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Real Reality
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 Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject: Candlelight Vigil Tomorrow. "Two Monsters" ? |
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Ministry concerned over 10th graders' rally
The 10th-grade students, who will be the first to experience the new system, will gather in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, at 6 p.m. for a candlelit vigil that will also remember youngsters who have committed suicide. The organizer "Hope," a youth civic group, said 10 students were reported to have killed themselves in April, the major cause being the harsh competition of the university admission system.
"In Korean education, two monsters drive students to suicide. One is a monster called examinations and the other is violence and bullying at schools," Hope said in a news release. "The two monsters, which seem separate, in fact come from the same root: the distorted Korean education system which alienates friends and forces them to compete."
By Jin Hyun-joo, The Korea Herald (May 6, 2005)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/05/06/200505060003.asp |
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Pyongshin Sangja
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Ministry concerned over 10th graders' rally
Yeah, young people doing something on their own inititative. It's the end of the world.
As 10th-grade students plan a candelit vigil tomorrow to protest the new university admission system, the Education Ministry is worried that the demonstration will deepen distrust over its new policy.
The one where they try to get a university into the Top 100 internationally? Sounds like they're going too far.
Students say the new admission system will create even more stiff competition among students as it requires schools to grade students on a relative scale and allows only a limited number of students to obtain certain grades.
Relative to each other? No! Not everyone can have an A+? Wah?
The 10th-grade students, who will be the first to experience the new system, will gather in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, at 6 p.m. for a candlelit vigil that will also remember youngsters who have committed suicide.
Yeah, our careers and their deaths. Gotta be a link.....
The organizer "Hope," a youth civic group, said 10 students were reported to have killed themselves in April, the major cause being the harsh competition of the university admission system.
The major cause being...so these kids are psychologists now? Or are they communicating with the dead?
"In Korean education, two monsters drive students to suicide. One is a monster called examinations and the other is violence and bullying at schools," Hope said in a news release.
Violence and bullying? Against it. Examinations? All for em. You're sentient beings in a competitive world. Study, learn, prosper. Stop playing video games, don't come to class drunk and take some notes once in a while.
"The two monsters, which seem separate, in fact come from the same root: the distorted Korean education system which alienates friends and forces them to compete."
Forces them to compete? You, you, you mean we can't all have sports cars and penthouse apartments? The Hanminjok doesn't apply to all of us equally? But my Mom told me such nice bedtimes stories....
As angry high school students encourage their peers to participate in the vigil via text-messages and notices on Internet bulletin boards, the government is taking all possible measures to prevent them attending the rally. The Education Ministry sent an official document to 292 high schools in Seoul to advise high school students not to attend the rally.
So, the Education Ministry is discouraging free assembly. Some education.
The new university entrance plan aims to normalize public education by encouraging universities to put more weight on in-school grades in the admission process. According to the plan, the ministry asks teachers to grade students on a relative scale in an attempt to prevent inflated grades and make scores reliable for universities.
Hey, you! Yeah, you sleeping in the corner! You might might might not get that A+ you need so badly. Go back to sleep.
Students, however, complain they have to compete for the limited seats from first to 10th grade. "The school is a war-like atmosphere. We do not lend our notebooks to friends. There were several thefts of notebooks and textbooks during the mid-term test," said a 10th grade female student in Incheon, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
War? Doing your own homework, not copying during exams and not plagiarising is war? To hell with peace, gimme war.
Education Minister Kim Jin-pyo said yesterday the new plan leads a positive change in schools as students focus more on classes.
Classes? The time between my cigarette, compensated dating and the DVD bang? I think I remember those.
The ministry will urge universities to announce their admission plans next month, three months ahead of the usual schedule, to lessen uncertainty among university hopefuls.
Poor universities. Having to have a plan. It's those Americans ruining everything again.
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Yu_Bum_suk
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Ministry concerned over 10th graders' rally
Yeah, young people doing something on their own inititative. It's the end of the world.
As 10th-grade students plan a candelit vigil tomorrow to protest the new university admission system, the Education Ministry is worried that the demonstration will deepen distrust over its new policy.
The one where they try to get a university into the Top 100 internationally? Sounds like they're going too far.
Students say the new admission system will create even more stiff competition among students as it requires schools to grade students on a relative scale and allows only a limited number of students to obtain certain grades.
Relative to each other? No! Not everyone can have an A+? Wah?
The 10th-grade students, who will be the first to experience the new system, will gather in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, at 6 p.m. for a candlelit vigil that will also remember youngsters who have committed suicide.
Yeah, our careers and their deaths. Gotta be a link.....
The organizer "Hope," a youth civic group, said 10 students were reported to have killed themselves in April, the major cause being the harsh competition of the university admission system.
The major cause being...so these kids are psychologists now? Or are they communicating with the dead?
"In Korean education, two monsters drive students to suicide. One is a monster called examinations and the other is violence and bullying at schools," Hope said in a news release.
Violence and bullying? Against it. Examinations? All for em. You're sentient beings in a competitive world. Study, learn, prosper. Stop playing video games, don't come to class drunk and take some notes once in a while.
"The two monsters, which seem separate, in fact come from the same root: the distorted Korean education system which alienates friends and forces them to compete."
Forces them to compete? You, you, you mean we can't all have sports cars and penthouse apartments? The Hanminjok doesn't apply to all of us equally? But my Mom told me such nice bedtimes stories....
As angry high school students encourage their peers to participate in the vigil via text-messages and notices on Internet bulletin boards, the government is taking all possible measures to prevent them attending the rally. The Education Ministry sent an official document to 292 high schools in Seoul to advise high school students not to attend the rally.
So, the Education Ministry is discouraging free assembly. Some education.
The new university entrance plan aims to normalize public education by encouraging universities to put more weight on in-school grades in the admission process. According to the plan, the ministry asks teachers to grade students on a relative scale in an attempt to prevent inflated grades and make scores reliable for universities.
Hey, you! Yeah, you sleeping in the corner! You might might might not get that A+ you need so badly. Go back to sleep.
Students, however, complain they have to compete for the limited seats from first to 10th grade. "The school is a war-like atmosphere. We do not lend our notebooks to friends. There were several thefts of notebooks and textbooks during the mid-term test," said a 10th grade female student in Incheon, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
War? Doing your own homework, not copying during exams and not plagiarising is war? To hell with peace, gimme war.
Education Minister Kim Jin-pyo said yesterday the new plan leads a positive change in schools as students focus more on classes.
Classes? The time between my cigarette, compensated dating and the DVD bang? I think I remember those.
The ministry will urge universities to announce their admission plans next month, three months ahead of the usual schedule, to lessen uncertainty among university hopefuls.
Poor universities. Having to have a plan. It's those Americans ruining everything again.
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How dare you be so culturally insensitve towards Koreans as to display so much common sense in one post. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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Students ready to fight ministry's plan
... while teachers said they would show up at the demonstration to discourage them.... While the ministry is trying to assuage the students, the Seoul Educational Office took a tougher stance. It said it would send 765 teachers and school officials to Gwanghwamun today to hinder the protests. "If the students see their own teachers at the site of the rally, they will not be able to join the protest," a representative of the office said. "Those who join the illegal rally will face disciplinary measures such as community service assignments."
by Han Ae-ran and Baek Il-hyun, JoongAng Daily (May 7, 2005)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200505/06/200505062201138109900090409041.html |
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