The rat race

At the middle and high school level, South Korea has far too many late-night private tutoring academies as compared to actual schools.

Then you find that not a single Korean university ranks among the world’s top 100.

Then you have to deal with the fact that it’s excrutiatingly difficult to find a job once you’ve graduated.

Once you find employment, however, the lack of job security means you may be in for a sudden nosedive.

(Hankyoreh Geurimpan, 23 September 2006)