Jun Hyun-moo expressed his beliefs about advance learning.
On the 21st broadcast of "The boss's ears are donkey ears" (Sadanggwi), announcer Um Ji-in revealed her husband and two children, saying "the day our children and husband come to Korea from Japan after a year and a half."
On that day, the husband and children, who came to Korea for the first time in two years, headed to Daechi-dong. Um Ji-in said, "We came to a consulting firm to find out what the children are good at and for career and aptitude counseling," and met Director Lee Byung-hoon.
The husband, who said he mainly raises the children in Japan, confessed about their concerns: "They attended an English kindergarten in Korea, went to an international school in Japan, and now go to a regular school in Japan. In that process, because of language differences it was hard to keep up with the regular curriculum, so there are expenditures on private education. They attend academies and take online classes, and the changing environment seems to have caused difficulties."
The husband, who currently does most of the parenting in Japan, drew attention by saying about monthly education costs, "It would be about 200 a month in Korean money."
Concerns about the children's advance studying continued, and Director Lee said, "It seems common to study high school material early in the first and second years of middle school," which caused shock. Watching this in the studio, Jun Hyun-moo said, "My mother was an overzealous mom in Mok-dong. I was beaten while doing it. But if it weren't for my mom, I would have gone to Seoul National University," he complained, eliciting laughter.
He added, "Those who get ahead and do well are an extreme minority, and most people who get ahead fail to keep up with the current grade. In the third year of high school they can't handle first-year material; they can do calculus but struggle with geometry, and things get tangled. A little advance study is recommendable, but going that far ahead is" — he conveyed his conviction.
[Photo] OSEN DB / broadcast capture
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