Comment on Anon talks trash about S. Korea
praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
- Well that’s just not true, although highly sought for.
- Pretty much. Although in hindsight, I’d rather have them absolutely destroy my sleep schedule than ending up getting in to less favorable university than I got in. My parents were nice enough to not do that but I had to do it to myself.
- I mean you can say the same thing about basically any other late stage capitalist countries at this point.
- For one and a half year! You learn how to brainlessly comply, something that the society demands from us.
- Except that we don’t take them seriously for one bit, even when we really have to.
- neighbors are really important, folks.
foods are nice though.
Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 8 months ago
MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 8 months ago
A man chooses. A slave obeys.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
I’m so jealous of the street food there. Literally watched a video of someone making egg sandwiches or something and I think I died a little inside because there’s basically nothing like that in Canada unless you count hotdogs; which I fucking don’t.
Psythik@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You guys don’t have egg sandwiches in Canada? Or do you only mean in street food form? Cause if not, just go to a breakfast joint if you want an egg sandwich.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Yeah, I only mean street food.
smeg@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Seriously? If you’re going to university you’ll be fine regardless of where it ranks, how can that possibly be worth destroying your teenage years? Is this just social attitudes in Korea or does it actually make any difference?
Got_Bent@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So the American equivalent is pretty much going to the ivy League then going to work at FAANG or a law firm or finance firm that only hires from the ivies.
That stuff all exists in the US and it’s certainly something many Americans aspire to as evidenced by the whole college admissions coaching industry.
What you’re seeing out of Korea is presented as though ALL families are basically telling their kids that they’ll be disowned if they fail to achieve these lofty heights.
The reality is that there are a ton of more accessible universities throughout the Korean peninsula that kids attend and they end up with reasonable jobs living reasonable lives, current situation of unaffordable housing and rampant debt notwithstanding.
I would agree that many if not most Korean students spend significantly more time studying than their American counterparts. I will not agree that it’s universally effective to do so.
Source: Lived in Korea for four years in the nineties and eventually married into it. Though I will admit some of my experiences may be outdated as I haven’t been keeping up with latest trends.
praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Teenage years are short, a degree lasts forever. Considering how people without a top-notch university degree are treated, I’d much prefer no childhood than such a degrading life in general. People visibly frown at you or change topics when you tell them which school you’re in, as if they heard about some tragic disaster.
It’s a country where almost everyone is a college graduate, and only a few are actually considered to be college-educated. Some people even hide their degrees to land a job at a sweatshop or something.
Yes, it’s messed up. But I jokingly tell my parents that they should’ve been way harder on me than they were because I only got into where I ended up, which I think was very lucky, but not the best either. Yes, I’m a big conformist, one of the qualities Korean culture requires that I’ve learned over the years.
smeg@feddit.uk 8 months ago
That’s so alien to me. Well congrats on making it through that meat grinder of a system in one piece!
MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That sounds depressing.
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Being a teenager is pretty overrated tbh
smeg@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Yeah but so is having a piece of paper that’s slightly better than someone else’s. Don’t burn yourself out for either.