Bureaucracy : the new word 'Deskwarming'

He'll sit here and he'll say "Do this! Do that!" and nothing will happen. Poor Ike-it won't be a bit like the army
-Harry Truman, saying the government's bureaucracy is more powerful than the president's own authority

Have you heard about bureaucracy? Bureaucracy is an almost essential administration system, yet is also criticized remarkably. For a country which countless people live in, bureaucracy is maintained to deal with innumerable problems, but many drawbacks exist in the system.

You might hear the word 'deskwarming'. As you thought, it means keeping a desk warm. Especially, when a teacher keeps his desk warm in a classroom without students or lectures. Why do those things happen? In my opinion, It is because the government puts documents ("paperwork" is a good term to use here as well) before reality. Once, I heard a quote "Although I have no justification, the field commander is right, and the supreme commander who is in rear area is wrong." whilst ignoring reality, regulating people according to documents, and regulating documents according to documents which is umbrella of the documents. Bureaucracy has made teachers sigh.

Nevertheless, bureaucracy is one of the most important systems which retain modern society. Unless there is a perfect system in the world (original was a double negative here, meaning there is a perfect system, which wouldn't quite make sense with the rest of the sentence), we can make it better with our effort. Like visiting with a cup of coffee to the teacher left on their lonesome.


In Korean
관료제에 대해 들어보셨나요? 관료제는 국가를 경영하는데 있어 거의 필수적인 행정체계이죠. 또한 강하게 비판받는 제도이기도 하구요. 수많은 사람들이 있는 국가를 위해, 많은 단점이 있지만, 수없이 많은 일을 처리하기 위해 관료제는 유지되어 왔습니다.

Deskwarming 이라는 말을 들어보셨나요? 여러분이 생각하는 것처럼, 책상을 따뜻하게 한다는 뜻입니다. 특히, 아무도 없는 겨울에 빈 교실에서 선생님 혼자서 책상을 따뜻하게 할때요. 이런일이 왜 일어날까요? 제 생각에, 저는 서류가 현실보다 우선시 되기 때문이라고 생각합니다. 근거는 없지만, 현장 지휘관이 옳고 최고 지휘관이 틀렸다 라는 말을 들어 본 적이 있습니다. 현실을 무시하면서,서류에 써있는대로 사람들을 규제하고, 상위의 서류에 따라 그 서류들을 통제하는 관료제는, 선생님들을 한숨짓게 만들어왔습니다.

그럼에도, 관료제는 사회를 구성하는 가장 중요한 시스템중 하나입니다. 완벽한 시스템은 존재하지 않지만,우리의 노력으로 더 발전시킬 수는 있습니다. 쓸쓸히 학교에서 앉아있는 선생님께, 따뜻한 한 컵의 커피와 함께 놀러가는 것처럼요.

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