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smeg@feddit.uk 11 months agoAlthough 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
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?
praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
smeg@feddit.uk 11 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 11 months ago
That sounds depressing.
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Being a teenager is pretty overrated tbh
smeg@feddit.uk 11 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.
Got_Bent@lemmy.world 11 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 Though I will admit some of my experiences may be outdated as I haven’t been keeping up with latest trends.