Nearly two months ago, I wrote a blogpost about Korean college prep schools, and a particular type, called Korean Foreign Language High Schools, such as Daewon and Minjok Leadership. and it came mainly from my personal experiences of living in Korea and from this New York Times article.
That article mainly praised the Korean Foreign Language High Schools (KFLHS) for taking the students to new heights by taking them to prominent schools, mainly in the Ivy League.
However, a few days ago, I read a blogpost by a former teacher of Daewon which unequivocally criticized the schools heavily. Here’s a few(actually, many) excerpts:
