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Sunday, December 06, 2009, 2:29 AM
interesting topic~
the point was, the question wasn't the interesting bit. it was the deviation from the original topic 'why do korean girls love to carry luxury goods', to 'why do korean parents pay for their children's education, when the child could go and part-time and take student loans/whatever and assume responsibility for their studies?' it was amusing to see them fighting over this topic. but being an asian, i haven't thought hard about this topic at all, and i took it for granted that my parents should naturally pay for my compulsory 10 years of education + 'n' years of my tertiary education. if not, what is CPF for? haha. what some korean girls mentioned about luxury goods was nonetheless not as baffling as i would thought, but definitely not the kind of view that i could agree upon either. their perspective was, having a nice bag, with a good quality that lasts beats bags that are cheap but have bad quality. some girls even remarked that using luxury brand bags could impress the guys a little. to me, that's bollocks. no guy is going to look at you, and exclaim, 'omg, my dream girl is carrying my dream bag which is my dream brand!'. almost all the foreigners in that program in the studio did not possess ANY luxury bags. reason being, they just don't need one. a nice, decent. normal one that could last is good enough. i like that view. well, back to my original intent. so all these arguments led to the question about parents paying for education. as a viewer of this program, i couldn't think of anything to debate with. to me, parents paying for education is the norm, and never thought people, foreigners especially, could be perturbed by that thought. with nothing to back the argument in my mind, i watched on. most of the foreigners paid for their own education, either by part-timing or by taking study loans. i applaud that. but they shouldn't be so surprised that we asians allow our parents to pay for our education. we will pay them back by installments, after all, but a few things stood out from the argument, which grew some afterthoughts within me. one of the korean girls remarked that those foreigners probably could survive and pay their own education because their countries' policies and welfare may enable them to do so in a fairly comfortable manner, which korea may be lacking in, and that instantly shut most people up. indeed, maybe this could take some time to do some research on it. exactly, what kind of policies do other countries have with regards to education. i couldn't agree more with that korean girl who made that statement. i did not read up on policies and welfare for students in other countries, but what im sure of, is that some of the countries which these foreigners come from, probably paid a lot of attention to education policies to reduce the percentage of illiteracy among their citizens. im not sure how korea views it, but i believe in any way, their policies, compared to the other countries', may lack a thing or two. another thing to note, is that, in other countries, college education is made much more accessible to their citizens via public college. so even if you do not do well, you can still fight your way to gain admission to a public community college. the situation differs greatly in korea. look at the amount of cram schools in seoul, just to ensure the students will work very hard to gain admission to the colleges in korea. yearly, when the national exams is going on, parents will camp outside the school where they take their papers, and pray, chant, stay vigil throughout the examination period, which could last for a week or so. if the results are out, and some students did not do well to gain entry into a college, they either enter the workforce early, or, for those who took it too hard, take their own lives because of the failure. so bottomline is, if you can make it to a good college in korea, you're probably something. and, if you're something good, then what is wrong with pampering with a luxury bag, or paying for your school fees? but what the foreigners said also made certain point. their parents wanted them to work outside and support their own education is because they want their kids to learn about the harsh realities of life, communication between people, and learn through life's experiences, which i agree a lot. look at our citizens. some of the scholars may score a phenomenal high score in IQ, but rake in a failing grade for their EQ. some are too proud with their academic achievements that they couldn't even humble themselves when they enter the workforce. some people job-hop, simply because 'i can't stand that environment. ooh i hate the work here, im leaving'. question: where is the spirit of enduring hardships? these problems might surface due to the near-zero work experience graduates face before entering the workforce. either ways, i believe both korea and other countries have their own policies. we have our own too. so just live with it, and move on in life, and live your life successfully, and it doesn't even matter how many months of installment you remain with, before you could pay off the amount of money your parents invested in your education. 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