Jungyeon's Blog

 Living in South Africa, one of the things that my friends thought was weird was how competitive the education system is in Korea. When I talked to their parents, I could see that Korean parents care about the education of their children much more than the ones in other countries. I wanted to find out the reason behind it.  There even was a TV series named "Sky Castle" which showed how serious Korean parents are, although it had some exaggeration. There have been lots of opinions on this series saying that it's too fake or provocative but I think that it was a good way to show the stress that students and parents are experiencing in Korea because of education. It was after Korean War that people started to invest in their children's education. Since people were having a hard time and they knew education will help to combat poverty, this was why. With a rapidly growing economy, being able to get a high position within society got crucial in order to succeed and this al...

 A few days ago in Gyeonggido, Korea, there was supposed to be a Bus Driver Strike. Although it got cancelled and I had no problems using public transport, I needed to get a taxi or stay at home without going to work if the strike happened as planned. Not only in Korea but in the whole world, strikes happen for various reasons. What's the history of strikes and what are the popular causes for the strikes?  The history of strikes goes back to the late 1700s when the strike was first recorded officially. After this, strikes became common as an action to make a better working environment and to get their rights corrected. Strikes were active during the 1800s and this continues until now.  A common way of the strike is stopping their work until the capitalist of the group, for example, a boss, agrees to accept what was suggested. In the case of Australia, when the public transport workers decide to have a strike, public transports function as normal but citizens don't need to...