8/22 Seodang

Korean parents are well-known for their enthusiastic support for their children's education.
* enthusiastic: 열정적인, 열광적인
ex> Some enthusiastic fans followed him to the stage.

That made me wonder, have they always been like that?
* make someone wonder: ~을 궁금하게 만들다
ex> His comment made her wonder for a second.

I realized that it might have originated from seodang.
* might have: ~했을 수도 있다, ~했을지도 모르다
ex> She might have been confused.

Seodang was a private village school that provided elementary education during the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty.
ex> He didn't even have elementary knowledge about baseball.

In the seodang, boys from 7 to 16 years old learned to read the Thousand Character Classic and acquired a basic idea of Confucianism.
* acquire: 습득하다, 인수하다, 배우다
ex> I have acquired a good knowledge of German.
* Thousand Charactr Classic: 천자문
* Confucianism: 유교, 유교 사상

Not only the yangban children, but commoners and even slaves were taught at these seodangs.
* commoner [^|kɑ:mənə(r)]: 평민
* be taught: 가르침을 받다
ex> Do you think manners should be taught in school?


@ It was worth every penny. 정말 돈이 안 아까웠어.

1. I'm very enthusiastic about baseball.
2. I might have been mistaken about her. 
3. He acquired Spanish when his family moved to Mexico. 
4. Do you think ethics can be taught in school? 

Talk about seodang.

Korean parents are well-known for their enthusiastic support for their children's education. That made me wonder, have they always been like that? So I did some research and I realized that it might have originated from seodang. Seodang was a private village school that provided elementary education during the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty. In the seodang, boys from 7 to 16 years old learned to read the Thousand Character Classic and acquired a basic idea of Confucianism. Anyone could study at the seodang. Not only the yangban children, but commoners and even slaves were taught at these seodangs.