Thursday, August 31, 2006

So, I've been a bit of a lazy kid lately.

To be honest, I have barely left my home the last few days unless absolutely forced(i.e. work). I had yesterday off because the school had exams. If you don't know much about the Korean education system, then you're just ignorant to the source of modern Korean society.

Brief History: In the 1950s America pushes invading troops back past Seoul and decide to establish the 38th parallel, in effect creating North(1984esque state) and South Korea(Brazilesque state). The South was to become a democracy and join the international market, however, after being destroyed and not yet having industrialized thanks to Japanese occupation in the early part of the century, they decide to market themselves. Korean values immediately focused on Education.

The overwhelming pride and importance Koreans placed on Education is still around today, maybe stronger than ever. Koreans go to school from about 7am to 5pm, then most go to a private tutor until 10 or 11pm, and THEN some of them even study more after that. Did I mention that these kids are 14-18 years old? It's sick.

Anyway, what this boils down to is that I slept in until about 11am, woke up and ate breakfast, watched some A-Team, then went back to bed until 2pm. My mom ordered me food, and then I watched a Steven Segal film while correcting my kids homework(which I forgot to hand back today I just realized). Then I went for a walk and said, "hmm looks like rain", and quickly walked back inside. I moaned about my computer and then tried to wipe it all clean, but couldn't even get that to work properly. So then, I just read my book, and went to sleep early.

Yup, I'm a real waste of Tax-dollars, and I just thought you all should know about it... especially those of you with really hard and time-consuming jobs.

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