Dear MEL Topic Readers,
South Korea Suneung exam: 'I wanted to cry and quit everything'
The Suneung is South Korea’s College Scholastic Ability Test, a standardized annual test usually held on the third Thursday in November. The one-day test determines which university each test taker can be enrolled in. About one in every five students is a previous year’s high-school graduate who wanted to try again to get better test results in their second attempt. The test starts at 8:40 am and finishes at 5:40 pm. The whole country tries to help the test takers get to the test sites on time by delaying the office hours to reduce traffic. Also, planes are grounded during the 25-minute listening test. 20 years ago, there were over 860,000 test takers for the national exam, but these days, there are only 400,000 plus students due to the decreasing birth rate. But it is still a life-determining test for students of South Korea, where premium job opportunities are limited to those who have outstanding academic credentials. Is it too much for high school students only to study for this one-day test?
Enjoy watching the video to learn about how Korean students are working on such grueling and pressuring this national examination.
No comments:
Post a Comment