A number of measures to help students concentrate are taken during the annual event such as closing the country’s airspace and delaying the opening of the stock market.
That is what thinking of the children really looks like. Here in the US we just make stupid age verification laws for porn sites like it is going to make porn hard for teenagers to get.
from what one hears about the pressure of these exams, i dont think the reasons for those measures are as wholesome as assumed in this comment.
these exams are amongst the most competitive in the world and their outcome provides only a single window which dictates the rest of your life. that is not a system worth boasting about.
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.
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.
That is what thinking of the children really looks like. Here in the US we just make stupid age verification laws for porn sites like it is going to make porn hard for teenagers to get.
from what one hears about the pressure of these exams, i dont think the reasons for those measures are as wholesome as assumed in this comment.
these exams are amongst the most competitive in the world and their outcome provides only a single window which dictates the rest of your life. that is not a system worth boasting about.
The thinking of the children part happens after their suicide/mental breakdowns
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.
The government is banning the after school cram school though. But everyone is still doing it anyway. 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.
True. That’s cultural… the government can control this very little I think…
These particular measures are dumb, though.
Yeah no thanks, I’ll pass on that kind of testing culture.
More like South Korea is desperate to keep up with nations like the US.