Understanding K-Drama: School Life In Korea

Any television depiction of school life is distorted from reality and school life in k-dramas is no exception.

There are plenty of fictional schools in k-dramaland and each of them may be unrealistic in a different way.

At Shinhwa High School in "Boys Over Flowers" there never seems to be any actual teachers and the attractive bullies in F4 are allowed to run rampant. In "The Heirs," the social pecking order at Jeguk High seemed more important than academics. Only a few students were seen doing homework in that drama. And in "School 2013," despite the concerned presence of teachers, every day some students got into expulsion-worthy trouble but were given another chance.

To read the article, visit kdramastars.com.

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Kim Woo Bin
Lee Jong Suk
School 2013
The Heirs
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