Just point and hope for the best!
Traveling to a new country without knowing the language is extremely difficult. I've managed to make it through these past two weeks with...
Sometimes getting lost is worth it!
A short story that happened today was a fun and yet a tiring one. We were on a search for Bukchon Hanok village to rent some hanbok...
Iced-coffee? Sure.
Language barrier is probably the most complicated problem that I often found myself struggled while studying abroad in South Korea. Like...
The business of Hagwons
In our book, it talked about” Hagwons” which is the Korean term for private tutoring. When we first read the book we didn’t have a strong...
Where are all the kids? HAGWONS!
When we were reading about Korean’s education and their study habit, which consist of more than 12 hours a day, it was hard to believe....
Education, Competition, and Mental Health
Compliments and recognitions of South Korea’s academic achievements appear everywhere in the readings. Of course, we as the audience are...
Hagwons
During our lectures, a lot of discussion was on testing, overall views of education, and the culture of education in South Korea. The...
Long study days
After spending about a week in Seoul so far, I've learned that many things that were stated in the readings were in fact reality for...
Seeing is believing
We were able to make a lot of connections between the readings and our observations of education in Seoul, South Korea. From the...
Education Defines Life
Amanda Ripley emphasizes on the point that Koreans have a drive which motivates them to succeed in their education system. In the classes...
