Nowadays, the purpose of education has changed in South Korea. Some people advocate the competition among children, while others believe that children who are brought up to co-operate with each other will become more responsible and social. There are advantages and disadvantages for both of the arguments.
To begin with, what is the bright side if a sense of competition between children is made? Faced with intense competition, children are stimulated to spend longer time in making efforts. In such situations, it is common for a majority of students in South Korea to have personal tutors who are responsible for teaching them extra knowledge on weekends in order to improve their competitiveness in studies.
Furthermore, during vacations, students prefer to study abroad for a month rather than review their school works. If they have experiences such as going abroad, then it will be easier for them to apply for a well-known high school successfully. Moreover, there are four main school-level and two national examinations to test the students’ learning abilities. Generally, only the top 40% of them have opportunities to attend a good quality high school, which requires outstanding performance in the previous competition.
On the other hand, as they are busy with independent learning, problems that have been produced cannot be overlooked. Children nowadays become selfish, careless and reluctant to help others, especially on the occasion of studies. So there may be a lack of collaboration between them. This should not be encouraged because even though every one of them is intelligent, they still have various weaknesses. Co-operation, indeed, can provide students with opportunities to learn from other candidates and improve their own personalities as well.
In conclusion, I strongly agree that children should not be taught to compete but to co-operate. Nobody is perfect, so people are suggested learning and working together to fulfil themselves. Therefore, I think that parents and teachers should educate children to concentrate on collaboration, instead of competing and ranking.
Nowadays, the purpose of education has
changed
in South Korea.
Some
people
advocate the competition among
children
, while others believe that
children
who
are brought
up to co-operate with each
other
will become more responsible and social. There are advantages and disadvantages for both of the arguments.
To
begin
with, what is the bright side if a sense of competition between
children
is made
? Faced with intense competition,
children
are stimulated
to spend longer time in making efforts. In such situations, it is common for a majority of
students
in South Korea to have personal tutors who are responsible for teaching them extra knowledge on weekends in order to
improve
their competitiveness in studies.
Furthermore
, during vacations,
students
prefer to study abroad for a month
rather
than review their school works. If they have experiences such as going abroad, then it will be easier for them to apply for a well-known high school
successfully
.
Moreover
, there are four main school-level and two national examinations to
test
the
students’
learning abilities.
Generally
,
only
the top 40% of them have opportunities to attend a
good
quality high school, which requires outstanding performance in the previous competition.
On the
other
hand, as they are busy with independent learning, problems that have
been produced
cannot
be overlooked
.
Children
nowadays become selfish, careless and reluctant to
help
others,
especially
on the occasion of studies.
So
there may be a lack of collaboration between them. This should not
be encouraged
because
even though
every one of them is intelligent, they
still
have various weaknesses. Co-operation,
indeed
, can provide
students
with opportunities to learn from
other
candidates and
improve
their
own
personalities
as well
.
In conclusion
, I
strongly
agree
that
children
should not
be taught
to compete
but
to co-operate. Nobody is perfect,
so
people
are suggested
learning and working together to fulfil themselves.
Therefore
, I
think
that parents and teachers should educate
children
to concentrate on collaboration,
instead
of competing and ranking.