The world may look to South Korea as a model for education — its students rank among the best on international education tests — but the system’s dark side casts a long shadow. Dominated by Tiger Moms, cram schools and highly authoritarian teachers, South Korean education produces ranks of overachieving students who pay a stiff price in health and happiness. The entire program amounts to child abuse. It should be reformed and restructured without delay.Maybe someday pressuring your child to succeed will be illegal.
Tuesday, August 05, 2014
Korean Tiger Moms
Notions of child abuse keep expanding. According to a NY Times op-ed:
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You have to take into account racial differences. The abuse that ant-like Asians tolerate would not work at all on whites.
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