After dinner, it's time to hit the books again—at one of Seoul's many so-called cram schools.

晚饭后，又到了在首尔众多所谓的一个补习班里读书的时间了。

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To make up for the mediocrity, zealous parents send their kids to the expensive cram schools.

为了弥补平庸，积极的父母把孩子送到昂贵的补习班。

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The aim is to reduce the importance of costly tutors and cram schools, partly to help students enjoy a more normal high-school life.

目的是降低昂贵的家教和补习班的重要性，部分是为了帮助学生享受更正常的高中生活。

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"My son, too, seemed comfortable with the idea and he agreed to go to juku cram schools, " she say.

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The need to study at cram schools in the evening, the tendency for students to unwind at 24-hour convenience stores on their way home and the lure of computer games at home means the trend is likely to worsen.

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The stretch of road near Harajuku station has been a mecca for youngsters dressing up in 1960s rocker garb and, for a few brief hours each week, pretending that life is not just cram schools, exams and dreary journeys to and from soulless suburbs.

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