Mt. Mu-deung, Education Fever [written by Hong Eu-gene]

Mt.Mu-deung
I can't talk about Gwang-ju without mentioning Mt.Mu-deung. Mu-deung means something is so great that it's impossible to rank it. Mt.Mu-deung is 1187m high and there are many magnificent rocks and valleies. Especially, Mt.Mu-deung is famous for its green tea. Green tea of Mt.Mu-deung is made from tea plants which planted in Sam-ae tea plant garden. Sam-ae tea plant garden was founded by Huh Back-ryun who was a maestro of oriental painting. After he passed away, the tea is produced and fetch a high price.


Korean education fever
With accuracy, korean parents are famous for their education fever. I think it is reasonable. Every parents wants their children to succeed. In korea, generally, to succeed means to earn lots of money,to be upper middle classes. Many parents think a desirable way to succeed is to graduate prestigeous universities and enter a large enterprise or become public officers. Needless to sat graduating from prestigeous universities requires entering prestigeous universities. To go to prestigeous universities, students have to get high grades throughout school years especially at the high school. But it's not enough to get good grades only attending the school lectures. Ironically, most tests taken at schools require more than what students learned at schools. So many students do extracurricular activities. Some are flying overseas to learn english. What matters is that it costs lots money and deepens the gap between the haves and have-nots.