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Once again, South Korea's academia overwhelms/overpromises but under-delivers. This is surely going to be a 'boy who cried wolf' moment for Korean schools.
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Once again, South Korea's academia overwhelms/overpromises but under-delivers.
This is surely going to be a 'boy who cried wolf' moment for Korean schools.
- RicoElectrico 3y agoYeah, stem cell capital of the world and all that.
- dmboyd 3y agoOn root-cause, I wonder if it’s some variation or combination of “publish or perish” linked to failure averse political and cultural structures? I don’t think the circumstances are unique to SK as you see similar effect globally where success is measured purely quantitatively (I.e X number of published papers for promotion, X% score on a test to avoid military service). One thing I can’t get my head around is how the surrounding narrative was so bizarre. Particularly the “death bed dying wish”. Is this a result of 20+ years of lead poisoning combined with aforementioned political issues?