e No.1 in your class, you have to have
             certain grade levels and ultimately what is still the most important thing that judges a
             childs worth or success; what Universtity does he enter? If he fails in the early stages
             he can be subjected to severe beatings not only at home but by a teacher at school as
             well. It is not illegal to beat a student for insubordination in Korea. The latter part with
             the University will result I the parents feeling degraded in society and ultimately losing
             faith in the child and the child also being left out from the main stream of society. As
             incredible as it may seem it is true. I, after being born in L.A. living there for 9 years
             and then moving to Korea was subjected to the same thing. As a child not even
             knowing how to speak Korean I had to work
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