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Brain Swap
Wang: As I said before, school
cheeringformorethanamonth.
among the other peers can be a big
concern for students in countries with
education is considered pretty
Wang: High school itself is pretty
important in China. Those graduates
memorable too. My class in high
such heated passion for education.
whowanttotakethetestagaincango
school was the same for three years.
Students compete against each other
back to school and study as a fourth
Everyone had great bond with
and struggle to get better grades. One
year student in their high school. It
their classmates and we would do
ofthereasonssuchheatedcompetition
would be a rare case if a student tries
anything for betterment and victory
exist may be giving ranks to the
totakethetestfortheirthirdtime.
of our class in events such as athletic
students.
championship. I also appreciate the
Mostmemorablemoment
care from my teacher. The teacher
Shul:Therearereasonswhystudents
inhighschool
cared for us as if we were her child.
are so competitive in Korea. From
Westillgathertoseeourteacher,and
high school, a couple of times a year,
Shul: Running for meals every day
we often went to the teacher’s house
we take a model KSAT exam and
is pretty memorable. There are small
andhungout.
the report card shows not only the
things that I miss. In a way, Korean
level but also the rank among the
Whatisyour‘ranking’in
students are strictly controlled and
whole country. It just becomes very
thecountry?
theirgoalissetultimatelyforentering
competitive when you know there are
a good university. They wait and
students doing so much better than
enduredifficultiesthinkingabouttheir
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you.
brightfuture.Itwasasmallhappiness
Wang: That is the same in China.
in the daily life as a high school
Actually it is not legal for schools to
student. Also, the intramural athletic
tell the students ranking but they do
championship at the end of the year
it secretly. They cannot tell you your
wasamemoryIcherish.
nationalrankinginthecountrythough
Hanako: I miss my high school
as China is just so big. They tell you
years. It was very happy. The athletic
therankinginyourregion.
championship was also a big event
Hanako: They would not tell you
▲Model KSAT result show the student’s
nationalpercentageandranking.
for my high school year too. The
what place you are in as in grades in
teams were divided into four and we
Japan.Itisnotlegal.
School grades and how well you did
wouldgatherafterschoolandpractice
Astheinterviewshows,educationisaheatedissueinthethreecountriesbuttherearedefinitelydifferenceswhichthose
livingintheculturecanknow.Accordingtothe2012ProgramforInternationalStudentAssessment(PISA)inwhichabout
65countriesparticipate,thethreecountries,Korea,JapanandChinaareprettyhighintherankingwithKoreabeingoneof
thefirstrankingcountries.Beforecelebratingthehighscorethethreecountriesgothowever,togetthegrade,studentsare
sacrificingtheirteenageyears.Koreaisatthebottomofthelistwhenitcomestothehappinessrateofteenagers,leading
to high rate of adolescence suicide. Both Japanese and Chinese teen suicide
rate is higher than the average rate of the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development countries
as well. Now it is time to think about what the actual
lives of students are like and respect their individual
thoughts.
cherrymangos@hufs.ac.kr
www.theargus.org
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