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<p>The Korean situation is quite complex.</p>
<p>For anyone with serious interest, here’s a graduate thesis on the topic. The title alone is suggestive. It’s called “The Diaspora of Korean Children: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Educational Crisis in Contemporary South Korea.” It’s available online at </p>
<p><a href=“http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-01042008-114251/unrestricted/umi-umt-1058.pdf[/url]”>http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-01042008-114251/unrestricted/umi-umt-1058.pdf</a></p>
<p>That’s right (IMO): Korea faces an educational crisis. </p>
<p>I work with these kids, and I find their effort heroic and inspirational. (Yay, Korean high schoolers!) Many of them are also quite brilliant. It’s truly a privilege.</p>
<p>At the same time, the pressure on them to succeed is clearly excessive.</p>
<p>But the fault is not with the parents; instead, both children and parents are at the mercy of a broken system.</p>
<p>I wonder if the same could be said of our system?</p>