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. counting the cost. across south korea the birth rate is plummeting. as families move to the cities rural towns are losing their residents and their schools. but some communities are trying new ways to keep their classrooms. one o one east meets the grandmother is finally fulfilling their dreams for an education helping save korea schools.

it's the start of a new school day but 65 year old part killing soon is not your typical 2nd grader. were this time. that out had their own and. was. yeah one big battle going home again you know. she's one of 3 grandmothers in rolled in the 2nd grade at bangor in primary school nestled in the picture rest farmlands 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. walk. try. to go back i just. wanted to. good pay up payment with my. pen. today there are only 2 grannies in class the other is rico parading in hospital for more recent stroke. it's always used.

to rule. 72 year old park girl we has been a student here for 2 years and has a strong connection to the school. where it hit a little girl with a twin like that of. a deal with in. the not good in the middle. of the. back 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 case and go to the hook it was i will tell you with a thought when there is a little money wisely because they are in the ways it is a. sin in so is the school's director of education and

a science teacher he was in the hogan in college is again. what is a high sin then you didn't don't says in the age in there you'll get counters again not then come down hard on her sin and question time and time is that i'm doing a good job. 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 it turns pale tang no name all you talk saying you told me how 1000000 or so a 1000000. us or 2000000 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. initially 6 elderly students were recruited but after the 1st year one dropped out due to bad health and 2 workers stopped coming to we don't know how long this whole thing could go whole told anyone there was a parallel ruler of 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 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 you one person is your idea of all the railcar they live all over the 100 as

a farmer she couldn't read the daily crop prices for her chili's or even her own bank statements to put on recall modren will google will fill isn't it because as i go. does igor among those in the room because on the ticket will. go to work with more money than will walk monreal as it was a toy limo number 2 or the man reliable. having the grannies in class presents unique challenges for the school told me. how come on in the morning are you going to get them when they're up and when in the den just a tremendous door. i. couldna. hosing the men without hurting. anything. only. this one so why are parker june me never expected to be teaching

grandmothers when she came to bankroll. the how cool tamera tatami of us all told me i want to get it are far all. done with a. toy meaning i did it on and. i'm going about it in there or. what. i mean obviously you. didn't even know what a little bit because it was a new cutie. 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 to a year ahead. will want to know what i'm going where. take

i am going to do what i die you know nobody to man what the one thing and i are yogi into can work harder to go all in with the minute i got all i did i don't know jersey new model story of. getting up to do them when they all totaled they were ordered to enjoy what i have or not paid out to have all of it open to man but. daughter. i didn't think of her 2 daughters in the are you going to pop over 2 dozen boyapati using a boy who really knew. so john hey look a little down the. middle a little more today that we are more than old someone who probably pretty soon so you go through doesn't it the police are looking where you live. tempos middle and those 7 2nd day words like we do we didn't want to. know your teacher is really patient with you she's she wants you to stay she would be

disappointed if you left was it because as you go over 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 thank. god. you don't you're going to. look. for. thailand or are tired that. if. you don't i'll give. him on him on you know what did i just on going on you go to the yard kind of one thing you've

got to. get off to get one to todd buy me a boyish. their. owners are him on your tongue of. the month departure. for generations many south korean women were denied an education. all. and all. be. done in. your town and. that all you don't have to me is i saw in my old russian that in your turn in fact.

if you go we education was over before it began. if you talk a little bit but only call more war reports wrong rather or more agree with the harmonica. 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 a. towel over your lizard what 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 she go to my all of this is your authentic. they are present in your bubble head of norway has been the case you. know that. now. as a young girl park young soon was also given little chance to learn to read and write the last 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 there my love again pell make kid they could go on no longer care all. all you can do that mare. that

i. had not yet good could. have. was a. good thing 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 presents or with new challenges god would dared to tell mark. 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. to put it to put their. mouths to do is show here in stone minn is the chief of the village of c. home on j juiced east coast to go you're going to go. to sit in the. swimming is a. 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 because. i think about is and. could then yes and that's. the that is what. it will make i chill you know most of these are you know mostly me. look at us 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 samina showing it to a future resident and now there are 3. we're going to go. they don't that's me on the commie thing where it is not some sort of i'm wondering

about possible. 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. the shouldn't go to residents how would you go about. good guys it is totally against her. but she says the benefits stack up. you don't hunger. can come. in humid 'd and. move him again or water crunch folk there are guys you wish it. was.

you know you have to be. that and they get it you know as a. whole as i. did tell. them they're always on and it. they're getting our money when there's a court order and i. couldn't take it. the housing project is working families are moving in giving the school 15 new students. the program's 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. but 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 30 of worlds and you're going to cause a pretty good college on you know. it's a point when. you got to how can she don't have to turn the house. where she could only on time jumbled one talk for god's year for. him is going to. make us all human kind. and you. i was thinkin the monk i'm going to. take had it was the only man come auditions. because of the shirish kunder. audition retired ok.

may no longer be a place for children but the school's history means a big title. town and isaac actor i was in. and i'm telling you how to pick. something your own what i. told the officer you. know you saw through all. the ones i'm all in there we're going and how good or you know how we. take. auditions. and with high demand for this school for the elderly it was little danger of it closing any time soon. i. audition that in mind all.

the children you have to go through. when. you think. it's a lot of what is still. going to be. all but you can tell you can tell. everybody was. actually trying to have your mother. tell big. time they are both. back in bond graham park young soon is enjoying her new found independence i han't tak

a. take down that question was good. for the. indian language company about going to a set pattern. and with. cultural cultural yes. you will. you will. 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 well never can tell you who the real killer and do good your. but it was you know from you know to them with any how do you can do nothing with the key she can buy you with the prices.

and talk talk and i do this you think that by the grannies going back to school will say the school that you went to when you were a boy because it's one of the 100 coming for doctors holding the books or the one of a 100. $1000.00 and which again is a little credited and they were the poorest among us it is a. thought and i said some of will 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. there so how could. they know nance how could our man. is a kiss to me and i'm accustomed to the man that i mean i don't have it but among us

she got me. all the tears and i again bowed in. to shoot in those you know to me tonight in england. that i yeah. i got good conductor no my. kid. yeah but. now 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 be juvenile their towns. a 1st chance at education for grandmothers like these might be the last chance for south korea as world schools.

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