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lotf629 · 04-29-2008, 11:22 PM

>>Forgive me for responding to the OP without reading the subsequent replies.<<

The Korean situation is quite complex.

For anyone with serious interest, here's a graduate thesis on the topic. The title alone is suggestive. It's called "The Diaspora of Korean Children: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Educational Crisis in Contemporary South Korea." It's available online at

http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/availa...i-umt-1058.pdf

That's right (IMO): Korea faces an educational crisis.

I work with these kids, and I find their effort heroic and inspirational. (Yay, Korean high schoolers!) Many of them are also quite brilliant. It's truly a privilege.

At the same time, the pressure on them to succeed is clearly excessive.

But the fault is not with the parents; instead, both children and parents are at the mercy of a broken system.

I wonder if the same could be said of our system?

04-29-2008, 11:22 PM	#95
lotf629 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookline, MA Threads: 7 Posts: 476	>>Forgive me for responding to the OP without reading the subsequent replies.<< The Korean situation is quite complex. For anyone with serious interest, here's a graduate thesis on the topic. The title alone is suggestive. It's called "The Diaspora of Korean Children: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Educational Crisis in Contemporary South Korea." It's available online at http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/availa...i-umt-1058.pdf That's right (IMO): Korea faces an educational crisis. I work with these kids, and I find their effort heroic and inspirational. (Yay, Korean high schoolers!) Many of them are also quite brilliant. It's truly a privilege. At the same time, the pressure on them to succeed is clearly excessive. But the fault is not with the parents; instead, both children and parents are at the mercy of a broken system. I wonder if the same could be said of our system?