Half a million South Korean students breathe free as life-defining test day ends
February 20, 2024
Original Article: https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2023-11-16/national/socialAffairs/Half-a-million-students-breathe-free-as-lifedefining-test-day-ends/1914949
Thursday marked the defining moment for hundreds of thousands of takers of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) in Korea.
From those who barely made it to the test venues riding in a police patrol car to a high-school senior student who sat for the exam in a hospital after having an appendectomy, the nerve-wracking day that students spent years preparing for has finally come to an end.
“I am thankful for my child enduring this arduous path,” a 49-year-old mother who followed her child to a high school in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, told the JoongAng Ilbo Thursday morning.
Another parent, who teared up seeing her child entering the test venue, said she prayed that her child’s hard work would pay off in the exam.
“I am thankful for my child enduring this arduous path,” a 49-year-old mother who followed her child to a high school in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, told the JoongAng Ilbo Thursday morning.
Another parent, who teared up seeing her child entering the test venue, said she prayed that her child’s hard work would pay off in the exam.