Koreans are known to be very determined to master English language. It’s not always an individual endeavor; it usually takes a whole family. Meet the “Wild Geese”, known in South Korean as the families that the mothers take their children to live in the English-speaking countries while the fathers stay behind and work to support financially. The Wild Geese typically unite a couple times a year.
According to the report by New York Times:
“Driven by a shared dissatisfaction with South Korea’s rigid educational system, parents in rapidly expanding numbers are seeking to give their children an edge by helping them become fluent in English while sparing them, and themselves, the stress of South Korea’s notorious educational pressure cooker.
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South Koreans now make up the largest group of foreign students in the United States (more than 103,000) and the second largest in New Zealand after Chinese students, according to American and New Zealand government statistics. Yet, unlike other foreign students, South Koreans tend to go overseas starting in elementary school — in the belief that they will absorb English more easily at that age.”
You can read the full article and learn more about the life of the Wild Geese here.
