TS #6 Sujin Yang

 5/23/2023

Hours: 1

For this session, we talked more about cultural expectations in Korea, specifically about punctuality. She told me a story about how she went "crazy Korean mom" at her son's principal for giving him an "unexcused early leave." She asked if attendance was a big deal in the US and explained that in Korea, students are expected to have perfect attendance records. She works for admissions at the university she works at in Korea and said that if a student has one or more absences, they are less likely to be accepted. I explained to her that though attendance is stressed, it is not as heavily emphasized and doesn't really affect you or your prospects of getting accepted into university unless it is an excessive number of absences.

We also had a long discussion on the treatment of women in Korea. As with everywhere, many unfair expectations are placed on women, in Korea, it is more rigid and enforced, as Confucian ideals heavily influence Korean culture. She told me how women can't live by themselves until they are married and they have to live with their parents until they are, women who are single and live away from home are looked down upon. Women are also expected to keep giving birth until they give birth to a boy and they must do everything for their first-born son, daughters are often neglected or have to sacrifice for their brothers.

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