Any chance you can write about Korean orphanages, adoption, and its effects on children and their adulthood? After seeing that adoption is an oft repeated theme in k-dramas I wondered about the topic. The U.S. no longer has orphanages but I researched that Korea still does.
The demanding Korean education system is the stuff of Korean dramas. See Skycastle for the most over-the-top depiction. However, even gentler dramas like Reply 1988 show kids in school after dinner or on Saturdays. Asians believe in the power of education to elevate your life. You never see the chaebols worry about their entrance exams.
On the other hand, neither Bill Gates or Steve Jobs finished college.
You're absolutely right in that the chaebols don't have to worry about college entrance exams because umm... they don't have to. However, what happened in SKY Castle isn't as far-fetched as you seem to think. Little over the top, yes, but kids are absolutely put under ungodly amount of pressure. Take for instance the unending news about kids committing suicide because of bad grades.
The most over-the-top part of Sky Castle was Sky Castle itself. Do such developments really exist in Korea? The dinner that was held for the kid who got into medical school--now that WAS over-the-top.
Uhh... it's actually pretty well known that the residences in the drama are actual housing development called "La Centra" in the affluent part of Yong-in city. There are a number of such "gated communities" that exist around (but not in) Seoul. And knowing how the uber rich people in Korea live, I wouldn't put anything past them to be "over-the-top."
What an interesting conversation you and Ms. Kathy are having. I have not seen or heard of Sky Castle but it is a real place: https://www.creatrip.com/en/blog/9095
The "SKY Castle" was (at the time it aired) the highest rated drama ever from a Korean cable channel. The SKY has two meanings -- the big blue thing we look at everyday, and S(eoul), K(orea), Y(onsei) Universities, the top 3 universities in Korea.
Any chance you can write about Korean orphanages, adoption, and its effects on children and their adulthood? After seeing that adoption is an oft repeated theme in k-dramas I wondered about the topic. The U.S. no longer has orphanages but I researched that Korea still does.
The demanding Korean education system is the stuff of Korean dramas. See Skycastle for the most over-the-top depiction. However, even gentler dramas like Reply 1988 show kids in school after dinner or on Saturdays. Asians believe in the power of education to elevate your life. You never see the chaebols worry about their entrance exams.
On the other hand, neither Bill Gates or Steve Jobs finished college.
You're absolutely right in that the chaebols don't have to worry about college entrance exams because umm... they don't have to. However, what happened in SKY Castle isn't as far-fetched as you seem to think. Little over the top, yes, but kids are absolutely put under ungodly amount of pressure. Take for instance the unending news about kids committing suicide because of bad grades.
The most over-the-top part of Sky Castle was Sky Castle itself. Do such developments really exist in Korea? The dinner that was held for the kid who got into medical school--now that WAS over-the-top.
Uhh... it's actually pretty well known that the residences in the drama are actual housing development called "La Centra" in the affluent part of Yong-in city. There are a number of such "gated communities" that exist around (but not in) Seoul. And knowing how the uber rich people in Korea live, I wouldn't put anything past them to be "over-the-top."
What an interesting conversation you and Ms. Kathy are having. I have not seen or heard of Sky Castle but it is a real place: https://www.creatrip.com/en/blog/9095
The "SKY Castle" was (at the time it aired) the highest rated drama ever from a Korean cable channel. The SKY has two meanings -- the big blue thing we look at everyday, and S(eoul), K(orea), Y(onsei) Universities, the top 3 universities in Korea.
Wooza! Just looked it up. Seems like La Centra was in a lot of dramas I've seen.