Between a R.O.K.and aHard Place

Did you know. . .Did you know. . .

South Korea(Republic of Korea)

Regarded as the twopremier K-12 educationsystems in the world

South Korea’shigh school graduationrate

97%

Highest graduationrate in the world

About 100,000 South Korean (SK)students attend U.S. universities

Third overall, behind China and India

Did you know. . .Did you know. . .

Wants to use SK educationas a role model forU.S. education system

SK students placed 2nd in reading

U.S. students 17th

*World ranking of 15 yr olds

SK students placed 4th in math

U.S. students 31st

*World ranking of 15 yr olds

But wait!

There’s more than meets the eye

You are a typical high school senior

You go to schoolby 7am

Classes until 4pm

Clean the schoolfor 30 minutes

Then more classes

Dinner from 6-7

Time to go home?!?

No. . .

Self-study for 4-5 hours

Typically go home at11pm

SK: 16 hour school dayU.S.: 8 hour school day

If not a high school student

No self-study

Instead, you go to private cram schools

until very late

It’s supplemental learning for all subjects,especially English and Math

All in preparation forthe college entrance exam

Do well. . .

Do poorly. . .

Too much pressure from the parents

Spending on cram schools:

10% income

No parent wants theirchildren to be seen asa “B” student

Relentless focus onexam results

Resulted in SK teenagers beingthe unhappiestin the *OECD

*Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Psychologists blamethis culture for allmanners of ills,

From poor socialskills,

To the leading causeof death amongthose aged 15-24

Suicide

SK suicide rate is20/100,000

More than 2x

Korea needs

Test resultsaren’t everything

We need to teachhealthier ways to study and succeed

First, sleep is good

Lack of sleep affects grades

9 hours of sleepis needed

Second,takebreaks

For every 45-50minutes

5-10 minute break

You can eatsomething healthy

Or exercise

Stimulatesthe brain

Third, if you’re tired,

Take a power nap

20 minutes is the perfect amount of time

Finally, eat well

Always eat breakfast

Helps energize body

Don’t eat 3 big meals

Slows you down

Eat 5-6 well-balanced smaller meals

Stay hydrated(Water, Juice, Milk, Green Tea)

Now that you knowNow that you know

Lets help emphasize healthy study habits

For all students