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Monday, December 5, 2011

Korean Suicide Rates

Koreans take education very seriously.  I am concerned for their health.  The students are concerned for their health.  It is their culture to improve themselves.  Parents and educators force students to stay up until 2 or 2:30am only to rise again at 6:30 or 7am.  If students feel too much stress, they kill themselves.  It is a very normal occurance.  Every 40 minutes, another person had killed themselves.

http://thecasualtruth.com/story/escalating-suicide-problem-asia

Below is a link to four students' stories.  They are short and informative.  I really wish you would take the time to read them.

http://www.alienteachers.com/1/post/2011/11/4-students-stories-that-sum-up-so-many-of-the-problems-korea-faces.html

Education isn't the only factor.  Their ideal of beauty seems to be as well.  This is a video of a documentary done by someone after she graduated from high school.  It is just as informative.

http://vimeo.com/26833191

Please take the time to pay attention to this blog.  Understand that you affect those around you.  You might literally be holding someone's life in your hands at this very moment.

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