Showing posts with label Education in Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education in Korea. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 February 2015

New Semester

Tomorrow (Monday) is the first day of the last week of the semester.  This week I will be busy finishing books, wrapping up classes, writing student reports, and (Thurs. and Fri.) having snack parties.

Sigh.

It went so fast, and I have to give most (all?) of my good students to other foreign teachers (we trade off, usually after 1 year of teaching the same students).

In the news, I have read that a record number of Korean elementary schools are enrolling only 1 or 2 new students for a class (school year) due to the declining birth rate.

Also, by 2020, there will be far more college/university openings than high school graduates, so the government is working to shut down some colleges/universities.

Education is changing in Korea.

Let's hope that the illogical (stupid) grammar preparation for university tests changes as well . . .