Slippery Rock University's Dr. Thomas J. Hannon, professor of geography and environmental studies, just spent four months teaching at Kangweon National University in theRepublic of South Korea where he found the students as interested in education as those at SRU, but he also found more of them carry cell phones than their SRU counterparts. They are a very electronic society.
Cell phones are everywhere.
What is interesting is that Korea leads the world in cell phones. There is something like 46 million people in Korea and more than 40 million cell phones. Hannon, a member of the SRU faculty since 1970, says the students aren't talking to their stockbrokers, but use the phones for social contact. Basically the students are local from Chuncheon City with a few from Seoul. The university offers the necessary amenities, including a language lab and on-campus housing.