This year, around 60 mature students took Koreaโs Suneung (CSAT) โ and the oldest among them was 78-year-old Seo Hae-sook. ๐๐ฐ๐ท
In an interview, she said, โIโm nervous because I donโt want to forget everything I studied. I want to do well.โ
She also shared, โI entered middle school at the top of my class and even received scholarships, but I couldnโt go to high school because my family couldnโt afford both my tuition and my younger brotherโs. So I had to give up my studies.โ ๐ข
Decades ago, many people in Korea couldnโt continue their education due to financial hardship โ especially women. Thatโs why Ilseong Womenโs 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. ๐ฉโ๐ซ๐ช
This year, 60 Ilseong students took the Suneung, chasing their long-held dream of going to college.
Because really โ thereโs no age limit to learning. ๐โจ Hereโs to everyone who never stopped dreaming and k...