How I see our educational system
President Obama has once praised Korea's educational system. He mentioned about the amount of the school hours and Koreans' great interest in education. It is clear that Korean students study more than students of any other country, but I don't think that means our educational system is on the right track. I'd like to see some changes in our educational system and one of them is the competitive atmosphere in education. All Koreans think of is to get high grades at school and have success. That is the typical form of getting successful here: to get a high score, to go to a higher level university, to get a good job. Of course competive mind makes improvement, but it becomes a problem when it's all one could think of and all parents want from their child. When I was at high school, one of our students killed herself after the mock exam. We don't know the specific reason of her death, but we could assume that it might have been because of the pressure of the exam. Also, one of the students from KAIST committed suicide by his stress caused by the scholarship problem cut by grade. He might have not gotten out of the box when his head was full of grading and competition. Some say that it was totally his fault being weak, but that is the student made from our society. We tend to think of only getting better grades than others. Few think about themselves, or what they would really like to learn. Korean students study even on weekends, but they are actually forced by the society. They don't have time to think about other things than studying. Parents and teachers tell them studying will find their way. Would getting good grades make success eventually? I doubt it if studying was forced by competitive atmosphere and prevailed over finding one's meaning in life.
Hi this is Da-hyun Yang and it was intersting to read your writing because your idea is similar to mine. I like giving example accidents which happed near you and KAIST because it shows exetremely there are still many problem to our education system. But, it was little bit wierd to read this sentence ;All Koreans think of is to get high grades at school and have success. It would be better if you change this sentence a litte bit. Thank you !
ReplyDeleteHi, my name it Kyeong-eun Lee. Your writing was good to read because it contains the specific reasons why you think we Koreans need to change the educational system. And the introduction of Obama's interest in Korean educational system was good to attract my eyes. But I think your writing would be better if you add the way how you want the system changed -- because your writing now has the reasons you think it's wrong. But your writing was overally good. Thank you.
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