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South Korea: South Korean Parents Dissatisfied With Education System.

Thai Press Reports

| December 19, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Thai News Services. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Section: General News - While most South Korean high school graduates are enjoying their winter vacation, others will be hitting the books. Students who do not fare well on university entrance exams enroll in cram-schools, where they study seven days a week, for 50 weeks straight. Despite all the time and money spent on extra schooling, many South Korean parents are not satisfied with the country's education, and they make great efforts to have their children study abroad.

Most of the Etoos Academy's 150 students spend their days in the library, squeezed into cubicles and surrounded by books. Students like 19-year-old Kim Hong Seop wake up at six and study until …

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