The impact of Christianity

I had previously worked at a choir director at a couple of Presbyterian Churches and it was during that time that I realized how many South Koreans are Christian. The accompanist and organist at the first church I worked for was from Korea and majored in organ at a public university in Korea before coming to the United States. She did share that the education system in Korea is highly competative. Both her and her husband were fortunate to get into a university there, but part of the reason they left was so their children didn't have the same pressure they did. I had also worked at financial advisor and one of my coworkers was from Korea. He shared that he wasn't able to get into a good university in Korea, so his dad sent him to the US for school and he didn't want to go back until he had made something of himself here. I don't know if the pressure the two people I know from Korea has anything to do with the roots of educaiton and schools being in Christianity? It would have been interesting to be able to ask more questions about this topic. Korea is unique in having such a high population identify as being Christian.