Korea is the 108th largest country in the world…making it pretty small. However, it still produces more than $1 trillion dollars in gross domestic product — making it the 11th largest economy in the world. Wow…
It’s true it’s 25th in the world as far as population occurs, but it’s still at least performing twice as good as it’s population numbers. It also can boast as being the #2 country in the world in terms of science & math according to the Trends in Int’l Mathematics and Science Study at the Institute of Education Sciences in 2003.
Sometimes I wondered how the kids could handle the enormous load of after school classes at the “hagwons” or “cram schools” as it’s labeled elsewhere. I don’t always feel great about the kids studying so much, but when it shows that such a small country has gained so much on the International stage, it is no wonder.
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