“The mothers, members of the largest group of foreigners at the public school, were part of what are known in South Korea as “wild geese,” families living separately, sometimes for years, to school their children in English-speaking countries like New Zealand and the United States. The mothers and children live overseas while the fathers live and work in South Korea, flying over to visit a couple of times a year.
Driven by a shared dissatisfaction with South Korea’s rigid educational system, parents in rapidly expanding numbers are seeking to give their children an edge by helping them become fluent in English while sparing them, and themselves, the stress of South Korea’s notorious educational pressure cooker.
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Damn Koreans, I swear. We have a family friend that is in this exact situation. The father is working in Korea, while the mother and children live in America. The mother doesn’t work since her husband sends over money every month. It’s the weirdest arrangement. My aunt was thinking about doing this too, sending over my little cousin for a couple years to learn english, and then go back to Korea. My mom said hell no since we’d have to take care of my cousin. It ain’t that easy raising a five year old. Koreans take studying too seriously, just chill out.
