A huge proportion of that income - 70% of Korean household expenditure, according to estimates by the Samsung Economic Research Institute in Seoul, goes toward private education, to get an educational edge over other families.
Not just because of their numbers but because of their educational edge, they dominated it to a degree that came to infuriate the English.
As she acknowledges, wealthier Americans would have to give up or share the educational edge that moving to suburban school districts has given their children.
Missionary-built educational facilities were often located in what became heavily Christian areas rather than predominantly Muslim locales … As a result, Christians gained an educational edge over Muslims that lasted decades".
They show that America's educational edge created prosperity and equality alike — but that this edge was eclipsed in about the 1970s, and since then one country after another has surpassed us in education.
Many girls gained an educational edge, in fact, because they could attend both the winter and summer terms of public schools, while big boys who were needed on the farm often could attend only the winter term.
Further, if Jay Leno's "Jay Walking" on the "Tonight Show" is any indication, America may be losing its educational edge all together.
Whether it's digging deeper into your conversations or consciously choosing your recreational activities to have an educational edge, if you want to learn and grow as a person, don't divorce your social life from your personal growth.
Before I begin sharing some secret Feng Shui to give your student and educational edge I thought that I would tell you that to the Chinese, scholastic success if of paramount importance especially for students who come from humble beginnings and backgrounds.
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