S. Korean Students Get Attitude Change

CHAN:
It's time for the annual summer break in South Korea. Instead of spending time in malls or hanging out with friends, some students are spending it in quite a rigorous environment. Let's take a look at how these students trek and trudge though some pretty difficult ordeals.
STORY:
These kids never thought they'd be here for slacking off in school. 30 students are braving the summer heat to change their bad attitudes.

High-schoolers as young as 17 years-old attend this marine-run boot camp. Organizers hope to inspire the students to become better people.

The camp aims to test their physical endurance through activities such as wrestling, jungle trekking, and team events under the close watch of trainers from the South Korean Marine Corps.

[Cho Yeon-hee, 17 Years-Old]:
"I'm tired to death. I do want to go back home, but I have to stay because it was my decision to come here."

A school teacher, who brought his students to the camp, says it's good experience not only for the students, but also for himself as a teacher.

[Lee Young-jae, High School Teacher]:
"I found out characteristics of my student that I did not know before. I am glad to get close to them by training right next to them."

The students also wrestled in mud and learned how to inflate and ride rubber boats.

But they leave with valuable life lessons that are sometimes hard to learn.

[Cho Sung-bin, 17 Years-Old]:
"'I can do it.' 'I do not know impossibility.' I will keep these words in my mind when I go home."

The South Korean Marine Corps has been running the boot camps since 1997 and trained more than 30-thousand civilians.

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[Commiessux]

American Marine Corps should do the same....

[irelandrocks2]

whats stupid about it? it clearly works

[AllHailHetalia]

@Pittimus84 Not all of us! ... just sadly most TT-TT... And it hurts trying to set an example for them...

[11wraith11]

hmmm communist training camp or troubled youth rehab

[looxgood]

I went through that back in 1988 - it was soooo much fun. It was hard, but I have a fond memory of that.

[irelandrocks2]

same, looks hard but fun

[thedavidarts]

yes it does

if i lived in korea

i would go just for me

not that i need to be disiplined =]

[Commiessux]

._.

[dilliondemand]

"bite me" lol.

[Commiessux]

nothing was funny about your comment.......

[Pittimus84]

Yeah America's youth now a days is just piss poor in a overall aspect