Isidro Ramos
28 April 2008

 

Here’s is concise text of an article dated April 27, 2008, published by New York Times.I thought it would be of interest to Mr. Gonzalo Duque and the rest of our Philippine educators.

Elite Korean Schools, Forging Ivy League Skills.
How do they do it? Their formula is relatively simple. They take South Korea’s top-scoring middle school students, put those who aspire to an American university in English-language classes, taught by Korean and highly paid American and other foreign teachers, emphasize composition and other skills crucial to success on the SATs and college admissions essays, and — especially this — urge them on to unceasing study.
Is it any wonder why S. Korea plays a big role in the Pacific Rim economy, politics, sports, and science?

You could read more of the whole story by Seokyong Lee for The New York Times

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