South Korean students are studying very hard for entrance to top universities. And then, they try to get jobs at top companies like Samsung or Hyundai. Anyway, Koreans are facing a very competitive and stressful society.

There are more private instructors than school teachers in South Korea, and the most popular instructors make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes. When Singapore’s Education Minister was asked last year about his n…

Chinese families have been hiring test-prep tutors since the 7th century. Modern-day South Korea has taken this competition to new extremes. In 2010, 74％of all students are engaged in some kind of private lessons after school, sometimes c…

社会や国を形作っていく根幹をなすのは「教育」であることは間違いがないと思います。 日本は徳川時代から藩校や寺子屋が存在し、教育レベルが高かったゆえに、「黒船」以降、西洋文明をどんどん吸収して行けたのだと思います。 「黒船」自体、それを見ただ…