Said a student to me yesterday. Which reminded me that, in all my entries about exploring this country, I haven't written much about the school or teaching. That stereotype that Asians are serious about studying? 115% true, here at least. In order to give their kids a "boost" to get into college, Korean parents pay to send their kids to extra after-school schools called Hogwans. These classes are 1-2 times a week, for up to 3 hours. (CDI is 3 hours twice a week). Any one kid will go to math hogwan, science hogwan, English hogwan, music hogwan...ect. The result is that students - we're talking elementary up through high school - could be attending class from 7-8 in the morning (depending on when the public schools start) to 10 at night. CDI has a class
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