Prosperous South Korea

             On a different end of the spectrum we have South Korea. This region has a very stressful and competitive field when it comes to education. It is expected that you go to school and hopeful that you are extremely successful. Some parts of South Korea had educational competition that is so intense that families are spending a large proportion of their income or savings to educate their children for entrance exams into universities (Attewell, 2010, p. 106). With these high expectations, 95% of children in South Korea are supposed to go to a university (Attewell, 2010, p. 106). The reasons for these educational goals are that these people believe in the security of financials and they also view education as a social status (Attewell, 2010, p. 107). I believe that it is a wonderful thing that South Korea is flourishing so well and educating almost all of their child population. It may be a more strict and narrow plan, but we might be able to learn from them that pushing our students and expecting a lot from them can go a long way.