In recent years private academic institutions have gotten out of hand in the way they advertise their services. Commercials and billboards with sayings like,”5th grade is too, start in 4th,” and this buses last stop is SKY(Seoul, Korea and Yonsei Universities) are common. Saying such as these only burden both child and parent into thinking that private education and tutoring is necessary from an abnormally young age. It is a greedy tactic that does nothing to educate the children of our nation, simply fattening the wallets of these academies. Because of the ubiquitous nature of these adverts, families are constantly under assault; leaflets, commercials, banners, etc. There is no escape. Thus, civic groups have proposed that such activities must be regulated. If they aren’t children will simply be coerced into taking courses they don’t need, unduly stressing children at young ages. We must stop the barrage of coercion to save the children of now and allow them to lead happy lives; lining the pockets of unscrupulous adults is not the answer! We must promote an education system free of the “necessity” to use private academies.
Sources:
http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/schooling/586372.html
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