Schools Around the World: Korea

Video # 1: Friday (every single day, the schedule is different)

Periods

Class Activity

Time

Additional Description

School Starts

School Starts

7:40

Travels on a school bus.

Per.1

Self-Study Session

50 min.

Without a teacher facilitating

them, the students themselves
are responsible for each other.

Per.2

Gym

40 min.

That day, they were playing a

game called pi-bu. It is like
dodgeball, however, you only play
with one ball.

Per.3

Art / Music

n/a

That day, they were rehearsing

for a competition in Yonsei
University. Like the Self-Study
Session, the students would
facilitate the rehearsal
themselves.

Per.4

Biology

n/a

Lunch

Lunch

n/a

Their lunch contains: rice, kimchi,

vegetables, soup, and sometimes
dessert (can range from fruit to a
doughnut).

Break

Break

n/a

After their lunch, they get some

time to rest and enjoy their free
time.

Club
Activities

Choir

n/a

They usually practice during

Fridays, making Fridays more
enjoyable.

School Ends

School Ends

5:30 pm

Even though they come to school

through their school bus, most of
the time they go home on a public
bus, because the school bus
leaves at 10:00.

Video # 2
This video emphasizes the importance of education in Korea. However, it does not cover
the different classes but the lives they live. One of the subjects they cover is about suicide.
Many reasons evolve around suicide. Some called it a fault in the Korean education system.
Some say its the pressure given by parents. Others say its because of the lack of succession
of some students. However, many female students are starting to be more interested in beauty.
Approving the idea of plastic surgery, many student become less confident and stress over the
simplest things.