incentives of others and the legacies that a previous generations. have testimony we've got you know very new to. witness documentaries that open your eyes on how just 0. across south korea the birth rate is plummeting. as families move to the cities rural towns are losing their residence and their schools. all it takes an hour to an end. to shoot in those in the. town doesn't it. but some communities are trying new ways to keep their classrooms open so you want it oh god oh my oh yah but i hold it 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 there. yeah it would be bad i'm going to come down 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. example. try. to go back i just. wanted to. look up payment of my. own love and

today there are only 2 grannies and class the other is rico parading in hospital for my recent stroke i didn't look at. it always used. to will feel 72 year old park go we has been a student here for 2 years and has a strong connection to the school. revolted a little with a put him up with an. 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 their savings bank room primary from being shut down critical to litigation go to the hook it was i

will tell you with a thought when that isn't all money wisely because they are in the ways that is a. sin in soak is the school's director of education and a science teacher he was in the hogan in college is again. what is all his sin then you didn't don't says in the age in there you'll get counters again not then come to america one has to in question time in time and have him do 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 it tongue no name thing you told me

a 1000000 or so a 1000000. us or 2000000 then goto this him and then you. simular 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 workers stopped coming to me with a new hole in this hole that they couldn't hold over anyone there was a parallel with a lot of them all under oath as you could be 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 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 will google want to wasn't it because i get a call. 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 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. men.

only. this nonstop why are park june me never expected to be teaching grandmothers when she came to bankroll. her leg of the hall tomo told her told me us all told me i want to get it out all. or. i did it on from i'm going about it in there or. you have a lot. of money in this deal then not a little bit because it was a huge. it takes patience she says because the grannies learn more slowly than their younger classmates they. had to while doing it in order for morning their daughter to

a year ahead. will want to know what i'm going where. take i want him dribble to die in an audi what the one thing he needs and i are yogi into. the minute i got all i did i know there's a new model story i could. get them when they're all total to. 20. 2 month total but to send all those in case on to daughter. i didn't want to think of what your daughter and we are going to pop over to. use in boy. torture ok looking right down the. middle a little more detail that we would all only someone who probably pretty soon so you will feel doesn't it the complete i'm open to where you live could have a result. tempos middle and i was 7 to get to words like we do wouldn'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 it was because as you go over the words for her we saw her there was a girl who has a. and their classmates young woo and you know so do their part to make sure the grannies are not left behind are you helping them. i'm only. talking to guys like you. and you don't judge me to chick. or heroin. of well. there were rumors around learn thailand or are tired that. if taken born there. you don't i'll give

you our. home with. him or him on your. and i wanted i'm going on you go then yawn kind of one the meat on the table thing and we're going to. get our tickets went to todd are buying it boys. and their car in front of him the owners are him on your tongue of. the amount the paper. paid. for generations many south korean women were denied an education all. in all. the. gun bans and look call your tenant on. that call you don't have how islam is us all in my audition that in your turn an unborn is.

if. education was over before it began. you could talk a little bit but only got more real for the long run as it will almost really got her nigger she's a good one though you would have a real good in there. she was then said to live with an aunt after a 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. the. more he gets along just do what you can do it you're going to. chance you won't go to my all but this is your attorney brought. up because an engine your bubblehead of norway has indicated. this is that. it's. 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. their toys that i. had not yet good good government. was. a labor. and bacon and. 3 love article. 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 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 when . they go to put it up but there was a. credible what are you going. to do is shutting down 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. there to as you. said in the. same ng is a. several years ago see holmes 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 to school started special programs like windsurfing and bringing in local artists to teach art classes and. i was on about as i. could then yes and that's what i'm already there in what little most of it will my children you know most of 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 we're going to.

stay on that. meeting where it is of some sort of i'm wondering about. her. attracted by the chief rent 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. and they. got the shouldn't go to residents how many would you get back again and. the guys it is totally against have. been there but she says the benefits stack up. you don't hunger. can come. in he need and anatoly shouldn't. move him again or water can crunch shelter guys

you wish it. was. you know you have to be. that and they get it you guys and. i. did tell. them they're always on and it. did they're getting our money when there's a court order and they added a comical cool. couldn't 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 are going to the town of yaks and i'm going to

visit a school that was closed a few years ago 'd . 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. knowing they want to go to really.

go home you. know. they. were all. right. so you could. be on to them and they didn't tell you that i guess you can put about 30 rolls on you're going to cause a. stroke it's a point when. you got to be on the ball how can she don't have to turn the how. was she could only on time jumbled one talk for the odds you're. going to. make us whole human kind. and you. i'm seeing the man come with street tape had it was the only

man come audition didn't. have the shirish kunder. audition retired ok. may no longer be a place for children but the school's history of big time. tunnel magic actor i was in. and i'm telling you how to pick. something in me oh oh where did i. get it that's how they are. all. the ones i'm all in there we're going and 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 didn't mind. the children if you have to. bring it. on your table. it's a little but it's 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 gram partying soon is enjoying her newfound independence i han't tak a. take down that question why does. the. indian language company about going that pattern. and with all cultural cultural yeah well if. you will. you will just terrible. it's been a long day but go wee is trying to focus on her homework the star pupil recently scored 100 percent on her math test oh another can do you good the report good your . bottom line from you know to them with any hard to tell going up

a little tricky she can buy you a little bit of pisces return with you. and talk talk with them to either unless 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 doctors holding the books or the one video card and don't want to learn as an effort to get rid of your little critter the other would have put us in mind i said it was a. bookstore and i saw some of the kit we offered. killing soon and go we have 4 more years before they graduate from the bank room primary school. whether they'll have that chance though it's still unclear to function in. their will how could this all they know nance how

could a man almost come up in a kiss to me and hummock of them do they make them and don't have it but among us she got. all the tears and bowed in. to shoot in those in the video. in england. that i have. had on i got bogged. and out don't know much about kids. and i had literally got. a good one. yeah. there were no one bad bad get a card and. for now communities like bank room face the paradox of needing the elderly to rejuvenating their town's. a 1st

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