Min Jin Lee on Hagawons
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Min Jin Lee: "So, one of the things that people think about hagawons is just the pathological aspect of it...the pressure or the intensity. But what I wanted to do is to contextualize why people from Korea who go elsewhere still hold dear this idea that education is the answer for their life. So, starting at age four, most Korean parents in South Korea will send a child to learn English. So, that may sound insane to the Western person, but they do it because native fluency of English is actually demanded of them to work at your company..." SUNDAY: America's Book Club with Min Jin Lee – 6pm ET on C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/americas-book-club/guest/38/min-jin-lee Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: ht
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