ludus magnus

The Roman writer Pliny the Younger summed up a good school. It should have admirable teaching, firm discipline and high standards of behavior. He thought that forming the character was as important as training the mind. 

As with many other countries in the eastern world, Korea has serious arising problems with education policies. Those include national college entrance exam, similar to French baccalauréat, which bases on materials not covered by high schools, too many young kids leaving the country to study abroad early in their age,  and high percentage of graduates going for positions in public service. I would say... most parents and instructors who are involved in educating their children and students are only interested in simply providing vast amount of learning materials and nothing else. To me, the daily lives of Korean high school students seem so distressful. They clearly have no life, no time to find own personality within and enrich their soul.  

What Korean government and board of education need to work on is not producing another smart workforce, but providing choices to individuals, so that unique and distinct personalities can be formed. In return, those youngsters will discover true talents in themselves, find what suits best, become professionals that can provide their unique skills to society. When each citizen becomes well off, the country will also prosper according to Adam Smith's invisible hand theory. Korea has followed Japanese factory system, that is producing indistinct labor forces for efficiency, and somewhat succeeded for years. However, times have changed; it is about time that she will have to find a more compassionate way of growing her seeds.