School Swap: Korea Style, Episode 1 Full BBC Documentary 2016
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- School Swap: Korea Style -
Episode 1
Documentary in which Welsh students experience the South Korean education system. Three Pembrokeshire teens spend three days in one of the toughest school regimes in the world.
School Swap: Korea Style -
Episode 1
What does it take to have the best school in the world? To find out, three Welsh teenagers from Pembrokeshire swap their classroom, teachers and parents for a school on the opposite side of the world. South Korea boasts one of the best education systems in the world, but also one of the toughest. So for three days, they will live and breathe Korean education to find out the secret to their success. Can they hack it?
When the family clapped for the welsh boys piano then the kid goes and plays backwards 😂😂 Ik the Korean family was thinking “That was cute but okay”
That was the perfect representation of the phrase "If you think you are good at something remember there's always an asian who does it better than you"
Requiem lol
Halles_worldd I was like 💀💀💀
They were nice and cheering. That's part of their hospitality that's well known around the world.
@@lalalazarus 😂😂😂😂😂 So true!
*watches this while ignoring all of my homework and projects due tomorrow*
I feel you. Got a quiz coming up and homework I was supposed to hand in a week ago, but youtube is better so..
i have korean sat next thursday and i'm watching this video...
actually i've been studying for 4 yrs for korean sat to apply university. i don't know if other students in other countries study like this.
Same
정대영 studying for 4 years or to go to university for 4 years?
"We need to be there by 8"
"That's quite an early start..."
Me: *Cries in waking up at **5:30** and getting to school at 7*
Jojo_is_a_MBB hahahh ye in America u have to go sooo early at 7 : in England it’s later, like usually 9. But honestly 8 isn’t that early, my school here is super strict and make us come at 8 but it’s still really dark. It’s not rlly fair bc I’m only in 6th grade ㅠㅡㅠ
my old sched used to be at 6:30. like i have to wake up at 4:00 to study and arrive at school before 6:30 so that i'll be able to study some more
hawtsa I’m crying for you
@@girlwithapearlearring4522 Mate only in primary school (Year 1-6) (1st - 5th grade in the US) is this ever true, for England at least. Most secondary schools (6th-12th grade in the US) here in England require you to be in school for 8.20, but there is much variation as to when they end. I still have to get up at 6 tho since getting to school on public transport in England takes forever since its so crowded.
Aryan Agrawal yep, sucks
felt that one korean kid in the front row who didn’t put up their hand when she said put up your hand if it’s easy 💀
it was definitely not easy for everyone, but the concept of "the nail that sticks out gets the hammer" is pretty central to east asian cultures. that kid has more integrity than many of the students who lied out of fear.
@@fritzjackson4336 I'm South Asian and agree a lot. Most students fear raising their hand or asking questions. They always have to act the best and smartest and be better than everyone else. And then there's cases like me...
I used to be the one who asked questions a lot but the teachers scolded me for asking "out of syllabus" questions or accused me of trying to defame them by asking creative questions so they would slip up and kids could make fun of them. Of course I wasn't doing any of that, I was just curious. But the teacher's responses made me shut up and stop speaking up in class.
"Lets go to korea"
*BGM : kung fu fighting, a song written by a Jamaican-uk artist about Chinese martial art.
I know right
I thought it was sooo racist...😂 but a bit funny...
Like wtf ?! 😑
The background music was dumb and guess what who used it for this documentary?The show
Don't be a snowflake.
There were new Korean students in my class (twin boys) they sleep in class and still have better grades than me 😑
Suga is my Husband it’s in their genes
yeah me too he is computing accounting without using a fuckin' calculator.
@@jobbap6669 are you an ARMY?
💜
Fearl Purple ARMY ?
@@precious6224 I am! 💜
Why? 😁
I love how respectful this blonde guy was all the time
Yeah and the blonde girl is quite disrespectful to me
@D. Va wha- I’ve never slept in school and no one ever does in my school I clearly have a different culture
@D. Va than sleep early
@@mayas4230 that's impossible my classes usually ends at 6 pm and i have homework i usually finish it all at 1 am or 12am .... and i have to wake up at 5am ,be at school at 7:15
@D. Va na h she is disrespectful. first time she saw her korean mate she didnt even shake hands or greet her, she just pushed herself through the door. she is impolite as fuck
I wonder how the kids actually paid attention in class when they don't even know korean
I saw that they had headphones in during class,so they most likely had a translated lesson they were listening to.
most lessons are taught in english and also headphones
@@aidenives-day2259 The lessons in Korean public schools are not taught in English, they are taught in Korean.
@@liamhaughton5909 I meant like learning english is taught mostly just in English and in some public schools they do speak english and korean so that the koreans can get more fluent into english as well
@@tarjaau If you read the comments properly I was just explaining it to someone who was asking about it no need to be sarcastic.
OMG, that Korean girl's mom--she really pulled out all the stops. The breakfast looks like a fine spread at a high-end restaurant, with the best dishes lovingly prepared. She must've gotten up at like 5 am to prepare such a feast. Just look at how nervous she looks at 8:55. I bet she's thinking, "What are they saying in English? I hope I did my best!" The apartment is spotless and the china in the dining room is very nicely presented. She was like--damn, the BBC is coming. Must make things perfect!!!
I thought she looked nervous at breakfast 😂😂
Koreans have a really neat food culture. They prepare a bunch of side dishes according to "rank": 3 is for regular people, 5 for respected people, 12 for royalty! You don't have to eat each side dish but it's there for you to try out.
I counted 4 side dishes in this breakfast, so I figure the Welsh girl fell in between "regular people" and "respected people."
Luboman411 Yup she is a "guest"
she should see my breakfast xD a piece of bread with Nutella spread on it or nothing xD
The British kid was like look guys I can play the piano... The Korean kid was like.................... BITCH.... Hold my Beer.
Jack Bauer My face was priceless
You mean he said "Bitch, hole my math book for a second"
lol what?
Jack Bauer Ture
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ALL SAYING?
I'm surprised they didn't talk about the thousands of suicides of Korean high schoolers every years
Lol 😂 source?
@@hackjaelee Bro google it, doesn’t even need a source that’s just fact, it’s like asking a source about the roundness of the earth
How the fuck is that even relevant to this swap?
@@nicol.7738 bc both is related to the south korean school system
Not surprising, this lifestyle is not sustainable at all.
I lived in Gangnam and I literally know where all those places are. Let me tell you, these kids are all about school and hagwon. Gangnam at 9pm and 10 pm is full of students walking home. It is also very VERY expensive. It is very very hard for everyone even the students and the family. We should be thankful for the education we have all around the world and the freedom we have here in America as students too.
Kids from Wales remind me of U.S. teens, they should have prepared getting up early and staying up, it makes the Wales teens as flippant
I also used to live in gangnam and those schools were like THE schools to go to, they work so hard
Ever heard of student debts? 😡🔥
@@beekeepermariadelgado6806 You need to consider the time difference and jet lag though. The kids may not have had any time to adjust.
That is why the comparison is not fair. I paid school fees in London for my children as my parents did for me and we wanted that kind of education. I must have put in 10,00 hours of practice in classical music alone as a teenager so am not surprisingly very good and have ended up a pretty good lawyer too. If you took the children from say London's Westminster school and compared them with these you would have much more similarities. Wales is a very deprived part of the UK.
Using "Kung fu Fighting" might be a sign that indeed your education system is not the best. 🤦♀️
Right? I thought that was really inappropriate.
Kung Fu is Japanese, not Korean hahaha
Ugh. Growing up in the US, people always assumed I knew kung fu or karate. It was annoying but more understandable. We didn't have things like the internet to gain exposure to other cultures. There's really no excuse anymore, with the world at your fingertips.
I'm glad I wasnt the only one uncomfortable with this
Terrible! Wrong nationality; horrible cover!
bbc should’ve given the welsh students time to adjust to the time zone differences in Korea for a few days or a week before sending them to school. the jet lag must’ve been catching up on them and affecting their ability- especially sarah’s, to stay awake during all the lessons
Yeah thats right
@Sidney Choi .... absolutely!
Exactly my thoughts.
I’m welsh and gosh the words on the board though so confusing
I know right. When I went to Korea the first few days I was totally dead. Then when I flew back home I had to go to school the next day. I legit slept in my 7th period study hall because I was so tired.
Idk why people r amazed at their English. I mean they wouldn’t host English speaking kids if they can’t speak it now would they?
CompilatioNad It depends. Korean and Japanese people tend to know English quite well. I once stayed with a Spanish host who spoke no English whatsoever (mainly because she was encouraged to not learn any English to help me by my school).
Probably because they don't know many people who are bilingual, and when we hosted our foreign exchange student we couldn't speak their language, it's just a thing
@@ew6483 Japanese people are terrible at English what are you talking about?
@@pokemasterx4244 Just from my experience, Japanese people tend to be quite proficient at English. I don’t know of actual statistics, but the school system is quite strict on learning English in a lot of places in Japan.
@@ew6483 theres literally vids abt how bad the english teaching is at normal level, sometimes even the teacher is not that good at english but had to fill the spot.
All the Koreaboos wanting to move to South Korea having heart attacks about the stress of actual life there loool
I feel attacked😳
@@peeppon9769 so u koreaboo...
I'm not a kboo (i would kms if i was) but i really want to go to South Korea to study in a good college
It's a pretty chill life as an expat to be honest. if you are born and raised Korean... not so much!
@Beatrice Persson I was a teacher there for 5 years and I found it quite easy as long as you were able to accept and go with the flow of their culture. Much easier than my job/life in the US.
Yo those korean kids that are hosting the English kids are HELLA RICH. Apartments like those in korea are super expensive
Their PARENTS are rich.
I mean..its in Gangnam so... anyone who lives in Gangnam has got to be super loaded lol
lol I don't think you know what you're talking about. That is a standard apartment in Korea.
???? I've been living here for over 3 years. I definitely know what im talking about.
honey bread I'm literally Korean. And own 3 apartments in varying neighbourhoods in Korea. And go there every year for 6 months. I really don't think you know what you're talking about.
This seems like total hell. I'm from Singapore and I can't imagine myself studying like that. All respects to you Korean students
+Disko H We don't study that many hours here in Singapore. Well maybe only during major exams. We typically have 6 hours of normal classes followed by supplementary lessons on some days for 1 to 3 hours. With 1 or 2 days of extracurricular activities till the evening (number of days depends on the type and how many extracurricular activities you chose). All Primary and Secondary Schools closes at 7pm
Singapore is pretty much up at the top in education that is really good too compare to some .
+Alexis Ang Really ? i thought education at singapore is one of the top ... here in australia it's totally loose, we can basically chill in years 7,8,9. (by chill i still mean homework and necessary assignments, getting ahead but still having 5/7 days of the week to relax). its slightly different during the final years (12th grade mainly), though still sort of chill but can be demanding. obviously we have outliers and extremely talented students as well. It's been said that singapore is like 4-5 years ahead in syllabus material compared to australia, e.g 11th grade chemistry will be learnt in yr 7 or something. is that true ? if so, that'll be very demanding and singapore education is quite respected in aus
Alexis Ang not all jcs close so early. Mine closes at 10. But it's true that Singapore students don't have such a long day. Some students have tuitions after school like korean hagwon.
I agree with Alexis. At least students in Singapore still get to participate in Sports, Dance, Drama and Music after school hours -- say usually after 2pm. Most 13 to 16 year old Singaporean kids study from 8am to 1pm with a 30 minute recess. There are also a few Physical Education sessions, special music or dance program woven in every week to make school more interesting. Every school system has it's pros and cons but in my opinion, it is how the parents try to balance the importance of play vs studying, learning other skills vs just book smart, and highlight the significance of character, values education before academics, to their children that matters. It will highly affect how children show up in life as adults in future, good results or not.
I'm impressed with the Korean students' American accents when they speak English. They are impeccable! It sounds like they were raised in the States.
Must have been for sure
Maybe it's because they listen to the movie and practice pronouncing American English on the Internet.
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With how competitive they are I am sure they have gone for lessons and practiced - needing to be perfect.
Fun fact: Here in Ireland after our GCSE equivalent you take a ‘gap year’ where you attend school but the teachers aren’t allowed to teach you anything on the A level-equivalent curriculum. You get no homework. In this year, many Irish teenagers set up their own business and become rich, or they get good at a sport and discover their hobbies. This is the year when many quiet people become confident in themselves.
I was actually severely depressed before I went into transition year, but it completely healed my soul. Many studies have shown that students who do transition year have much higher grades in their A level equivalent.
I went from failing maths to winning national maths competitions in just one year. I didn’t really study maths over TY, it was just that I took a break and recovered from depression.
The school environment was so toxic before TY, with intense bullying. However, everyone matured over TY and there’s a great atmosphere nowadays.
I have never heard about this and I’m sad to know it’s not a thing here in the North of Ireland. I for one would have benefited immensely from that. I went into my A Levels and my first year of uni with rather severe depression. I was miserably for about 3 years straight.
@@667neighborofdabeast That sucks dude. I know how it feels. Hope you're good now.
As a Korean dude I can't envy your system more. this is certainly what Koreans HAVE TO learn. we are all bragging about how much time we spend each day for studying but what about the efficiency? I was in the middle of that system and honestly not many students can actually learn anything after 5-6 hours of work per day. after that it's more of hollow gimmick and there are so many studies that proves longer hours of studying past certain amount of time will eventually make you dumber in all aspects. furthermore in terms of emotional/psychological impact on them, well anyone with common sense can expect what will happen.
I am so sure that 10 years after the graduation from this BS these Welsh kids will be WAY ahead in creativity, quality of life, actual knowledge/skills and so forth, compares to these Korean kids.
@@MyronChoe I'm pretty sure Koreans are a lot more educated than Irish kids. The extra time studying definately makes them learn more.
But, I suspect Irish kids are happier than Korean kids and perhaps more educated in each of their specific hobbies. So for example, one of my friends loves writing and published a book at age 16. Korean kids who are better writers than my friend don't have the chance to publish their books because they're busy studying. A couple kids earned quite a bit of money playing as a band at concerts. I myself represented Ireland in a satellite building competition and learned how to code. I also partied a lot and made great friends and developed basic social skills. Then, I somehow managed to represent Ireland in the maths olympiad. A guy from a town near me wom a science competition and sold his project for a couple million euro at 16 and is now a billionaire. A girl in my school came second in the European Junior Olympics for decathlon.
Irish kids are definitely worse at maths, science etc than Korean kids but they have more time to be really good at things they enjoy.
I want a korean kid to visit a British one, it would be well funny😂
Send them to Glasgow and scar them for life
@@itsgodnga same here in Manchester
Wait do u watch that show too?? Just asking cuz of yr pfp ☺
@@honeyhoneycomb5596 yep it's amazing 😂
Back in 2013 , we had a Korean exchange student come to the America. He was in my seventh grade class. He knew no English. I was able to help him with English. He saw me struggle with math at the end he helped me with math
"That paper was *primary school level maths* " BRUH when i saw that graph damn we don't have those in primary till we reached secondary 😂
😂😂😂i know.....right.
I searched up a welsh gcse past paper for maths and it really was primary level maths, I guess its not only Korea that is hard on maths
Coming from Korea, my teacher had me self study math because what the class was leaning was so far behind in the US. I would say at least 2 plus years if not more. This was in grade school.
Quantumfreak US maths is easy tho.
It’s pretty normal as a person that studies in a chinese school we learn topics 2 years ahead than most schools such as having algebra as early as grade 4
As a parent, this is appalling to me. I would NEVER do this to my child. My children (16,15,and 13) may not be the smartest, but they have more love than they know what to do with. Every night we eat dinner together and their dad is home by 4:00p.m. These kids here are not being able to be kids. Very sad that if you aren't the best there, then you are pretty much nothing.
Absolutely. The thing they don't show you about our school systems, is that a lot of kids ultimately break down. The system is deliberately designed to ensure that you feel inadequate every step of the way so that you can continue improving. And here's another bitter reality, our work life is no better. Its the same routine.
Yeah, South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, and this is one of the causes. I'm a fan of the kpop group BTS and they have multiple songs about South Korea's education system and they do not hold back the punches. They condemn it pretty brutally "who is it that turned us into studying machines and labelled us as number one or failures... ...who is it that made us stand on our closest friends to get to the top" is part of the lyrics to their song "N.O." They have another one called "School of Tears" which is genuinely horrifying, it is about school bullying and from everything I know, the song does not exaggerate. Everything I know indicates school bullying is a huge issue in SK and that it is often extreme.
As a teacher in the US I find this appalling as well. While there are plenty of issues with US schools. When you literally test the top students against South Korea or other areas we are very competitive. South Korean students woukd do fine in the United States and other countries because at least the students we are shown have that backing of their parents and stable home life.
I can't believe there's a country where can raise 3 children while working at a company that leaves work at 4 o'clock. Please let me know so I can immigrate there.
NIce to see the Columbia University logo at the end of the video. If that's what they aspire to, they should quit school and start a company instead with that work ethic. I graduated from Columbia YEARS ago, it was a waste if time and money! They're wasting their childhood! How sad!
Unpopular Opinion: The UK has got it right. As someone who has experienced a comparable school system to South Korea's, I can assure you it is every bit as miserable as it sounds. We spend 16 years locked in a rat race, feeling inadequate every step of the way. We produce results at the expense of childhood. When the system is deliberately designed to break you, it takes all the joy out of learning.
I actually agree with you. It is not a healthy system for a child in anyway. I’m not saying the British one is. I really like British independent (private) education though. I think it has the best of both worlds.
czcams.com/video/IlCFgK0Ptec/video.html I am Terra- Forming Cyber Space, Creating Technology, and Redirecting Human Psychological Pathways....
And here i am spending 6 hour in afternoon watching CZcams and Netflix.
Lol same
Raka Rachmanda I do that to 😂
What's with the stupid "Kung Fu Fighting" song? It's like all Asians are associated with Kung Fu to Westerners....
drsnowmon The movie 's director is Korean. So I think that a reason why they use 'Kung Fu Fighting'.
drsnowmon indeed that's how they think.
It's just a song, get over it. Go to some Asian countries and every European becomes American...
Erm no. Unless you go to a developing country where not everyone gets proper education and exposure.
Dafydd Williams I'm so sure I'd be able to tell the difference between a French person, a German person, and a Swedish person. We all fucking look the same.
I am a teacher in Korea, my kids are so young and get home so late. I try to make my classes fun and interesting for them so they fell like they have a break.
That`s so good to hear. I am in Austria and my child is still in kindergarten where it is all about play and just a few tracing and counting exercises every now and then. Next fall he will transition to school and the one next door is known to be so strict and they have to be there from 7.45 to 3.30 each day. But it seems like nothing compared to what I see here :-(
Is this what life should be like? We all can only live once. When we are older, what will we remember from the life we lived? There should be a balance...
in asia, your gpa is everything. if your gpa is low, you wont find a decent job. thats why in asia, you study not only for getting certificate or diploma, or just high school graduate, but higher. asia have more poeple (population) and you compete with those who have good backgrounds and high gpa. and you want to be on top so you could change your social status. work experiences? ofc, high schoolers and university students in asia also work part time jobs and internships.
@@AmeliaCaroline looks like you think japan,korea and china are the only asian countries
@@JonSnow_436 im literally live in indo, you think japan korea and china are the only asian? i can show you the map of asian tho. what i said is a fact, in asia your gpa is everything. i dont know where you live but my other asian friends (malaysia, sg, philliphines) say the same thing
I'm from the Philippines, it is almost exactly the same like most of our Asian neighbors... your GPA means a lot in getting to good schools. Bad grades = not passing top universities admissions = not getting to good schools = not getting a high paying job. Most companies are elitist in my country, if you come from a so so college/university even with good grades, they won't even bother looking at your resume/CV. Medical schools, STEM schools and Law Schools are absolutely grueling in my country, and most of these schools don't accept students who have sub-par GPA. Amelia Caroline is absolutely correct.
im south korean and we have higher standards because when we make a documentary of a foreign nation, we don't want to put in the wrong thematical music. way to go with kung fu fighting and classical chinese music on a south korean education documentary. good job bbc.
Black Sunshine lmao
Black Sunshine lmao. 😂
that awkward moment when you're a palestinian canadian, and even you notice the messed up music '_'
This is called stereotype. Just like how most south korean think of other south east asian county as a one country not particular country. Just like how they think our face would look like.
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It's allowed when the one is uneducated or live in north pole and have no tv and cant speak english.
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But BBC is such a big media station. To make this korea video with other country's speciality is reflecting how lazy theh are to search the matching theme for the video.
I’m Chinese and I found it awkward as well 😂😂😂
Kinda misleading to say 80% of the population was illiterate 60 years ago and not say WHY that was the case. The Japanese kept Koreans from attending school and also outlawed the use of the Korean language. The way it’s stated around the 13 minute mark just makes it sound like they were simply behind and made a miraculous jump forward thanks to their “religious devotion” to education.
OK, Koreans make up 1% of the population and take them out, now what about the other 79% of dumb people.
Kyleigh Rae Thank you, I didn't know this. People should really know what they talk about before they say it.
Also idk what +MauriceW is implying... but I totally agree with you.
Maurice W i think you’re confused about something. I’m referring to the video, which states around 80% of *Koreans* were illiterate. Neither I nor the video were referring to the entire world’s population.
Now replace Japan with UK, that's exactly what happened with India.
facts.
I want to go to a Korean school for a couple years and see how smart I can get when I return
The Principal confidently said that 6 hours of sleep is sufficient for the kids which is not correct .Even an adult needs 8 hours of sound sleep.Is the hard work and pressure that the kids and their parents take worth it?
He clearly said insufficient
As a tutor in S. Korea I saw parents getting FURIOUS, absolutely IRATE when their kids were sleeping. They really honestly seem to think that sleep is time wasted, and everyone should be able to get by on practically no sleep at all. If you're sleeping, you should be studying! Jeez....
6 hours is suffient
Depends. I can't sleep more than six hours. If i do, i feel terrible because i never need that much sleep. My body aches if i sleep for more than six hours.
@@hariniobla422 So you live in, like, Spain or Guatemala where you guys take a 2 hour nap (SIESTA) every afternoon on top of the 6 hrs you sleep at night? B/C humans need 8 hrs of sleep a day,
8 hrs of work, 8 hrs of downtime, 8 hrs of sleep. it's a scientifically proven fact. Unless you're bipolar & driving every other human you come into contact with crazy every waking moment of your life.
If you only sleep 6 hrs / day you do NOT need to be a train conductor or airplane pilot or a surgeon. You do NOT live a natural and healthy life.
Their English is impressive
your English isn't 😂😂
Dance moms Edits *Their lol.
These kids come from pretty wealthy families. They probably either attended english immersion schools from preschool on. Some families will even send the mother and children to an english speaking country while the children are young while the father stays in Korea and sends money to support them.
the one that the girl is staying with sounds American!
It's better than mine lol
having good results from studying very hard isnt surprising. they should have gone to finland - students spend 4 hours a day at school, dont have any homework, they dont study subjects (as we know them) - and their results are the best. now, thats a mystery... Korean school system is just about strain learning - too much expectation, too much pressure, too much stress. Doesnt this kill creativity???
Dusan Veselka South Korea is ahead of Finland, also good results in a closed education system doesn't necessarily mean smarter.
but studying 14 hours a day because of competitiveness is not the point. The question is if this system is actually any good. The fact that they have good result is due to their morbid drills. When I was talking about Finland, their results are just as good, but they spend 4 hours a day at school with no homework. working hard to achieve something is not always as good as finding the right way of doing things.
They also don't really cover the suicide rate of students from the pressure of studying. And as like Matt Washer said, we should look at the broad range of subjects from maths and sciences, to philosophy, music art etc. The Finnish system has been well praised the past years. Although looking through, this documentary wants to focus on the effort put in by the government as a whole into education, which, can't be a bad thing.
zogibear The suicide rate is high. But it's high OVERALL, that is, for Koreans as a whole, for all age groups, not just students. You have to understand Korean culture and what it's like living in a competitive society where there's a feeling of intense competition (such as job interviews, and getting into companies- so many other more accomplished candidates...), a lot of expectation from parents and family and society, and not much of a social security net. It's not like Scandinavian countries where everyone expects to be able to get good unemployment payouts, or disability pensions etc.
The suicide rate among students - as far as factors go, I don't think exam and study pressure is the most significant factor. Bullying by their peers, and generally unsatisfying lives (including unsatisfying home lives) is probably a bigger factor.
S Y I do understand it quite a bit and I know of the pressures that exist in that culture having grown up in it. Forgive me for not making my point clearer. I wasn't suggesting that the Korean system copy that of the Finnish system but instead have the UK system look at it too. Not only that but also look into the range of subjects being taught. I do believe that both Scandinavian and Korean governments put a hell of lot of emphasis on eduction which is a positive point and sadly something that isn't as strong in the UK. I mention the suicide factor as the stress and pressure and competitiveness starts so young and builds up into adult hood. It's something I feel, the Korean government may not be tackling head on as much. I can imagine mental health is still a touchy subject.
Attracted everyone for blonde hair... Yeah thats the main reason NOT THE WHOLE GOD DAMN CAMERA CREW
The sad thing is when an international employee comes for a job they have an acceptance rate than the graduates in Korea even though they study more harder than the international students.
depends on the job, many places in korea have the rule that u must employ a korean before a foreigner. Two foreigners had another foreigner in mind to work for them but had to follow this rule too and employ a korean student first.
Meanwhile in Norway, the local school here just decided to stop having home work and stop giving grades except for the final grade.
Nabium I’m Danish. School is usually 8-14 (to 16 once or twice a week) we have two types of homework. We usually have to prep 10 min. for each class (3-4 a day) and Then do about 5 hours of actually homework. I’m 18 in first year of gymnasium.
It is really Nice, that You don’t have to spend as much time with school, since I have time to do other aspects of Life that I find important. I don’t get how anyone could survive with their only Life goal being studying in order to work a 50 hour work week... oh, wait. They don’t the koreans have the higest suicide rate.
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kor bor du??????!!!!!
Så bra, har ventet på den endringen veldig lenge. Neste steg: gi spesialisert utdannelse så vi kan lære et yrke på 1-2 år + praksis, i stedet for 3 års realfag + 5 års ingeniør utdannelse for så å bruke mindre enn 10% av det (har mange venner som har bekreftet dette). Så i teorien kunne vi gitt dem en 1 års utdannelse for å lære de 10 prosentene som de trenger. Helt idiotisk hvor mye tid og resurser vi sløser på slikt.
Veldig mange må gjøre om fag fra videregående pga deres snitt ikke er bra nok til å komme inn på universitetet, men det er saker som nynorsk, spansk, gym og historie som kan holde tilbake noen som vil bli ingeniør, selv om de fagene ikke trengs overhode for den utdannelsen. Da er det bedre å se hvem som har best snitt i for eksempel: engelsk, matte, fysikk og kjemi (bioingeniør), altså karakterer fra relevante fag.
sukk
Look so wants to go now
Yo why do put Chinese themed music for SOUTH KOREA
THEY'RE NOT THE SAME 💀💀😂
Not even chinese music for gods sake
@@WokOverEasy Chinese "themed" according to the western stereotype.
@@cloud_9429 That's a nice song. They really are doing dumb stuff with the music
@@Abc17890 these are the same dumbasses that put dubstep on a ww1 video
@@WokOverEasy but ironically was from a Chinese show about a japanese martial art and “yeAh iTs NoT iN ChInEse”
12:57 Mom! You just burned my notes for the final exam!
Crazy society
i would never study for that many hours like my sleep is important too
*"he never been late to school before"*
Neither, neither have I ever had a detention n I'm in yr 10 nearly yr 11
That's commitment right there
ive never been early tbh
I'm late all of the time 😂 Detention hasn't stopped me yet lol
LOL. When I graduated, I had 42 hours of unserved detendtion for being late to Homeroom. That means in one semester, I was late for 42 of those days. Not saying I was proud of that, actually ashammed after seeing this. We had kids in our school that never missed a day and was never late.
I thank god a million times for giving me an easier option in life
Me too🙌🏼
14:18 that boy is doing the exam with a cast on
THATS THE DIFFERENCE LOL HAHA
“We have to be at school by 8” “That’s a bit of an early start” I was considered tarty if I came any later then 7:15
Becca Torres
I have to wake up at 5 for school -.-
In my school you either enter at 7:30 am or 9:12 am. At 9:12 am is our 3rd period and that's when the whole school is taking attendances
my 5 year old gets on the school bus at 6:45am. Crazy huh
School starts at 730 here
My school started at 7:20 lol
Blonde headed guy: plays the piano normally.
Korean guy: *starts playing the piano backwards*
No offense, I just thought that it was funny.
Honestly I thought the blonde guy played better because it sounded so much better, and it's not at all necessary to play it backwards 😂
wildly inappropriate song choice, really makes you question the entire damned video?
Kung fu : China
Karate : Japan
Taekwondo : Korea
Correct me if I'm wrong, please
Right 👍
Taekwondo copied karate
Mashal arts: india
@@Priyanka-bq4ze no one ask sorry
@ScepticalCynic is kung fu a blanket term
I just saw Cha Eunwoo on a sign in this video, my life is complete!🥰
"They destroy old text books." WHAT?? My stack of books is worth at least 3 grand.
Wowzer Bowser lol i make sure to keep ALL my textbooks no matter what
Wowzer Bowser if you missed it. it's a religious practice. they beleive strongly in bad lack so to ward it off they burn old knowledge
same i spent 500 on one textbook i would kill my mum if she burned it
Their schoolbooks aren't the same as western ones at all. They aren't expensive like that.
they likely don't spend any money on their textbooks. In the UK, text books are very cheap also. It's only really America that overcharges for the books. Stupid.
14:16 - dude be doing an exam with a casted hand....respect
Seon has the cutest, most precious voice i've ever heard in all my life and i luv her already 😂
If these students can't understand Korean lang, then what they are getting in the class while max the teachers are writing & speaking in Korean
its to understand the rigor
they have earphones on so someone is translating for them
Harry potter has hogwarts, koreans have hogwon
j.y jt LMAO
This made me choke on my watermelon
LOOOOOL
Lmaooo
Lol
Im Korean, and no matter how Korea is good at studying or producing the most advanced technologies, I'll get out of this country as fast as I can because I'm miserable living in here. Being happy and doing what you love is the most important things for me. People here do things out of pressure, competition and materialistic pleasure. It is hard to come across college students or office workers say they're doing what they love or they're happy doing it.
Can I ask you how people of Korea go join these K-Pop bands when they are so young if you're all forced so hard to study? I wouldn't imagine most parents would be okay with it.
MsKorearock I fully agree with you. There is more to life than just education and you should in the first place be doing what you enjoy. I wish you a happy life.
I wish I could meet u,
Where to? America?
nσ mαttєr hσw íntєllígєnt thєч'rє . í dσnt líkє thєír єducαtíσn ѕчѕtєm . ítѕ tσσ much...thєrє'ѕ nσ tímє fσr єnjσчmєnt . whαt чσu ѕαíd íѕ ѕσ truє....í thínk thєír lífє íѕ full σf prєѕѕurє, cσmpєtítíσnѕ αnd fαmє.
I can’t with the music!!😂😂it isn’t even related to SK!
This is probably my 10th time watching this documentary. Its inspiring to see that its even possible to study for soo many hours.
Harvard students Vs. Korean students! This would be so cool to see
agree with ya, it would heve been better insteadof from the wales school
@b o i b y e woow so exaggerate. Really??? Doubt that. Korean students more like to listen, while in harvard or any prestigious university in USA are like to ask/ talking much/ make solution/ understanding the concept and make it with their own...doesn't mean study hard like hell, would make you win or woooowww.. it's like being so extra.. i'm pretty sure even the majority of them couldn't beat a harvard student/undergraduate.. btw most harvard students also from asian
Lol maybe some korean students would win but harvard students still would definitely in top.. korean students were more like to listen, they're study hard like hell but some of them didn't get pass some kind of test like WTF they're study/doing. Study too much is not good too, your brain would not process all the information...
@@abigailprather9933 doubt that, the way they taught was different... but doesn't mean they're study like hell, they definitely would win.. korean students more like to listen.. they're study like hell but still like can't get pass.. like WTF they're studying/doing.. study too much ( from textbook) is not good for your brain.. btw most harvard students also from asian
@@abigailprather9933 i'm asian, just like we're more study harder, we're more genius/ smart / can beat them etc, lmaoo NO, indeed we're more like nerd person, while they're like party etc, but there're type of people like us too in there and they are incredible genius/smart/ even they're not study hard like asian students but just like reading one time, they can memorize all one book/ solving difficult questions ( there're kind of people like that). Their learning process also different, we're more like to take from textbook etc, while they are more talking/asking. Maybe some korean students can beat them but as university like harvard mehhh i bet it's rare.. you must be hella genius ( also they don't just have like nerd person in there, but like active/leadership students who can make solution etc). Btw in harvard/some prestigious university in USA, there're many asian students ( including korea/china) / students around the world ( like europa/middle east and they're like the best students when they're in high school/ have won like international competition etc). In this we're talking about harvard right?? But if you wanna put like reguler students from high school in USA and korea, just put it,, but put the all of genius students, they're very competitive too ( i bet there're some asian who school/grow up in USA in the list students ) ..
How tf can that guy play piano upside down
They don't own a television, I'd imagine learning such a unique skill was a way to get through the boredom
damn ikr
Muscle memory I guess??
Like Freddie Mercury :)
I dont wanna like ur comment cause its on 666
First person I recognized was Cha Eun Woo from Astro at 3:21.
Omg thank god someone else noticed
"We do a sports day to relieve stress"
Welsh boy stressing out about making a mistake swinging a rope
I honestly feel three days aren't enough for this kind of research. Before the students can adjust and get over the culture shock it will take time.
At least 2 3 months...I guess...
I agree!
This made me feel so guilty for the amount of studying I do... or lack of studying should I say lmao.
Natalie girl, same lmao
I like this video very much czcams.com/video/QRYYEHYa5Ac/video.html
ay same
Natalie universe one day will fade away there will be nothing someday . They are the dumbest don't follow them
I've been researching into how to talk Korean and found a fantastic website at Napars language learn (check it out on google)
Can I just say that teenagers circadian rhythms means they naturally need more sleep than other age groups - they're not being lazy, it's very important for their development. Good sleep is important for memory retention and optimum learning. That long school day is not necessary a good thing for learning.
At 26:37 when the english teacher was giving a grammar lesson, said that Tommy is diligent and has passion, if he had a SYSTEM to help him, he could score better. Those words hold so much wisdom in a lot of different things. A lot of times, the systems fail hard working people, it doesn't mean they didn't put in effort.
Bruh using Chinese traditional music for a Korean show...
Traditional?
Found the cringe lord I was looking for
Yea some westerners have no idea these are Chinese music.. they just too stupid to tell
Daxing Li exactly what I was thinking
I'd cringe like hell even if they were using traditional Korean music let alone Chinese
bruhI died laughing when that korean kid started playing the piano 😂😂
Okay I’m Singaporean and Singapore’s education level is higher than Korea but our schools don’t end as late as theirs. Sure we start earlier but we have a lot less hours of school in a day. We also have less tuition than them..personally. So I actually think that it doesn’t matter how many hours of school they have, as long as they have a strong motivation to study they should do relatively well. If they think that the American education is too slow they can always study a year or two ahead of time. Just self-study.
So the only difference I’m seeing is motivation and determination. A study tip from me(might be hard to do tho), is to lock all mobile devices in a drawer and lock yourself in a room and ask your family to only let u out to go to the bathroom. U can keep a water bottle beside u and then stay like that for a good 6-7 hours revising. U can also do flipped-classroom(studying the next topic before teacher teaches it). To relieve stress, u can maybe pick up an instrument or maybe try a hobby. It works for me. I hope this helped.
P.S. Please don’t misunderstand. This is just my personal opinion I’m not discriminating against American education.
*They are so focused on striving in education while at the same time they are lacking social and emotional skills because where is the balance where is the ability to just enjoy life to go out with friends have activities that aren’t school related and to figure out who you are besides what you do and where you go to school it’s really important to be a well rounded individual*
What are you talking about? Lacking social and emotional skills? You must think all Koreans are zombies. Meanwhile Korea's media and entertainment content is spreading throughout the world. Quite an achievement for a country of socially inept emotionless zombies huh?
jw theyre not being called zombies... im not quite sure why youre so offended. It was an observation, not an insult. Don’t out words into peoples’ mouths.
I don't care how amazing their grades are, the kids aren't given a chance to just be kids. I can't imagine it's healthy for them. I actually feel sorry for them.
Childhood is overrated when yours successfully you can have fun
You should watch the videos about south koreans emigrating as they are burned out from careers and society. They will pay to do menial work overseas in say the US picking acorns so they can get citizenship and start over there. There's also a video about suicides, they have suicide watch cam on a famous bridge so they can rush to save them.
sucksqueezebangblow lol when you’re lazy to study and put these statement as an excuse 😂😂
Living In China yeah, until you find out the person who made the statement has a masters degree in law.
Yohan Choi, I absolutely admire you for that. A very big WELL DONE! Keep it up with the good work.
they talk about Korean education as if it is a good thing. To expect children be in school for 16 hours a day is rediculous. Life is about SO much more than that. There is no balance. I feel bad for these children.
exactly, that also explains why BTS is currently now dominating the world because of their hardwork
It'd kill me to social the best years of my childhood away instead of developing my brain and learning things to take me further in life than just a nice family in a boring home. Sure, a lot of the knowledge we are taught in schools are basically useless, but that just broadens your general knowledge and expands your "memory space" to be able to stimulate it better for maths or similar subjects. It's a whole new world out there in academics. Perfect scores are like Tetris blocks fitting together for an amazing future. Good test results give you a high like very few other things can.
Sherry the irony. You are so naïve and dumb. Please don’t judge by seeing one documentary.
No wonder you guys feel sad and guilty.
That was a lot of assumption. "naive, dumb, sad, guilty?" Sounds to me like someone is projecting. Also, maybe you should look up the definition of ironic.
But perhaps a compromise is needed seeing as Sherry cannot spell 'ridiculous' correctly. I think that she would have benefited from a longer school day.
"being a blonde girl at school can make you quite a celebritiy" thats the same for koreans in the Philippines lol
They just told me the gcse papers I’m doing are primary school level there. I actually feel dumb that I can’t even do them
I feel like in the UK you can get away by putting in half the effort as a korean student and still get into a good uni
Bangtan Trash honestly
Bangtan Trash ay army and yeah that's probably true
I swear
Not the same here in Singapore 😫
not possible in SG :'(
Fair points but two things should be considered:
First of all, SK has an extremely high rate of depression and suicide among teens, which should raise major red flags for countries trying to learn from their system.
Second, they study this hard to get into the top universities, but once there, they don't perform at the same level. I'm currently studying at one of the top three universities in the country (Yonsei) and almost all European students outperform their Korean classmates with less effort. This, I believe, is because at university, learning by heart doesn't cut it anymore and learning to understand becomes crucial (inspiration vs. perspiration).
I guess Europe and Korea can and should both learn from each other.
I like this video very much czcams.com/video/QRYYEHYa5Ac/video.html
In what major do European students outperform?
How you know I do abroad in south Korea for 6 years and Suicidal :'D that is Quite true though I get Pushed too much that I can't handle it but I still always study to stay the Top Student in my school.. But yeah I can't wait to go back to my Japanese school T-T Nvm Probably already be dead by that time
the fact tht south korea ranks high in country with most suicides should absolutely be red flag despite their renowned education system.
Western countries needn't worry about suicides too much, they won't get to SK's extremes. They just need to learn a bit from their discipline and perhaps have programmes for motivated and gifted students. That way they can still ensure they have a good pool of talented graduates without too much of a backlash from parents.
I'd like to see how a Korean kid would have reacted to a school in the UK
The praying for good exam results just makes me sad. There is so much more to life than good exam results, and imagine the stress on the children to get into good universities. I'd be having panic attacks
lol why are you guys using kung fu fighting as a song? yeesh.
I'm commenting on the production, not the content. I don't know what you're on about, I never mentioned these kids have an easy life.
What do you expect from the BBC?
I was just going to remark about this.... after all, Kung Fu Panda is Chinese, not Korean.
그러니까 쿵후팬더 음악을 왜 한국에다 같다붙이냐고?그리고 여기서 한국자살애기가 왜 나와 이 또라이세꺄.
니네백돼지들처럼 수당에만 의지해서 사는건 뭐 정상이냐?
니네백돼지들? 인종 차별 주의자가 되지 마세요.
Narrator: More than 99% of Korean students choose to stay after school.
Me: Im pretty sure that it means that 100% of Korean students choose to stay after school
Joshua Phan the other 1% are forced
No, there's one guy -- just one guy -- who totally ruins the statistic for everyone else.
This is so much fun for a half korean half welsh that lives in Korea!
2019 anyone? ..... that minyoung guy is hella handsome 😂😂😂
Yea i thought the same
Yea
who which part was out lol
that's not so fair, they are teaching in Korean, of course you'd feel tired if you are listening to the whole day of not understanding what it is.
also it seems that they just arrived in the country, so major jetlag
At the same time, Finland is also on top and has a completely opposite view.
Aifa J. Finland is bullshit
excellent point. i bet the student suicide rate is much lower there as well.
Aifa J. I heard they don't get homework, lucky kids.
HOBO BRO it means everything in Korea. The too kind go to too students
"i bet the student suicide rate is much lower there as well." We can check that. According to World Health Organization. Per capita. It's 24 for South Korea and 14 for Finland. The difference is 10 which is lower, so yeah. But if you compare South Korea to another country with a first world economy like Kazakhstan, the South Koreans are still doing better.
Citation:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate#References
iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country
Although the teens they selected for this exchange did not perform as good academically as the korean students, I still found them to be very well spoken, socially aware and smart kids. It seems that they made the right choice in selecting them!
At first I was like Omg! What's their secret we need to learn but now I've realised that although we do need to pull our socks up big time, we still have one above them and that is that we actually have free lives where we don't feel imprisoned for 12 years of our lives straight, where we can actually live healthy enjoyable lives whilst also being good and hardworking students.
I don't know how she's able to function if she goes to school a day after getting there. She's probably still got tons of jetlag to get over. Damn.
xsharetheworld it’s called sleeping on the plane to fix your schedule it’s hard to sleep so high chances she took sleeping pills
Jet lag's not that bad getting there, it's usually a pain once you get back.
its pretty difficult to sleep on a plane that is so loud with no comfortable seats unless you pay for first class which isnt even worth it..
Lol I struggle with American math imagine how I’d be like in Korea
natasha Dockray Lol thanks
You guys are great at shooting, at least something to celebrate
@@cristinaserna5674 And you're great at being dumb. If someone in your country gets hold of a gun and starts shooting, tell me if you'll be laughing then. It can happen - anywhere.
@@vrinda5303 that's not happen anywhere lol....that's not something like that in asian school...
Cristina Serna Yikes. You don’t know how stressful it is to have ALICE training from time to time. I’m just glad that my school isn’t going to use fake blood or firing blanks (firing empty guns) when we’re doing ALICE training.
I'm weak y'all, they got my guy doing an exam with a broken hand 😭 14:17
Are they seriously playing "Kung Fu Fighting" as the theme song? My God
2law2be well its a catchy song😂🤗
I cringed as well. lol
Drink Bleach I cringed at the Gangnam Style.
I taught English in South Korea (not at those students' level, however) and I can tell you that my high school students, specifically, were extremely stressed. They'd tell me they wanted out, they'd ask me about how I could take artsy extra-curricular activities when I was in school. And when I would be asked to write tests, my custom questions that I'd spent hours crafting based on the subjects we'd learned throughout the semester were returned to me with the express request by my co-teachers to take stuff directly from the book (questions word-for-word) as opposed to actually crafting questions that will make the students think. They're taught not to think creatively; they cram from textbooks. It made some of our conversations where I'd try to ask them to think about their answers, fall completely flat. And, the kids barely ever see their parents.
The kids are depressed and/or suicidal. It doesn't matter to me if they're the smartest in the world. In the end, I quit teaching in Korea after my second contract was over because I couldn't bear to contribute to their depressingly deceptive system. Let the kids be kids. Screw hagwons.
Alexina Paiement South Korea don t let the kids have their own thought or mind because they want to control them. That is very sad
Thats so true!!
Students never learn to express their opinions, to question authority and so on. Studying in Korea was stressful and I felt like being taken off my basic human rights
Alexina Paiement True. They get a perfect score in English Tests but when it comes to actually speaking freely... they fail miserably. Here in Europe we learn English since primary school and nearly everyone can speak English quite good.
from my understanding, when the students did speak up to their government, they died as what happened in the Massacre of 1982 when the South Korean students protested against their government resulting in the government's retaliation by labeling them as communists and sending the military to subdue them with full-on Military weapons!
That is hardly today's Republic of Korea. There was a militaristic dictator, Chun Doo-hwan, in charge back then, and those students were protesting his government. South Korea has advanced by leaps and bounds since the incident you're talking about, which was the Gwangju Uprising in 1980. The 1982 Hama massacre, by the way, was in Syria, which is far far from South Korea.
I’m glad the Welsh kids were really respectful, trying their best to learn some Korean and to understand their culture and education system. Much more forward thinking than a lot of teens these days haha
IVE BEEN ASKING FOR 3 YEARS!!!! PART TWO PLEASE
Only 21 seconds in and they already played Kung Fu Fighting and Gangnam Style 🤦♀️😭
It is BBC, what do you expect? Remember Jimmy Saville? That pedophile used to run the BBC.
They make us look like we're the laziest people on the planet wow
Jet lag
Vanjay22m Gardener I know😂😓
Well.. isn’t it true? 😂😅
We are lol. We don’t even want to cook healthy food for kids in school . Instead buys pre made process foods.
yeah but which country is happier? Life is about balance...
School is important to give knowledge and technical details to fuel an industrialized society. However there are things a classroom cant teach that is also much needed creativity, critical thinking, empathy, failing, sportsmanship. Innovation is a product of both and should be a balance.
I can totally relate with this Korean Educational System!!!! And the insane constant prayers for good grades. We grew up fasting and praying for school and grades a lot... before the school year starts, weekends, before every school term, before exams, 😂 oh the faith was real mann...it still is though...Parents, relatives, students...oh dear!!!! The spiritual background effort and support for a students’ success is no joke🤣.. this just brings back memories man!!!!!
Na, you're Britsh accent alone is social currency and so everyone will assume that you are smart even though you couldn't add simple fractions to save your life.
right even when British are fighting it seem like their saying something intelligent
This is funny
Whenever I hear, “You absolute wanker” in *that* British accent I immediately savour it and replay it in my mind
@@yabazyabacoffee 😂 yeees!!!
Omg! So true
the guy was writing with his casted hand at 14:17 wow
Congratulations, guys!! I hope you do well in Life as per the lessons learned [as it were]. Aside from being somewhat tired, there were times when the three students had a more youthful glow about them... & Hey! Did anyone notice how Tommy's acne cleared up after eating all that healthy
food!? 😊. There's definitely something to say about healthy eating along side a "healthy" education! America has a
looooong way to go! 😟
The taxi driver was sweet I hope his kids get into a good university and make him proud one day :)
Education is obviously important, but prioritizing it over the long-term psychological health of a person scares me. I mean think about how these kids will develop, after their mental well-being has deteriorated from such a young age. The video asks: "What does it take to have the best school in the world?". I think a better question would be: what is the cost of having the best school in the world?