Cliches: Education and Students

Just like American dramas have cliches (like the male teacher who gets in a relationship with one of his female students), there are cliches regarding the Korean educational system:

1. All school uniforms include a jacket and, if a girl, a plaid skirt.
2. If you’re super rich you don’t have to wear a school uniform. 
3. Pranks and bullying can be brutal and can involve things like: arson, vandalism, and assault and battery. They can also potentially kill someone.
4. If someone is being bullied, the teachers will never step in and stop it. 
5. When in school, the students are typically in charge of their own education and do not need teachers. Most of the time, all school is, is study hall.
6. Students also rarely have to do any type of homework, even if it is their last year before university. 
7. It is totally normal for female teachers to date male students.
8. Traveling abroad for school is normal and not costly or difficult. If you’ve gone to America, you will return to Korea successful. You normally will have gone to university like Harvard or MIT.