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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Dear
List Members,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">As a
part of my research on <i>ki</i> <i>suryŏn </i>(</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Batang","serif"">氣修練</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">) in contemporary Korea, I have interviewed about 60 trainees and
trainers of GiCheon (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Batang","serif"">氣天</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">) in South Korea from September 2010 to April
2011. I learned from the adepts of older generations that the past school
examination system in South Korea involved giving an “overall mark” to each
student. It included school exams results as well as health data and physical
criteria (the ability to run fast, to jump high etc.) Many of GiCheon adepts
complained that as children their mark was low due to poor physical ability.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Where
can I find materials on this “overall mark”? Are there books and articles on
this subject? In South Korea it is often said that the educational system is
the heritage of Japanese colonial rule. Is this “overall mark” indeed a
Japanese heritage? If yes, did Japanese implement this system for Koreans only,
or also for Japanese students in Japan? When was this system abolished?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Thank
you!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Victoria
Ten</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" lang="EN-US">Leiden
University</span></p>
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