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across south korea the birth rate is plummeting. as families move to the cities rural towns are losing their residents and their schools. out in. change to meet in those in the she means cutting. but some communities are trying new ways to keep their classrooms open so you believe it oh not at all i only offer all the all take me one no 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 part killing soon is not your typical 2nd grader. were this time. that out had their own end. and. was. yeah one big battle going home again you know. she's one of 3 grandmothers and 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. example. when i. go back i just. wanted to. good pay off him a little good and i. will love you today there are only 2 grannies and class the other is rico parading in hospital from recent stroke gotten to look at.

tim will kill 72 year old park girl we has been a student here for 2 years and has a strong connection to the school. revolted a little i was at work in la to. appeal within. the not going they needed. to. and go east 10 year old granddaughter jake still he is 2 grades above in the class down the hall. the grannies important role here by boosting enrollment numbers they're saving bangun primary from being shut down critical a lunatic isn't going to the hook it was a local it will tell you with a thought when that isn't all money wisely because they are in the ways they. send

in soak is the school's director of education and a science teacher goes into her again in colleges again. what is a high saying then you didn't don't says in the it in there you'll get counters again not the time devoted to one has seen 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 got a chance to pay a ton noni saying you told me a 1000000 or so a 1000000. or so to me then goto just a 1000000 and then a. similar tell me in the how it done shanae all. bauer

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 that was at the well the lower level all along. with all that when they go purely alone even with all the funerals you go more even with a little it's 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 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 chili's or even her own bank statements put morrigu almost ruaridh it. wasn't it because as i call. does igor among those in the rule because on the ticket will. go with. will so the more money will walk monreal as it was a toy limo number 2 where the money. having the grannies in 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 how do tunes hosing the men out of the holy. only.

response so why are parker june me never expected to be teaching grandmothers when she came to bankroll. her leg of the how automaton we are all told me i want to need it are far all. done with. tar meaning i did it on from running them going about it in their. own what i can give on. this little is then to me not a little bit because it was a new cutie. it takes patience she says because the grannies learn more slowly than their younger classmates. while doing it in order for morning their daughter into year ahead to call her what you know what i'm gone where.

take i want him to able to die in an audi to what the one thing he meets and i are yogi into work harder to go in but the minute i got all i did i know there's a new model story of. getting up to get them when they all totaled. to mount but. daughter i didn't want to think of what your daughter called in the are you going to pop over to doses employer. torture ok look at it on a grown man. didn't i little moment today that we've been with the whole problem isn't it pretty pretty soon so you little closer than the completing the point where you live. resulting. tempos middle and i was 17 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 bank. keep those cars. down and prayed you don't you're going to chick. or. be. there. or are calls that tired that. if. you don't i'll give. him or him on your hand i want it on crutches on going on you go to the yard kind of when you

meet i was happily singing and we're going to. get our tickets went to taught our bonnie a boyish. their. own is our home on your tongue of. the month the paper. 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 saw in the audition that your german.

go easy education was over before it began. it looked like a long day but only got more reported all over the world almost everyone got harmonica. given that we would have a real friend in there will enjoy. she was then set to live with an aunt after her fortune teller told her father she would bring death to her mother. who was on. tell her 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. have the.

world to get along just do what you can do it you're going to. consume go to my all of this is routine and. you have to be as an engineer bubblehead of normal weather when the committee. this is 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. and yet that in mice. her own children both attended bank room school yet she could never help them with their homework there my luck again pell make kid i could go on no longer care all. over. there. so

i don't. have a lot yeah good good government. was a. good thing and bacon and. through 2 love are paying the. young 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 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. they go to put it up but there was a. credible what are you going. to do is shall he and soon in is the chief of the village of c home jews east coast to go you're. there 2 hours ago. to sit in the. same ng as 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. and i thought about as i. could then yes and that. already that is what you can. do will match all you know most of these are you know mostly being . you know that's not what 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 we're going to. stay on that. coming from where it is a sense 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 that. and then got you think of the shouldn't go to residents how many would you go back again and go and. go guys it is totally against her. but she says the benefits stack up. can come up. and he made and anatoly shouldn't. move to make in the water crunch folk there are guys you wish it. was.

you know you have to be. that when they get it you guys are. telling. them 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 it. 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 and 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. 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 world and you're going to cause 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 the odds you're. going to. make. and you. i was 3 in the mountain when you see a head it was the only man come auditioned and. because of the shooting on the. audition they retired ok. may no longer be

a place for children but the school's history means a big title. town and isaac actor i wasn't. trained 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 already in there are going and how good or you know how. auditions go. and with high demand for this school for the elderly it was little danger of it closing any time soon. i. got the audition that in my.

children if you have to go home with it it's a nice feeling. it's a lot of what is still there. but you can tell you can tell. everybody was. actually trying to have your last 10. times they are both. back in band graham park young soon is enjoying her new found independence hand childcare.

take down that question was buried. in a language company about going to a set pattern. and we thought. well if. you will. you know. 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 another can tell you who the real killer and do good your the little of the little. but. from you know to them with any how do you know who did to kill you she can now you with the prices. 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 one of the 100 coming for doctors holding the books or the one of a 100. $1000.00 and which again is a little critter to a member the poorest among us it is a. thought and i said some of the kids we are. killing soon and go we have 4 more years before they graduate from the bank report marry school. whether they'll have that chance though it's still unclear children in. there oh how could. they know nance how could our man. is a kiss to me and come across them to the man with 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 tonight in england. that i yeah. i don't like about. conductor know much about kids. 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 rejuvenating 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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