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Yeah, what could *possibly* go wrong? Note the "if": "if we screw up, a bunch of kids get infected because we couldn't imagine doing away with a dated useless exam that essentially locks every high schooler into their academic, economic, and social future in one fell swoop." @koryodynasty/1333620651219841030Permalink On twitter.com
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This occurred to me this morning, reading the notice from work that the University Entrance Exam was being held on campus this year as usual and we'd be barred from the building on the weekend. I thought, "Wait, really? They're still doing it?" I mean, of course they are. 🙄Permalink On twitter.com
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Oh, and what could possibly go wrong is a cluster infection of teenagers. Some of whom could die, and others of whom could possibly suffer lifelong health problems. Because, you know, nobody could imagine some other method for universities to make admissions decisions...Permalink On twitter.com
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... or, you know, crib one from the countless other systems used worldwide that *don't* depend on high school kids all filing into shared indoor spaces to spend a day regurgitating trivia in the hope of maybe being consigned to fucking poverty for the rest of their lives?Permalink On twitter.com
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And for those outside Korea, if I'm making it sound like teenagers' lives are being determined by how well they do on a game show? Yeah, that's about right. Little wonder so many of them are killing themselves over it, year after year. bbc.com/news/world-asia-46181240On twitter.com
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But hey, "shine brightly" I guess.Permalink On twitter.com