South Korea’s teachers know why a colleague killed herself after being subjected to abuse from parents, according to Park Seo-yoon*. “We’ve all had similar struggles,” she said.
“We’ve all received late-night calls from parents accusing us of dis-respecting their precious children because they were disciplined for not participating in class,” said the primary school teacher. “We’ve had parents yell at us for not providing extra materials to students who didn’t bring their own,