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[quote=CLOUDHANDS,322183]In the time I spent in Korea I observed a completely different set of family priorities toward childrens' education. Here is make a comparison between American parents' education expenses and those in the newly developed country of south Korea where I taught last year. The differences are astonishing.

In South Korea, parents pay tuition for ( public) school, they pay for textbooks, uniforms, lunch and dinner at the school; they pay for transportation to school, they pay extra tuition for after school classes and tutoring, and the students clean the schools. In America  parents do not pay any tuition, transportation and books are provided, breakfast and lunch is provided for all lower income students ( 80% in urban schools), after school tutoring and summer school are given for free, and janitorial staff provide cleaning services. This year collections are being taken up in America  for lower and middle income families so that parents can receive free school supplies  because people are complaining that their fuel bills and other household expenses have risen. People in America complain bitterly about having to pay any taxes toward education. Yet many pay no attention whatsoever to what their child does in school, nor what are the homework or requirements are for the child's classes, and parent conferences in some areas are completely deserted. Parents in Korea and other countries would do anything to see that their children have a chance at more education, yet they only make a third to a half as much money as an American. (average income in So Korea is 16,000 dollars a year) So the significance of education is completely different for these two countries.

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