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2 JUNE9,2005
OPINION
Forwhomistheratingsystem?
Editorial
Missingvirtueof
Despitenumerouscontroversy,itwillbringstabilizationofpubliceducation
integrity
L
astyear,theMinistryofEducationand
competition for entering the universities. I
Human Resources Development
was angry about recent move by some top-
announcedanewcollegeadmissionsystem.
ranking universities to increase the value of
They said that the college admission rules
the written essay test in selecting students
I
ntegrityhavebeenconsideredasoneofthemostimportantvirtuesofpeopleinmany
are changed to stabilize public education in
from 2008. It is because when they use the
societies.Beinguprightandcleanhandedwasimportanttopeopleofhigherstatusina
schools and make the school record rating
school record in selecting students, they’ll
societyoragroup.Forexample,inChoseondynasty,seonbi,theclassofintellectualsat
systemtheprimeobjectwhenselectingnew
have difficulty judging students’ ability.
thetime,werealwaysdescribedasamenofintegritytobeadmiredandrespectedbythe
studentswhoenterthecollegesin2008.This
However, I think the above claims of the
commoners.
new school record rating system is
universities are wrong. They try to
Nowadays, to name the people who can be considered as “higher classes” of the
categorizing students’ grades into nine
strengthen their position in Korean society
presentinKorea,mostpeoplewouldsaytheyaretheoneswhoserveinthecorepartsof
levels, using relative evaluation method,
andmakeuniversityhierarchystronger.Both
thegovernment,likepoliticians,andmaybethepeoplewhodominatethetop5%ofthe
where a school has to assign certain
studentsandparentsareintotalconfusionof
wealth in Korea. Although centuries have passed, people who live in this highly-
percentageofstudentsforeachlevelinorder
whattheyshoulddowiththenewadmission
developedmodernsocietystilldemandsintegritytothem.
to prevent the manipulation of students’
system. Then, the new system will only be
Once a politician is caught related to any kind of corruption, it becomes an instant
schoolachievementlevel.Itisdifferentfrom
advantageous to children with wealthy
issueandisreportedontelevisionandinnewspapers.Ofcourse,formostpeople,those
current five leveling system based on the
parents because they can afford to pay for
articles are not of a big surprise at all. Nevertheless, when people encounter such
absolute evaluation. About 400 students
tutoring to improve their children’s school
ByYangSun-young/TheArgus
corruption?mostlyrelatedtoenormousamountmoney?theyarefurious.Whydoes
stagedacandlelightrallyindowntownSeoul
gradesandessaywritingskills.
LeeChul-hoexplainstheschoolrecordratingsysteminChamEducationInstitute.
thesekindofimpuritydiscomfortpeople?Itisbecausethesecorruptionstakeplaceatthe
onMay7toprotestagainstthegovernment’s
pivotofthecountrywhichactuallygeneratesandchangesthelivesofthepeople.
plan to change college admission rules in
R: In the future, how will the school
InHUFS,forthelastfewweekstheGSChavebeenconstantlybringinguptheissue
2008.TheArgusmetLeeChul-ho,thevice
R: Please tell us the positive and
detrimental to students. We cannot ignore
recordratingsystemmakeprogressfor
relatedtotheusageofbusinesspropulsionfeeofPresidentAhnByong-man.Theissue
president of “Cham Education Institute” to
negative sides of the school record
thefactthatthestudentshavetoworryabout
the better to stabilize public education
hasn’tbeenbigduetothetuitionfeestruggle,withtheconflictbetweenthetwoseparate
takeopinionabouttheissue.
ratingsystemintheschooleducation.
theirschoolrecordrates,schoolperformance
inschools?
groups ?the GSC and the opposition group? getting fierce. However, the issue still
Lee: The system may reduce
examandessayallatthesametime.Then,it
Lee: The Ministry of Education had an
remains unexplained. Also, according to the latest news report, the GSC of Korea
Reporter: Starting from 2008, the
disequilibrium of education opportunity
isalotmoreworkforthemnowthanbefore.
unscheduled media briefing and announced
Universityisbeinginvestigatedbythepoliceforitsunclearusageofitsfinance.Whether
school record rating system will be
amongstudentsregardlessoftherichandthe
Ithinkthereisnohumanrightofstudents
measurestorelievestudentsfromtheirstudy
the charges are true or not, Korea University’s GSC’s reputation can be said to be
effective. What effect does the new
poor because it emphasizes importance of
in Korea. Their freedom of expression is
burden.Amongthemeasures,theywilltryto
damaged.
admission system has on the school
public education in schools. While the
suppressed at home, at school and in the
get a better understanding of the students’
Althoughuniversityisnotoneofthehighestorgansofthesociety,itisconsideredas
educationandstudents?
systemisdesignedtoalleviatetheexcessive
society.Theyhavetherighttoexpresstheir
situationthroughanationwidesurvey.They
oneofthemostimportant.Itistheplacewhereintellectualsoftheeraareproducedand
Lee Chul-ho: So far, the national
dependencyofstudentsonprivatetutoring,it
thoughts and state their own views. Our
also stressed state support for public
manyofthembecomethememberswhoactuallyconstitutethenucleusoftheKorean
scholastic aptitude test score weighed far
is feared to put more stress on school
society hardly has any means of
education using the internet and the
societyinthefuture.Universityistheplacewherethefundamentalbasisofsocialbeing
heavier than the school record. So, many
performance in evaluating college
communication through which students can
Education Broadcasting System (EBS),
iscreated.Asapureivorytower,itsymbolizestheunstainedgroundoftrueknowledge
studentsgaveuptheschoolrecordandonly
applicants.Opponentshavecomplainedthat
express their opinions. I think the students’
whichtheyhavealreadyannounced.
andbrightyouth.
focused on the scholastic aptitude test.
the system will put more pressure on
act should be blamed on the current
Withoutsomesupplementationonthenew
Nevertheless,thewhitenessoftheivorytoweralwayshadtheshadowyside,duetothe
Schools also used to give relatively easy
students,makingitmuchharderforthemto
education system. It was the “extreme
system will end up bringing fiercer
corruptionscommittedbythedifferentmembersoftheuniversity.Foruniversityisalso
exams in order to boost their students’
improvetheirschoolgrades.
decision” by the students who were driven
competitionamongstudents.Sotheministry
oneofthoseplaceswherepeopleandmoneyexists,thesmallandbigimpurityexisted
school record. However, since the absolute
frompillartopostatthelastmoment.
atthesametimeshouldfullyexplainthenew
overyearsinvariousuniversities.Itisashamesuchthingshappenrepeatedlyanddraw
evaluationsystemisreplacedbytherelative
R:Studentsofsomehighschoolswere
systemtostudentsandparentstopreventany
darkcloudsuponthegrowingfuture.
evaluation system, the exams will get a lot
even gathering their voices through
R: Seoul National University (SNU)
unnecessary confusion. Above all, the most
Integrity is about being true to others, but also being true to oneself. Everybody
harder, and many students will have hard
Internet bulletin boards and holding
announced that it would put more
fundamentalalternativeisthattheuniversity
criticizes one who are corrupt, but how about ourselves? A society is like a rope that
timeadjustingtothenewsystem.
candlelight vigils against the new
weight on the written test from 2008,
hierarchyisbrokendown.Althoughthenew
intersectsinuncountablenumberofplaceslikeaspiderwebaroundthemembersofthe
Before,ifstudentsget90pointsonatest,
system. Why are the high school
againstthenewadmissionsystem.Also,
admission system is insufficient, I expect
society.Onceadistortionismadeontheway,thetangledropeeffectsrestofthepartsso
they all could get A grade. However, with
students worried about the system?
some private schools showed their
that the system will be an important key to
itbecomesunabletoperformitsrightfuljobs,especiallywhentheknotismadeinthe
thenewsystem,eventhoughallstudentsget
Whatisyouropinionabouttherally?
support for SNU’s plan. What do you
stabilizepubliceducationinschools.
middle.Beforereachingoutforone’sbenefit,onewillmustrememberthatitisnotonly
100 points on a test, some of them have to
Lee:Freshmeninhighschoolsareworried
think of this response of some
abouttheone’sclearnessbeingimpure,butalsoaboutthewellbeingoftheentiresociety
get second level grade based on their level.
becauseofthisneweducationsystem.Ifthe
universities?
ByYangSun-young
orthegrouptheyarein.
Thestudents’levelsaredeterminedbasedon
schoolrecordiscategorizedinto9levels,the
Lee: The Korean society already has
EditorofCampusSection
theirranksineachclass.Everystudenthasto
reflected ratio of school record goes up
general education problems such as
stayalert.
higherandonemessedupexamcanbevery
university hierarchy and the excessive
Blue Print
N.K.nucleartestandNortheastAsiansecurity
participating countries’ dissenting opinions.
Korea will restart its own nuclear weapons
UnitedStates,Japan,andTaiwanwillregard
IfNorthKoreaweretoactuallytestanuclear
programtoprotectagainstaninvasionfrom
NorthKoreannucleartestasadirectthreatto
weapon, it would indicate that North Korea
North Korea, and stop all humanitarian and
theirsecurity.
does not wish to peacefully resolve this
politicalcooperationswithNorthKorea.
Thus, the main measures to prevent the
nuclear dispute, and prefers nuclear
Another option is that South Korea
nucleartestliesprimarilywithChina,andits
blackmailasitsnegotiatingtactic.
determines to form some kind of
failure to convince North Korea to give up
A North Korean nuclear test would also
confederation with North Korea. The South
its nuclear weapons program will have
show that China isn’t as influential over
Korean government, afraid of possible
meaningful effects on the bilateral
North Korea as we have believed, or that
nuclear attacks, may take the confederation
relationship between the United States and
China actually wants to allow North Korea
option, asking that U.S. forces leave the
China.
to own its nuclear weapons. Consequently,
Koreanpeninsula.Thiswouldlikelyresultin
Now,wedeserveNorthKoreatojointhe
the nuclear test would verify that China
the U.S. military removing from the
six-partytalksagain,andmakeathoughtful
won’t be a desirable global power in the
Peninsulaasadreadfulsecurityconsequence
decision to give up its nuclear programs.
future.
forU.S.alliessuchasJapanandTaiwan.
North Korea must also take other measures
LeeSang-hwan
ResolvingtheNorthKoreannuclearcrisis
Are there any effective solutions to
inadditiontogivingupitsnuclearprograms.
or not is a clear test for Chinese future
prevent a North Korean nuclear weapons
It needs to normalize its relations with
N
orth Korea may be preparing to test a
security strategy in Northeast Asia. South
test?
Northeast Asian countries, improve its
nuclear weapon. For more than two
Korea would be under great pressure to
Ultimately, the United States demand
human rights conditions, eliminate
years, the United States, Japan, Russia,
respond to a provocative nuclear weapons
China to make one of two choices?either
sponsoring terrorism, and abandon the
China,andSouthKoreahaveengagedinsix-
program in North Korea. South Korean
participating in the containment of North
proliferation of nuclear missiles and
partytalkswithNorthKoreainaneffortto
government would likely engage in intense
Korean nuclear weapons development or
technology.
preventitsnuclearweaponprogram.
diplomatic talks with the other parties
facing the possibility of other nuclear
There have been three formal rounds of
involvedinthiscrisis.
neighborsinNortheastAsia.
the talks in Beijing, but the results have
There are two options of South Korean
The consequences of a North Korean
Thewriterisanassociateprofessorof
fallen short of our expectations because of
government if North Korea succeed in
nucleartestwouldhavesignificanteffectson
DepartmentofPoliticalScienceand
North Korean intransigence and the
developing nuclear weapons. First, South
thesecuritysituationsinNortheastAsia.The
InternationalRelations
KimSun-woong/CartoonistofTheArgus
LettertoTheArgus
Isrelativegradingsystemreallygood?
Menacetotherightincampus
ESTABLISHED1954
I
twasanation-wideshockingeventthat
My friend turned cold to me and other
I
readthearticle“safetyalertincampus,”
knowsthattherateofgettingcancerofnon-
PublishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandforstudentsofHankukUniversityof
hundredsofhighschoolstudentstookto
students after she became a junior.
ofMay4issue.Iagreethattherisksuch
smokers is higher than that of smokers.
ForeignStudies.TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
the street to hold a candlelight rally to
Thereforeitisimpossibletocallhertoask
asthebusaccidentandsexualharrassment
Non-smokers have the right to study and
higheststandardofcampusjournalism.
protest against the relative grading system
advice during exam.” She said that it
threaten students inside the campus. But
walkincleanandfreshair.
in early May. The Ministry of Education
probably was a way of defending
there is another jeopardy that menaces the
I am not sure whether the school takes
?President,Publisher
AhnByongMan
had to cope with the students’ protest
themselvestomaintainhighergrades.
righttolive;smokingindoors.
this problem seriously. Constructing
?Editor-in-Chief
LeeHyae-myung
privately by persuading them to return to
I don’t think that all competition is bad
Most smokers in campus smoke in
dongari buildings, struggling with the
?EditorialConsultant
classroom.
forus,butthereistoomuchcompetitionin
buildings without any sting of conscience.
tuitionfeeproblem,andattractingfreshmen
KimKyu-young,YooHa-na
?PlanningDirector
Asrelativegradingsystemhasalsobeen
our ordinary campus life. If we will
Men smoke at the hall and lobby and
will not matter if our right to live is
LeeJun-gul
applied to our university since this year.
continuethissystem,ourdailyroutinewill
women smoke at the lady’s room. Non-
dangerous.Whatisthegoodofhavingthis
?Editors
LimHyo-jung,YangSun-young
Studentshavebeenbecomingmorenervous
be full of competition. Students will think
smokers have to always cover their noses
stuffifwearenotconvincedofourhealth
?AssociateEditors
LeeSang-hee
about each point, and tension is created
of fellow students as their subconscious
because of smoke from the cigarettes. But
and life after 50 years because of the
?Reporters
LeeSeung-hee,LeeYoung-mee,KimBo-seok,
among students. In case of college of
competitors. It is unreasonable in the fact
no one of the smokers feel sorry at all. Of
smoke?TheGeneralStudentCouncilhasto
YangEun-ae,KimHan-sem
education, relative grading system, in fact,
thatstudentsregardtheirownsuccessasthe
allthestudentsinthiscampus,50percentof
protect students’ right to live even though
?ProfessorEditor
ZangBung-ik
has already been applied because student
most important thing without thinking of
them are smokers and the others are non-
theyputotherproblemsoutoftheway.
?EnglishAdvisors
KangJi-hae,ParkKyung-sun
performanceincollegewasinvolvedinthe
others.
smokers. There is not even the sign “No
examforcertificationofteachingjob.This
Universityauthoritiesshoulddeviseother
Smoking”inschoolbuildings.
competition has resulted in some
evaluation systems instead of forcing
I know that a few years ago it was
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performance” are reluctant to help
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shamelessly. Moreover, they also threaten
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non-smokers’ right to live. Everybody

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