When I was doing research for the upcoming summer school in Korea, I thought it is very necessary to know more about education in Korea. Therefore, I searched online for the typical college life in Korea and found some interesting facts.
First, the high school life and university life in Korea is extremely different. People put a lot of effort in studying during high school. However, if they are lucky enough to get an offer from a prestigious university, their parents would be willing to provide them ANYTHING they want, from travelling abroad to plastic surgeries. The reason behind this is the importance of Education in social consensus. For most Korean family, children’s outstanding baccalaureates are the greatest honor, and are essential for future career lives and social status.
Even though high school do not care about dressing very much, they dress to kill once they get into colleges. It was interesting when I saw a description, “many female Korean university students make university streets seem like catwalks.” In Korea, college students joke on students who dress carelessly by calling them “American University students” because they assume that typical college students in the US wear casual t-shirt and jeans, which is not always true. On the other hand, most Korean high school students dress carelessly because they have to wear comfortably for long hours of study.
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