Ladyrayne on Korean-Inspired Cram Schools

Drawing from an article in today's Washington Post, the moderate blogger wonders if Korean-style summer tutoring centers in northern Virginia and Maryland would work for black Americans: "Cram schools are more prevalent overseas especially in East Asia where students have intense training after their regular school hours in subjects such as math, [E]nglish and science. These schools also prepare students for high school and college entrance exams. The Post article talks about cram schools in Northern Virginia which aren’t as intense as those in East Asia....The article also mentions that some parents don’t find American cram schools rigorous enough so one parent is sending her son to a cram school in Korea."

Ladyrayne continues her commentary about the cram schools: "I don’t have a problem with kids attending these schools during their after school hours and during the summer. But having your child in school from 7:30am to 11:30pm for four weeks [like the cram schools that Korean-Americans are sending their kids to in Korea] is a bit much. That’s longer than adult work hours. Do these kids get any time to spend outdoors for recreational activities during those hours? Maybe it’s the American in me, but young folks need some outdoor time especially when you’re getting over 15 hours of intense educational training. Check out the entire article at the Post. After reading this article I thought about how this could benefit black folks and whether there are any black families enrolling their children in these type of schools. I did a [G]oogle and read an article about a black woman who enrolled her sons in a Korean run cram school in New York City. The article was written in 2003 by St. Petersburg Times correspondent Bill Maxwell so I really don’t know how the school has benefited her sons in the long run."