Suneung: The Most Important Exam for Korean High Schoolers | ASIAN BOSS
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In the day of Suneung, which comes every November, silence falls over Korea. Suneung is an eight-hour marathon of back-to-back exams which students spend literally their whole lives in preparation for this exam. We met with Jihun, a high school senior who is preparing for the "most important exam in Korea".
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"What are your future plans after this?"
"Because I was so focused on exams, I hadn't really thought about my future".
No1 problem of school systems
What do you mean lol. They can live a comfortable life after this. And don't have to eat instant ramen for their whole life
Дерьмовая жизнь, даже после подготовки, будет только в совке.
@@chillingchill6823 What do you mean "What do you mean"? The problem is glaringly obvious. He was told that this is the single most important moment of his youth and the education and social systems have made it such that his mind is almost completely preoccupied with studying for THIS exam, not for subjects that interest him and that eventually play a role in the career he chooses. He says he'll decide what to do with his life AFTER he gets approved for a number of universities. Instead of guidance early on about the employment possibilities he has in alignment with what he likes, he's made to decide everything in a short span of time without a clear idea of what he can choose from and what each career is like in practice. A comfortable life? Maybe he will have material solace, but can that truly fill a shell that has been devoid of friendship and happiness and has instead been wrapped up in stress, 12+ hours of work and a work environment that isn't remotely close to some of the things he enjoys? I'm not saying that work should be all fun and games, but it should be something that is at least partly pleasant and/or sound with your heart.
Chilling Chill you mean stressful life in one of big corporations working there 8h + extra to show that you are “worth working there” + travel time. If this is comfortable life I want eat instant ramen all my life being free, not a slave
SO WTF ARE YOU STUDYING FOR!!!!!!!
"A good student would study 8 hours a day outside of school"
Me: 30 minutes, take it or leave it
30 Minutes sounds like a Lot
LmaO
20 for me fam😂😂
We have to study outside of school?
El Samuel l don’t even study
5:44 As an Asian the biggest lies is when Asians parents said: " I dont expect anything from him".
or maybe he's a good father who cares genuinely for the welfare of his son and unconditionally loves him no matter the grades he gets???
@@samgarcia1144 ummm...that's almost impossible here...
You get bad results, you get the belt
@@user-ti7fp7sx2k yeah tho
Yeah its the biggest bs..
"Airplanes don't even land"
While in India during National Boards and other important exams: *broom broom brooooooooom, pi pi, suuiiiiiiiiii*
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
I can hear this comment.😂
muuh ki baat cheen li
"These tests are not testing how smart you are, but rather how well you fit into the Korean education system"
English Korean Men x)
Yes KoreaEnglishman!
We do the same in Spain, the fairest way to rate people. They just take it too serious.
If I caricature, the education presented here is more like mechanical training than a pedagogical practice. I find it very difficult to imagine this context of competition. I am a teacher, a mother, and I am surprised by this constant pressure. And the ravages it seems to cause.
ShynnCat we dont have this in the Netherlands, everyone has a fair shot in University.
Bruh, if America did something similar like this, then pretty sure 90% of the students would fail
That sounds like a low estimate
Inw UA-cam ur a weirdo
Inw UA-cam that’s super racist.
But if what you said happened to be true, then I guess I’d do great. You didn’t even mention natives lmao
The top unis worldwide are in the west, no one needs to study an additional 8 hours a day on top of school to succeed here.
@Inw UA-cam yea that might be true if you ignore all of the actual causes. Bringing up race as the only cause of educational attainment is wrong. Just in America, both Cubans and Nigerians are extremely successful compared to base white, Nigerian-Americans have a higher grad lvl educational attainment than Asian Americans at 20%.
My routine for three years
6:50 wake up
7:40 take a bus
8:10 sit in the classroom
8:40 1st class
9:40 2nd class
10:40 3rd class
11:40 4th class
12:30 lunch time
1:30 5th class
2:30 6th class
3:30 7th class
4:30 afterschool class
6:20 go to an academy
8:00 dinner time
9:00 go to an academy
10:30 go to the reading room
1:00 go back home
2:00 fall asleep
I go to the high rank university in Seoul.
It was an earnest dream when I was a high school student, but after entering the school, I wonder if it was worth it.
I don't know anything but studying that everyone else does, and I don't have a dream anymore.
For Korean high school students, their dream is college.
All Koreans know that the Korean education system is wrong, but it hasn't changed in decades, and probably won't change in decades.
I'm sorry that I'm not good at writing in english
I really can't imagine how hard it must be to have such a stressful routine. All I can say is props to u and best of luck in your career.
Damnnn u still have to attend an academy 🤧 that wasn't healthy anymore. I go to one of the best universities in the Philippines (University of the Philippines) hahaha I passed the entrance exams without studying (only 14% of passing rate during my batch. About a hundred thousand took the exams only 14k passed) 😂 guess u can call it a miracle. If it's meant for u, you'll get it. Don't study hard, study smart 😉 mental health comes first
That's crazy when you're at class at 2 pm I'm at home 💀 in my country school starts at 7am and ends at 1pm depending on the school
Sleeping for 4 hours a day? Jeez no wonders depression and other mental health problem are so common in korean high school students 😭
@@user-jb3nq7ir4x does that routine impact your health in any way?
I'm more worried for the students who failed
a lot of people kill themselves if they failed.
@Annabelle Phen Lee this is why I dropped out
@@grandusurslywek5261 what
37% cause of death(teenagers) was suicide in 2019 and 51% of young had died with suicide
Probably dead or homeless
Wow, I feel like I should never complain about school again.
oh good. korean schoolers envy the teens who live abroad^^
Depends, If you want to have your own company or want to be a freelancer, I highly encourage others to stop after high school or college and pursue your dream. It's very hard to start a company in Korea from scratch, since at a young age you won't get any if not, no investors. In this day and age there are so many online courses where you can learn specific skills that you're interested in to help you get on your way to financial freedom, unfortunately it isn't that easy in Korea because of the set system.
@@guraiya6910 totally agreed
I think we all have the right to complain about our problems. Everything is relative, anyway. We just have to be aware of the people around us and how other people feel.
This is Asian system...tbh in my opinion its trash
Koreaboos be like “I wAnT tO liVe tHeRe”
Yeah good luck
stop making up words.
What has that to with anything...you're not moving there when ur a kid so nothing to do with this video. Comment has zero relevance
The koreaboos have been angered
@IHate MyPast hes talking about koreaboos... korea's highschool educational system would have zero affect on koreaboos because they would move there at an older age. im not talking about koreans
@Robbin
This is just my perception of Koreaboos based on what I see on the internet, but aren’t most Koreaboos simple preteens/teens who develop a fetish for Koreans and have a false perception that everything in South Korea is 100% perfect? I doubt their delusion would last all the way to adulthood when they can actually move to Korea by themselves... or am I underestimating their callowness?
I got sad when he said that hanging out with friends was “wasting time” :/
In my country ( im asian) hanging out with friends is considered a waste of time ( most people in general ).going out with friends in my country is just like probably a once in 2 months thing, or during long school breaks only. Weekends is for studying.
literally me (asian too) hang out to the mall after school 👁👄👁
Is it bad that I think it's wasting time as well.....?
@@wonders4069 instead of thinking like wasting time
Think meeting your friends as a refreshment
Yk like when you study for a week or month
Just hang out with your friends
Have fun , talk and eat
You will feel more energetic and motivated
But most importantly relaxed from pressure
We are taking purikura all the time (Japanese) lmao
I have never seen a parent studying parallelly with his son just to set an example. Next level dedication.
Next level stupidity, more like it.
Korea: No planes during exams
Rest of the world: Let's have a construction next to a school and let them work.
real life doesnt stop for you either, suck it up or fail
Very true 😂 during my 3-day professional exam, there was a construction going on next to the building where we are having the exam.
Omggg same
😂😂😂
Exactly my school
it was so sad to hear that for him going out with his friends is a distraction and a waste of time. this is no way to live your youth.
Ana Pisani That was how I spent my school days as all my parents made me do was study and I live and went to school in the US too.
I agree
lol your youth? Just work hard for a year
banana girl they prepare for these THIER whole lives lmao one year won’t do anything
@@lilpinkbeananooshaullah786 EXACTLY
3:50 he looked at the camera for a solid second after saying "distraction" made me chuckle
Ikr , lol 🤣
🤣🤣
“ a good student studies for 8 hours”
Me: *studies for at least 5 mins than gets bored* “damn i worked hard”
I feel stupid
lmao me 😭
im kinda in the middle lol
Literally me!! 😂
Me who studies for 5 to 7 hours daily : 😅 I clock in 8k+ hours a year of studying
This is me haha
Parents like that dudes father are simply good parents.
Anyone who puts pressure on his child because he is supposed to ,,fulfill the dream they couldnt have" is just unfair and selfish.
Do it yourself damn it.
Agreed!
i agree but it happens in korea, the most competitive country in the world.even some parents want to hand their power and money to their children. watch the tv show"sky castle" which shows how korean education makes students and parents go crazy....
take it to positive way💓✌is the best way to deal..and make them proud of u
T H I C C I agree and parents should let their kids achieve their own dreams not a dream they could not fulfill.
I agree with you. I think the parents not trying to force the dream they never got to fulfill on to their son is 1 thing that makes them good parents. But that 1 woman the mom described when she was telling about an extreme case she saw, that woman was crazy & way too strict.
“Students literally spend their whole lives preparing for this test “
Me: procrastinates and cram everything the night before
aha we are prepared 😭👊
Mine isn't even the night before the morning we do the test and all lesson before it is when i study
Full sun honestly, that’s more accurate.
*still passes*
me too
This is called Jee and neet in India.
Yes😭
Seriously!!!😭
I was about to comment this🤧😆
True 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Is boards added
This is torture, when i was in high school every day after i get back from school i be completely exhausted and go straight to bed. I can't fathom the idea of studying for 8 hours after school that is insane and is no different than torture tbh.
Im not from korea but my country (im asian) has a similar exam to this, and the pressure to score this exam is so much that if you dont get straight A's on the exam your future is pretty well jeopardised , so i had a similar routine to these students as in studying and going to academy after school. it was really tiring. Plus not having enough sleep as i attended boarding school, meaning waking up at 4:30 in the morning and sleeping at 1:00 A.M
@@alpacab.i7542that's very tough i hope u reach whatever you're studying for
I don't think its that tough cause I study for 5 hours a day (I am in 9th grade preparing for an exam in 4 years), I used to get exhausted as well but if you take it slowly, like 30 min in day 1, next 1 HR, next 2 hrs etc etc, I think mostly everyone will be able to make it and some people might even fall in love with studying (I do)
@@wonders4069 woah u in america?
@@sarina4903 Nope, I am from India
'' I don't expect anything from him.'' -big Asia parents's lie.
" I JUST HOPE THAT HE WORKS HARD "
Lol asian are alway hiding to fit in society.
Idk that Dad seemed like a pretty smart parent and knows how to actually get their kid to work hard
@@molodoshi6300 Asian parents always say things like: try your best! I don't expect anything from you and im happy whatever the result is" but if you actually fail the exam, you will know what is called a real nightmare
right. right.asian tragedy.
SK: **students cheering and wishing good luck to their seniors taking exams**
meanwhile, UK: **hoping their seniors do badly so that the grade boundaries will be easier for them**
No, it's more like hoping the entire year did badly that year so they adjust the grade boundaries accordingly 😂😂
LMAO if that wasnt me we was all praying on each other’s downfall here
ruetube 😂😂😂 true
Tea, that was my year group last year
I couldn't agree more🤣
This literally reminds me of my high school days back in South Korea. I spent more than 8-9 hours per day only to study.
Finally, I was able to enter the top university in South Korea. But, as soon as I started my day in the university, I had to walk into another chapter of competitions inside and outside of the campus. I hope we can focus on our values more than becoming a winner in competitions and try to be original not to be perfect or better than others. I hope people can cherish many different paths of lives as normal.
I can’t even imagine how stressful it must be to be a student in Korea.
It must be especially tough on students who may have special needs or some kind of learning difficulty.
This video is unexpectedly sad in a way.
Also, Jihun’s got some good parents.
Its sad because we are told to live your youth. It's already shown in S. Korea and many other countries of how they consider many of you "old" once you become 30. That's a really short span of time to how much you study, get a good degree and job too.
Pixelchu some GREAT parents I truly respect them for not expecting nothing from his son but for him to do his best. That's how my parents raised me bc they knew the issue of forcing your child into doing the maximum will lead to no good🙏
@Erna Bajric agreed.
i wish my parents are with me
Lizette Avila my parents take the opposite approach, they treat me like a stupid dog it’s extremely stressful
Now I understand why there’s so many K-pop groups
Lmaoo
😂
To be honest w/ you, (I know you kind of meant it as a joke but still) studying hard and getting good grades in your high school or 수능 is easier than being successful as an idol
@@skmidc1124 its just different kind of hardship; i personally believe working towards fullfiling your dream is worth more even if you don't succeed, than studying years for those exams 🤷♀️
But a lot of idols have a really good IQ like namjoon (you can r/whoosh me)
The parents praying for their children and waiting them outside until the test is over makes me want to cry
Legend says that if you get a "D" in Suneung, it stands for "Dead"
Lol
we are graded relatively, so in short you need to get a grade thats within the top4% range or above in every subject to get into the top collages
wait why did i write this
oh yeah theres no ABCDE.
its grade 1 (top 4%)
2 (top 11%)
3 (top 20%)
the rest are kinda.. the grades dont matter anymore from that point. you either spend another year preparing for the exam or just turn to participate in the society without a dazzling scholarship, which is looked down on
my god i hate my country
@@bsgsujgd3406 is South Korea *that* bad? :o
"YOU HAVE TO FINISH ALL THE SUBJECTS IN ONE DAY"
_But what about my human rights?_
Non existent. Reduced to atoms
@@theMiaow probably to neutrons or protons at this rate
I Stan wayyy too many kpop groups so multistan mere quarks
It’s more stressful to have these tests in seperate days, believe me. I live in Turkey and we have this kind of “seperate classes, seperate days” tests so we ended up taking 3 to 5 tests in 2 weeks. It sucks.
Chal ,montoon nay gusion ka gand mar diya, bichra kuch kam ka nahi hay vo abhi.
Now I understand why a Korean drama “SKY Castle” got high rate.
Tiara Cita Maharani 😅😅😅 what happen in sky castle really happen in real life
SKY Castle is a great Kdrama
Fact: reality is worse than sky castle. I studied 20 hours in school and could not go home for 3 years.
@@radiomukbang9446 damn i have exams big ones in may how much should i study 😑😣😣
You know what, I studied hard and entranced top4% university in Korea but after losing my fingers in military, I cannot get any job, part time. So funny! I had to go military for 2 years by force but government only gave me $1000 for my lost fingers haha. This is Korea! Now I hope to have a brave to kill myself.
As a student who had to go through a similar system of entrance exams in China, I can assure everyone the anxiety and pressure you feel in this video isn’t even enough to describe the real torture it is in real life.
Them : 8 hours to study after school
Me : *studies for 1 hour and brags about it at school*
Me: 8:45am~4:30pm 😂😂😅
Me: *doesn't study but still brags*
@@Kim_043중딩은 나가라
I guess the SAT isn’t that bad lol
Fun fact; suneung is proposed to copy the SAT. The Suneung's official English name is "CSAT", similar to SAT.
SATs are nothing in India
@@fatpotato1762 you're right
Upsc is the toughest
I guess its 10 times tougher that SAT
if only you saw what we have in France dudes..... You'd be thinking we are morons
i know..... after watching this video, i feel like SAT will be super easy
8 hours every day?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! jesus man I think I studied a combined 8 hours for all of my final exams and I was hella proud...
Jajajajaja
I think I just studied 4 hours from whole semester but did absolutely best .
Till B I studied a lot in high school and university for many hours a day.
I am not sure he is seriously taking suneung maybe he is 수시(susi), because I and most of my friends studied 14 hours a day during a senior year and did not have luxury like doing interviews.
@@JaeyunJi I think it's implied that he was studying for 8 hours outside of regular school hours, which equates to about 15 hours a day of studying when combined with a regular school day.
9:19 broo these students are so sweet, my juniors don't even know who I am😭
OKAY SO THIS WAS THE EXAM I FAILED 9 MONTHS AGO-💀 AND IM PREPARING FOR THIS FREAKING AGAIN SFSFDKJDS
Good luck!
Good luck✊
Good luck ;)
Good luck!
Did u pass it ?
When he explained that his mom making a juice for him and his dad drive him to school, i have a sense that this young boy really respect to his parents. i loveeeeeeee it. Goodluck boy!!!
To be frank, Koreans are taught to respect the elders, in fact they got a age based hierarchy of respect outside of the corporate based ones
Even if it was based on hierarchy,; it's obvious to see that his parents give him so much love that he wants to give it back.
I don't get it. Making breakfast (feeding) your unemployed kid and driving your kid to school (if possible) is the basic responsibility for parents, where I live. Everyone who has failed at doing this has failed at parenting. It should be appreciated by the kids, of course, but if the parent's are not ready to go that far, they aren't qualified to be parents at all.
@@Eqvil Its not about feeding (Im pretty sure they make breakfast for him everyday) its about the fact that they are showing support through small actions like these
Eqvil well yes of course but what people are saying it’s that it’s rare for example in America that kids don’t see those things sometimes so it’s nice to see them recognize the little things they do for him, it’s very nice, in the US is not taught to respect elders that well so kids in general aren’t that grateful or respectful (not all of course)
Korea has one of the highest teenage suicide rates.
You know why,
thanks to suneung exam.
Morning star
Lots of people commit suicide because of the crappy education system their country holds. Finland doesn’t give their kids homework, yet they have one of the highest academic ability rates in the world. This test is not about how knowledgeable or intelligent you are, but testing the memory and endurance of your mind, and how well you fit into society and the korean education system.
@@fvn55yearsago57 there big difference between training your kid and raising your kid. And also a great difference between being strict and discipline. This education system does not seem to understand that.
@@fvn55yearsago57 Um I live in Finland and my teacher gives us tons of homework tho🤣
ago not true. I understand you might believe that one youtube video about Finland but it's just propaganda for other students to feel bad about their own education system and retaliate. However, most Finland students have same amounts of homework because I have a Finland friend.
Blackpink Lover Finland have standardize testing ? Because I heard they don’t and they have a good education system
I am a Filipina married to a Korean man since 2011. We moved to Korea in 2015 when our eldest child was only 2 years old. He is in the 3rd grade now. I promised myself that even though my son is studying in Korea right now, I will not allow myself to be one of those Korean parents who put too much pressure on the kids to do well so they can go to prestigious universities. The suicide rate among kids who suffer from depression because of Korea's education system is really high. As a mom, it breaks my heart to see children study until 1am then wake up around 5am to study again. My husband and I own an English academy in Busan. I feel sorry for middle schoolers who come to class exhausted. They couldn't focus on the lesson anymore. These kids need a break!
10:03 the teacher behind the students smiling when he heard their cheer... so sweet
Koreans:"study for months before exam"
Me:" study 5 minutes before exam also don't have a ballpen "
Can relate:P Gotta pray that you remember something from classes.
I review while my teacher is handing in the exam papers...
💀
literally me 😂
I was late by an hour to my exam and still managed to finish it in time lol...
Trying to pass school so hard that when you go to college or university, you have no idea which degree to choose because you have no idea what you actually want to do in life.
@Anonymous Panacea yeah. I went for what my mom thought I should go for. I hate college now, but I have to finish it out.
This hits hard and I'm a damn freshman in high school LOL. However,my family is already planning where I'm going to study college...
This is why I just wanted to be an idol (p-pop)
From what I know, you don't really choose that either...
And that is funny considering Finland has the best education system in the world, not to mention they don’t really do exams anymore and focus more on creativity than logic... 🤣
Korea: Suneung
Le India: IIT, NEET, CLAT, SSC, BANK, AND OF COURSE THE EXAM OF ALL EXAMS UPSC!!!!😂😂
All of those aren't mandatory whilst suneung is ...idk what are you trying to say.
Everything in this country is about standards..
People are born to be real not perfect.
I feel bad for anyone who has mental illness and has to endure that. Especially those with ADD/ADHD.
In Korea I can assume a lot of kids actually go undiagnosed and not medicated for their entire lives
I live in turkey and here we also have to take an exam to determine which highschool we go to in 8th grade. Bruh i am an abnormally short homosexual with adhd and anxiety problems. The schools with lower scores are usually filled with ignorant and probably homophobic people so i knew that the course of my life depended on this exam. I basically had to fricking bust my ass in 8th grade to get into a good school so much so that i became clinically depressed, IN 8TH GRADE
Yes I have ADD and I’m pretty sure in South Korea they don’t do out of room testing.For kids like me I would get super distracted especially sitting there from 8 am to like 5pm.J couldn’t stand it.
@@ninaveina OMG, I hope that you're at least doing better now, remember to never give up, better days are straight ahead! Keep moving forward!
I'm cheering for you!
:D
Sad that these things are taken seriously in only the western world, and not places like Asia, like Korea, India and all.
I have many examples from India (where I live) where nobody considered these and even depression to be serious, and people suffered or commited suicide
Korean student's idea of a party: Have a good meal and spend time with friends.
@@jotham8654 don't say Americans. Not all
@@FenrirTheWolf01 Of course not all, it's just a generalization
American views on things are very different with asians. I as an asian think that americans are to reckless, wild, and irresponsible. They do things that they themselves knew had a big consequense
hey tayo
Please don’t generalize, America is full of different races, people and cultures we all don’t think the same nor do we act the same
Benedicta Kobia dude ‘hey tayo’ is talking about white Americans
Koreans: studying a lot for the exam for months
Me: studying at the last minute before the exam starts.
me: me studying the day of the exams😂😂
This just made me rethink my life decisions and how careless I'm in studies. They have 4746564+ more difficulties in life even at the age of 18-19 but still trying their hard not to crumble. I wish the best for every student who missed out on entertainment and good memories because of strict education system
As a high school student in Korea, I can definitely say that Korean CSAT(수능 Suneung) and school education system are not for teaching students new things, but for classifying students with grades so that students can enter the college which fits in their grade.
In Korea, you get grade by system below:
Grade 1: ~4% of students from above
Grade 2: ~11%
Grade 3: ~23%
Grade 4: ~40%
Grade 5: ~60%
Grade 6: ~77%
Grade 7: ~89%
Grade 8: ~96%
Grade 9: ~100%
Only students who got Grade 1 or 2 in every subject can enter good colleges in Seoul. And if you get wrong just one question, you can get lower grade, as competition is fierce.
In March, June, September, and November of every year, before Suneung, you have chance to have 'simulation exam', which can allow you to predict your real score in Suneung.
I'm going to participate in Korean CSAT(Suneung) in 2021, and hopefully I want to go to college in 2022. Please cheer up for all Korean high school students!😀
(Edited in August 29th, 2020) Firstly, I want to thank you for your supports! I saw a lot of people not from Korea who are participating in other exams. I'd like to tell all of you to cheer up!😀
I edited this to clear up misunderstanding. The Grade 1~2 which I mentioned above is average grade. There are 6~7 subjects which you have to study for the exam. They are Korean, math, English, Korean history, two subjects from science/social studies(physics, chemistry, biology, earth science/ethics and ideas, politics and law, economy, world history, geography), and 2nd foreign language(except Korean and English, unnecessary).
The standards vary from university to university. But, I will tell you easy example. I saw a college that selects students who got total grade 3 on Korean and Math, and got total 3 on science subjects. This means you have to get Grade 1/Grade 1, Grade 1/Grade 2, or Grade 2/Grade 1 on your Korean and Math test as well as science subjects. But this is very loose standard, which is mostly used in rolling admission. When it comes to regular decision, you have to consider not only your grades but also your scores... because if you want to go to medical school of Seoul National Uni, you can only get one of the whole questions(45+30+45+20+20+20 questions) wrong.
Thanks again for reading & supporting students!
Good luck
i hope you do well good luck man wish you all the best
Good luck 🌸
good luck!
Oh my god. Good luck for your testtt
10:16 Yunjee being nervous for Jihun and cheering for him got me in the feels 😭
Jay Mo yes this was so heartwarming!
I love this interviewer
IKR !!!
yeah I almost cried too because how intense the day was
She is so cute omg :(
She genuinely cheers for him and that's so sweet. 💜
Releate from Turkey.There is similar system in Turkey and lot of teen has anxiety just because of this exam.And I've heard that some of them tried commit suicide..
Kesinlikle çok benzer.Sanırım hindistanın da böyle bir durumu var.Ayrıca yorumlarda amerikadaki gençler final haftamda bile 8 saat çalışmıyorum demiş biz ise bir günde +8 çalışmak zorunda kalıyoruz.içler acısı...
@@elc8799 Evet bence en garip kısmı da şu çoğu ülkeden çok daha fazla çalışmamıza rağmen en az motivasyona sahip ülkelerden biriyiz.Hayallerimizi gerçekleştirmemiz çok zor. Aslında çalışınca bile bir işe sahip olacağımızın garantisi yok. Bilinmez için çalışıyoruz.
çook üzücü
Şimdi bu yorumu yazacaktım , gercekten çok doğru
ha you will never beat us with your suicide rate
*i fail a SAT test* “oh well I guess that’s to bad for me”
*asians get a decent score on there SAT* “my life is over”
Regular Sin yeah as a Chinese person, majority of us know that our grades aren’t necessarily bad, it’s just bc of the very intense peer pressure that pushes us to do better than each other .It’s an extremely insane and sometimes toxic environment which I’m glad I got out of by transferring to another school where I’m having a much more enjoyable high school life :’)
I'm Tired I’m glad you feel a lot better
It's sad that this is an actual reality for lots of those students.
Regular Sin lmao like i remember i got 1 score on my sat test
*their
Reporter: what do you want to do most after the exam
Me: SLEEP for an entire week
This is sad. Korean youth are the most sleep deprived in the world.
After my final exams I slept for like 12 hours everyday, during the period before the exams I ended up in the hospital bc of anxiety attacks.
@@sitinurwahidhamuhammadyaak994 Bro i have my exams of class 12 after 2 months and now i am watching this 🤣😅
"I don't expect anything from him , I just want him to work hard and give his best at every opportunity he's given and he lives happily"
Someone tell this to my parents please 😭😭😭
They take all subjects in one day?!?😭 where I'm from we get separate days. Like we take English one day and writing the next. And so on . I cant imagine trying to remember everything u studied for. I'd be exhausted😔. I hope everyone who takes this test luck !
Our school do the same. One subject each day.
i used to do that back in sixth grade. To be fraink i even found it fun
i know right! i cant imagine the stress e we also have separate days
I study for like 45 minutes at the VERY most Jesus Christ
This is why America is falling down.
@@onemanenclave Not all of America. I had a learning disability so I had to study for hours, using assisting websites, flashcards, re-reading over and over right up until the minute we took our test. I would be crying as i'm answering questions during my midterms and finals. I always walked into those big test with a tissue because it stresses me out so much. Even with a learning disability and being in special classes I ended up with all A's and a 4.2 GPA. There are hard working people out there that care :(
@@onemanenclave The fact that students have to worry about grades and scores that don't actually show intelligence is what is wrong with the American system.
Same and :'))))) I amma be homeless but it's too late to go back
Fled From Nowhere You dont even know if the original commenter is American or not...
So cute that the journalist was nervous because of the boy
The way she cheered for him in front of the gate tho
@@corona9302 IKR. So cute
it was seriously precious.
She probably had to face the same exam too
Ikr! That excitement haha was adorable
Congratulations from a father in Canada to these parents. In every country and every culture good parenting makes a huge difference in life.
In Turkey we call it YKS and it means hell
lgs de var..yks çok daha zor ama
Well I'm 16 year old korean... But it was not bad actually.
@@jed8375 The system in Turkey is too hard
@@Betul-gy2ww i go to a turkish school but i live in turkey it's not really that hard yet. But i am not in highschool yet I'm in middle school so idk
@@safamohammed9620 middle school is easy, im on my last year in high school and there is so many lessons that you supposed to know..
Jihun's mom preparing his smoothies every morning really hit me... My mom used to make fresh orange juice for me every morning when I was in med school, studying all day during finals... Such a simple gesture, but it really made a difference and helped me go through those weeks of hard work.
Lewlav Abra aww
my mom would never do that, wow.
Did you pass?
Winson wang i did :)
Lewlav Abra gg
His parents are pretty cool, hoping all the best for him.
Isn't that support system awesome?!
All i can imagine is that when these guys will get older what will they look back upon?They made no memories during their youth.They were only chasing one stupid exam for a part of their lives.This is sad
Well they probably study at their last year and before that they make some food memories and stuff
I was very moved by how much they seem to care for the students! How amazing it must be to have so much support.
I'm 25. I'm at University. I live in Switzerland. I will never have to take the Suneung test yet I get stressed and anxious just by watching this!
Switzerland ham?....
Basically heaven on earth.
@@guilhermemoraesdasilva226 Yeah I'd definitely say that I was really lucky when it comes to my place of birth.
@@xPoemi I'm Brazilian so.... Basically the complete opposite 😂
@@guilhermemoraesdasilva226 you overestimate it bro. All countries have dark sides, no such thing as heaven on earth.
@@yurichtube1162 hahah but there's no comparison between the shithole that is brazil and Switzerland.
Jesus if I study for 8 hours a day every day plus having school I would go crazy.
I would go crazy even if I study 2 hours a day
I would go crazy too ,because I studied for 8 hours a day for a whole month but in my vacations schools don't give me this much time to study 8 hours a day during day time .
Crazy how the number 1 education system in the world gives no homework and has short school days😂
heyy! i totally know what you mean but i was wondering if you could please refrain from using Jesus's name so carelessly, it genuinely hurts as a Christian to see my God's name used as a cuss word! God bless you!!
@성이름 왜 가만히 있는 사람을 건드려요... 한국체면좀...
어휴ㅠ Why are you like this. I'm embarassed as a Korean. Please stop
when he said hanging out with friends is a waste of time oh my god these people are gonna die without friends. god help them
Congratulations to Jihun! Her sister updated that he passed and is now accepted to college 🥺
meanwhile in the US, we don’t prep for the nationwide SAT. instead afterwards we post memes about the exam that collegeboard “forbids”
thats culture~~~
And memes on how we react to a difficult exam lol
Don't study hard, study smart. Thats why US is the top country of the world.
Maybe because America has one of the easiest exams compared to the rest of the world?
i live in ny and i’m type lazy i never even studied in my life i feel so bad for anyone taking the csat
I'm a French teacher in a hagwon in Korea. I have some high school students who just took seuneung. With everything they had to study, they still took French as an additional language studying until 10 pm with me at the hagwon. I'm really impressed by their dedication. They are very hard-working and put so much effort in.
Haha for a lot of Korean students, learning a foreign language is important because it they fail the suneung, they can go abroad to study. The U.S. has a bunch of Korean students that failed suneung
@@syamayama one of my students is in this situation. He told me he doesn't care about seuneung, he's putting all of his efforts in studying French. He really wants to go to a French university.
@@popothefrenchiiebutidontea8304 ton projet professionnel est tout à fait cohérent et c'est vraiment bien que tu aies une idée précise du parcours qui t'intéresse avant même d'avoir passé le bac. Donc bravo, suis tes idées et tu peux réussir 😊
Ton professeur principal ne sait pas du tout de quoi il/elle parle. Malheureusement, ce ne sont pas les meilleurs pour t'orienter et je ne me soucierais pas trop de ses conseils si j'étais toi.
J'ai fait une licence LEA anglais japonais, un DU de FLE puis un double master FLE en France et PGCE (post graduate certificate in education) en Angleterre. J'ai travaillé en France, en Angleterre, en Irlande, au Japon, en Indonésie et je suis maintenant en Corée. Bon courage. N'hésite pas si tu as d'autres questions.
@@popothefrenchiiebutidontea8304 Hey ! Je suis en deuxième année de Licence de Lettres et je compte faire un master FLE après, d'après toutes les infos récoltées auprès de ma fac, tu as plusieurs possibilités d'enseignement pour le FLE, en effet tu peux enseigner à un public migrants en France par exemple, mais ça reste plus rare, le but du FLE c'est vraiment de te faire partir à l'étranger. Ton prof a cependant raison quand il te dit que tu ne choisis pas où tu vas. Par exemple si tu passes l’agrégation (en plus du FLE) tu seras rattachée à l'éducation nationale française donc c'est eux qui t'envoient. Cependant si tu envoi directement ton CV dans un organisme à l'étranger, c'est eux qui vont t'engager donc là oui tu pourra choisir le pays. Voilà j'espère que mes infos étaient assez claires haha, n'hésites pas à aller fouiner sur internet, je te dis ce dont je me rappelle de mémoire donc mes infos sont à vérifier.
Raphanne Let them know we are proud of them! FIGHTING🤗👏👏👏
I will never complain about my school again
In Brazil we have Enem, which looks like Suneung. High school students of all ages can aply, as much as adults who want to try university or just test how much they can score. We get two days for the exams and a total of 180 questions and a redaction, so I think yours are harder then ours.
The reporter is so cute. She definitely improved that dude's mood.
Fr tho i loved her
I love all her interviews, she is so nice
@Anonymous Panacea did I do something wrong?
Anonymous Panacea Caesar called her cute, chill. Ain’t nothing weird about calling a Asian girl cute
@Anonymous Panacea What's a koreaboo?
Politics aside.. the cheering and the support is so cute and heartwarming, it must be such a big burden
That cheering gives me tension and anxiety
Those people who came to cheer for the students warmed my heart😊
When I had my first batch of IAL exams, two teachers prayed for me, alongside many other people in my church, as my name is on their prayer list. My house captain at school gave me a can of coffee to cheer for me. My dad drove me to 8/9 of my exams.
"In Korea parents place a high level of significance on their child's education because they want their child to fulfil the dream that they couldn't have themselves"
@@GaurangaKDutta Korea and Japan also have the highest suicide rates tho
@@MrCharly780 That was sad
I am a Mexican and this is true
Most asians are like that
This is happening all around the world.. and that's sad
Can we talk about the other students that prepared snacks for them? Thats so cuteeee
IKR! So sweet!
reminds me of the indian board exams.
all your school life minimized to one paper lasting for 2-3 hours and for one month.
Yes
in Turkey we have a similar exam named universty exam when i saw this young man i felt like i am the one who entered this exam
Same. I also felt like as though I was entering the actual exam.
As a parent and wanting the best for my child I would never put my kid to endure the stress of going to school and then tutoring until 1am. That's just not a life. This young man has very understanding parents.
I too believe in putting yourself (parent) as an example and have done that with my daughter. I will never tell her what she should go to college for because she is an individual and she has her own dreams. You can only guide them because at the end of the day it's their life and I rather have my daughter loving the career path she picks than living a depressed and unhappy adult life.
29BWA and reason why suicide, stress, depression is so high..and why people when they get to age drink and smoke like crazy. And plus, 90% of this stuff on exam can’t be applied to life.
Your thoughts and belief changes within different cultures, not everything can be understood by one another, especially in Korea you'd want your child to get into the best university for them to have a sustainable future.
I absolutely agree my parents are very strict but also they never tell to be a doctor or lawyer that just the stereotype because that's not what they want to be for me example my parents encourages me, my brother and my sister to pursue our dreams and my dream is to become a race car driver but my parents also told me to find a backup plan and my backup plan is to create video games for a living and my family supports me a lot.
Not everything is easy in life and every kid and adult needs to have a life so that they can go out and do fun and exciting things that they see in the world.
ozen getting in the best college does guarantee u to have a sustainable future
In their country, your child would be homeless
Lets pray that this boy and everyone like him could get it done successfully
He´s working in a brothel now as a security man.
@@ShepProudfoot is it real???? Nahh you joking
na jaemin he may not have done well. i saw 2 korean people who have taken the exam talk about it and how hard it is. but this statement the person said may not be true. for all we know he could be in the top university studying to be a doctor or something
Not everyone can win
That's just sad and shouldn't be the point of education
@@as_if6224 also some ppl are kinda poor or maybe middle class and their parents can’t afford to send them to study aboard if they don’t do well. and ofc i also agree with u bc putting this much pressure on CHILDREN is too much honestly
Literally went right away in this video after watching the interviewer's Asian Boss review and I just want to congratulate Jihun, her brother, for getting into college!!!!
I love the way his parents were so supporting and encouraging for him 🥺
and then there's me who doesn't even review my notes when i get home
and then there's me who doesn't even take notes
Wait, you guys take notes?
my mama gon k word me if i won't take notes das sad ikr
I don't even writing
Wait, you guys are getting education?
I don't know why, i feel motivated to study after this.
Same
KAISERIN FELINA me too I have an entrance exam coming up and now I’m more motivated to study
me too
Same
@@zenzen7832 i wish good luck to u
The lady who was taking the interview was so pure hearted !!! And not only she , but all the other people who came to support ♥️
Suneung : stressful and hard to crack
IIT jee advance : let me introduce myself
But on a serious note both these exams needs to be modify to reduce stress and suicide rates among students
Upsc be like mai kya karo job jodhu
But for not jee advance is all about science and maths so for me it easy .languages are hardest to me.
Bbro just do something else
Allen and Aakash ko Korea mai bolo coaching open karne ke liye dhanda hi dhanda
Me: 13 minutes of studying and then 6 hours of break and then give up
I feel attacked
@•it's me_ sri• lol that's ok,I think everything can be learn in the internet today
I feel somewhat relief that someone got a habit like me haha
fr tho
For people who's watching this outside of korea, only top 20% really prepare for this and rest take it as an symbol for graduating high school
And the rest doesnt go to school then??
What are the total number of students appearing for this exam? (Approximately)
@@phenomenalphysics3548 about 500,000 per year these days
@@MinseoKwon for a country that has 50 million people, thats quit a small number.
@@woilah794 Korea has like many other "developed" countries, an aging society. There are not enough children.
In Korea: even planes don't land on the day of exam .
Meanwhile in India : our own prime minister and other politicians literally having a big ass road show on the day of entrance exam, which will decides lakhs of students future .
Every year for the past 7 years I sat for a Cambridge exam and in 2019 I sat for 7 GCSE exams and CAE, I passed them all. However, the tool it took on me was huge. Too much stress and anxiety, however, I did it and you can do it to. Good luck to everyone and don’t ever doubt yourself 💞
may i know whats the use of it ..id it just personal test of yours or is it for your career
Watching jihun walk into the school, I kinda started to get teary eyed bc I have terrible test anxiety and I can’t even imagine how him and everyone else must be feeling when they walk into that school.
I'm maybe a weird person but I love to take exams. I don't know, but they're are somewhat exciting. I was happy while take driver license, final exams at high school, at university now. I could take exams every month not every 6 months.
Am I only one who loves exams? I hope I'm not alone :D
It's nothing scary to take exams if you were studying enough.
@@01Natalcia01
I guess it's because you're confident with yourself and _you_ acknowledge that you have studied the subjects so well (and probably due to past where you got good results) that you don't feel the negative side of having the exam 😁
i can't even watch this until the end. in my country we have one like this too but i think it's not that competitive?? but yes, the society here is also going crazy about this. i'm also a senior high and i was so ambitious the first months but now i'm just like, nah. the stress is too much. all i want is just to enter a university, studying what i want and what interests me, and get a job. idk if i'm being realistic or just weak because i couldn't handle the stress.
@@1004jinji Maybe you take school very seriously? Take it easy, I believe. If you don't understand materials, ask teachers or read the same topic in different books, written in different vocabulary that you'll understand better. Some books are written horribly and I can't understand the topic. Then I look for different book with better explanation. I do that all the time.
Unfortunately I don't know what's your exactly problem, so I don't know how to help you.
If you get stressed just very easily, maybe you should go to therapist, he will say what you should do and what is suitable for you about methods of dealing with stress. It's nothing wrong about going to psychologist.
@@1004jinji I like the positivity you have ..... :)
I'm a Korean high school graduate and I took the CSAT(수능 Suneung) in November 2019, and I got the best result possible. There is huge pressure here in Korea to do well, and I am glad that I did well and my good score is effecting my life in a very benefitial and positive way because this means I will go to SKY and also have good job opportunities, however the pressure here is insane and I know people that have suffered a lot because of the system here in Korea and I hope the education system here will change, because I also suffered from depression due to the extreme stress and pressure!!! For the students that will take the CSAT(수능 Suneung) in November 2020, Good Luck! 화이팅!
Wow
Welcome to the system
Did you get Grade 1 result?
I got a question bro, So lets say you studied so well on the CSAT test and you get a great score, you get to go to a great college and all. but what about the workload? Homework in high competitive colleges/universities are very tough, In any field the homework difficulty is high in highly competitive colleges. Does the CSAT really prepare you to handle such hard homework?
Congrats~
Jihun's is so well loved by his parents. They are very proud of him. I wish him well in his future
i couldn't imagine how these students felt, i really respect the high school students in korea. all the best for the ones sitting for suneung!!! 💗💗
"My mom makes me smoothies everyday and packs my lunch"Me crying because that's really sweet and I wish I had a mom too☹️.
Mariana Kpt yea but you also wouldnt want to study 8-10 hours a day to compete against students that also study that much and be almost required to be the top 10% to have a shot in a good university
@@johnan3398 That person just commented about that that person wished to have a mom, too. Not talking about the exams and studies. Only talking about how sweet of the mom to do that for him.
I hope you will do your best and no one can comfort you about missing your mom but i wish you the best and i know she is smiling and looking down at you
Remember she always with you from you in your heart ❤ and she will always love and help you
😭😭😭😭 I am sorry
Me crying cuz I wish my mom cared about me
"if you waste time hanging with your friends, it reduces your study time. You shouldn't let that happen"
Wow. Imagine getting into the most prestigious university & not ending up even liking your job and regretting not focusing on your meaningful relationships in life.
You should try to understand that in Asia, you don't focus on the relationships with your family and parents, you focus on working hard so they are proud of you and can brag out to their friend. Then you have children and do the same. Not saying that it's bad, just different from what we are used to in Europe or America.
@@raphelfeger7956 yeah I agree. I'm Vietnamese and from my perspective, I would say that Asian parents put a lot of pressure on their kids just because they want their children to secure a stable job and raise their own family in the future. This results in many youngsters (including me) graduating without knowing what they really want to do in life.
Right? That line about wasting time with friends was so sad. I understand that various cultures place different amounts of value on relationships, but it is not healthy to withdraw completely from one's support group while undergoing that much stress.
Ok still better than working as a security guard and being broke anyways who tf said that people who spend their time studying all the time are gonna hate their job that is why there are certain courses for college I like phycology so I can study hard and get a scholarship to UCLA and your highschool friends are not always gonna be your friends your whole life you can always build relationships late in life
@@junglechqcken1310 good for you!! that's really admirable. let me know if you need any advice, i got into UCLA and UC Berkeley this March :)
What a great father and mother. Their dynamic is very exemplary