This kind of pressure is literal torture but what I find the most tragic is how it still doesn't prepare the kids to be better workers. For me, no exam has in a

This kind of pressure is literal torture but what I find the most tragic is how it still doesn't prepare the kids to be better workers. For me, no exam has in any way reflected the kind of freelancing work environment I am in right now. If I compare exams to work: - Clients who assign me a writing task don't expect me to know everything. I'm actually required to do research and reference other sources. If I tried writing a text without using the internet, I'd be very limited in what I can write and how. - I'm given plenty of time. If there's a rush task, the client will ask beforehand if that's OK with me and pay extra. I can write a text in 45 minutes but then the client pays extra. The clients acknowledge that I'm existing in the real world where I might want to have time off, go on a vacation or just have a family or health crisis. - I'll be given detailed instructions on how to succeed in my task because that's the most desirable outcome. Exams ignore the ultimate outcome or do the exact opposite and I've seen plenty of them intentionally provide vague instructions and questions to fail as many students as possible. I feel more free when doing a single 2,000-word SEO text and cramming in 10-15 instances of "how to fix damaged hard drive" or "best baby diapers" than these kids have felt in their entire school life. This is just tragic and will have enormous repercussions on South Korea's future. I wish I could somehow reach out and tell them that it's going to be OK and they should not stress out that much about bad grades. I had bad grades in high school because my family fell apart during that time and I was overwhelmed with emotions. No teacher asked me if I'm all right or how I'm feeling, they just blindly pushed on with the curriculum that ignores the fact kids are humans too. We'd never put a dog through this kind of stress and would hound the person who did, but for kids it's apparently perfectly fine. To all of you stressing out about grades, find someone capable of speaking with you like an adult. I did it and I feel those mature conversations and emotional support literally saved my life. This is what work is like for me and I wish everyone stressing out about their grades would know they can have it as well.