Korean Carlos doesn't remember

'Carlos doesn't remember' is about educational inequality due to the economic gap. Though in this podcast, Gladwell depicts the same problem in the current educational system in the U.S.A. The capitalization. Providing some chances of higher education to brilliant students despite their economical status. It sounds fair and equal, but Gladwell rebutted this by statistical evidence. Numbers of Carlos, means students who don't have enough money but are smarter than usual, in prestigious universities like Harvard, are much lower than expected. And this means capitalization doesn't really work in the current educational system. Another point that Gladwell used is 'unequal chances of education' according to my opinion. In his podcast, Gladwell insisted the gap between Carlos and other wealthy students. According to Gladwell, students like Carlos already have lots of burdens to consider before they start education. For instance, householding, securing own and family's safety, and some should even consider the distance between home to school. Moreover, for Carlos, it is tough enough to find a counseling teacher in order to prepare for college and the future career.

'Students like Carlos in Korea' similar to 'Carlos in U.S.A' overall, but I believe there are some differences between this two cases. In fact, I believe Korean students usually have less burden until they graduate middle school. Different with U.S.A, Korea shows balanced distributions of school all over the country(except some 'Korean Carlos' who live in the countryside). Also, education until 9th grade is mandatory, and tuitions for high school are not that expensive. There can be some differences between each student, but normally, Korean students suffer less from external hindrances of educations. However, I don't believe the current Korean education systems take care 'Carlos in Korea' well. Instead, 'Carlos in Korea' have to face other types of hardships after they enter the high school.

First, the economical gap becomes a crucial factor. In Korea, without any external assistant, it is hard to follow school's education curriculums by students own efforts. Even if that student haves brilliant brain just like Carlos, Korean education is tough and complex enough to make student miserable. Normally, Korean students get some assistances from Academy(what we called '학원'). It provides students great care, like preparing standard tests or managing student's GPA and extracurricular activities. I believe it is not difficult to catch up the schools' original educations with academies efforts(plus student's own effort, of course). However, things are different for 'Carlos in Korea'. They don't have enough time and money to get assistances from academies. And most of those Carlos failed to achieve chances of higher education in school. Moreover, some teachers in high school teach students based on 'what students previously learned frim academies before the class'. This is a vicious circle, that larger the gap between 'gifted(economically gifted)' students and 'Carlos in Korea'.  

The other problem is, unlike middle or high school, colleges and universities are not balance distributed in Korea. Most of the prestigious universities in Korea like 'SKY' are clumped near capital state. And they usually require expensive tuitions to students. Those factors became one of the biggest reason why 'Carlos in Korea' hesitates to enter universities. Despite their desires or visions, students have to deal with realities. Things are not changed even those students abandoned universities but purchase jobs right after graduating high school. Korean use the term 'In-Seoul(the capital of Korea)', which means entering to the universities located 'in' Seoul would determine the student's future. Even though the college entering is already unequal enough, society doesn't care about it. After graduation, Korean students are usually evaluated by their universities level, not by students talents and passions.

I believe the situations of 'Carlos in Korea' are not really different to 'Carlos in U.S.A'. I often believe Korea could be worse in some cases. Determining student's educations, careers, and even futures by students' 'gifted' wealth, is now in Korea. As Korean students, this is quite bitter to say, but Korea is no country for Carlos.