Research 3

Source

We don't need quite so much education

http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/05/depressed_students_south_korea

My topic

Every elementary schools should not give lessons with ability grouping.

What I hope to learn from this source

I want to figure out that Korea children and adolescents are suffering from their academic problems. And I want to emphasis that it is really serious problem to solve as soon as possible.

Notes

1. Results of a survey released last week by the Institute for Social Development Studies at Seoul's Yonsei University show that Korean teenagers are by far the unhappiest in the OECD.  And this is because of society's relentless focus on education (especially, exam results)
2. Almost 9% of children are forced to attend 'hagwons' even later than 11pm, despite tuitions between 10pm and 5am being illegal.
3. Psychologists blame this culture - it makes high rate of youth suicide, which is now the leading cause of death among those aged 15-24.
4. nothing ever seems to change.
5.  In this ultra-competitive country, no parent wants their child to be seen as a B student.

Final thoughts

I think this source can be used to support my argument. I can use the research and statistics to grab the audience's attention, and to start my essay.