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Gamecock
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
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 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject: Are your children in the public school here? |
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| I know I'm going to hear a chorus of "I would never let my child go to a Korean public school" or "You should never...blah blah blah," but I would like to hear from foreigners who actually have put their children in the public school system in Korea (especially if neither parent is Korean). Has it been a good or bad experience for you? Is your child learning in school where Korean is his/her 2nd language? Any experience or thoughts would be appreciated. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: Are your children in the public school here? |
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| Gamecock wrote: |
| I would like to hear from foreigners who actually have put their children in the public school system in Korea (especially if neither parent is Korean). |
Ummm, I'd be VERY surprised if two foreigners could put their child in Korean schooling without somehow being citizens. I'm pretty sure (but could certainly be wrong) that one parent needs to be a Korean national.
And yes, you're right on the first point you made: I would never, not in a trillion years, put my child through Korean schools. I'd homeschool them, if it came down to that. |
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renzobenzo1
Joined: 08 Sep 2007
Location: Suji, Yongin
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| sorry but would't hey come out looney and or demented? |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: Are your children in the public school here? |
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| Scotticus wrote: |
Ummm, I'd be VERY surprised if two foreigners could put their child in Korean schooling without somehow being citizens. I'm pretty sure (but could certainly be wrong) that one parent needs to be a Korean national.
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It is legal..i have known of 2 different foreigner-foreigner couples that have put their kids into school here. One had a good experience, one not-so-good but not-so-bad either.
I am interested as well...i don't have kids but would like to know.
I know 2 different people that are about to put their kids into elementary school here. Only time will tell... |
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Scott in Incheon
Joined: 30 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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Our daughters will be going through the prmary school system here. My oldest will start Grade 1 in March but my youngest is in here first year of kindergarten so she won't be going for some time. RIght now they both go to a Catholic Montessori school here in Incheon that I am quite impressed with.
We came back to Korea from Hong Kong for this purpose. We want them to go to primary school here. It will be good for their Korean language schools, it is good they get to know their family here better and we want them to experience both cultures...Korean and, in the future, Canadian.
After primary school, we will be heading to Canada for middle and high school. I trained as an elementary school teacher, though I never taught in a Canadian school, so I feel comfortable in preparing them for their return to Canada through projects at home. Also, I know that as long as they can read and write in English and have basic math skills, there is nothing wrong in letting them spend their primary school years in Korea. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I know an American citizen whose wife is a Guatemalan citizen and they have a daughter in elementary school here. Apparently it's a big improvement over primary school in Guatemala. |
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