowl MVP, “I don’t care how much money you have. Never treat people like you’re better than others.”
Now, Ward wishes to pass down the values he learned from his mother to his son. “I hope my son will grow up honoring his heritage,” he said. “I want him to be proud to be partly Korean,” he added.
His son was dressed in Korean traditional clothes on his first birthday, and following Korean tradition, picked a ring from an array of items such as money and a pencil, which is said to determine a child’s future career.
Ward, who has a few Korean language books himself, regrets that he did not have a chance to learn the language when he was younger and living apart from his mother.
“I wish I could turn back time and learn Korean so that I can converse with my mother better,” he said. Ward pledges to teach the Korean language to his son.
Oh yeah, this is going to be a lovefest by the Korean media when he arrives in the “motherland” in April.
By the way for those that don’t read Korean the tatoo says Hines Ward in Hangul. Could you imagine what people would say if he walked through downtown Seoul dressed like that a month ago compared to now?
