[Q&A] Korean High School Life

[@sydneyramsey8350]

I love how your outfit matched the border

[@criistal_frappex253]

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[@copypaste1358]

4-5 hours of sleep? Thats not healthy 😱 Edit: to all people commenting its healthy since many students live like this, YOU ARE TERRIBLY WRONG! Just because it is normal way to live for someone doesnt make it healthy. Please read some studies that explore what lack of sleep does to your brain and educate yourselves better. You should sleep at least 7 hour every night without exception.

[@Miranda-h3g]

It's very normal in Chinese middle school.

[@ritaxv4626]

Miranda yes

[@fernandezrenielricksona.2187]

that sleep time is normal for me i think when its have quiz only . and i only spend 3 and half hour sleeping when its exam or periodical

[@kiwix3407]

I don't get much sleep either I live in us tho

[@aryanaikbanaulikar7241]

This is normal for Indian high school students who prepare for entrance exams like JEE, UPSC, NEET etc

[@mayone7242]

I'm living in Philippines and I only study when there are exams.....

[@nahun-th8tm]

Same here

[@missymaxine2595]

Same haha

[@kangu1999]

Yeahhh

[@Lath006]

Even exam

[@karyllekatebasilgo336]

Same

[@mairarociosantucci]

now I feel very worthless knowing that you spend 4-5 hours sleeping while I spend 8-10 hours lol

[@iclaimthisname9767]

Don't feel worthless for sleeping a healthy amount of time..

[@ylia281]

Honestly you should be proud that you're getting a healthy amount of sleep. Like with the amount of studies, i could never

[@ro_bangtan510]

Yeah me too

[@mairarociosantucci]

@@ylia281 I'm actually :( what I'm not grateful for is having a third world education system.. at least you have a good education

[@ARMY-hc8oq]

You’re so beautiful and your English is amazing 😍❤️ this was a great video

[@ailmiyyah7961]

The only thing i dont like in SK was the long hours in school. I mean i love the culture but not the unjust principle of their education system. I feel proud for those student who could endure 4-5hrs sleep hours and sorry for the students who spent their time in school. No time for family and for rest. Im still glad that our eduaction system is not that strict.

[@julesb4044]

I’m curious about why students spend so many hours studying after school. Is there like assigned material? Is it to just learn extra material? Is it even required because how would anyone be able to do other things with their lives? I’m just wondering because I never get more than 45 minutes of homework after school?

[@yejinjo]

Just think of it like free time for doing your studies. You can study whatever you need, if you have homework that day you can do that, and if you don't you can always do other studies. In some schools, YAJA is a must but in our school it wasn't.

[@UWU-zb2fv]

​@@yejinjo is yaja more common as compulsory or optional?

[@nuruliqah8254]

I thought that my study life was hard but watching your videos makes me feel that there are others out there that are going through more things

[@nxmxx29]

Good to see you again after some time ^^. You, korean students, do really study a LOT... phew~ i wish students that age could get some freedom to be themselves without that amount of stress you are actually exposed to. Thanks for sharing ♥ 화아팅!

[@johnc8149]

So far I only know a little about South Korea....I know Seoul is tbe Capital city....I Love Mamamoo....and now I am learning about South Korean school and daily life thanks to Yejin Jo....you are really GREAT!!!

[@mohammadmashuq9567]

Learn about k.pop

[@Jenoma]

Same... I was watching mamamoo's videos earlier

[@livjones9859]

wait they start school at 7? we start at 4 years old haha

[@anjurana5301]

We even start at 2 if we are fluent in our native language

[@fidelianovena1568]

Yep at 2

[@ssuhani]

I started at 2

[@lokendratamang3949]

Yay I am surprised

[@janvimishra2497]

😂😂😂😂lol

[@MissAbigael02]

Regarding YAJA, why can't students just study at home?

[@seungseungminji]

So we can study more and more focused, in my case my mother doesn’t like it when I stay at home (for studying) she thinks I won’t focus and since those spaces are available I must use them. Parents put a lot of pressure. But I’m pretty sure in her school is obligatory tho, they can force you to stay at school.

[@Tanjiro88]

@@seungseungminji saungminchi 💜💜nice name

[@seungseungminji]

@@Tanjiro88 actually, it’s Seoung not Saung. Are you learning 한글?

[@Tanjiro88]

@@seungseungminji i pronounced it correct but didn't write it correctly btw am a beginer 😁 btw are u from korea? (just wanna know)i guess u r

[@seungseungminji]

@@Tanjiro88 Yes I am! Good luck with your journey!!

[@joy-zg1uq]

At 11:55 when she said ‘friends’ I was softened...like I was ‘awww’🥺🥺🥺 the bond you have with your friends is really something else

[@eyxpndymrndy356]

I really love your videos! It's very interesting and informative. You know, I can't even control myself as i'm distracted with so many things when i'm studying haha, well, must try your tips tho it might be effective to me. Looking forward to your next videos especially vlogs abt your country♡

[@fernandezrenielricksona.2187]

You can Be a teacher you knowledge was powerful than our electricity in home

[@thovinh5386]

legitimately, I love the idea of using stopwatch to measure our study time, every times I click the stopwatch, it reminds me that I'm being distracted.

[@TheFreakin12]

This gave me knowledge about how school in south korea is. cant wait to see your new uploads 😊

[@kayatsa]

Another great video awesome work ^^ So happy for you that you are free from high school lol. Hope you are living a much healthier life filled with wonderful experiences !!

[@olasega2207]

In Australia we start school at 4 go into primary school at 5 -12, high school 13-18 If you start school at 7:40am that's when I'm still sleeping I start school at 8:00am to 3pm

[@linealie]

that’s exactly the same with my country 🇹🇷

[@cantlosethis]

this is insane... im glad you're free now hahah

[@bhumikapanwar4930]

Yo lady i respect you and the korea education system 🙏🙏

[@animartistry_00]

I started my schooling when I was 2 years old I will complete my high schooling at age of 16 .......there are.4-5 months left for my 12 th standard (CBSE)board exams ........And I am just sleeping not more then 6 hours .......

[@GlysaMae]

In our school classes starts at 8am and had our morning ceremony everyday at 7:30am. Our recess time is 9:30-9:50am and lunch time is at 11:50am to 12:50pm and afternoon class starts at 1:00pm and end our class at 5:30pm.. Which is in the morning class we have 4 subjects and the afternoon class we have 4/5 subjects depends on the schedule..

[@gachaswift9538]

You information about high-schools and other stuffs helped me to know more. Thank you!

[@indanoviani]

Nice to meet you again. Ye Jin ... we are the same age ... 😁😁😁 ... I already have a question. Do you have a homework when you end your time at school ? especially at your school ???

[@yejinjo]

Not really, and even if we do (sometimes), it's not much.

[@carmennaide]

You're the cutest, Yejin! :) Also, your english pronunciation is great, good job!

[@yejinjo]

thanks!

[@malls4623]

I'll attend korean high school in 3 years, and I'd like to make some friends! Do you think that korean students would like to become friend with me, or would they most likely not, since I'm a foreigner? Just on your personal point of view ;3

[@aisyahumairah0285]

we have the same situations btw. i also wonder if i will be able to make friends since im going to a new school. so i think we have to always starts a conversation first and be more friendly. it's just my opinion btw 😊

[@김채린-i6z]

As a korean student with international friends in korea I could say that they will treat you nice and you will find friends for sure !

[@elinhesselbom4119]

Really, thank you for this video! It helped me understand so much better! I don't really know what to write.. I just want you to know that I get crazy happy when I notice your new videos!❤❤

[@lei8966]

in our school, we only study when there is a quiz or when we have exams (or sometimes we don’t). i think most of the time some of us do get enough sleep but i think that’s not the case for everyone. but for me, it depends ‘cause i always cram && i have a lot of unimportant things to do like watching movies & stuff. i get 9-5 hours of sleep depending on what i do, but most of the time i get 7-8 hours but during exams i get 4-2 hours of sleeep. also, our classes start at 7:10 am, i wake up at 5:30 am. our class ends 2:30/3:30. i think it’s not that stressful for US, the things that make our minds explode are the homeworks, projects, presentations, and things like that.

[@iclaimthisname9767]

They go to school when they're 7 years old?? Where do they learn the language and how to write? Where I live people go to elementary school when they are either 3 or 4 years old (some kids when they are 5 but thats unusual)

[@davidsimmons1320]

Extracurriculars? When are you able to do them?

[@aqilahsyuksyarbaini5047]

this is my first time saw korean student speak fluently in english did not mean to say anything but i just impressed

[@harutowatanabe5547]

In philippines you gotta go to school at 7:00 am we have this kinda tradition in ph like every morning there was a flag cermony so ; flag ceremony ,1st subject,2nd,recess (30mins),3rd,4th and then lunch for an hour then back at 1pm so ;5thsubject,recess (15mins),6th subject,and the last subject So every subject is an hour to take . We have classes every weekdays A fact that if you'll reach an average score of 90+ on every grading you will be called an honor ; if 95+ high honor then 97-100 highest honor

[@gisselle5x300]

Thank you for the info. learned new things! Keep it up! 💗

[@cyllesviaj.6211]

I'm so glad that you're backkkk !! 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@janvimishra2497]

In my school we have to study French, Japanese, Korean and English it's compulsory... all ready know how to speak,and there is opption between two language French or Sanskrit if we choose French so we have to study French, Korean, Japanese, and if we choose Sanskrit so we have to study Sanskrit, Korean, Japanese, and English is the main language of my school because my school is English medium ❤️✨ but also in exams we have so much stress because of these languages.we all students study other subjects also and these languages also so stressful 💕but I love my school 💕

[@janvimishra2497]

In my school recess is of 30 minutes and classes is of 40 minutes 💕❤️ and in kentine me and my friends eat a lot of food 😄

[@xish8772]

Where are you from???

[@deleted1332]

LOL for my school’s language class system (i go to a international school in seoul) its mandatory to learn chinese in primary school (only after you know english) and then when we go to “senior school” (middle and high) they add another language class (the choices are spanish or korean) and we keep continuing with chinese too so we have Language class and then Chinese class like a whole another subject kkkkk anyway i chose korean for my second language class ^^

[@Queen-yw1th]

Yejin unnie... Thankyou. We love you and you know it

[@yejinjo]

I love you too

[@fridacarbajal3805]

I’m really thankful with this video, now I know how is really the korean high school💙

[@munazzarahat7756]

I have a question is there really a culture of bullying and torturing a student by other fellow students like it showed in k-dramas and k-movies? I hope you awnser my question and didn't get offened. Loved your videos! 👍💕

[@yejinjo]

It depends by school i guess, but in our school there wasn't any bullying or torturing :)

[@munazzarahat7756]

YEJIN JO Thank you for answering Yejin 😊.

[@nicolelarizzacherryblossom]

Awesome video I was wondering how do schools in Korea handle students with disabilities?

[@studywithsithu3008]

My school start at 7.30 am to 1.30 pm. 20 minute lunch time. and private class 2 hour in the day

[@dharamdeothakur12]

In india we have a approx of 5 hours class in school ...And indian girls are not allowed to have any type of makeup and hair must be tied and we are not allowed with open hairs ,a strict dress code is followed . Not allowed to take phones or any other accessories other then books notebooks and a pencil box ,lunch box and a water bottle😊😊

[@bhagyagowda3501]

It's so similar like in India but we don't have breaks in between classes and our higher school timings will 8-10 hours and we don't have self study time in school

[@manoamp2023]

I'm Sri Lankan My school life ; 4.30 a.m wake up 5.15 a.m school van comes 7.00 a.m @school 7.30 a.m school starts 10.25 - 10.45 a.m interval 1.30 p.m school ends 3.45 p.m @home After that Many days I have tuition classes upto 7.00 p.m 7.00 - 9.00 p.m h/w 9.00 - 10.30p.m study 11.00 - 4.30 only 5 and half hours for sleep😓 Traffic is wasting our time😣

[@nn0how]

Korean schools are so diffrent the spent so much time in school then home....I respect korean students!! They are so strong

[@kt5397]

im from iran there are many similarities between our educational system and high school students study at least 10 hours per day however they are not allowed to stay in school after 3pm so they will study at home

[@vicsabeth]

Hey I have a question😊 hopefully someone can answer this😬 I'm going to do an exchange year in korea next summer, but I wonder in which grade I'm going to be? I'm 16 years old and in germany in the 10th (soon 11th) grade..

[@amiranatasha7772]

You will be in high school grade if in korean grades

[@angel-kj5pq]

QUEEN (English slang) I love your personality & channel so much! You're an actual queen hahahaha I will always support you!

[@inizafirahripin]

You’ve answered all of my curiosities. Thank you! 🍀

[@BeastUchiha]

When i was a student i never studied & just enjoy my tym watching anime ... Now i m in near 30s & i still watch anime & read manga ...

[@christianavidimi3604]

Wow Korean schools is so different from Greek school, we stay 8 or 9 hours because I am in music school (the other school is 6 hours) and we return at home. That's it and we don't have so much lessons. I understand that the school life in Korea it's hard but the economy in my country is different. 👇👇👇

[@kiwix3407]

I'm used to sleeping 4-5 hours of sleep and I live in US and I barely get sleep bc when I go to sleep early I can't wake up in mornings and I have to get less sleep to stay awake #notmorningperson

[@Shadabkhan-vd7eh]

happy to see u back

[@minseokieswife8755]

Yejin, i have question, is there a better school with better education system in SK? Or do you have tips for SK school?

[@diana-ioanavlad2473]

I have a question. Is it mandatory that you go from 6pm to 11pm to study? I mean, if in that free hour, from 4pm to 5pm you have time to do some of your stuff, and after dinner go and cook your homework at 8pm. Are you obliged to stay?

[@yejinjo]

It wasn't a must to stay until 11PM for our school, students signed up for it. But I heard that in some schools there are no options.

[@diana-ioanavlad2473]

@@yejinjo thank you!❤️❤️❤️

[@ro_bangtan510]

What are you studying now (high school or college???) Or are you doing job ??

[@sucurtalyumuk2092]

Loves from Turkey 💜

[@enpjss]

As a foreign student in Japan, I must say that Korea and Japan has some similarities. I don’t know about other schools here but in my school, we don’t eat dinner in school. We also have “yaja” but it only ends at 7pm.

[@margievanpetten777]

i love learning about south korea ♥️

[@wwinrarr]

I missed youuuuuu Yejinnnnnnnn ❤️❤️ 사랑해 ❤️

[@ViJay-Singh-7]

16 hours in school . O MY GOD . IN INDIA WE SPEND 7 HOURS IN SCHOOL

[@eli-hk7fx]

I have a question. I did read somewhere that Korean high school has rules like “not dying hair” or “having short hair”,”no dating with schoolmate”,”no cofee for students” etc.. Is that true? And what are the craziest rules at Korean schools?

[@xylema.]

나 신 May I ask, what was considered ‘long?’

[@richakumari6871]

OMG u guys work really hard 😅😅 but please upload video like this because I love it

[@pranjalityagi2811]

Did u have school holidays...? And if you are only studying and mostly sent ur time in school ....after that you only have 3,4 hrs to...sleep...then how didi u spent your time with your family..🙄didi u have time to spent with themm?

[@karthikeyanm8386]

Hey! Just found out ur videos. They are amazing. do u guys get holidays? Do u guys have classes on Saturday???

[@hackdogvendor4065]

in the philippines were just have 7 to 8 hours class then our i think philippines have the longest time for break time becuz we have 30 to 40 min

[@mslayla__9649]

Thank youuuu, this video was very informative! You’ve worked hard! Love from New Zealand💓💓

[@yejinjo]

mslayla_ _ Thank you so much💓

[@mslayla__9649]

YEJIN JO ❤️❤️

[@iida2967]

16h in school!???? I spend abt 6-8h in school and study abt an hour when i get home from school. The korean school system is crazy compared to mine (the finnish school system).

[@Kawaiiyaaan]

nice to see you again yejin💕

[@cyllesviaj.6211]

hello yejin , I wanna ask .. is it a must to do yaja at school ? or it's up to the student ? I mean like , maybe they wanna do yaja at home ..

[@ellyanaradzi]

Are you allowed to play smartphone in the self studying time ? I mean, like.. Watching kdramas or social things..

[@takeahintsherlock8144]

I live in the Philippines in mindanao and i actually study when theres and exam and i also cheat well , when we dont understand the question we like gather around and copy others sort of...well thats how stupid it is

[@clemntne]

“ChEaT WeLl” 😅😂🤣

[@aaditripreetiatrey4941]

aren't there bullies in high schools like in Kdramas?

[@ayishashabnam6136]

Wow great video. I like it your so good. ❤️❤️👍🏻

[@singhsiblings5777]

Truly ...I use to say that these studies are really hard but you show me the real struggle which is not even 10 % of mine I really salute all the Korean student...now I will really going to study more .....thank you girlll... Lots of love from India...❤️💞💞

[@angelkaye00]

sorry but some of the questions were not answered as how it was made to be answered, but all in all your vlog is informative so keep it up!

[@sickdude.3834]

You mention that there are offical school hours, so my question is; do you have to stay at school after those official school hours, or can you go home after that?

[@sarah-hx5ds]

personally i find it so weird how you guys have to stay at school till 11pm or even more. in the UK that would be classed as child abuse, here teachers aren’t allowed to keep other people’s children at school that late, especially not if it’s compulsory. i get that there’s a lot of competition in south korea therefore you need to study hard but most people will only intensively study if they have an exam coming up. it baffles me that you would study every single day for 16 hours for 12 years. i really couldn’t i’d have a breakdown. i really hope in the future the korean education system changes. children are having to work harder than most adults who have JOBS, actual jobs, simply to be the best of the best. they develop awful metal illnesses and the worst thing is it isn’t even taken seriously and there’s limited councillors in korea as it’s seen as taboo to complain about your metal state which is completely and utterly ridiculous. every korean i’ve came across seems to only care about their appearance and IQ (i don’t mean this is an offensive or stereotype-like way) however it’s simply true. it’s no ones fault it’s just your whole countries concept is to be liked by everyone and seen as a respectful member of society. it really needs to change, everyone is valuable and worthy no matter their circumstances. no one has fun anymore, everyone’s just stiff and miserable with an awful mind frame and mentality. you only live to please others. you barely even ‘live’ you work to survive. i’m sorry for my awful rant i just despise the korean schooling/ working system.

[@peachesncream_7237]

In Saudi Arabia they give so much pressure on us like sometimes I go to school without sleeping like it’s a blessing if I sleep a hour

[@kristinesharp6286]

I would have 3-4 hours of homework a night in Highschool. Actual things assigned to be handed in and graded. And we had quizzes and tests often making up the final grade. Senior year I also had a job 4 hours after school 3 days a week and all day Saturday. That last year I would do some homework in lunch or during another class. I would multitask. Tv on or music while doing it. Also talking on the phone. A friend and I would help explain the math we were stuck on. Explaining something to another is a great way for it to sink in. Still would go to bed 11 or 12. Up after 6. I had 7-8 classes per day in school. Every day the same 7 classes. That year I added in the 8th class was not a good idea. I had more credits than needed to graduate or go to college. 3 years we had science. 3 years we had social science. Every year math and English. 2 years of language. 4 years of music. A few art classes. Driving class for short time. And 4 years of religion. It was academic a bit of church history and such. Even some summer classes. Practice for music was outside of the 3-4 hours. School was relatively close even by city bus. I was not traveling back and forth to the school or study place. It was eat and go back to homework. Our test for college at the time was just two subjects. English and Math. But the grades you got in history and science and Spanish and other classes mattered to get into college. You needed to have a minimum of certain classes and a certain grade point average. And they wanted you to do things outside of school like work or volunteer or do an activity. That improved your chance for the school of your choice. We had 15 hours of community service each year to graduate. There was a lot of academic pressure but it was set up to provide a balanced life. The job in high school was brilliant for life. With that job financial responsibility came in small steps. First it was paying for own clothing and car insurance and gas and entertainment, then you added on cell phone bill and larger ticket items like tech and car repair. By the time you were done with college living expenses and retirement savings were just a few more lines to the budget. I watch Kdrama’s and wonder why a 36 year old is living with their parents still getting spending money or hundreds of thousands to marry. I have been watching for almost 20 years. I get it’s the culture. It still seems so different.

[@painttheuniverse4279]

In finland everyone has to take tree languages wich are finnish (of corse), english and swedish and then u can take even more languages like for me I take spanish so um yeah😂 I'd say we have a good language hearing if that makes sense? But that propably sucks. Middle School every day about 8 hours at least for me, and then some at home. Like homework after school and studying after practise or something but nothing crazy like that

[@sushmitasamanta4752]

Thx u 4 answering the question about the phone. 😊🤔but I think, u have answered in a mumble way, I saw yr smile on yr face 😞.actually I was curious about that phone.

[@cuqiiu]

korean schools and lithuanian schools are so different i can’t imagine studying for that long

[@mmk3963]

I usually don't watch videos like this bcoz they are boring but this was totally different this was interesting to watch and I didn't feel the time passing😅

[@yejinjo]

Thank you so much!

[@mmk3963]

@@yejinjo wow you have replied. This is my first time getting a comment from the owner of the video. You are the best 👍💯

[@omi6533]

50 minutes class? oh my god... in my country we have 45 minutes and im so done after 30 minutes. but we have also 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes breaks and im also done with 20 minutes breaks (some of students are going to mc donald which is really near to our school so they aren't bored but I don't enjoy it) I want to have 10 minutes breaks only 😌 only in christmas time sometimes we have 30 minutes class and 5 or 10 minutes breaks, it's heaven 😂 (im also in high school)

[@DanA-qn2tq]

What do you do for science? Are you in your normal classrooms for that? Or do you have a lab

[@kanagatarra4201]

Do people get bullied in Korean like which is shown in k drama

[@kristinesharp6286]

Is there really the bullying? Do some students get away with it cause of who their parent’s are?

[@manoamp2023]

Please tell me how many days you have as vacation per year?

[@KhushiSingh-dy2yo]

How you Koreans are so active and hard workers ..

[@Gopal-d5r]

Which class do you read???

[@siska_yuri]

when semester start ? for us it was actually trimester not 2 but 3 and long summer break, you guys? holidays?

[@pvsarojini2170]

Yejin u. R soo prerry

[@royath9722]

In iran The students should go to school for five hours and they should stay at class for one hour and thirty minutes and then 10 minutes race , they never have music class and they cant choose language for study , all of the students must study arabic and english .after you come back you should always study . They have exam every day . Some time i can sleep just 3 hours and i should study at weekend. At the end you shoud be doctor and you cant choose any things.They are not in war but the situation is not good. I love my country but i think korean education system is better.

[@Johanneslol11]

OMG so much studying :O SOOO crazy! :) I am from the netherlands, here both the students and the teachers move around... xD so we never have class in the same classroom. :) The schools are very big though ( 35.000+ students) We spend a max of 8 hours a day in the school. At university it is maybe 5 hours in the week.. :) I never had a lot of friends though...xD

[@Johanneslol11]

wow Yejin jo you are up so late ! xD how come ?

[@hynxei1634]

Dutch person here too! And 35,000+ people in one school? In my school, there are only a couple of thousand xd O.O

[@karinajimenez8534]

In my country, you graduate from high school at age 15-17

[@용시루바샘-b6m]

I'm happy now ㅇㅅㅇ

[@paulaj2417]

I missed you. Gald thst youre back

[@sadhikasandal5873]

Can you make qna on bullying in korea ?