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ROK Drop Movie Review: Waiting for Superman
» by GI Korea July 8th, 2011 at 3:03 am » Comments (71)
I saw over the weekend the popular US education documentary Waiting for Superman that attempts to show what a mess the US education system is: The fact that this recent teacher ...more »South Korean Teenagers Rank US As Nation’s Third Greatest Enemy
» by GI Korea June 27th, 2011 at 3:16 am » Comments (33)
Their biggest enemy is of course not the nation that kidnaps ROK citizens, shoots ROK citizens in the back, sinks ROK naval ships, or even launches a artillery barrage against a civilian city: Many teenagers think ...more »Are Koreans Paying Too Much for College Tuition?
» by GI Korea June 13th, 2011 at 9:46 pm » Comments (34)
That is what many students and families think in Korea: Thousands of students and other people protesting high college tuition staged a series of candlelight vigils over the weekend, including a ...more »Should Students Be Forced To Eat School Lunches?
» by GI Korea April 11th, 2011 at 11:41 pm » Comments (13)
I can understand having kids eat healthy school lunches, in fact I support it, but preventing kids from bring their own home made school lunches seems a bit extreme. Some ...more »Seoul Bans Corporal Punishment In Schools, But Alternative Offered
» by GI Korea January 17th, 2011 at 7:18 pm » Comments (6)
I wonder if English teachers will be allowed to tell students to do push ups? Teachers in Seoul may no longer be able to slap misbehaving students, but they will ...more »Picture of the Day: Test Scores
» by GI Korea December 14th, 2010 at 1:14 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Students look at their scores for the Nov. 18 college entrance exam at Paihwa Girls High School in Seoul on Wednesday. "][/caption] more »Driving to Japan
» by GI Korea November 8th, 2010 at 3:52 am » Comments (14)
Here is a story about a South Korean exchange student in Iowa, which just goes to show how much Americans know about geography: Daeun Han, a 17-year-old from South Korea came ...more »Teacher Reprimanded For Exposing Sexual Harrassment of Students
» by GI Korea August 28th, 2010 at 3:25 am » Comments (4)
I guess Korea doesn't have any whistle blower laws: The Jeju Office of Education is under fire for reprimanding a female teacher who had informed the state human rights ...more »Michelle Rhee Makes Good On Promise to Hold DC Teachers Accountable
» by GI Korea July 24th, 2010 at 10:13 pm » Comments (47)
Michelle Rhee went through a lot to make this happen, but finally at least some teachers in America are being held accountable for their performance: The District of Columbia public school ...more »Picture of the Day: Test Time
» by GI Korea July 15th, 2010 at 12:00 pm » Comments (7)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Students in sixth grade and ninth grade as well as high school juniors take exams conducted nationwide on Tuesday. (Yonhap News"][/caption] more »
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