Sunday, April 27, 2008

Korean Prep Schools Sending Kids to the Ivy League

"Elite Korean Schools, Forging Ivy League Skills" by Sam Dillon, 04/27/08 New York Times
“Even my worst students are great,” said Joseph Foster, a Williams College graduate who teaches writing at Daewon. “They’re professionals; if I teach them, they’ll learn it. I get e-mails at 2 a.m. I’ll respond and go to bed. When I get up, I’ll find a follow-up question mailed at 5 a.m.”
This is an interesting piece about Korean prep schools catering to the current fad of preparing kids for Ivy League schools in America.

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