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Hagwon Curfew Now 10pm

27 April 2009 1,624 views 2 Comments

 

Sounds like the crux of the Lee Myung Bak government’s argument is: “It’s 10pm, do you know where your children are?”   As the debate grows between hagwon groups and the government, most teachers seem to favor the idea of having dinner at least by 11pm.  What do you think?

[Korea Times]

 

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  • MissYoo said:

    I really like the idea because kids need their rest, and so do teachers. I think when I first came to Korea, the idea of getting up late in the afternoon to take care of bills and stuff during the day was an awesome perk. But then later I actually got sick of being such a vampire going out after work and eating chicken & beer, etc. Now maybe I can get home at a reasonable hour, get a night of sleep and then still walk around Seoul during the day.

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    # 27 April 2009 at 9:18 pm
  • Jinne said:

    First it is because poor students and rich students can be kind of more equal. This is because, if there is a time limit, all students can go to the similar amount of hagwon. Before there was the curfew rich students went to hagwon until it was very late so that means they went to more hagwons while the poor students went to 1 or 2 hagwon. Also this meant rich students can only go to good high schools and go to top collages. So because all students are equal I agree with the curfew.

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    # 17 April 2011 at 5:51 pm

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