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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 73 points 9 months ago

That is what thinking of the children really looks like.

Lol sorry, but no. Korean educational culture is absolutely not about "thinking of the children". It is completely normal in Korea for kids to go to their regular school, then go to multiple hours of hagwon, and then have their homework and study to do. Being severely sleep-deprived is very common.

Then there's the stress caused by these exams. Yeah they do all those things to help give students the maximum ability to focus, but that's only necessary because of how much pressure is riding on the results of these exams. University placements are even more important in Korea than they are in America, which from my perspective seems to itself have far more significance than which university you go to here in Australia.

[-] andy_wijaya_med@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

The government is banning the after school cram school though. But everyone is still doing it anyway. It's a society's problem.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

It's a society's problem.

Oh sure, hagwon is a societal problem in Korea, but it's a problem that stems from how highly competitive the whole education system is, which in turn stems from the very patriarchal culture where companies highly respect some unis and not so much others, as well as the high degree of personal value derived from where and how hard you work. It's a much deeper issue than merely hagwon itself.

[-] andy_wijaya_med@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

True. That's cultural.. the government can control this very little I think..

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