Introduction
Hello, we are Sara, Marina and Aida and our project is
about Education in South Korea. We decided to do this project when we saw a
documental about their life and we thought that it could be interesting.
How is student life
In South Korea education is very important. The
students think that if they study a lot, when they become adults they will have
a very good job. Their education is concentrated only in studying all the time.
There are children that while they’re sleeping, their
parents put on a CD of different lessons, so that the children learn a little
bit more while they fall asleep.
The children are surprised when they see that the
European students play more than study, because they don’t ever play.
The adolescents think that they have got more pressure
when they think about their future.
Discipline
When the children are little they do military service to behave
better in the school and to get more discipline. They do this military service
because it helps them for the access exams to go to university.
How many hours they
study?
South Korean students study around 19 hours a day, between public school
and private classes. They start their classes at 7.30 am and they finish them at
6.pm. After that they do a lot of private classes and they finish all at
approximately 1.00 am. They only sleep 5 hours at day. The parents of the
students think that time is gold and they have to study all the hours possible.
What is better, private
school or public school?
The South Korean mothers think that in public schools their children
don't learn and so that they have got a good future, they have to sleep only 5
hours at day. The adolescents study around 50 and 70 hours a week, between in
public school and private classes.
Private classes
The students are obsessed with private classes. The parents pay around
3.500€ every month for them. They think that education is the most important
expenditure. Only one class cost 1000€.
The job of the majority of South Koreans is do private classes.
Pro’s
70 years ago, 7 of 10 people were illiterate and the society decided to
make a change and now there aren't many illiterate people. Thanks to that,
South Korea is the 13th strongest country in the world
The South Koreans are 3rd in maths, 2nd in
reading, 4th in science and 1st in resolution of mathematics problems.
Consequences
The adolescents suffer more from schooling; for example, depression
stress and sleep disorders. Every month there are 1000 people in treatment.
These people have attempted suicide a lot of times because they think that education
manipulates them. When they tell to their family and their friends that they
don't like study, they suffer bullying. They become mentally ill.
According to a study, in 2009, 202 South Korean students of primary,
secondary and university committed suicide. Double than the year before.
Conclusion
On the one hand, we are disappointed with this system
education because the children don’t have time to enjoy and they lost all their
childhood. They only study all day and don’t relate to each other because they
never have time.
On the other hand, we think that their education is
better than our education and they are more intelligent than us because they
study more time.
