In South Korea, kids who miss school, become addicted to video games or join gangs will end up in a specialized military training camps for some discipline and education. In these camps, the teens are trained military-style with standard soldier routines complete with army uniforms under extreme conditions.
This training program is aimed to make the young soldiers stronger and more responsible. During the course, the trainees are not allowed to get any form of dependence from parents. They are on their own.
Inmates are pushed over assault courses and taught to ride horses, as well as being given therapy workshops on more creative pursuits. During the sessions, participants cannot use a computer and are allowed only one hour of mobile phone use a day to prevent them playing games via their handsets.
Enrolled in the Ansan training course, Kang Han-Sol, a 15-year-old boy said “My mom forced me to take this course because I have played video games too much. I hope this course would better me, so I could quit playing and give more focus on studying”. One of the training instructors added: “Nowadays, the children are selfish and really dependent to parents. They even become violent and disrespect the older. Moreover they easily quit whenever encountering problems. It can not be accepted in our country. For that reason, the parents would like to send their children to the military training course to help them to be better and win themselves”.
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This training program is aimed to make the young soldiers stronger and more responsible. During the course, the trainees are not allowed to get any form of dependence from parents. They are on their own.
Inmates are pushed over assault courses and taught to ride horses, as well as being given therapy workshops on more creative pursuits. During the sessions, participants cannot use a computer and are allowed only one hour of mobile phone use a day to prevent them playing games via their handsets.
Enrolled in the Ansan training course, Kang Han-Sol, a 15-year-old boy said “My mom forced me to take this course because I have played video games too much. I hope this course would better me, so I could quit playing and give more focus on studying”. One of the training instructors added: “Nowadays, the children are selfish and really dependent to parents. They even become violent and disrespect the older. Moreover they easily quit whenever encountering problems. It can not be accepted in our country. For that reason, the parents would like to send their children to the military training course to help them to be better and win themselves”.
Source with more pictures:
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7917966-photos-unbelievable-military-training-program-for-spoil-children-in-korea
A bit too much don't you think? Poor koreans.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds strange:"Why are you in here?""I play video games"
ReplyDeleteYES! Finally a country is doing something about their youth! The only problem I have with this article is that I thought South Korea was big into video games? I know that they absolutely love Star Craft but maybe that's the only one. Anyways, this needs to happen in America.
ReplyDeleteweird :/
ReplyDeleteDayum! They are not playing around. Literally.
ReplyDeletevidya games are a serious addiction :p
ReplyDeletelol do they teach them the finer points of zerg rushing?
ReplyDeleteAhah we need that in the US too
ReplyDeletedamn, let a kid play halo. jesus
ReplyDeleteI do agree a lot of kids are spoiled these days! But I think this is too much :P
ReplyDeleteOuch that is harsh - suppose they need to gear up for the war with the north.
ReplyDeleteCool post as ever
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Epic win, so great.
ReplyDeletei think this is something they should introduce all over the world, especially in america. kids these days are slow, fat and too reliant on parents. how are they going to look after themselves once they're older?
ReplyDeletehahaha right on
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like it could hurt. Especially for today's flabby kid generation.
ReplyDeletefucking terrible :(
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA that'l lern em
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hahah, addicted to video games?! BOOT CAMP sucka! imagine the loss in video game revenue in the states if we did that...lol.
ReplyDeletedamn. so now these kids have to go through boot camp twice lol since they still have to go into the actual military when they're 18. but honestly, I would love to do a boot camp like thing. if it was free, i'd sign right up haha
ReplyDeleteI think bootcamps for kids are not only great for kids who are addicted to video games and Internet, but also great for kids who are obese and not getting enough outdoor playtime and exercise. Exercise for kids is important for good child health. Kids who get plenty of exercise reduce the risk of developing a number of diseases that have become more prevalent in children in recent years, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes.
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