American Education Vs South Korea

America may rank within the top ten countries in global competitiveness, economic freedom, industrialization, and natural gas exports; however, it still manages to rank a mere 14th place in global education. Each year billions of dollars are spent on innovative technology to improve schools and provide new materials and renovations, unfortunately recent studies have demonstrated that Americans still manage to fall behind their international competitors. Why Finland’s youth is ranked top on the Programme for International Student Assessment. Countries such as Finland and South Korea invest both time and money into their educational systems, and consequently exceed American education standards. South Korea has a model set up for hard work and …show more content…
The difference between South Korean students and other students from other countries is the matter of how much time they put into school. South Korean students are under so much pressure to do well in school that stress level in the student tend to be high. With the amount of time they put in school, everyone will always be smart. Practice makes perfect in any activity that is done. They have school from 8 am to 5 pm and then go to that their tutoring or after school classes which don’t come at an inexpensive price. (http://www.npr.org/ title : The All-Work, No-Play Culture Of South Korean Education by: Elise Hu ) the teachers in South Korea do play a role in the greatness of their educational system. In Korea, the teaching certificate is a national certificate.( http://www.ncee.org/programs-affiliates). Most of the South Korean students do study all the time but there are a low percentage of students who don’t follow the culture. Even on their free time they are always learning something new like playing the piano or …show more content…
Culture can emphasize school greatly in many countries. Some of the problems we have with education today is how enthusiastic we are on education and how emphasized we are on school. In Finland their education is about creating identity for students. “Finnish culture values promote motivation and the pursuit of personal interest”.( http://ideas.ted.com/ title: what the best education systems are doing right now by: Amy S. Choi) Finland Education is emphasize by making school free for everyone. Finland try’s their best to help the ones in need to get high level of education. Finland started this program when the economy of Finland started to go downhill because of the