My rhetorical analysis is on an article in The Time Magazine about children in Korea working too hard on their academics, and not spending enough time on their social life. The article talks about how students spend so much time on their academics that they never have time for themselves. A typical school day for Korean students consists of starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 10 p.m. to 1 p.m. This being because so many students compete against each other to better their future, rather than making friends with each other. One student even said, “It breaks my heart to see my classmates compete against each other instead of helping each other.”
Students have worked so hard that there are soldiers staying up late at night to make sure that students are not passing their curfew and studying rather than sleeping or taking time off. Some students try their best to skip the curfew and stay up late, which is when the soldiers come in and stop them from breaking the curfew.
The government is hoping to reduce the strain on students. Corporal punishment is now prohibited but some students say that it still breaks through the cracks and continues to happen. This article is bringing forth light about this issue that haunts children these days in Korean and even other countries. The government is doing their best to stop these habits, but it is hard when there are so many occurrences around the world because you can’t get every single one of them.
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