"least happy children in the developed world"

[ensho]

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/asia-pacific/2011/08/201181671514245687.html


School's out for S Korean kids

Government plans to reduce pressure on "least happy children in the developed world" by cancelling Saturday classes.


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The South Korean government has ordered schools to end Saturday classes from next year.

President Lee Myung-bak is hoping that the measure will give children more time to play and bond with their families.

But, as Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports from the capital, Seoul, parents are reluctant.
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5 days a wk. is long enough. and I've always been against homework.

[TwilightGardener]

1. More time for Starcraft!

[LuvNewcastle]

2. Damn, that's a lot of school.

Some of the kids like it, so I guess it's all right for some. That ferocious competitiveness just doesn't seem healthy to me, however.