Fair point. I don't know the cost of higher education in the US or the UK well. In Korea tuition itself is much cheaper, scholarships cover a much wider range

Fair point. I don't know the cost of higher education in the US or the UK well. In Korea tuition itself is much cheaper, scholarships cover a much wider range of students, and the interest on student loans is noticeably lower. That may be why there is a bit more room to breathe. That said, I agree that to survive in the Korean job market you also need concrete skills. I just think that for those skills to be learned deeply and then developed further, you need the ability to question and to doubt.