Kim Seong-eun spends 3 million won per month on her second-grade daughter's private tutoring and 10 after-school academies... Touched by her daughter's tears, she feels overwhelmed (Top-tier mom) [Yesterday's TV]
Passionate mom Kim Sunghyun felt overwhelmed seeing her daughter struggle with tears and inner thoughts as she attends 10 different hagwons.
On June 26th, in the broadcast of 'Ilta Mom', a joint production of 'The Life' and tvN STORY, Kim Sung-eun sought advice on her second-grade daughter Yunha's private education in the first episode.
On this day, Kim Sunghyeon confessed, "Since I'm raising three children, a middle school student, a second grader, and a 6-year-old, I'm really interested in private education. When my first child was young, I was a 'Daechi mom'." She also said, "I'm serious about education, so I sent all three to YOUNGUE (a pun combining 'young' and 'English academy kindergarten').”
Kim Seong-eun, who revealed that his eldest son, who had been studying hard, "started playing soccer and is now less studious compared to other friends," expressed concern over his second-grade daughter Yoon-ha. Kim Seong-eun said, "When Yoon-ha entered elementary school last year, I thought she should start studying, so I sent her to more than 10 academies. When I calculated, it turned out to be around 3 million won per month for education. I wonder how long I should continue this and want to ask senior parents about it."
Yunha's schedule, which includes math and English worksheets, piano, violin, soccer, and art classes, was so packed with activities six days a week that it would make Jang Sung Kyu and Baek Ji Young exclaim, "She's in elementary grade 2 but is really busy," and "She seems busier than me." Kim Sung Eun said, "The total education cost is 3 million won, including tuition for a private elementary school. The monthly cost for the private school is around 1 million won, and the cost for after-school education is 2 million won. Yunha thinks she isn't being given much, but when I saw the number of her classes, there were nearly ten. Even though I want to reduce them, there's nothing to cut down on."
From Kim Seong-eun's perspective, Yoonha was at least a minimal academy-goer compared to Taeha. Kim Seong-eun talked about the amount of studying before Taeha's soccer matches, saying, "He really did send Taeha to all kinds of after-school classes. For math, it was at least 2 or 3 places. He tried everything he could." She also mentioned, "I don't regret it because it seems like what he did back then has helped him do well until now. So, for the second child, I wanted to send them to many after-school classes too, but since they don't like going to academies and have a slow learning ability, we decided to just do the basics."
I also heard that there are differing opinions even among the ILTAM army regarding the English academy for kindergarteners. In my opinion, Taeha has been using English until middle school. I am completely in favor of this. Taeha has gained so much in those three years of early childhood education, and even after entering middle school, his English skills remain outstanding. Even though he hasn't used English since then, I think he managed to keep up his English skills from that period until now," she expressed her opinion.
On the other hand, Yoon-ha had many complaints about the academy. When Kim Sung-eun said, "You only study English and math at the academy. Isn't it all just for play? Your mom says you can stop anything except math and English," Yoon-ha demanded, "Please take out the math workbook." She then pleaded, "Mom, please. There's too much of it."
This is the translation of your text:
Kim Seong-eun also revealed that "I think I want to freely cultivate Yoon-ha without too much emphasis on studies, so I'm considering an international middle school." However, it was not an easy decision as the tuition fees for international schools are several times higher than those of regular schools. For middle school education, the annual tuition fee at an international school was about 50 million won. If preparing for the SAT (an exam to evaluate the academic abilities of students who wish to enter undergraduate programs in U.S. universities), one had to be prepared to spend about 10 million won over two months on tutoring.
Yunha went to the math academy right after school at VCR, and then received violin tutoring, which is a mandatory subject at school, at home. Wanting to do well, Yunha couldn't help but cry as the performance didn't go as planned. Seeing this in the studio, Kim Sung-eun said, "I didn't know," and was moved to tears as well. The MCs and elite moms sighed with regret when they heard Yunha say in the kitchen after finishing the tutoring, "I don't have the energy to eat." Yunha even did study sheets after the violin tutoring and went to a soccer academy late at night. When the elite moms were surprised by the endless private tutoring schedule, Kim Sung-eun quickly clarified, "This is something she wants to do herself."
After this, when Yoon-ha was asked if he found it hard to attend hagwons (cram schools) so much, he replied, "(It's hard,) but I can't say it. What if Mom hears?" revealing his deep feelings. At this, Kim Sung-eun tearfully said, "I was shocked that he thinks his mom shouldn't know about his struggles." She then promised, after hearing advice from 17-year veteran university entrance consultants and other parents, to reduce their after-school education expenses below 2 million won and to better understand Yoon-ha's feelings.
Meanwhile, Kim Sun-young married former football player Jung Jo-guk in 2009 and has two sons and one daughter.
Post a Comment