I would say he’s being quite honest, especially considering they have one of the highest suicide rates.
And lowest birth rates
Their ESports winrates all but make up for it though…
Of course everyone want to fuck an esport athlete. How silly of me.
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Although in hindsight, I’d rather have them absolutely destroy my sleep schedule than ending up getting in to less favorable university than I got in
Seriously? If you’re going to university you’ll be fine regardless of where it ranks, how can that possibly be worth destroying your teenage years? Is this just social attitudes in Korea or does it actually make any difference?
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Everything you’ve written on this thread is very depressing. What is even the point? Why does anyone even want to live in Korea? It sounds like an absolute nightmare tbh.
I’d expect to be mass immigration away from Korea.
So the American equivalent is pretty much going to the ivy League then going to work at FAANG or a law firm or finance firm that only hires from the ivies.
That stuff all exists in the US and it’s certainly something many Americans aspire to as evidenced by the whole college admissions coaching industry.
What you’re seeing out of Korea is presented as though ALL families are basically telling their kids that they’ll be disowned if they fail to achieve these lofty heights.
The reality is that there are a ton of more accessible universities throughout the Korean peninsula that kids attend and they end up with reasonable jobs living reasonable lives, current situation of unaffordable housing and rampant debt notwithstanding.
I would agree that many if not most Korean students spend significantly more time studying than their American counterparts. I will not agree that it’s universally effective to do so.
Source: Lived in Korea for four years in the nineties and eventually married into it. Though I will admit some of my experiences may be outdated as I haven’t been keeping up with latest trends.
Life controled by handful of rich familles
Does S Korea also have the problem of a rigid and corrupt 2 party system?
BUT…
You can get wasted with $1 worth of soju.
$3 these days. Times are hard.
Yeah the mandatory service and shitty neighbors suck. Other stuff mentioned are simply not true.
Source: I am Korean
No, the chaebol are absolutely a thing. That’s how South Korea rebuilt after the wars. That’s how we have Samsung and LG. Those families make up a majority of the country’s GDP, and lobby substantially.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/business/chaebol-south-korea.html
I’m Korean and I know what chaebols are 😂. They get many perks like not going to jail after committing crimes, but they don’t control all aspects of people’s lives here. That is overexaggeration and simply not true.
