I feel the same way... I have video evidence of how studies that take so long end your happy times in school, and for me it's only the beginning because I'm a freshman. If any of you feel the same check out my video on hard work, im sure you'll remember how you felt as a freshman
ahaha sound familiar - i used to be a study machine too! wake up at 6 AM study til 10 - 12 PM. Hmmm idk about being happy either trying real hard or not trying at all. Even though I was a study machine I felt very happy when I finish all the task. I also found time to hang w/ my friends - strangely enough. I had a great time but sometimes I wish I didn't have to miss my favourite movie episode xD but still - FIGHTING!
studying for tests instead of training usable skills is stupid. that way, the only skill one gets is 'how to be good at tests'. the sad thing is that there ARE innovative teachers around but they have very little to no chance against the system, not only in Korea but pretty much anywhere.
I have been taught once (by a gym teacher no less) but what he said meant a lot to me. That if what you are doing in 1 hr helps you learn something new or get better, that 1 hr was considered good work. But if it took you 5 hrs and you didn't really get better or you could've taken 2hrs instead, you just wasted time. Sadly i think that way of living is not good at all and wasting precious life time. I hope things change for the better.
wow Seri, im so sorry you have to go through all that :( im studying to be a teacher and i promise ill go to Korea and try to find a solution to this problem
T.T i'm happy with my school life.. :D the hours are a lot fewer and still we know a lot from the lessons being taught... Studying for about 16 hrs a day would only make their brain weary and not absorb information.. there is something wrong with their system!!
Dont you see that each individual must have the freedom to choose for her/himself what he devotes their time learning? otherwise it will always be internalized as labor, as a struggle, as work. in this way no learning actually takes place, just a cramming of information into the brain for later regurgitation. if they had wrote all those notebooks full of ideas and info about things that made their hearts sing, made them passionate, i bet they wouldn't have thrown them away. :)
kids and teenagers need a lot of sleep to develop their brain to a maximum..... so a small solution is taking at least 8 hours of sleep in your senior year!
i don't really care how hard the school is, but i do care about all the pressure they r going to get out side of the school. Ones there was a korean visitors (student) at our school. We talked about how the education is in korea and america. One of the student said that most of the kids go to after school and some of them even study till 12:00. I wish korean education was more concentrated on basic school stuff rather than after school and etc
@MotoscuterZ We have lives, we just learn to balance work and play. When the time comes for our major exams, we study, because that's what matters then. I'd thank you to not make such presumptious comments about us. We do all kinds of sports, look at China's success, that's just one example. Do not generalised based on your culture's stereotypes of us, do you know us asian?
@MotoscuterZ We have lives, we just learn to balance work and play. When the time comes for our major exams, we study, because that's what matters then. I'd thank you to not make such presumptious comments about us. We do all kinds of sports, look at China's success, that's just one example. Do not generalise based on your culture's stereotypes of us, do you know us asian?
Even if you get into good university, get a high pay job, but you are not happy with your life, what's the point? I don't think Koreans want to study so hard but I think it's the pressure there...
LOL..I am from HongKong. I think this is almost like HK's education system.We need to have 2 open examinations(HKCEE for Grade 10 students & A-Level for entering University) Some of the hard-working students,they will need to prepare the exam about 1-2years before.
I know that pressure we need to overcome.It's so hard to be a student nowadays..especially from Asia! :(
The solution is to realize that although the test is critically important, there are greater important things in life and other ways to be successful. If you look at a coin it's double sided and infinite amount of moves you can find within a small chess board.
Dear Lord, working that much is insane! But as an american I take a little pleasure in knowing that you guys may work signifigantly more then me, but you are being raised as robots with no imagination and so having one I will (hopefully) have an edge. Though I do pity you at the same time and in regards to solutions to your ungodly work load I can only say that to change that you must change th culture and until you do so then I doubt anything seriously different will happen.
Academics while important are not the base for success, the ability to use what you have learned and apply it to your job are what make you successful, therefore simply studying for 5 hours does not ensure success. In addition, being able to adapt, and have ingenuity is not a skill taught through a teacher or books, yet it is an essential one. Finally, the body needs 8 1/2 hours of sleep to have maximum retention, otherwise, you are just forgetting what you worked so hard to remember.
If you're Korean, and you're living in the U.S., then be thankful. Your parents worked their asses off to go to America for you to have a better life.
Korean schools are too harsh. Also VERY violent. Alot of bullying, and alot of studying. Too much stress. That's why Korea has one of the highest suicide rates
I think that you cant work anybody too hard, school isn't life, I always have to remind myself that. So if you have a child/ young adult or if your a teacher do fun things, make those 10 hours go by fast! Oh and tell them just try your best, if you try your best thats all that madders. I love Korean and im learning the language but I have heard story's over there, thank god I live in America, God Bless America! ;)
School in korea is pretty damn crazy. I dont think i'd be able to handle such a scedule. in America, I take a lot of AP and Honors courses so generally, high school sucks big balls for me. however, some kids here have some deep, live of die problems and school does haft to take the back seat, on top of that, we do get the occasional, "i'd rather be stoned" student too. but thats why in middle school, you work hard to get into a good high school so you wont deal with those students.
@TeresaGeeOh I'm not hating but maybe it's because they update the books so that the kids don't fall behind, and perhaps their schools have better funding due to better student performances. This is only a guess though (really) since I hear Korea has a killer workaholic mentality when it comes to education.
malaysian school is not too tight like korean but its annoying studying here more that studying at korea.here,you only have 30 minutes for recess and also,you cannot play basketball or other sport during recess.food have to buy and you cannot bring phones and other electronic thing.about studying.for lower secondary school from mon,tues, and wed we come back at 2.00 while higher secondary school will vbe back 40 minutes after lower sec back.thurs,lower sec will be back at 4.00.fri 12.00.saturday
American education is lax if you wanna be lax about it and be a deadbeat. but if you take American education seriously, it is also pretty goddamn hard. I remember in high school I worked my ass off, took like 6 AP classes, and 2 college classes outside of class. It was insane man. I went from 7AM to 2AM, and slept 12 hours on the weekends. Also stuff like piano and volunteering to do man. But hey I got into a good college so I'm happy. But college is the same thing...more work.
aww, that's too much...i have korean students also, 10-year olds stay up until 12mn! after school, they have to study in another english institute, then go for music lessons, math lessons, and do homework... no time to play...
I don't think that going to a good college or not really matters.
What matters is what you want to do with your life, then find a college that can help you achieve that goal.
Sure when people see you graduated from Harvard or any other fancy school it looks nice, but does it really matter? In the end a student from a average college who was pursuing the same major will know at least everything the one student from a "good" college does.
obama was talking " korean most Excellent student" but that's not true i'm korean, korea education is very fucking... korea high school student daily life: go to the school 8AM~studing~come back home 10PM. lee myung park fucking 이명박 씨발 좆까
All the praise and adoration must go to Korean education. They are the best at math and business. But I think more praise should go to their English education. It is so good that when Korean students travel abroad, they can only communicate with Koreans. Im sure all their cramming of just grammar will actually help them in conversation. Perhaps when they need to have some sort of important business deal-- ahhh! a translator will do because they couldn't be social in english.
I study the same as they do. Im lucky if i can even get 5 hours of sleep. Yes im asian but i was born and raised in america and i go to school in america. I guess it depends what classes you take and rigority of them and also the way your teacher's give you work because I know that I often just get a bunch of work thrown at me.
Thank you for this insightful video. I doubt anyone can come up with any workable solution. This is the way it has been for as long as I can remember. I feel terribly about the situation for the high school students and now middle school even.... I do think there should be some balance in everyone's life and definitely need to make sure students are getting enough rest so they stay healthy mentally and physically.
um US and Korea are the countrys that have the most expensive college tuition in the world, because the government hardly pays for them. The yearly tuition in a korean university (4 year program) costs about 7000-10000 US dollars.
damnn... u.s. doesn't even take it that serious.... the test werent even that hard and they got like 2-4 chances of retaking it to get better score or to pass......
no wonder asians(that actually live in asia) are smart lol
Christ, the education system in South East Asian is fucked up. Teenagers are the one age group who needs the most sleep yet they get the least. This is why their education system still fails to beat their western counterparts. They make these kids into slaves, and by the time they're done, they have nothing left of their creativity. It's why Japan and Korea don't really invent ground breaking technologies, they simply take what's out there and try to make it better.
wow this is so completely different from california, they're like polar opposites. I remember my freshman year we would get out every wednesday at 12 pm and go in at 8 am basically that was it for school the rest of the day we would kick it at the mall. we had it made
so true mate. so what if im top of my class? so what if i go into med school? so what if i actually become a doctor? i wouldn't be happy if i realized i wasted half my life away just for a lousy Dr. term in front of my name....
happiness isn't a material that can be achieved in superficiality. money, reputation... why do people strive so hard for that shit and live their whole lives miserably?
in our country the books we used for studying are reused...but the schedule is still the same...sometimes we do not sleep, because we need to finish other projects and paperworks.....
In Vietnam there's no weekend, we've to go to school on Saturday, and on Sunday most of them go to extra class to get extra study and get extra help from their teacher! There's no time to rest or watching tv, if they being lazy their parents and teachers would hit them to death or kill them! Thank you for bring me here!
compared to the student life here in u.s, korea's student life is a fucking hell on earth. I talk to my cousin who lives in korea all the time. shes in 2nd year of highschool and all she does is wake up, go to school, go to cram school, go to another cram school after that, get home at around 11pm, do hw, sleep for 2-3 hours. and then repeat the process everyday.
the school life is pretty much same for all the asian countries (mostly east asian), which includes china japan india and few more. an elementary kid in india comitted suicide due to his low grade.
yea really its tough life over there. people are crazy. i mean i went to school in korea but i never studied like that. crazy. their levels of expectation is so much higher than us. like what im learning in highschool, they already learned in elementary and middle school.
@yksong94 -Wow, that almost sounds like a college student's schedule (not all college students live like this, though, lol). How does your cousin not become physically sick, functioning on only a couple of hours of sleep a night? Teenagers need, like, 9 hours at least...
i know. its crazy. thats why theres such a high suicide rate among students in korea. cuz stress causes them to be depressed. i dont think id be able to survive there.
Jeez, high suicide rates just like Japan...what is it with the Asian countries and school? I've never heard of this happening elsewhere in the world. :/
aw that kids poem is so cute "i have no spaceship" ^,^
damn you kids have crazy self-discipline. I'm halfway though my course at uni and I can't do more than a fortnight of 3hrs of sleep per night. by the end i'm a sobbing mess. sucks that you have to work so hard though. but at least you'll have a better chance at working overseas.
Korea is hell for students. Crappy hagwons, economic polarization in education, FUCKING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, teachers who participated in the Vietnam War (Very old), and unemployment for the bottom 99%. I want to get off my country, but it's the only country where I feel at home. I really wish that the educational systems improve.
i totally agree! most korean people spend their lives by studying. I am 22 and my student's age is 39.. they study english really hard.. but i love korea. :)
You guys seem to study really hard.. compared to well.. me cause i can't speak for others in america, but i just slack off at school . you can tell by my videos, i have two videos of me in class.. one of playing cards and one of us acting out romeo and juliet.. sort of. We're lazy. :|
If the kiddies score too low they get screamed at by their teachers and beaten by the parents. They are nothing but abused kids. So Korea has one of the highest suicide rates and have a huge drinking problem. There is no happiness there.
@erikamarch1993 universities in korea are different then it is in the states. In korea, university studies are WAY WAY WAY easier then they are in high school. The only thing thats hard is to GET INTO universities in korea. in Canada or the States, tgetting into universities are not too difficult, but trying to get your degree is tough
@erikamarch1993 For Americans, going to a top-notch university does not guarantee success, as you say. However, in Korea, going to a top-notch university absolutely guarantees success as an adult. The system in Korea is different from the one in the US.
Compulsory afterschool lessons??!!! What for?! I am fromSlovakia,and have been just accepted to university , I took class from 8 morning to2 in the afternoon and noone would ever make me stay at school longer!! in Slovakia we write tests and are usually checked in front of the blackboard, like an oral exam,-is it common for the other speaking students??? what happens if a Korean student is not accepted to any university???
actually every student can go to college if they want coz there r many college in korea but every students want to go to good college. this is the problem. we should compete with other korean students so every students have to study hard. korean goverment should change this sickin tired edu system. but it is very difficult and i think it is impossilble
but... what exactly defines the word "good"college? good reputation?good preparation for job?I hope its not like your future employer accepts you or not according to the "good" school in your CV???but it happens everywhere..
good college means.. like ivy league in US. we also have a college rank and if someone got a good univ diploma it has meaning which is big in korean society
yes it happens everywhere.
if you really want to know why, you have to understand korean society. for instance, human resource is most important in our industry and Korean parents are very zealous for the education of their children
for this reason, students have to study hard i think
they got stress and other ppl look down on them, thier parents mad or sad, they feel bad about themself, some even kill them self that wat u get when fail the test to the college in Vietnam (i thinh it's the same thing for korean)
LOL .... as i see korean high schools are not hard...... But crazy (sorry). Maybe some of students got in a great college because they were lucky when they sat the exam (X_x)... So I'm french and i'm proud to be in France, we dont have to study like that because of our education system.
getting in a college depends of the exam ( a bit) but it depends even more of how we worked in the past 2 years. sorry for my bad english ....
wow! that was hard. i'm from philippines.. i'm just 16 yrs. old and now in 1st year COLLEGE.. i dont understand why some korean high school students have a higher age? like some are 19.18. maybe korean middle school students and filipino high school students have the same age.. not so sure aout that though.. =]
yeah right, I agree with your opinion in some ways cuz u know, I graduated Korean highschool just like you. but right, there're so many problems in korean education as you said. i hope that you would upload some videos about good sides in Korean education someday.
they study from 8 to 11? In singapore we study from 7 to 2pm. and we have to attend compalsury after school activities which is about 2 h only. but most of the students dont take studying so seriously like the korean does . thats why a lot of rebelion students are found in our secondary school ( for other countries its high school. i love koreans :]
yes that's so true.. they study a lot. my studens told me that they should study a lot in high school in order to enter a better university. i feel so sad for them. they are like a machine or a robot, all they need to do is to study, study snd study. one of our korean high school student had suicide because she can'tbear it anymore.. their parents always forced them to study!!!!i feel so sad for korean high school students!! :(
People really need to understand that money does not equal happiness, and a good college does not equal success. The only reason you should want money is because you don't have to worry about it. If you get greedy, you'll be unsatisfied your whole life because you're constantly wanting more than you need. In the real world, you get by on your character and abilities rather than a big name college degree. Sure, it helps. But it doesn't make or break your life. Your fate and happiness is up to you
Yeap. This is so sad !! --- Korean students study and study until they break, many have mental crisis. Even if they get into a good college these-days doesn't mean they'll get a good job because there's so much competition in Korea. It's really horrible, many students study until 2 or 3am every night --- It's really sick. (& I know this because my boyfriend is Korean! & so are many of my friends .. ) --
IMO it's not the education system but the parents thats the problem. more and more are forcing their children to work and more and more are going abroard to US and EU.
on the other hand you can't really blame them , since they only want whats best for their children. it is true that studying hard is the best method to get lots of money later on, which is why most parents make their children work so hard. But they should really take a step back...
Do most students really study from 7am to 11pm or is it just the best? Around here (in Scandinavia) most students go to school from 8am to 4pm and 1-2 hours of homework after that, but some people put in much more effort and study much longer. Is it the same in South Korea or is it normal for everyone to study 15 hours a day or so?
Holy shit, That's PFLHS. I used to go there. It was a fucking harsh time but now I miss a lot. Too much of studying might drive me crazy, however it was the best moment for me that ever never happen.
It depends. In the US, high school life may not be as stressful - but once you get into college, it makes your high school life look like a joy ride. Depending on your major, you can literally study 24 hours a day. Students here take what's called a "caffeine pill" to keep them awake. To make things worse, some high schools here can be pretty tough as well. Interestingly enough, most of those tough high schools are majority Asians.
Korea's education sytem is sucks..I'm gonna be a high school student in this year and I'm really stressed now. It's getting harder and harder to go to Universities in seoul. I wanna learn piano in this vacation but my dad said to me "Hey, are you CRAZY? if you want ruin your life, then you can learn piano." how sucks! I wanna die seriously...
So korean education system is shit or korean children haven't any talent? In countries like Japan, Taiwan etc we have more freedom. I think Finnish education is BEST! Koreans work like slaves and they still don't have the best marks everywhere. Besides, best at school isn't equal to best at society. Creativity and innovation can be trained but not like that. Entreprenorship can't be learned. Poor koreans. What's the final goal of hard-working? Happiness of course. Koreans don't realize it. LMAO
god... korean education system is so fucked up, this is no way for kids to live...
the only solution to this problem is if all the students in korea have start a revolution and directly take it to the streets and to the government....
it would take the whole nation to come up with a healthier and more efficient way of education these poor kids than stuffing useless shit into their brain 19 hours per day just to pass some fuckin test.
=[ Too much expectation... I live in the USA and I think my parents expectation of me is high enough but I think this is outragous and very, very stressful. *sigh* There goes childhood.
This makes me glad to be american and live in America, having the opportunity to attend college and still maintain a healthy lifestyle during high school is GREAT !
Whoa Whoa Whoa...........I appologize. I was drunk when I wrote this. I really LOVE Korean women. I have always been curious about their culture and their beauty.
oh how fucking convenient for you. that's as pathetic as people that say "i'm not racist, i have black friends." shut the fuck up and own up to your shit.
technically, these days, every students can enter college as long as they can afford tuition. But if you graduate jusy medicore college, you fail to get a job, which probably pushes you to be jobless doing nothing. Eventually, the life will be miserable.
I personally went through this test as well, perhaps 7years ago. I think the problem in Korea is that those senior students are studying hard to get in to the tertiary education even when they don't really have any interest in academic Studies because of the expectation of good job as their future career. After growing up, I found that this kind of thing which is a norm in my country not a norm in anywhere in the world. This country is just full of fucked up crazy people obsessed to money.
I feel the same way... I have video evidence of how studies that take so long end your happy times in school, and for me it's only the beginning because I'm a freshman. If any of you feel the same check out my video on hard work, im sure you'll remember how you felt as a freshman
chowdercopter12 2 weeks ago
ahaha sound familiar - i used to be a study machine too! wake up at 6 AM study til 10 - 12 PM. Hmmm idk about being happy either trying real hard or not trying at all. Even though I was a study machine I felt very happy when I finish all the task. I also found time to hang w/ my friends - strangely enough. I had a great time but sometimes I wish I didn't have to miss my favourite movie episode xD but still - FIGHTING!
LittleMew133 1 month ago
studying for tests instead of training usable skills is stupid. that way, the only skill one gets is 'how to be good at tests'. the sad thing is that there ARE innovative teachers around but they have very little to no chance against the system, not only in Korea but pretty much anywhere.
heirihunziker 2 months ago
I have been taught once (by a gym teacher no less) but what he said meant a lot to me. That if what you are doing in 1 hr helps you learn something new or get better, that 1 hr was considered good work. But if it took you 5 hrs and you didn't really get better or you could've taken 2hrs instead, you just wasted time. Sadly i think that way of living is not good at all and wasting precious life time. I hope things change for the better.
chelsi889 2 months ago
wow Seri, im so sorry you have to go through all that :( im studying to be a teacher and i promise ill go to Korea and try to find a solution to this problem
MrPerti8 3 months ago
T.T i'm happy with my school life.. :D the hours are a lot fewer and still we know a lot from the lessons being taught... Studying for about 16 hrs a day would only make their brain weary and not absorb information.. there is something wrong with their system!!
mgs7721 3 months ago
i wish my school life was like that
kurox67 5 months ago
WTF!!!!
many robots in Korea
txwhore 5 months ago
WTF......................
how long is the exam, they can only put so much in those couple hours.
Beside how fucking fast do they cover? like holy shit no matter how much you study it make them feel like studying 3 grades in 1 year.. holy shit
TimeManInJail 6 months ago
@TimeManInJail It's 9 hours
ViriuZ7 3 months ago
Dont you see that each individual must have the freedom to choose for her/himself what he devotes their time learning? otherwise it will always be internalized as labor, as a struggle, as work. in this way no learning actually takes place, just a cramming of information into the brain for later regurgitation. if they had wrote all those notebooks full of ideas and info about things that made their hearts sing, made them passionate, i bet they wouldn't have thrown them away. :)
robynhriley 7 months ago
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robynhriley 7 months ago
kids and teenagers need a lot of sleep to develop their brain to a maximum..... so a small solution is taking at least 8 hours of sleep in your senior year!
maartje013 7 months ago 2
run away, fuck that. just start a punk band and burn down the schools. if you died before collage you would have spent your whole life studying.
volcomjesuschrist 7 months ago
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volcomjesuschrist 7 months ago
Thank god my parents did not raise me in korea
For4TwenTe20 7 months ago
This makes the schools in Canada seem like a pre school...
SkullcandifiedDj 7 months ago
solution? COME TO AMERICA!! WE WELCOME YOU XD
32ROCKERCHICK32 7 months ago
Lol wut. 7-11 o.o crap...
ninamaemi 8 months ago
wow,i can't study that long...*shaking head....especially me,i sleep 10 hours a day..and 12 hours when its weekend...
poi2shayne 8 months ago
I absolutely understand this, its the same over here. Academics, your life's goal.
WoodenRoller 8 months ago
i don't really care how hard the school is, but i do care about all the pressure they r going to get out side of the school. Ones there was a korean visitors (student) at our school. We talked about how the education is in korea and america. One of the student said that most of the kids go to after school and some of them even study till 12:00. I wish korean education was more concentrated on basic school stuff rather than after school and etc
qkyonp 8 months ago
@qkyonp their basic school stuff is too much concentrated. the demand for good grades is high and that's why private lessons after school are popular
tokee1234567 8 months ago
duuuudee what? they shouldve recycled all those books WHAT IS THIS
GraeyRibbon13CKS 8 months ago
its way easy in america that sucks how much you guys have to study......
multilinda17 8 months ago
Here in the uk we spend 2 years (sometimes 3) working towards our gcses, then 2 yrs for a-levels. This is similar to Korea but not as extreme.
pineapplerobot1 9 months ago
You Asians have no life.
Since you are children, you are thought to work like robots.
I think I can guess what healthy lives you are living *sarcasm*
You guys don't do any sports at all right ? ^
MotoscuterZ 9 months ago
@MotoscuterZ We have lives, we just learn to balance work and play. When the time comes for our major exams, we study, because that's what matters then. I'd thank you to not make such presumptious comments about us. We do all kinds of sports, look at China's success, that's just one example. Do not generalised based on your culture's stereotypes of us, do you know us asian?
WoodenRoller 8 months ago
@MotoscuterZ We have lives, we just learn to balance work and play. When the time comes for our major exams, we study, because that's what matters then. I'd thank you to not make such presumptious comments about us. We do all kinds of sports, look at China's success, that's just one example. Do not generalise based on your culture's stereotypes of us, do you know us asian?
WoodenRoller 8 months ago
@WoodenRoller
China is an example. But I was talking about South Korea too :D
How about those ?
MotoscuterZ 8 months ago
so this is why koreans are so damn smart...
BigTailLover11 9 months ago
Even if you get into good university, get a high pay job, but you are not happy with your life, what's the point? I don't think Koreans want to study so hard but I think it's the pressure there...
Dancelover018 9 months ago
I don't mind having those korean textbooks :D
AlmostGoneMad 9 months ago
LOL..I am from HongKong. I think this is almost like HK's education system.We need to have 2 open examinations(HKCEE for Grade 10 students & A-Level for entering University) Some of the hard-working students,they will need to prepare the exam about 1-2years before.
I know that pressure we need to overcome.It's so hard to be a student nowadays..especially from Asia! :(
cyw27456192 9 months ago
와 신기해
MrCookiezm 9 months ago
whoa, thats kinda a little hectic ,
id die cause i dont even study period
but im pretty ok in school in the 90s range, if i came there i guess id be at like 54 D:
xoxoMADinLovexoxo 10 months ago
The solution is to realize that although the test is critically important, there are greater important things in life and other ways to be successful. If you look at a coin it's double sided and infinite amount of moves you can find within a small chess board.
fruitygumball 10 months ago
Hate Ministry of Education in Korea!!
we had to study from 6AM to next day 1 AM... just 3hour sleep!
though we studied that hard, I have to study one more year cause I failed the exam
last year!! FUCK MEK! FUCK EBS! you liar!
YiKyungWon 11 months ago
sorry my dear but that is nuts
SeldimSeen1 11 months ago
Dear Lord, working that much is insane! But as an american I take a little pleasure in knowing that you guys may work signifigantly more then me, but you are being raised as robots with no imagination and so having one I will (hopefully) have an edge. Though I do pity you at the same time and in regards to solutions to your ungodly work load I can only say that to change that you must change th culture and until you do so then I doubt anything seriously different will happen.
PloK00nsClone 11 months ago
I enjoy listening to your accent。You sound very fluent in English。(⌒▽⌒)
SmileAlwaysL 1 year ago
Don't throw all those books away! Recycle!!!
NekoMimi03 1 year ago 5
thats not healthy.........
virjel 1 year ago
Nice job! I'm your 100th Like =)
ablestmage 1 year ago
wow! very interesting. thanks for the video! :DD
jeitFRIGHT 1 year ago
Academics while important are not the base for success, the ability to use what you have learned and apply it to your job are what make you successful, therefore simply studying for 5 hours does not ensure success. In addition, being able to adapt, and have ingenuity is not a skill taught through a teacher or books, yet it is an essential one. Finally, the body needs 8 1/2 hours of sleep to have maximum retention, otherwise, you are just forgetting what you worked so hard to remember.
MotokenUchia 1 year ago 24
@MotokenUchia these are the flaws is see with a system that focuses only on retention of facts through study and memorization.
MotokenUchia 1 year ago
If you're Korean, and you're living in the U.S., then be thankful. Your parents worked their asses off to go to America for you to have a better life.
Korean schools are too harsh. Also VERY violent. Alot of bullying, and alot of studying. Too much stress. That's why Korea has one of the highest suicide rates
KellyKorean 1 year ago
i think hk students have a much more harder school life than their counterparts^_^
kary512729 1 year ago
I think that you cant work anybody too hard, school isn't life, I always have to remind myself that. So if you have a child/ young adult or if your a teacher do fun things, make those 10 hours go by fast! Oh and tell them just try your best, if you try your best thats all that madders. I love Korean and im learning the language but I have heard story's over there, thank god I live in America, God Bless America! ;)
towatchutube123 1 year ago
I have a Korean Algerbra teacher, and she teaches soo quckly,and dose'nt like it when we ask questions. Are most Korean teachers like that?
So I guess I should atleast study LOL
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chinscooper 1 year ago
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@kwells1111 most of korean teachers don't want to hear any questions from students (b/c they think it is a waste of their time) :p
so all you have to just study by yourself
chinscooper 1 year ago
Too many books!
2537mai 1 year ago
i'm korean...living in the U.S....and boy my parents..they make me study like if i was in korea...
TheSSPAA 1 year ago
@Astro3100 omg ! really?? I do not believe this happened,,
primad0nna90 1 year ago
School in korea is pretty damn crazy. I dont think i'd be able to handle such a scedule. in America, I take a lot of AP and Honors courses so generally, high school sucks big balls for me. however, some kids here have some deep, live of die problems and school does haft to take the back seat, on top of that, we do get the occasional, "i'd rather be stoned" student too. but thats why in middle school, you work hard to get into a good high school so you wont deal with those students.
GaspLuv 1 year ago
cute accent :)
MotoscuterZ 1 year ago
hey it certainly ain't normal, but if you can't do anything about it, stop ur complaining and live with it.
Arod920 1 year ago
im vietnamese, i want to be korean or japanese
choclatemarshmellowz 1 year ago
lol someone should add some subtitles :P
watermelonlover101 1 year ago
wow... why dont they save the books to other students later in the future?
TeresaGeeOh 1 year ago
@TeresaGeeOh I'm not hating but maybe it's because they update the books so that the kids don't fall behind, and perhaps their schools have better funding due to better student performances. This is only a guess though (really) since I hear Korea has a killer workaholic mentality when it comes to education.
SaiKoSeSu 1 year ago
NORTH KOREA = BEST KOREA
Kinkyl3oy 1 year ago
@Kinkyl3oy NOT NORTH!!! South korea!!
cable8m 1 year ago
malaysian school is not too tight like korean but its annoying studying here more that studying at korea.here,you only have 30 minutes for recess and also,you cannot play basketball or other sport during recess.food have to buy and you cannot bring phones and other electronic thing.about studying.for lower secondary school from mon,tues, and wed we come back at 2.00 while higher secondary school will vbe back 40 minutes after lower sec back.thurs,lower sec will be back at 4.00.fri 12.00.saturday
lylkimiseul 1 year ago
@lylkimiseul You should have been Korean. lol
SaiKoSeSu 1 year ago
@lylkimiseul Dammit! I meant to say that to redleader55yt. Sorry. haha
SaiKoSeSu 1 year ago
American education is lax if you wanna be lax about it and be a deadbeat. but if you take American education seriously, it is also pretty goddamn hard. I remember in high school I worked my ass off, took like 6 AP classes, and 2 college classes outside of class. It was insane man. I went from 7AM to 2AM, and slept 12 hours on the weekends. Also stuff like piano and volunteering to do man. But hey I got into a good college so I'm happy. But college is the same thing...more work.
redleader55yt 1 year ago
aww, that's too much...i have korean students also, 10-year olds stay up until 12mn! after school, they have to study in another english institute, then go for music lessons, math lessons, and do homework... no time to play...
nice8n 1 year ago
Intense!!!
I don't think that going to a good college or not really matters.
What matters is what you want to do with your life, then find a college that can help you achieve that goal.
Sure when people see you graduated from Harvard or any other fancy school it looks nice, but does it really matter? In the end a student from a average college who was pursuing the same major will know at least everything the one student from a "good" college does.
PunkStar6661 1 year ago
Oh wuaw. That seems really challenging, I'd like that in P.R.
But people are lazy, and choose the "easy way", by doing probably illegal things.
oishiininja 1 year ago
I'm a Korean living in America and I feel like this video was kind of uninformed about actualy American education.
She said that Americans take the SAT less seriously than Koreans do their entrance exam
Is that why I've take SAT classes for four years?
Also, I get four hours of sleep. If you take all A.P and honors classes, it's the same amount of work the Korean seniors do.
But seriously, poor Korean students...
raytardd 1 year ago
obama was talking " korean most Excellent student" but that's not true i'm korean, korea education is very fucking... korea high school student daily life: go to the school 8AM~studing~come back home 10PM. lee myung park fucking 이명박 씨발 좆까
ipx25302 1 year ago
All the praise and adoration must go to Korean education. They are the best at math and business. But I think more praise should go to their English education. It is so good that when Korean students travel abroad, they can only communicate with Koreans. Im sure all their cramming of just grammar will actually help them in conversation. Perhaps when they need to have some sort of important business deal-- ahhh! a translator will do because they couldn't be social in english.
kangsan2014 1 year ago
I study the same as they do. Im lucky if i can even get 5 hours of sleep. Yes im asian but i was born and raised in america and i go to school in america. I guess it depends what classes you take and rigority of them and also the way your teacher's give you work because I know that I often just get a bunch of work thrown at me.
[[ Im still only in high school]]
brokenkokor0 1 year ago
that is too bad... but it's all about culture and getting used to... ^^
meredith030 1 year ago
Thank you for this insightful video. I doubt anyone can come up with any workable solution. This is the way it has been for as long as I can remember. I feel terribly about the situation for the high school students and now middle school even.... I do think there should be some balance in everyone's life and definitely need to make sure students are getting enough rest so they stay healthy mentally and physically.
tkranutley 1 year ago
UBA UBA CHONG CHINGUA HANGOOK SARAN! LOLZ funny!
mglchono 1 year ago
Does it cost money to go to college in Korea, or does the government pay for it?
'Cause I'd rather study like crazy like that for three years than have to spend thirty years of WORKING like that to pay off student loans.
Alanna77 1 year ago
um US and Korea are the countrys that have the most expensive college tuition in the world, because the government hardly pays for them. The yearly tuition in a korean university (4 year program) costs about 7000-10000 US dollars.
tokee1234567 1 year ago
damnn... u.s. doesn't even take it that serious.... the test werent even that hard and they got like 2-4 chances of retaking it to get better score or to pass......
no wonder asians(that actually live in asia) are smart lol
freaky2ployboiiz 1 year ago
Training of monkey
JAPANESE442 1 year ago
Korean Television is the best
But Korean Education is load of shit
diskzokej 1 year ago 2
lol straight out the textbooks engrishs
crapola1234567 1 year ago 2
Christ, the education system in South East Asian is fucked up. Teenagers are the one age group who needs the most sleep yet they get the least. This is why their education system still fails to beat their western counterparts. They make these kids into slaves, and by the time they're done, they have nothing left of their creativity. It's why Japan and Korea don't really invent ground breaking technologies, they simply take what's out there and try to make it better.
HwarangOfFaith 1 year ago 5
wow this is so completely different from california, they're like polar opposites. I remember my freshman year we would get out every wednesday at 12 pm and go in at 8 am basically that was it for school the rest of the day we would kick it at the mall. we had it made
cathefeline 1 year ago
so true mate. so what if im top of my class? so what if i go into med school? so what if i actually become a doctor? i wouldn't be happy if i realized i wasted half my life away just for a lousy Dr. term in front of my name....
happiness isn't a material that can be achieved in superficiality. money, reputation... why do people strive so hard for that shit and live their whole lives miserably?
great vid, simple but good.
jjproductions5 2 years ago 3
it's not true that all of students in korea
study hard
i know half of them are just sleep at
school =] because i was one of them
anyway don't think all of korean
students are slavery of study
fantasy2177 2 years ago 2
why dont you compare to American kids buddy? Korean students are! slaves of study -_-
ParkHeeCheon 1 year ago
not only that but i heard that the teachers there in Korea hit the students =O
SparkyFlary 2 years ago
oh man that sucks...there is more into life then books. There are other ways to become successful.
aleida204 2 years ago 5
in our country the books we used for studying are reused...but the schedule is still the same...sometimes we do not sleep, because we need to finish other projects and paperworks.....
genilene15 2 years ago
In Vietnam there's no weekend, we've to go to school on Saturday, and on Sunday most of them go to extra class to get extra study and get extra help from their teacher! There's no time to rest or watching tv, if they being lazy their parents and teachers would hit them to death or kill them! Thank you for bring me here!
vth56 2 years ago
Study from 8 to 11? u kidding? Do u even live
at Korea? Koreans in Korea study from 7am-3am ...
rlaguddms123 2 years ago 6
SAY WAT? 7am-3am...WHOLE DAY? O.O
RocketCRO 2 years ago
님아영어요........콩글리쉬
132mcdonalds 2 years ago
i think i would snap if i had to study that long
starman905 2 years ago 14
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ny2728 2 years ago
compared to the student life here in u.s, korea's student life is a fucking hell on earth. I talk to my cousin who lives in korea all the time. shes in 2nd year of highschool and all she does is wake up, go to school, go to cram school, go to another cram school after that, get home at around 11pm, do hw, sleep for 2-3 hours. and then repeat the process everyday.
yksong94 2 years ago 5
the school life is pretty much same for all the asian countries (mostly east asian), which includes china japan india and few more. an elementary kid in india comitted suicide due to his low grade.
evergreendk 2 years ago 3
yea really its tough life over there. people are crazy. i mean i went to school in korea but i never studied like that. crazy. their levels of expectation is so much higher than us. like what im learning in highschool, they already learned in elementary and middle school.
yksong94 2 years ago
@yksong94 -Wow, that almost sounds like a college student's schedule (not all college students live like this, though, lol). How does your cousin not become physically sick, functioning on only a couple of hours of sleep a night? Teenagers need, like, 9 hours at least...
albinoshira 2 years ago
i know. its crazy. thats why theres such a high suicide rate among students in korea. cuz stress causes them to be depressed. i dont think id be able to survive there.
yksong94 2 years ago 7
Jeez, high suicide rates just like Japan...what is it with the Asian countries and school? I've never heard of this happening elsewhere in the world. :/
albinoshira 2 years ago
PAPERS! lol
Shadowkiller013 2 years ago
aw that kids poem is so cute "i have no spaceship" ^,^
damn you kids have crazy self-discipline. I'm halfway though my course at uni and I can't do more than a fortnight of 3hrs of sleep per night. by the end i'm a sobbing mess. sucks that you have to work so hard though. but at least you'll have a better chance at working overseas.
lindibear 2 years ago 2
Korea is hell for students. Crappy hagwons, economic polarization in education, FUCKING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, teachers who participated in the Vietnam War (Very old), and unemployment for the bottom 99%. I want to get off my country, but it's the only country where I feel at home. I really wish that the educational systems improve.
younghyun1 2 years ago 4
its the same everywhere in ASIA man
except 99% is exaggerated
more like 90%
PRCForever 2 years ago
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korea = a nation of beggars , cowards , thieves , whores ,barbarians,mentals and cockroaches .
bugbuglai 2 years ago
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sol1991los 2 years ago
@bugbuglai
sooo... why do you think that?
Can you back up your assumptions??
If so, then reply with an educated comment.
Only then we can have an intellectual conversation.
sol1991los 2 years ago 2
dang thats alot of paper
12434565454 2 years ago
왜 이걸 올리는건지 ;;
ldy900402 2 years ago 6
there really hard in their stdy...
n0 wonder they r g00din education..
chaiy0k u all!!!!
maryam92mza 2 years ago
and to top it off, there's school on saturdays
supatoker420 2 years ago
Seriously
I dont want to go to high school
the korean education system is f*cked up
No wonder kids here like to beat the sheeit out of eachother.
Because they are stressed from study
and getting only 3 hours of sleep
cocoapuffy36 2 years ago 4
i totally agree! most korean people spend their lives by studying. I am 22 and my student's age is 39.. they study english really hard.. but i love korea. :)
junkim1986 2 years ago
PLEASE HELP US..ㅠㅠ..
sakeikoku 2 years ago 4
Hello. I am not Korean but i love to learn about your culture & language music & food :) !
I want to learn you guys lifestyle too.
So far it looks pretty hard buh i really like the video :D
lildevilxxangel 2 years ago 36
You guys seem to study really hard.. compared to well.. me cause i can't speak for others in america, but i just slack off at school . you can tell by my videos, i have two videos of me in class.. one of playing cards and one of us acting out romeo and juliet.. sort of. We're lazy. :|
Jexclusivee 2 years ago
they even made the elementary kids get prepared for the "test" D:
skittlesoticxbby 2 years ago
If the kiddies score too low they get screamed at by their teachers and beaten by the parents. They are nothing but abused kids. So Korea has one of the highest suicide rates and have a huge drinking problem. There is no happiness there.
elvisghost100 2 years ago
Koreans are number one! :D
sniperx29x 2 years ago 4
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Koreans suck. Japanese kicked your ass and now us Americans own you.
elvisghost100 2 years ago
I was joking genius!
sniperx29x 2 years ago
그렇게 공부하고도 영어가 요따구니 참 슬플 뿐이죠
runhany 2 years ago 5
getting into a good college doesn't mean you're going to be successful. Do ALL Harvard students become successful? --> no.
erikamarch1993 2 years ago 30
@erikamarch1993 universities in korea are different then it is in the states. In korea, university studies are WAY WAY WAY easier then they are in high school. The only thing thats hard is to GET INTO universities in korea. in Canada or the States, tgetting into universities are not too difficult, but trying to get your degree is tough
chlgkswo 1 year ago
@erikamarch1993
that's in america.
in korea it sorta does mean you're becoming successful
at least you're RECOGNIZED by the public
amyrich2008 1 year ago
@erikamarch1993 For Americans, going to a top-notch university does not guarantee success, as you say. However, in Korea, going to a top-notch university absolutely guarantees success as an adult. The system in Korea is different from the one in the US.
fustiancorduroy 1 year ago
That's way too much studying.
erikamarch1993 2 years ago
now i know why few koreans go abroad just to study college
hagkot 2 years ago
Compulsory afterschool lessons??!!! What for?! I am fromSlovakia,and have been just accepted to university , I took class from 8 morning to2 in the afternoon and noone would ever make me stay at school longer!! in Slovakia we write tests and are usually checked in front of the blackboard, like an oral exam,-is it common for the other speaking students??? what happens if a Korean student is not accepted to any university???
Darkneya 2 years ago
actually every student can go to college if they want coz there r many college in korea but every students want to go to good college. this is the problem. we should compete with other korean students so every students have to study hard. korean goverment should change this sickin tired edu system. but it is very difficult and i think it is impossilble
j1217h 2 years ago
thanks for making this clear to me :)
but... what exactly defines the word "good"college? good reputation?good preparation for job?I hope its not like your future employer accepts you or not according to the "good" school in your CV???but it happens everywhere..
Darkneya 2 years ago
good college means.. like ivy league in US. we also have a college rank and if someone got a good univ diploma it has meaning which is big in korean society
yes it happens everywhere.
if you really want to know why, you have to understand korean society. for instance, human resource is most important in our industry and Korean parents are very zealous for the education of their children
for this reason, students have to study hard i think
j1217h 2 years ago
they got stress and other ppl look down on them, thier parents mad or sad, they feel bad about themself, some even kill them self that wat u get when fail the test to the college in Vietnam (i thinh it's the same thing for korean)
vth56 2 years ago 5
LOL .... as i see korean high schools are not hard...... But crazy (sorry). Maybe some of students got in a great college because they were lucky when they sat the exam (X_x)... So I'm french and i'm proud to be in France, we dont have to study like that because of our education system.
getting in a college depends of the exam ( a bit) but it depends even more of how we worked in the past 2 years. sorry for my bad english ....
AZNdeeM 2 years ago 2
wow! that was hard. i'm from philippines.. i'm just 16 yrs. old and now in 1st year COLLEGE.. i dont understand why some korean high school students have a higher age? like some are 19.18. maybe korean middle school students and filipino high school students have the same age.. not so sure aout that though.. =]
princessyuno15 2 years ago
yeah right, I agree with your opinion in some ways cuz u know, I graduated Korean highschool just like you. but right, there're so many problems in korean education as you said. i hope that you would upload some videos about good sides in Korean education someday.
dowdingh 2 years ago
they study from 8 to 11? In singapore we study from 7 to 2pm. and we have to attend compalsury after school activities which is about 2 h only. but most of the students dont take studying so seriously like the korean does . thats why a lot of rebelion students are found in our secondary school ( for other countries its high school. i love koreans :]
MiaReduce 2 years ago
i'm a korean high school student. i hate my routine.
aliceXXXmika 2 years ago
dats how krn high skoolz r like??
im only in midde skool so i pretty much dont know anything:(
chitownpeepz 2 years ago
yes that's so true.. they study a lot. my studens told me that they should study a lot in high school in order to enter a better university. i feel so sad for them. they are like a machine or a robot, all they need to do is to study, study snd study. one of our korean high school student had suicide because she can'tbear it anymore.. their parents always forced them to study!!!!i feel so sad for korean high school students!! :(
zilelknihc 2 years ago
People really need to understand that money does not equal happiness, and a good college does not equal success. The only reason you should want money is because you don't have to worry about it. If you get greedy, you'll be unsatisfied your whole life because you're constantly wanting more than you need. In the real world, you get by on your character and abilities rather than a big name college degree. Sure, it helps. But it doesn't make or break your life. Your fate and happiness is up to you
chocotwilight 2 years ago 4
Yeap. This is so sad !! --- Korean students study and study until they break, many have mental crisis. Even if they get into a good college these-days doesn't mean they'll get a good job because there's so much competition in Korea. It's really horrible, many students study until 2 or 3am every night --- It's really sick. (& I know this because my boyfriend is Korean! & so are many of my friends .. ) --
KateLove21 2 years ago
공부를 무지재밌게하는 학생들 . . .
BeRabbito 2 years ago
Love Korean Student life. Can u post more vídeos like it please?
DamienNightmarish 2 years ago
WOW this is a nice clip you made, i wish all the success for your hard work and hope you do great with your studies.
I heard education is a bit harsh on students in Korea, is it true teachers physically beat the students?
darrenn89 2 years ago
IMO it's not the education system but the parents thats the problem. more and more are forcing their children to work and more and more are going abroard to US and EU.
on the other hand you can't really blame them , since they only want whats best for their children. it is true that studying hard is the best method to get lots of money later on, which is why most parents make their children work so hard. But they should really take a step back...
any gl to all fellow skorean students :P
yhkim12 2 years ago
Why are u crying? T_T
jieunnnnnn 2 years ago
personally i think many korean lives is the same. im not saying there is no fun, but there isnt enough.
go to elementry, get the basics, some may start to study for middle school
go to middle, study for high school
go to high school, study like hell to get good grades on test and go to a good college
go to college, study for your profession
go to wanted profession, working for the majority of your life until retirement
go to retire, relax and pass away
blizzard480 2 years ago 4
thts basically the life of the majourity of the world expect in some LEDCs
yhkim12 2 years ago
yah agree..haha
Alast0r 2 years ago
:-[)
scoutfay2 2 years ago
sadly, going to "good college" doesn't guarantee their so called happiness anymore....
this is future of america tbh....maybe future of the world if there is one..
pasak1987 2 years ago 2
Do most students really study from 7am to 11pm or is it just the best? Around here (in Scandinavia) most students go to school from 8am to 4pm and 1-2 hours of homework after that, but some people put in much more effort and study much longer. Is it the same in South Korea or is it normal for everyone to study 15 hours a day or so?
ziqueez 2 years ago
Childhood days ..wasted on stressful studies which are useless ..waste of brain memory space ..and time ........
shinkenzou 2 years ago 8
I think if us american kids were pused like this we would be better off!I am a american girl and I believe this
Onlygodknows890 2 years ago
Holy shit, That's PFLHS. I used to go there. It was a fucking harsh time but now I miss a lot. Too much of studying might drive me crazy, however it was the best moment for me that ever never happen.
BSsannamja 2 years ago
It depends. In the US, high school life may not be as stressful - but once you get into college, it makes your high school life look like a joy ride. Depending on your major, you can literally study 24 hours a day. Students here take what's called a "caffeine pill" to keep them awake. To make things worse, some high schools here can be pretty tough as well. Interestingly enough, most of those tough high schools are majority Asians.
dantestein 2 years ago 3
Korea's education sytem is sucks..I'm gonna be a high school student in this year and I'm really stressed now. It's getting harder and harder to go to Universities in seoul. I wanna learn piano in this vacation but my dad said to me "Hey, are you CRAZY? if you want ruin your life, then you can learn piano." how sucks! I wanna die seriously...
IcaneeyourBreath 2 years ago 3
So korean education system is shit or korean children haven't any talent? In countries like Japan, Taiwan etc we have more freedom. I think Finnish education is BEST! Koreans work like slaves and they still don't have the best marks everywhere. Besides, best at school isn't equal to best at society. Creativity and innovation can be trained but not like that. Entreprenorship can't be learned. Poor koreans. What's the final goal of hard-working? Happiness of course. Koreans don't realize it. LMAO
LChinese1991 2 years ago 2
god... korean education system is so fucked up, this is no way for kids to live...
the only solution to this problem is if all the students in korea have start a revolution and directly take it to the streets and to the government....
it would take the whole nation to come up with a healthier and more efficient way of education these poor kids than stuffing useless shit into their brain 19 hours per day just to pass some fuckin test.
HwarangOfFaith 2 years ago 6
=[ Too much expectation... I live in the USA and I think my parents expectation of me is high enough but I think this is outragous and very, very stressful. *sigh* There goes childhood.
MoonnyDYang 3 years ago 6
This makes me glad to be american and live in America, having the opportunity to attend college and still maintain a healthy lifestyle during high school is GREAT !
DrTony17 3 years ago 5
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navyman4 3 years ago
and this is the reason why there is so much anti-american sentiment among koreans. you are a fucking disgrace to americans.
sugarkang 3 years ago 5
Whoa Whoa Whoa...........I appologize. I was drunk when I wrote this. I really LOVE Korean women. I have always been curious about their culture and their beauty.
navyman4 3 years ago
oh how fucking convenient for you. that's as pathetic as people that say "i'm not racist, i have black friends." shut the fuck up and own up to your shit.
sugarkang 3 years ago
Oh well, I erased the message. And you are right....I hate when people do that to us. Sorry.
navyman4 3 years ago 3
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technically, these days, every students can enter college as long as they can afford tuition. But if you graduate jusy medicore college, you fail to get a job, which probably pushes you to be jobless doing nothing. Eventually, the life will be miserable.
approbation87 3 years ago
I personally went through this test as well, perhaps 7years ago. I think the problem in Korea is that those senior students are studying hard to get in to the tertiary education even when they don't really have any interest in academic Studies because of the expectation of good job as their future career. After growing up, I found that this kind of thing which is a norm in my country not a norm in anywhere in the world. This country is just full of fucked up crazy people obsessed to money.
lullabylullaby82 3 years ago 4
Yeah this was my life in korea too
jetplain1919 3 years ago