"Education System in Korea"  

As a student who has went to a Korean public school for 9years and went to an international school for my last 2 years(junior&senior)...it was a totally different life. Couldn't even compare...

This is when someone grows up in Korea and feels that even if he works hard in Korea, he can't become the best. And those are the words of a person who feels that no matter how hard he tries, things aren’t going well. But when I went abroad and looked at the situation in other countries, the gap between the rich and the poor is even worse. Wherever people live, there are social problems.

The contrast between the crowd and the panel are intense. Some are sleeping, some are sitting on their phones, you might as well just not show up? Why attend if you're not there anyways?

It's similar in China and Japan as well. The standardized exam in high school dictates what universities you can get into and essentially dictates your future. This is why the suicide rate is so astronomical. There are a lot of kids that go crazy from the academic pressure that they end up taking their own lives and there's no escape because you're expected to follow the same linear path as everyone else.

I find it funny that in this type of situation, you go to school for 15 hours a day for x amount of years, go to college and become a nurse. Where as America you go thru school without much care in the world, bust your ass in college and become a nurse. The end goals are the same but the journeys are far and different. I've worked with several Korean nurses, and I can definitely agree they have to have everything PERFECT, They have to do their best even when the best is already achieved.

I found this very interesting bacause i am interested about Korea and want to learn more about their culture and traditions, their way of life as students, businessmen, entertainers, the wealthy and even those under the poverty threshold.

Professor is AWESOME

The audience demonstrates the difference here...bored, sleeping, on the cellphone, very little interest, filing nails... The value of education is taken for granted.

There's 1 thing i realized when i watch the documentary where 2 student from UK, go to SK just to experience the student lifestyle.. the subject they teach in SK more "advance" from ours. For example, the math curriculum they teach for mid schoolers, is the same curriculum that is taught to high school students in my country..

Born in Korea and lived almost 30years in Korea. Became a construction engineer after University, education process was hard as hell but work was beyond imagination. Had to get in the fields before 7am and usually worked till midnight. What, usually 15hrs a day and one day off in two weeks if I’m lucky, had no off for two months. There was a guy in a different field, no day off for six months. Fixed salary, no extra pay unless you work for really big companies.

And that is why I am glad my ancestors came over to America from Okinawa/Japan. There’s no way I could survive an Asian school. They attend school 6 days a week!

This perfectly explains why the birth rate in South Korea is soooo low. 😅 Actually they have the lowest birth rate in the world….

Did he just say they study till 2 or 3 in the morning? Shit

Wow. Very enlightening video

Fun fact about Joseon - In both Chinese and Japanese, "Joseon" (北朝鮮 - "Bei Chaoxian" in Mandarin, "Kita Chosen" in Japanese - "North Joseon") is used for North Korea while "Hanguk" (韓國 - "Hanguo" in Mandarin, "Kankoku" in Japanese - "Country of the Han" [N.B. The Korean ethnicity is 韓, the Han Chinese ethnicity is 漢] is used for South Korea. I assume that this is because the DPRK also uses "Joseon" (조선) in its county's name as well as for South Korea (Nam Joseon, "Nam" meaning "South") while South Korea uses 韓 for both (Buk Han, "Buk" meaning "North"). In English, we just go with an earlier dynasty (고려 - Goryeo) even though it was Joseon, not Goryeo, that was in existence when the West encountered Korea. I think it is odd since it is likely that at that time, both the Chinese and the Japanese probably referred to Korea as "Joseon" (BTW, Chinese pronunciation is why Japan is "Japan" in English - the Mandarin pronunciation of 日本 is "riben" [pronounce the "ri" sort of like "zher"] whereas the Japanese pronunciation is "Nihon"). This has nothing to do with cram school.

Very interesting!

Very interesting

That explains why JiMin only got 2 hours of sleep everyday

BUT, THE SINCERITY AND GESTURE FOR HARD WORK==> IS SOMETHING TOO FANTASTIC WITH KOREAN PEOPLE, KOREAN CULTURE AND AS A WHOLE-KOREAN SOCIETY. BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE IS QUITE SINCERE TO HIS OR HER ASSIGNMENT- IT HAS AUTOMATICALLY INFUSES STRESS ON HIS OR HER MIND ==> SUBSEQUENTLY KOREAN PEOPLE ARE TOO SERIOUS ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE !!

m from Korea. the prof is basically trying to say the Korean education system sucks and I agree.

Korea did not start from Joseon dynasty, but it is the dynasty before the Japanese colonization for 500 years

So... S korean students who went trough Korean public school + massive amounts of cram time at hagwon and a S. Korean student who just went to what sounds like a chill international school ended up at the same university. Perhaps that tells us something about the effectiveness and quality of Hagwons and the S. Korean education system? As to S. korea being safe- how about asking the girls that, then there might be some comment about the disturbingly common rape culture in S. Korea.

They are Koreans and can speak English very well, but they can't explain exactly what is happening regarding the education in S.Korea. They can just simply say that after school they have to attend some academy/extra class/special class to be competitive.

3:29 To add more information to that, my generation of Korean high school education. the public school started at 7am to 11pm we also went to school on the weekends and holidays. of course no summer vacation or winter vacation. So even tho you study 14 hrs a day without weekend nor holidays. it is just less than the average. because we went to Hakwon until 2 or 3 am. We've got to sleep only 3 hours a day and spending rest of our life in studying for the university. Lots of student suicided, overstressed. You have to cut your hair by regulation of the school. No freedom was allowed. My school rule was 15mm length for men student. for girls 15cm from the ear level was the regulation. ofc if you don't follow, teachers were allowed to hit you anyhow. So Hellchosun started we have gone through hell already. even when you apply for a job. there is always someone who would sacrifice themselves to win the position. so if you want to have a life then it is hard to get a job. cuz there is always someone who throw away their lives to win the position. that is where hell chosun word has started.

Yeah of course you can try to balance sports and study,but reality is that if you do so you are not able to get into a good college and probably end up getting a job which can only survive and not able to save any money

Hearing students saying "LIKE" every 5 words ...

This is no kidding

By the way people are reporting putting out 50-300 applications, but getting 2 interviews, we aren't far from hagwons becoming a thing.

Born and living in korea as of korean is literal endless grinding☠☠

The most important question.. when do they learn Star Craft? :P

10:49 WTH

This is the number of times she said "like" in the whole video 👇

What’s the broader context of this clip? What is the professor’s point? Is this meant to extol the virtues of Korean education? Is it meant to deride this obsessive culture? Is it meant to compare this to the US system? What is the thesis?

A great topic, but pretty protracted and dragging to watch this panel. Can't get straight, concise answers to basic questions like "how old were you?" Hagwons have morphed from standard after-school tutoring places to a life-trajectory-defining mechanism and industry that work in conjunction with regular education, all for the simple aim to try to give one child a competitive edge over the other. Also, "Hell Joseon" and preparation for getting ahead starts at birth, not just school age.

Socialisim explaine America's diffrence's when & why

10:49 wtf is up with 26?

like, like, like, like, like.

Isn't that one guy the tailback for your football team ?? 🥴

I really enjoy the content of these lectures but it annoys the crap out of me when every second word out of someone's mouth is "like....like". It makes it very difficult to listen to.

No wonder why the SK birth rate is the lowest in the world and still falling. The grind doesn't leave time for a family.

Is dog eating preparation a major there?

11:42 a student feels like is really hard to wake up at 4 AM to start learning.. :)

Korea needs to prioritize what is actually important in life. There are some serious problems with Asian culture.

Stop saying like, like, like, please... and this is typically Korean, the discourse is wholly led by the professor and the students are just 'like' being passive/responsive 'like' he is 'like' the boss 'like' they 'like' just 'like' follow the professor's lead I think they could have talked more of their own personal views and experiences and not just go along with the professor's preset agenda

I had to skip over the second girl. Like, like, like. Every third word. It makes you sound so dumb when you use like so much. Use a pause or maybe uh instead.

Could be like the USA-ask the any person walking down the street what year did the 1812 war occur. No idea. Ask them how many states in the USA-no clue. I have lived in Korea. People are intelligent snd many play sports. And yes there is theater in Korea.

I am sorry but this conference was meaningless. This is entirely boushiit as we don't open Hackwon earlier morning before school lol. Why do both guys distort the reality of education in Korea?? This is a hilarious generalization. We don't go Hackwon three times a day because no one think that is efficient way in Korea lol. Just debating with the blinded who haven't been engaged in real Korean education lol. There are stronger legislationin Korea to moderate those absurd dealt with from the issues because there is "absolutely" also an alertness about excessive competition in education.

This is the advice I want to give to young adults. Please don’t say “like” in every sentence. Please learn how to speak properly.

Why is this guy obsessed with Asia and Asians...

Second gurl talk like valley gurl.too much “like”

Whats with today's youth with the use of the word like like like. Listening to a Korean i would never thought the word would be used so fricken much. My brain is getting tormented. I guess she's americanized. Even that one student asking a question used like too much. You know like used too much like answering questions like asking question like examples like it's my opinion, then don't like me, like me