Gireogi appa

Gireogi appa (Korean: 기러기 아빠 literally "goose dad") is a Korean man who works in Korea while his wife and children stay in an English-speaking country for the sake of the children's education. [ cite news
last= Lee
first= Kapson
url= http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=1585a9d19045a34b8d1de6b0794735fb
title= Korean 'Goose Families' Migrate for Education
publisher= New America Media
date= Oct 26, 2004 ] The term is inspired by the fact that geese are a species that migrate, just as the father must travel a great distance to see his family. [ cite news
url= http://www.asianpacificpost.com/portal2/402881910674ebab010674f4f8bd1647.do.html
title= The plight of Korean 'goose families'
publisher= Asian Pacific Post
date= November 03 2004 ]

If the man has the finances to pay for frequent visits to see his family, he is called an "eagle dad" (독수리 아빠) but if finances constrict his ability to travel abroad, he is known as a "penguin dad" (펭귄 아빠) [ cite news
url= http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_entertainment/266040.html
title= Bad year for duck daddies
publisher= The Hankyoreh
date= Jan. 28, 2008 ] because he cannot fly and may go without seeing his family for years at a time. [ cite news
url= http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200609/200609280007.html
title= South Korean 'Goose Dads' Face Sacrifice, Loneliness for Children's Sake
publisher= Chosun Ilbo
date= Sep.28,2006 ]

Estimates of the number of goose fathers range as high as 200,000 men in Korea. [ cite news
last= Kim
first= Eun-gyong
url= http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2008/06/181_21843.html
title= History of English Education in Korea
publisher= The Korea Times
date= 04-02-2008 ] More than 40,000 South Korean schoolchildren are believed to be living in USA, England, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand expressly to increase English-speaking ability. In at least some of the cases, a South Korean mother will choose to live abroad with her children with the additional reason of avoiding her mother-in-law, with whom a historically stressful relationship may exist due to Korean Confucianism. [ cite news
last= Onishi
first= Norimitsu
url= http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/world/asia/08geese.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
title= For English Studies, Koreans Say Goodbye to Dad
publisher= NY Times
date= June 8, 2008 ]

References

=See also=
*Contemporary culture of South Korea
*Education in South Korea
*Globalization
*Hagwon

External links

* [http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/05/30/2007053001048.html 펭귄 아빠, 독수리 아빠?] Chosun Ilbo 2007.05.30