international news channel one moment i'll be very proud of was when we covered the whole earth quake of 2015 a terrible not sure of the southeast and the story that needed to be told from the heart of the affected area to be that to tell the people story was very important of the toy. across south korea the birth rate is plummeting. as families move to the cities rural towns are losing their residence and their schools. gave out in. too she meant in those in the she means how doesn't it. but some communities are trying new ways to keep their classrooms open so you want it not at all ya but all the all take me one o one east meets the grandmothers finally fulfilling their dreams for an education

while helping save korea schools. it's the start of a new school day but 65 year old park killing soon is not your typical 2nd grader. were this time. that had gotten hung in there and. canada was. yeah it would be bad i'm going home again you know. she's one of 3 grandmothers enrolled in the 2nd grade at bank room primary school

nestled in the picture rest farm lands near the city of pyong chang. but this is a school in crisis at its peak there were close to 700 students here today there are only 22. the grandmas share a classroom with just 28 year olds there simply aren't enough children here to teach what to tell you don't plan to. coopt. example to. try. to go back i just. wanted to. put that up payment up with my. pen and

today there are only 2 grannies and class the other is rico parading in hospital i'm only sent stroke i didn't look at. it it's always used. to will still. 72 year old park go we has been a student here for 2 years and has a strong connection to the school. where it hit a little with a twig in law to. appeal within. the not going they needed. to. and go east 10 year old granddaughter jake so he is 2 grades above in the class down the hall. the grannies important role here by boosting enrollment numbers they're saving bank room primary from being shut down critical of the guesswork of the hook it was i

will tell you with a thought when there isn't all money wisely because they are in the ways they. send in so is the school's director of education and a science teacher he was in the hogan in college is again. what is the high season then you didn't don't says in the region there you'll get coaches are going out and talking to her going to sin and question time and time is how i'm doing it. south korea has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. and as young families move to the city for work schools in small towns are closing. bank room primary has been teetering on the edge of closure for several years. tongue on and got a chance to pay a ton noni saying you told me. a 1000000. or

so to me then goto this him and in a. similar tell me in the how it done shanae all. bower auditioned did it. and when did you turn your. place autonomously thaw. initially 6 elderly students were recruited but after the 1st year one dropped out due to bad health and 2 others stopped coming to we don't know how long this whole thing could go full told anyone that was at the lower level all along the movie ticket they read a little that would only go pure alone even with all the funerals you go more even with a little girl. who we get up at 430 every morning tending to her vegetables before going to school because that's

a lot of work for just one person if you're out of all the railcar they live all over the 100 as a farmer she couldn't read the daily crop prices for her chiles or even her own bank statements put in recall modren will google want to wasn't it because as i go. does igor among those in the rule because on the ticket will. go to work with more money than will walk monreal as it was a toy limo number 2 where the money. having the grannies and class presents unique challenges for the school told me. how come on in the morning are you giving them when they're home when in the den. i. couldna. saying the men. are

hurting here. only. this one so why are parker june me never expected to be teaching grandmothers when she came to bankroll. the how cool tommy told her told me i was all told i want to get it out all all. i did it on from i'm going about it in there or. you have a lot. of money in this deal it is then to me not a little bit because it was a huge. it takes patience she says because the grannies learn more slowly than their younger class me. while doing it in order for morning their daughter

into a year ahead. who want to know what i'm going where. take a high volume dribble that guy in an audi to what the one thing the meter and i are yogi into a to go. with the minute i got all i did i know there's a new model story i could. beat them when they all totaled. to mt but. daughter i didn't want to think of what your daughter called in the are you going to pop over to the. boy. john hey look a little down they. didn't buy a little more today that we have more don't know only someone who probably pretty soon so you little doesn't it the completing the open where you live to give a result. tempos middle and i was going to work we do we didn't want to.

oh no your teacher is really patient with you she's she wants you to stay she would be disappointed if you left it was because as you go to the us for her we saw her there was a good though because a. and their classmates young wool and you know so do their part to make sure the grannies are not left behind are you helping them than. to those guys who look like you. and you don't you're due to kick the. door. there. or are tired that. if. you don't i'll give.

him or him on your hand i want it on crutches and i'm going on you go to the yard kind of one you made i was happily cynic are now going to. take it one to taught our bonnie a boyish. their. own is our home on your tongue. for the month. paid. for generations many south korean women were denied an education all. and all. the. bands and all your turn and. that's all you don't see how you are in. your german.

if. you go we educate sheen was over before it began. to talk a little bit but only call more report wrong rather almost every week a harmonica she was given that we would have a real printing they were doing. she was then set to live with an aunt after a fortune teller told her father she would bring death to her mother. who was on. television you're a loser was she would you. feel more hardship was to come gobies husband died leaving her to raise 7 children

alone. and illiteracy made life even worse. the. more you guess all along just do what you can do it you go. to go to my all of this is routine and. there are people as an engineer bubblehead of norway in the case you. know that. now. as a young girl park young soon was also given little chance to learn to read and write nice picture her family sent her away to work as a maid at the age of 10. that emerged from her own children both attended bankrupt school yet she could never help them with

their homework their own my luck again pell make kid they could no one no longer care all. over. there were gaps that i. had not yet good could. have gary was a. good cook and bacon and. 3 low bar looking men. can soon says her husband was very controlling and kept her at home to work on the family farm. now widowed and suffering from balance and hearing problems school presenter with new challenges god would dared tell me. they.

across rural south korea many other communities face when dealing populations. j.q. island is famous for its stunning vistas and beautiful beaches. neutral one could to little young just go out on their own could in the autumn though. they've got to put it up but there was a. credible what are you going. to do is shutting down here in stone min is the chief of the village of c home. east coast to go you're going. to sit in the. same ng as i was in the.

several years ago see homes primary school nearly closed in the number of students dropped to just 33. at its peak it was 310 students here. in an effort to attract more students the school started special programs like windsurfing and bringing in local artists to teach art classes. and i thought about as i. could then yes and that's what i'm already that in what little most of it will match all you know most of these are you know mostly me. you know that's not and i would say. but attracting children means attracting families so with the help of the city government the village built this $850000.00 apartment complex. today samin is showing it to a future resident and now there are 3. well let's go.

they don't that's me on there you go home ethan where is a sense of i'm wondering about. her. attracted by the chief brant and the island natural beauty kim so young is moving here with her 2 young children from the capital saw her husband plans to join them later in the year she says it wasn't an easy decision todo that. got the shouldn't go to residents how many. good guys it is totally against her. but she says the benefits stack up. you don't hunger. can come. in he made and then a toy shouldn't. move him again the water can crunch folk there are guys you wish

it. was. you know you have to be. that and if you guys around. i. did tell you. kind of they're always on and it. did they're getting our money when there's a court order and they added a comical could. take you to. the housing project is working families are moving in giving the school 15 new students. the program success has made it a model for others. yet for many rural schools such new id. it's become much too late we're going to the town of yaks i'm going to visit

a school that was closed a few years ago. kimmie young was an administrative assistant at primary school before it closed in 2016. and it was the way. today it's been transformed into a daycare center for the elderly especially those with diseases like alzheimer's and parkinson's who can't be cared for at home. or i know you want to go to really.

go home so you. know. they. were all. right. so you could. be on to them and they didn't tell you about the day of world and you're going to cause a. point when. you got to be on the ball how can she don't have to turn the house. where she could only on time jumbled one talk with god you're. going to. make us whole human kind then. you. i was 3 in the mountain when the street i had it was

the only come audition didn't. because of the shirish kunder when you audition retired ok. it may no longer be a place for children but the school's history means a big. town and isaac accurate i would think. and i'm telling you how to pick. something in your own where do i go to. tell it they are good for you to go. through all. the ones i'm all in there who are going and how good or how. auditions go. and with high demand for this school for the elderly there was little danger of it closing any time soon.

i. audition that in my. children if you have to. bring it. on your table. it's a little but it's still. going to be. oh well you can tell you can tell. everybody was. actually trying to have you. tell big. time

they are both. back in bond graham park young soon is enjoying her new found independence hand childcare. came down that question was that. indian language company about going to a set pattern. and with all cultural cultural yet. you will. you will just terrible. it's been a long day but go we is trying to focus on her homework the star pupil recently scored 100 percent on her math test and that up until you go the rope alone do good your little a little bit. but it was you know from you know to them with any how do you know

can you do to keep she can now you with the prices with you. and talk talk with and i do this you think that by the grannies going back to school will save the school that you went to when you were a boy because it's fun to have wondered about coming to the office holding the books or one of a 100. wanted honors and which again is a little credited but there were the 4 of them and i said it was a. month old and i said some of them get we'll. soon and go we have 4 more years before they graduate from the bank report mary school. whether they'll have that chance though it's still unclear children in the oracle going there oh how could. they know nance how could i may

how much good it occurs to me and some of them do they make them and don't have it but among us she got me. all the tears and i again bowed in. to shoot in those in order to see me turn out in england. that i have. had i go about. my kid. and i had little time. to wander cutting. yeah and there were no warning dad. card penned. for now communities like bank room face the paradox of needing the elderly to rejuvenating their towns . a 1st chance at education for grandmothers like these might be the last

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