Class 21-News Article

25% OF THE ACADEMIES SHUT DOWN!

some feels happy, some feels nervous

No more empty playgrounds!

In 2015 September, 25% of the academies in Korea were shut down due to the rule named P.O.E, prisoners of education. The P.O.E planned a strike on September 1st.
After the strike of the POE movements, multiple things switched around our community. The changes in relationships between parents and children is one of the happy changes happened by the strike. Also, students started to feel fun about the studying. Parents of the 김OO said "We do not feel stress anymore. It made our child more creative and happy. Our child studies more before. She is saying that studying is fun! Our family can talk a lot with each other and it makes us feel happier than before."
Based on the survey asking elementary, middle, and high school students about any changes in their house, 45% of the students responded that they have face-to-face talk more and often with their parents than before. Also, the rate of the families visiting family sites increased by 13%. These are the indications of the future changes. We had a survey to children about "Are you happy?" at 2 years ago and 2 months ago. 2 years ago, when the academies aren't shut down, 30% of children said they are happy. However, 2 months ago, after 25% of academy shut down, 78% of children said that they are happy. Also, elementary school 2nd grade, 이OO, the child who went to 6 academies a day before, said
"I'm so happy! I can do things that I want. Also, I can concentrate on the study, because I can rest both study. These days, I love studying." From children's point of view, opinion of studying turns getting better. Moreover, children's faces turn full of laughing.
According to the average of student studying, the score have been increased 8. It is highly increased because they felt fun about the studying.
According to a research bu Seoul national university, 96% of parents said they are happy to see their children are smiling because of this rule. Also, 72% of parents said that they are less stressful than before.
The happiness index became really high, too. Korea was almost lowest in OECD countries, but after, Korea became one of the most highest in OECD countries.
However, there is a problem. Some parents are nervous because they can't follow the school studying without the academy, and they wants to make their sons one of the best in the world. Some of people are saying that accepting rate for high school will be very low because of this rule.

Fundraising team-최혜림, 김수현, 노유정, 정세라