Poor Little Lambs

Its unreal how hard the kids work in this country. Its not by choice, though. They're forced to get up super early to make it to school and then after school they go to their "academies", which basically means school for something specific. They go to music lessons, Taekwondo, Gumdo etc as well as extra English lessons (where Youngdo comes in) By the time the poor little things get to me they're just so exhaused. They can barely keep their eyes open and I have to make them stand up if they start to sleep. I wish I could just let them take it easy and rest, but then their parents would be paying the big bucks for nothing. If the parents aren't happy then the Korean staff will hear it and then I'll hear it.

Can you imagine being 10 years old and having to go to school all day and then go to school all night? AND we're supposed to give them a lot of homework. Mothers call in complaining that their kids aren't getting enough homework or they're finishing it too fast so they need more. If a mother requests such a thing than the whole class gets more work. I seriously don't know when they have the time to do it. I feel so bad giving them more work, but I've been told that its the way it works here. If you let a kid get away with more then they'll become lazier than the others and in the long run it won't help them out at all. They won't get the good job and won't have the same drive.