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Hatcher
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 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject: Suicides from KSAT |
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| My students told me that 3 or 4 high schoolers committed suicide after writing the test. I never saw it in the newspapers. Anyone know the details? |
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schwa
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I hear the media was urged to keep a lid on post-test incidents & controversy this year. In light of an already high suicide rate & recent high-profile cases, copycat syndrome is a legitimate concern. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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they have their mothers to blame!!
so when the parents are buring their daughter for only scoring a 84 on her test, they can see if making them study like crazy robots was really worth it in the end!!
so in return drove the daughter to do a swan dive off her 14th floor balcony becuase her mother would be satisfied with anything but 100%
like her mother even got 100% or even attended a hakwon!!
I HATE KOREAN MOTHERS!!! |
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Starla
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| My co-teacher left work early yesterday to look for her son because he messed up on part of the test and she couldn't find him. I didn't say much to her but all I was thinking is I hope for her he didn't do something drastic. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:35 am Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
they have their mothers to blame!!
so when the parents are buring their daughter for only scoring a 84 on her test, they can see if making them study like crazy robots was really worth it in the end!!
so in return drove the daughter to do a swan dive off her 14th floor balcony becuase her mother would be satisfied with anything but 100%
like her mother even got 100% or even attended a hakwon!!
I HATE KOREAN MOTHERS!!! |
Agreed. They put too much pressure on their children and are always negative about anything their children do. |
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pidgin
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
they have their mothers to blame!!
so when the parents are buring their daughter for only scoring a 84 on her test, they can see if making them study like crazy robots was really worth it in the end!!
so in return drove the daughter to do a swan dive off her 14th floor balcony becuase her mother would be satisfied with anything but 100%
like her mother even got 100% or even attended a hakwon!!
I HATE KOREAN MOTHERS!!! |
Agreed. They put too much pressure on their children and are always negative about anything their children do. |
Amazing how you guys have met every last one of them. 
Where'd you ever find the time?  |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: |
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| pidgin wrote: |
| wylies99 wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
they have their mothers to blame!!
so when the parents are buring their daughter for only scoring a 84 on her test, they can see if making them study like crazy robots was really worth it in the end!!
so in return drove the daughter to do a swan dive off her 14th floor balcony becuase her mother would be satisfied with anything but 100%
like her mother even got 100% or even attended a hakwon!!
I HATE KOREAN MOTHERS!!! |
Agreed. They put too much pressure on their children and are always negative about anything their children do. |
Amazing how you guys have met every last one of them.
Where'd you ever find the time? |
hashahaha funny... you know what we mean! just generalizing. of course not every mother.. I think after I met 100 of them I would want to kill myself too hahahahhaa |
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EuroFunk
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: jobless in Busan
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:08 am Post subject: |
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I have a Korean mother.
It's all true. |
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Rockwell Bergstrom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:50 am Post subject: Put a dampter on our night |
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| Twelve years ago now, some friends and I were on our way out for a beer. I decided to cut through the sand area of the school. Saw some flashing lights so I decided to give up on my shortcut plan and headed along the fence. Out of the corner of my eye I saw what looked like someone standing there. Looked over to see a teenager that had hung himself. He was just dangling there. I looked away as fast as I could. The cops were going throuh his things. I jumped the fence. My friends on the sidewalk all saw it too. We all went home after that. It was right after the big exam in Irwon-dong. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: Suicides from KSAT |
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| Hatcher wrote: |
| My students told me that 3 or 4 high schoolers committed suicide after writing the test. I never saw it in the newspapers. Anyone know the details? |
Suicide is a major problem in this country. However, are 3 or 4 suicides high? Of course, one suide is too much, in my opinion. It's a tragedy when someone commits suicide. So much of children's self-worth is based on grades and tests in Korea and many of them feel worthless otherwise. In the country of Jordan, they have major tests they must pass, and they are hard, and getting a 70 is a decent grade, but the kids have a life when they are in high school. The same applies to kids in France. They have a tough enough high school exam, but French kids have a life. In Germany, kids are protesting their exams and the way kids are pushed into trades too early without being given a chance.
I say, let kids be kids... |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| pidgin wrote: |
| wylies99 wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
they have their mothers to blame!!
so when the parents are buring their daughter for only scoring a 84 on her test, they can see if making them study like crazy robots was really worth it in the end!!
so in return drove the daughter to do a swan dive off her 14th floor balcony becuase her mother would be satisfied with anything but 100%
like her mother even got 100% or even attended a hakwon!!
I HATE KOREAN MOTHERS!!! |
Agreed. They put too much pressure on their children and are always negative about anything their children do. |
Amazing how you guys have met every last one of them.
Where'd you ever find the time? |
Have YOU met even ONE mellow, laidback Korean mother? |
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pidgin
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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Absolutely and unequivocally, yes.
I am acquainted with a few of them right now.
Even if I wasn't, how many millions are there? I suppose they are responsible for their own suicides as well as their husbands, thereby making them responsible for nearly every Korean suicide? C'mon , it was a blanket-statement and I called it out because they are never correct. No biggie.
I've met hundreds of Koreans who credit their mothers for their own success. They're not pressured or stressed or hold any grudges for studying hard back then.
Do some mothers push their kids too hard? Of course. Is it a bit of an epidemic of sorts, yeh, I'd agree.
Are they ALL hopeless, heartless, windbags? Hardly. They're human beings after all. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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Do some mothers push their kids too hard? Of course. Is it a bit of an epidemic of sorts, yeh, I'd agree.
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That's all I said. But instead of "some" let's say "almost all."
Glad you agree. |
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Temporary
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Well I hope Korea keeps its suicide culture cause in our cultures we tend to murder.. This way they cause less damage. Although Murdering might be good for population control. |
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anyangoldboy
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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3 out of every 4 Korean student sucides recommend hanging as a way to go...
To low to make that joke??? |
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