"14 Hour School Days" - cp session 2

I think that's what he said. My CP said in Korea, they go to school from 8 am to 10 pm. I found this terribly hard to believe. They don't even make people work that hard in Mexican Maquiladoras! I kept repeating the question. I kept trying to get him to elaborate. I'd ask it different ways with different inflections to determine if he was really understanding me. I felt like one of those stupid tests they give you in big chain corporate restaurants. You know, like when they ask you what would you do if a twenty dollar bill was hanging out of the register. And then two questions later they ask, what would you do if you found a twenty dollar bill hanging out of the register. This was how it was like with this kid.
I'm like, "Whoa. Stop. Wait. You're saying in Korea, you go to school from 8 am to 10 pm?"
He says, "yes."
I say, "So, like what are you doing at 8 am?"
He says, "We're starting school."
Me, "And like what are you doing at 10 pm?"
He says, "Uh, finishing school."
"Lunch?"
This went on for some time. It is just hard for me to believe anyone can study that long. I lose attention quicker than squirrel on methamphetamine. But he says it's true. Then he said something about 2 am. Like that's when he finishes homework for the day. I changed the subject because I didn't believe it.