Education South Korea....something isn't right

 In South Korea and across the globe many think that education will allow them to get a better life.

Here in South Korea students spend a lot of time studying. A LOT OF TIME IS SPENT BY THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. More than 10 hours a day at nearly all age groups. 

Where I am at we make worksheets with the objective that the student should spend up to an hour to complete the worksheet. So instead of completing a simple homework assignment and then going outside to play or do something else, they must focus on homework that will be meaningless in the future. 

You see the education that most academies teach will not prepare students for a work-at-home type of future that is coming. There will be fewer jobs due to automation and likely more jobs related to data entry, or some kind of work that does require people to sit in an office. 

Actually, according to the bible what I said above likely will NOT happen. Suddenly, like a thief in the night, Jesus will herald his kingdom into power. Making everything we are learning obsolete. 

Of course, the learning that happens in some places is useful. Especially for the short term. Even so, it is very limited. Students know this! They act up left and right outright disobeying their parents. 

People look at South Korea and do not understand there is a very worrying situation developing. When martial law was declared last week it really stressed people out and woke some others up that things are not right. The system that seemed so stable for over 40 years actually isn't stable at all. It really scared many people, so much so that thousands took to the streets in protest. You see in South Korea it looks too peaceful and serene. People drink to forget their woes, hiding behind government support, and credit. Meanwhile, debt is soaring, and jobs are becoming scarce (the so-called good jobs). Students are under crazy strain that is hard to see when they walk on the streets smiling and talking with their friends, glued to their smartphones. 

Many people from around the world do not know about the daily suicides, people drinking themselves under the table, and a nation that knows but lies to itself that all is ok.

So all of this education in South Korea should point to a population that is happy optimistic and ready to meet an exciting future. Instead, it is a bunch of kids who do not get enough sleep, or time to just play. Kids who sit in classrooms longer than most full-time workers around the world especially if you add the time spent studying for exams, and doing all of the homework that comes from all of those classes. It is not surprising that more and more are disobeying parents, and becoming fierce...oh Jehovah tells us about this in the bible! An apt descriptor for the days we are living in!

/tata