I recently read a an article titled 'Spoon Game on a Board' that allegorically portrayed a cross section of Korean society. In the board game, only two players are allowed to be 'golden spoons' and the rest, automatically set as 'earthen spoons' has to decide between two options: to enter an university or to find an employment. Participants move accordingly to their class' advantage in turn and decisions are obviously made in a democratic way. The 'earthen spoons' can easily take advantage from suggesting bills, however, the 'golden spoons' start with much more properties. Thanks to this financial gap, 'earthen spoons' often have to live without their own houses which might cause them to die in disease while the 'golden spoons' take benefit with their multiple houses. The basic objective of two classes were to maximize profit for golden spoons and to stay alive until the end for the earthen spoons. After the game was over, a player who played as a golden spoons said "I realized how inconvenient democracy is for a golden spoon. For ordinary people, democracy is the only reinforcement that makes them challenge."
What kind of spoon are YOU holding in your mouth? What spoons would you like to hold if you could change yours just like the board game? When do you feel the wall of spoon? These are also the questions about social inequality that I am recently studying on.
I'll now ask you some questions. I hope these questions will give you a chance to think seriously about the inequality prevailing in our society. If you answer to the questionnaire by leaving your comments below, I will use them as precious research datum.


1. What is your gender?

2. What sort of school do you belong?
(1)중학교 (2)일반고등학교 (3)특성화 고등학교 (4)자율형 사립고등학교 (5)특수목적고등학교

3. Do you agree to the 'Spoon Class Theory'?
Y/N

4. What spoon are you holding?
(1)흙수저 (2)동수저 (3)은수저 (4)금수저

5. When do you feel you belong to that spoon? (you can pick many)
-education -residence -clothing -diet -financial stability -parents' job -culture life

6. Do you think the spoon class can influence your future job?
Y/N

7. If you answered Yes to question #6, do you think you can overcome the inequality through pure endeavor?
(1)It is easy to overcome (2)It is hard to, but not impossible (3)It is impossible

8. What do you think is the best solution for this inequality?
(1)Change of individuals' attitude and working hard in the given circumstance.
(2)Support of individuals' parents or decent growth environment.
(3)Change in a social level