The American Envy of the Korean Education System: The Problems Begin at Home, Not With the Schools
We Americans believe that the government and the education system for our students, through high school, is flawed. While that is true, the biggest thing that is required in the US for it to "catch up" to the rest of the world? A New Attitude.
The differences start at home. First, Korean students work first, complain later. Second, Korean parents use essentially ALL, not part, of their money on their child's education.
And, Korea (and the rest of the world) isn't going to slow down to wait for the US to catch up.
http://seoulgyopoguide.blogspot.com/p/american-envy-of-korean-education.html
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US vs. Korean Education
President Obama would like to know how South Korea has risen up to have one of the fastest-growing economies and best-educated workers in just over a generation. Rather than look to a magic fix, The Lost Seoul addresses some cultural differences between South Korea and the US in this blog post. One important difference he mentions is attitude. If you ask an American student if he or she is good at math, you will usually get a straightforward answer. If you ask a South Korean student the same thing, he or she won’t know how to answer. The question doesn’t compute.
http://susanmidlarsky.com/blog/blog_files/us_vs_korean_education.php
