Date/Time: October 15th, 2018, 3:00 p.m.
Location: CIES Student Lounge
Topic/Skill: Cultural presentation
This meeting focused on discussing what we would put in our cultural presentation. We talked a lot about the pressure put on students in South Korea to learn English (among other subjects) and the socioeconomic rift caused and widened by different types of English education. It's very important for students to know English, because they need it to get into high ranking universities. Therefore, many students attend after school cram schools to further their education. Unfortunately, these schools are extremely expensive, meaning only wealthy families can afford them. This gap continues to widen as it's often only those who attend high ranking universities who have enough money to further their own children's education.
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