Are they Happy?
South Korea, children, education, unhappiness. An abundance of information, surveys, and studies exist which make these terms synonymous. Many conclude the same: South Korea has the the most unhappy children compared to other countries due to education.
In 2013–14, a Children’s World Study was conducted, interviewing more than 50,000 children of the ages eight, ten, and twelve throughout 15 countries. The content explored living situations, money and economic circumstances, friends and other relationships, local area, school, time use, self, overall subjective well being, and children’s rights.
In this survey, under “I like going to school” 41% of South Korean students answered totally, with 32% answering a lot. They performed the best with 88% of students have never been hit more than three time by other students, and 96% have never been left out by other students.
It seems that students actually enjoy school, their friendships, and have a highly bully free environment compared to other countries.
Their happiness steadily drops as they get older and approach their college entrance exams. This determines what colleges students will get into creating a large amount of academic stress.
And an implication about the future that your “net worth is your self worth”.
High school and preparation for this exams seems to be a large factor in students happiness levels.
Yet, 7.8 (out of 10) of 10 years old were satisfied with their appearance, and only 6.7 were satisfied by the age of 12. An almost 8% drop. 8 out of ten 10 year old girls were satisfied with their bodies, which dropped to 6.2 by the age of 12. There is a larger drop in children’s happiness with their health, bodies, appearance and self-confidence than their school, family, or education.
Awareness of children’s unhappiness in relationship to their schooling and education now exists. Their relationship to their health, bodies, appearance and self-confidence is an additional story.
Written by Mark Talevski for Wooree English
