'Mom, I'm sorry, I'm a failure.': Exam pressure destroying young Koreans

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Dan ga pernah bersyukur.
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Kalau percaya tuhan maka liat di Indonesia biar miskin akan selalu tersenyum jujur.

I'd rather work as a fry cook at McDonalds than work as a doctor, anyhow.

In the past 15,000 years during the ice age, we've gone a really long way from worrying about getting eaten by wolves and sabre-tooth cats to worrying about failing college entrance exams...

South Korea sounds like a parody of a society where people study for years to get a job where they help people study for years to get a job where their job will be to help people study for years to get the same job.

Mentally weak😅😅
This pressure is nothing big like indian

It's very sad to hear this. As humans we need balance. If you are pushing 10 hours of study a day on a room, it can get very dark really quick with no human action. This just shows the old way of doing things are just outdated and more need to think outside the box the world has created. I feel bad for the mental abuse that they are being put thru to be number one. It's only time before someone cracks. It seems that in a post internet world more and more middle class jobs have disappeared and trades have been declining also with less and less people working in these areas.

So I want to ask you pro capitalist, pro freedom, people and I’m not a communist either but how in the fuck is this any better is in a hard labor camp in a communist country it’s exactly the same if you think about it except they get more money that’s it and actually it’s a little bit worse because of the hard labor camp. It’s not your family forcing you to work all day And it’s not your family treating you like shit like it is in this country I feel bad for these kids and looking at the entire picture. North Korea knocking the shit country. Eventually I mean most the kids want to die anyways, it would set them free. It’s not a bad thing there’s probably more freedom in North Korea. Actually, I guarantee there is the kids aren’t under as much pressure and what’s worse if it’s our own parents and family doing it to them in the whole society and culture, so South Korea you fuckers are sick all of you for doing this to your children

It's same in every Asian countries

come here in bangladesh and study 18 hours for getting into a normal public university

not only destroying young koreans, exam pressure is destroying young indians as well i can tell as a teen myself .

I wish that South Korea offer Adult high school to those never able to earn it.

At least they have organised society that values education. They should go to Africa , see how people live there.

same I dream to be a teacher ^^ sadly I can't choose the things I want I choose nursing instead because it was demand right now because we need to live and survive

What is that amazing piano music at the end?

they need to change the system...it is broken system at every level

Hope they do something about this, it's not right that an exam should hold so much baring over one's future and opportunities.

adult hood really tough

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Living in a country that is known for being a homogeneous society and having a Very Hign Expectation for all their people can be Extremely Stressful to anyone especially young adults!! Who haven't been given a chance to Branch Out in society and take a basic job to gain some experience while continuing to Study for a more Successful Career!! It's a shame remember these are people who are not asking for a Hand Out but are working hard to make a Better Life for themselves and their families!! I feel they should be given every opportunity to do so!! After all Life Is To Short To Be So Unhappy!! Keep your Chin Up Guys!!🙏🏽❤🙏🏽

It’s just not a Korea. It’s almost every Asian country

why we are poor,so sad 😭😭😭

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I'm certain these students have people who love them

they have to put realistic, modest goals and be happy when achieving them

''It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.'' Jiddu Krishnamurti ·

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So Korea is becoming similar to Japan now when it comes to suicide rates