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Keepongoing
Joined: 13 Feb 2003
Location: Korea
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 Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:52 pm Post subject: My Poor Student |
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We were discussing stress in class today and this 20 year old student told us her schedule. She gets up at 5AM and has her first class at 7:15AM and then does her major classes, followed by an academy class ,followed by 7-8 hours working in a coffee shop. She averages 2-3 hours of sleep on weekday nights. She works 7 days a week for US500.00 a month. She does not live with her parents and chooses to work so as to save for future travel opportunities.
One semester I worked fulltime, attended university fulltime and was doing an internship in a group home........it is dreadful to have such a schedule, but I slept much more than she does.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:19 am Post subject: Re: My Poor Student |
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| MASH4077 wrote: |
We were discussing stress in class today and this 20 year old student told us her schedule. She gets up at 5AM and has her first class at 7:15AM and then does her major classes, followed by an academy class ,followed by 7-8 hours working in a coffee shop. She averages 2-3 hours of sleep on weekday nights. She works 7 days a week for US500.00 a month. She does not live with her parents and chooses to work so as to save for future travel opportunities.
One semester I worked fulltime, attended university fulltime and was doing an internship in a group home........it is dreadful to have such a schedule, but I slept much more than she does.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Well, she has my sympathy to a certain extent but, is she choosing to do the academy classes? It has become a Korean mind-set that you have to attend hagwons to pass tests. Having worked in hagwons for 4 years I'd argue they achieve next to nothing in this respect. Most academies have terrible curriculums.
Can't she find a part-time job with less hours?
I feel more sorry for the elementary, middle and high school students who aren't given a choice about their merciless schedules. |
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Keepongoing
Joined: 13 Feb 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:59 am Post subject: Re: My Poor Student |
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Well, she has my sympathy to a certain extent but, is she choosing to do the academy classes? It has become a Korean mind-set that you have to attend hagwons to pass tests. Having worked in hagwons for 4 years I'd argue they achieve next to nothing in this respect. Most academies have terrible curriculums.
Can't she find a part-time job with less hours?
I feel more sorry for the elementary, middle and high school students who aren't given a choice about their merciless schedules.[/quote]
actually it is an academy related her art major. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:18 am Post subject: |
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| Man I'm sure she's been living like this since grade school too. I do sometimes like to torture my kids by telling them what the life of my 12-year old nephew is like back at home. |
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