The word "sky" in "Sky Castle" is an acronym for the three top universities in Korea: Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University. Appearance has become everything and neither parents, nor children, show any interest in discovering how society works, or in confronting the injustices that surround them. The pursuit of truth has nothing to do with the process, nor does ethics.
But education does not mean erudition or wisdom, but rather the accumulation of the "specs" required to advance to the top in Korean society through school connections and by asserting domination over all who fall below.Įducation is tool for achieving greater wealth and power in Korean society.
The primary means of expressing the overflowing ambitions of these families is through education. Those four families also manage to tread on the shattered remains of other families that have shredded in the climb to the top. Koreans have been riveted to their television sets for the last three months watching the JTBC hit drama "Sky Castle." This tragicomedy relates the machinations of four families who live in an exclusive development that houses the restless, the reckless and the ruthless super-rich. But the pursuit of truth has nothing to do with the process, nor do ethics. Education is a tool for achieving greater wealth and power in Korean society.
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