ion on outside of school instruction. At the time of the article (2000), they were spending $23 billion on education (They're Crazyà36). The starting age is slipping downward with children as young as two years old receiving instruction in basic English and math. One company, Hansol Gyoyook, which offers tutoring to preschool aged children earned $164million in 1999. Some schools offer services over the Internet, such as Net.Cram and Baeoom.com. Kim Heung Ju, the director general of the state-funded Korean Educational Development Institute says, "There's no sign Koreans are letting up in spending for learning" (They're Crazyà36). Practice tests are big business, catering to the high school students competing for university entrance. Thousands of tutors go into the homes of the students, reviewing exams and dropping off new ones. This segment of the education industry earns about $2.7 billion yearly in sales. About 60 percent of Korea's 8 million pre-university students use some sort of tutoring or practice test service to prepare for univ
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