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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:14 pm Post subject: Korea's kids just like ours, 100 years ago |
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Column about Korea by sportswriter and the author of "Tuesdays with Morrie" Mitch Albom, who recently visited Korea.
"(American) kids laugh more, play more sports, express themselves more openly. The kids here (in Korea) are serious beyond compare, and they are driven to succeed. I'm not sure which system I'd prefer, but I know they are apples and oranges, and the length of a school year is only a tiny difference. It may take a village to raise a child. But it takes a country to educate one."
http://www.freep.com/article/20100912/COL01/9120480/1082/Col01/Koreas-kids-just-like-ours-100-years-ago |
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optik404
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Dang, guy spends a entire week in Korea and now he's an expert. |
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Hotwire
Joined: 29 Aug 2010
Location: Multiverse
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Been here 6 years and agree with him 100% |
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Wai Mian
Joined: 03 Sep 2010
Location: WE DIDNT
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Good for him for going the "Newsweek" route and not making an actual point. Fluff journalism from a fluff novelist. |
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laguna
Joined: 27 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:46 pm Post subject: Re: Korea's kids just like ours, 100 years ago |
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| Yaya wrote: |
Column about Korea by sportswriter and the author of "Tuesdays with Morrie" Mitch Albom, who recently visited Korea.
"(American) kids laugh more, play more sports, express themselves more openly. The kids here (in Korea) are serious beyond compare, and they are driven to succeed. I'm not sure which system I'd prefer, but I know they are apples and oranges, and the length of a school year is only a tiny difference. It may take a village to raise a child. But it takes a country to educate one."
http://www.freep.com/article/20100912/COL01/9120480/1082/Col01/Koreas-kids-just-like-ours-100-years-ago |
I say this all the time, he nailed it on the head.
The only point I disagree with is the time period, they are closer to the world war 2 era.
After a length of time educating students like this, they will eventually learn there is more to life than pounding algebraic theorems into your child's head for 6 hours a day. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| The whole pressure-cooker atmosphere of Korean society is leading many to shun having children. From what I hear, the next generation of Korean adults will be anything but promising. |
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swoodman
Joined: 24 Sep 2009
Location: Reading, United Kingdom
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| Totally unsubstantiated nonsense in my opinion |
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Italy37612
Joined: 25 Jan 2010
Location: Somewhere
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Korea's kids just like ours, 100 years ago |
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| laguna wrote: |
After a length of time educating students like this, they will eventually learn there is more to life than pounding algebraic theorems into your child's head for 6 hours a day. |
Blasphemy! You are guilty of a sense crime and must be summarily "processed" by a Korean Cleric.  |
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Chambertin
Joined: 07 Jun 2009
Location: Gunsan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:26 am Post subject: |
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Well I'd expect if he can somehow travel back in time 100 years then he should also be able to gain a solid grasp on a foriegn culture in a *week.
I'd also love to see how this article changes after one day in a vocational school.
Wow, this is complete trash. It's like the tours North Korea runs to show their great country, where you see less than a square mile of it.
"Respect for elders is Paramount in Korean scociety" - Sparkling.
This guy apperently never rode the subway or looked on a bus in Korea. Let alone walked the streets.
Maybe he mistook crazy ajumas plowing through or yelling at everyone for "respect."
Or maybe the people he met who were students that could read a novel in English represent the top 1% of the conutry and a life you will never find on averege in any country.
Stick to sports... |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:39 am Post subject: |
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already a thread in job forum about this
just remember albom is a hack writer |
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Dimitris Stylianos
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