총 36페이지

02
Editorial
Where Working Class
Struggles for Living
T
here is something needed to be abolished in Korean education. This is called “cramming education.”
The history lessons only focuses on exactly when historical events happened and the chronological
order of those events, not why those historical events are important. In classes on social studies
studentsarenotallowedtodebatewhetherthedeathpenaltyshouldbeabolishedornot.Theyarejustobliged
to memorize facts such as “Korea has abolished the death penalty in practice.” Students are not encouraged
to think whether they agree with the abolition or not. The students do not get enough chance to think for
themselves.Therefore,ithasbeensaidthatthecrammingeducationresultsinstudentsbecomingunimaginable
andpassive.Yet,whyhascrammingeducationnotbeenabolishedbeforenow?
Adults,educatedthisway,donotwanttotalkaboutcurrentpolitics.Moreover,theykeeptheirdistancefrom
anysituationthatrequirestheirviewsonwhichcandidateshouldbegiventheirvote.Theyintentionallyavoid
debatingthedirectionKoreashouldfollow.However,theyblamethegovernmentfortheunjustsociety.So,is
itthegovernment’sfaultthatthesituationisunfairfortheworkingclasses?Itseemsthattheworkingclasses
alsohavetotakeresponsibilityforthissituation.Letmegiveyouanexample.Whatmakesusthinkthatfree
educationisbadforourselves?Isitthegovernment?Isitourselves?Theanswerisbothofthem.Ofcourse,the
governmenthascreatedasystemthatallowsustothinkthatfreeeducationcostsusanastronomicalamountof
money.Butisittrue?Whyhaveweuncriticallyagreedwiththegovernment?Whatifthegovernmentislying
tous?
It is time for us to judge whether what the government claims is true and the way we think is truly helpful
to ourselves or not. To facilitate this we need to change the way students are educated. Students should be
encouragedtoexpresstheirownopinionsandtheyalsoneedtodiscussahotpotato--somethinglikepolitics
today -- with their classmates. To bring about this change in educating students, the privileged class needs to
changeitsmethodofgoverning--atpresenttheyretaintheirpowerthroughthisstyleofeducationbecausethe
ordinarypeople’sopinionsarerarelyheard.Thispreventsthembeingabletodenytheclaimsoftheprivileged
classorfromenablingthemtoweedouttheprivilegedfew.Inaddition,theyoungshouldbeconcernedabout
whatisgoingoninpoliticstodayandwhosepledgesarethemostrealisticandhelpfulforus.
Currently,thereisatendencyforyoungpeopletobeindifferenttowhatisgoingoninpresentdaypolitics.If
thiscontinuestobeso,nothingwillchange.Itwouldbeverybadforourfuture.Inordertochangetheworld,
haveyourownopinionandvoiceyourideas.
KangYoung-joon
Editor-in-Chief
www.theargus.org

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