Academies offer lessons on "how to act like a good person" in light of new law

Article: "We can teach you to look nice"... even character education can be tutored?

Source: SBS via Naver

New law was recently passed where elementary, junior, and high schools must provide character/personality building education in the classroom (Korea is the first to have a law of its kind). It is expected that colleges will be increasingly screening applicants for positive character qualities. One private college already screens for four character traits including sincerity, initiative, teamwork ability, etc.

While most agree that it can be a positive thing to teach students, it is already being abused by after school academies/tutoring agencies where one can be "taught to act like a good person" for ~$700 in 6 lessons. The tutoring is based on how to pass "character assessment interviews".

1. [+478, -8] Can anyone tell me how this is any different from teaching someone how to be a two-faced person

2. [+345, -4] ㅋㅋㅋ As long as you have money, I guess even anyone can buy themselves to be a nice person

3. [+298, -5] Is this even necessary

4. [+23, -0] The world is going nuts... tutoring on character? Whoever thought this would be a thing.. that's scary. Recreating your character/personality out of lies..

5. [+22, -4] So you can be a good person by spreading money on yourself now?

6. [+18, -2] It's sad that something that should be taught in the household is being taught at school and after school academies.

7. [+17, -1] Teach you how to look nice? If you're a messed up person, it's going to be hard to fix that. But sure, let's say money does make you look nice.. and you manage to fool your school into believing so and they defend you every time you mess up. "Oh, so-and-so is such a nice kid, he would never do that". They'll still be two-faced hypocrites in society anyway. Kids these days are so disrespectful, I wish more kids would mature with some morals.

8. [+14, -3] So it's not even teaching morals and all that but simply to "look nice" enough to pass character assessments? That's basically teaching someone to be fake.. how is that normal at all? Character and morals are built by the upbringing of your family. What does it even mean to "look like a nice person"?

9. [+13, -6] Kids grow up so coddled nowadays that they end up being self-centered. They have issues controlling their anger when things don't go their way.

10. [+9, -0] The fact that they're even trying to grade someone on their character is foolish. How can an applicant interview just be able to tell "oh this guy is messed up" and "hey he seems like a nice person"?? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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