Examination Hell
Re: 610,000 Students Take Korean SAT
I wondered why it was so quiet walking to work today, until I realized today was the date of the Korean SAT. While the exam is in progress, the nation's flights are cancelled and traffic comes to a near halt so as not to disturb the examinees. The results of this test will determine a student's future. Acceptance into a university is based almost solely on the results of this exam, and once accepted into a university, graduation is all but guaranteed.
The weeks before the exam are the one time of year when the Buddhist temples are full. Mothers who have not entered the grounds of a temple for years pray and make offerings to the Enlighted One on behalf of their high-school-aged children.
This evening, there undoubtably will be, and probably already have been, several suicides of students unhappy with their performance on the exam. More suicides will come in a few weeks when the results are made available.
Re: 610,000 Students Take Korean SAT
I wondered why it was so quiet walking to work today, until I realized today was the date of the Korean SAT. While the exam is in progress, the nation's flights are cancelled and traffic comes to a near halt so as not to disturb the examinees. The results of this test will determine a student's future. Acceptance into a university is based almost solely on the results of this exam, and once accepted into a university, graduation is all but guaranteed.
The weeks before the exam are the one time of year when the Buddhist temples are full. Mothers who have not entered the grounds of a temple for years pray and make offerings to the Enlighted One on behalf of their high-school-aged children.
This evening, there undoubtably will be, and probably already have been, several suicides of students unhappy with their performance on the exam. More suicides will come in a few weeks when the results are made available.
Saint Joseph of Cupertino,
patron of test-takers,
pray for them.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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