This year, around 60 mature students took Koreaβs Suneung (CSAT) β and the oldest among them was 78-year-old Seo Hae-sook. ππ°π·
In an interview, she said, βIβm nervous because I donβt want to forget everything I studied. I want to do well.β
She also shared, βI entered middle school at the top of my class and even received scholarships, but I couldnβt go to high school because my family couldnβt afford both my tuition and my younger brotherβs. So I had to give up my studies.β π’
Decades ago, many people in Korea couldnβt continue their education due to financial hardship β especially women. Thatβs why Ilseong Womenβs Middle & High School was founded: a two-year accredited lifelong education school for women in their 30s to 80s who never had the chance to finish school. π©βπ«πͺ
This year, 60 Ilseong students took the Suneung, chasing their long-held dream of going to college.
Because really β thereβs no age limit to learning. πβ¨ Hereβs to everyone who never stopped dreaming and k...
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