According to schools, some students start practicing voting in the “Pyramid Game” “for fun.”
“Pyramid Game” is a hit K-drama that revolves around a cruel election game that begins in class. Female students are harassed according to the vote on the Pyramid Game application. The results of the vote are not trivial because they announce your new place in the school hierarchy, classified from A to F. This ranking is conducive to terror and school harassment.
In Korea, a notice sent to schools and to parents asking to monitor and prevent the spread of this type of harassment in the form of games and voting among elementary and middle school students. Schools fear an increase in violence and harassment in schools due to the success of the Kdrama.
“The phenomenon of group bullying disguised as a game is spreading in schools due to the K-Drama “Pyramid Game”, recently broadcast on TVING. “Pyramid Game” deals with issues of classism and violence at school, where students are divided into ranks and, as a result, students with lower grades are bullied by those with higher grades. » Can we read in the notice.