Three Types of Character Education
Question: The KPOP system is believed to not have character education, which is not appreciated. How are you teaching character?
Kim Jinmi, Director of WM Ent.: Other than dancing and singing, being a trainee at a young age is also practicing your social skills. I believe that an adult has to be around to help the trainees shape their social skills. During B1A4’s trainee days, even if they were 5 minutes late, they had to write an essay that reflects on their behavior. For us, we made only 3 promises. ‘To be on time’, ‘Greet with all your heart’, and ‘No lying’. But as a trainee, they’re always repeating their daily actions. So sometimes, I would send them to the library to read books or go to a musical and write what they felt and make them do a lot of activities related to the arts. These are some things I think are character development.