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The rising cost of a Korean education leads many to seek new lives overseas

There has been a sharp increase in the number of people in their 30s and 40s with school-aged children choosing to leave Korea for better education opportunities in developed countries, such as the United States, Canada and Australia.

The huge cost of an education for their children; a son in third grade and a daughter in kindergarten; was the chief driving force that led Mrs. Kang, and her husband to decide to leave Korea for the United States.
Mrs. Kang, 38, said more than 700,000 won ($600) a month went to the six classes her son was enrolled in outside of school.

A course in English conversation cost 290,000 won, while another 100,000 won went to a composition class. There was also 100,000 won a month for piano lessons.

Korean parents spent more than 7.1 trillion won in 2000 on lessons for their children outside school.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200309/17/200309170248340909900092309231.html

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[Moldy Rutabaga]

>Mrs. Kang, 38, said more than 700,000 won ($600) a month went to the six classes her son was enrolled in outside of school.

For God's sake. Six classes on top of a full day of school? The child must be either delerious or comatose at the end of an Oliver Twist day like this-- and some of you are the lucky people who get to deal with students such as this.

This is either a ridiculously competitive mother, or a mother who fobs her children off on to these schools all day and night to avoid having to raise them. I'm having a difficult time feeling sympathy.

North American universities are not cheap, and surcharges for foreign students can be prohibitive. As far as post-secondary education, high cost of education, my butt.

Ken:>