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SUNEUNG (college entrance exam)

Life of a 14 year-old in South Korea

Imortance of High school

6:30 am: Wake up and go to school

7:20 am-4:00 pm: School

4:30 pm: Educational Institute

6:30 pm: Sleep at educational institute

8:00 pm: Return home and dinner

9:00-10:30 pm: English tutoring at home

11:00 pm: Do homework

1:00 am: Go to bed

High school underclassmen cheer for their seniors in front of a college entrance examination hall before the test begins in Seoul. Despite the encouragement and enthusiasm immediately before the exam, many steps are taken to ensure test takers are not disturbed during the test. The stock market opens an hour later, flights do not land during listening portions of the test, and no one can park within 200 feet of a testing center.

Hagwon

  • The high school students attend will affect their chances of admission to university (daehakgyo).
  • There is huge competition to get into a top ranked high school
  • 95% of the middle schoolers attend after-school tutoring agencies known as hagwon
  • Their high school grades also play a major role in admission to a renowned university.
  • Students are under tremendous pressure of doing well in high school.

Suicide in South Korea

Top Universities (Daehak) : SKY

Conclusion

SCHOOL VIOLENCE

According to 2012 National School Violence Survey conducted by the Foundation for Preventing Youth Violence, or FPYV, about 12.0% of 5540 students surveyed answered that they have been bullied, 12.6% stated that they have bullied, and 40.8% of the students claimed that school violence was extremely severe.

Another survey of 4.5 million students conducted by the Korean Ministry of Education reported that about 63.6% of bullying occurred during school hours, 50.0% of which occurred in the classrooms, during break. The reason behind school violence was not too profound: about 40.0% of the assailants surveyed responded that they bullied with no reason at all or just for fun.

According to CNN, "South Korea's suicide rate among youth increased by 57% in 2011, compared to 2001" and "bullying is one of the causes known to contribute to South Korea's extremely high youth suicide rate." With the increase in number of students who'd experienced serious pain from bullying, the number of students who had considered suicide due to school violence has also increased. In 2011, 31.4% replied to have attempted or have considered suicide after being bullied. In 2012, the rate rocketed to about 44.7%.

South Korean School System

  • Primary school (chodeung hakgyo)
  • Middle school (jung hakgyo)
  • High school (godeung hakgyo)

Is the South Korean

Education system unhealthy? Does it value rote memorization over creativity?

Mothers and grandmothers pray for their family member's success at a Buddhist temple in Seoul on test day. Parents make enormous financial sacrifices to ensure their children have the best shot at scoring high on the test.

Primary and Middle School

Middle school

VOCABULARY

School: Hakgyo

Middle school: jung haggyo

Elementary school: chodeung haggyo

High school: godong hagkyo

University: Daehakyo

Teacher: Songsaennim

Tutoring agency: Hagwon

Parents: bumonnim

Exam: siheom

Education: gyoyug

morning: achim

night: bam

evening: jeonyeog

suicide: jasal

  • Students (haksaeng attend the primary school in their neighborhood (bangu).
  • They go to the middle school in their neighborhood as well through lottery.
  • Education (gyuyok) is mandatory till middle school.

Education System in South Korea

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