Some Things Which are Hard to Understand about Korean Culture
I often find myself thinking about why Koreans do certain things that they do. Some examples I can think of: 1 - Amount of drinking. 2 - How often people, likely drunk, make noise at night which wakes up lots of people. 3 - Why the police don't catch those people for disturbing the peace. 4 - The working hours - Recently I saw a chart showing working hours around the world. Korea was #1 for most working hours. 5 - Why kids who hate school are sent to hagwons!! In addition to full days at regular schools!!!! 6 - #1-5 7 - The hours they sleep. Adults and children get 5/6 at most 7 hours per night. 8 - Why they don't realize this is not healthy, especially for children. 9 - How it's pretty much impossible for anyone to get a good job who (1) Didn't graduate from one of the best universities (2) Isn't a good test taker (3) Didn't attend hagwons. It seems the only students who don't go to hagwons are those who have parents who can't affo...