job advertisements] A mother seeks assistance in waking up her sleeping son in Korea

By Larry John Brown

Published: May 11, 2022 | 5:11 AM GMT

Last week, a self-proclaimed mother posted an ad on a hyperlocal online marketplace, looking to hire a helper for her high school son. Job description? Wake the boy up whenever he dozes off.

“My son (high school freshman) studies for two to four hours on weekdays and six to eight hours on weekends. What the study helper would need to do is sit by him and wake him up whenever he dozes off. If he looks like he needs to need sleep, you can let him do so for about 15 minutes,” read the now-deleted post on the app Karrot Market.

The ad said the student‘s location was the Eunma Apartment complex, located in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, the epicenter of South Korean parents’ famous passion for child education.

The post was taken down after a few days, leaving to the imagination whether the mother actually got her helper or if it was merely a prank.

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