Samsung scion’s near-perfect college exam score reaches Korean parents in US

SEATTLE — A story about Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin’s son nearly acing the national college entrance exam has already made headlines in Korea, but the buzz did not stop there. The news quickly leapt across the Pacific and began circulating among Korean moms in the U.S., where parents are reacting with equal parts envy and fascination. Parents abroad said they were struck by how a Samsung scion managed to excel within Korea’s intensely competitive school system. Many expressed surprise that he stayed in Korea for his entire education rather than joining the steady stream of students heading overseas, especially the U.S. Park Sun-young, chair of the new Truth and Reconciliation Committee, praised both the result and the family’s approach to schooling in a widely shared post. She wrote on Facebook that the senior at Whimoon High School “missed only one question on the CSAT this year” and had remained “first in his class” since middle school. Park contrasted Lee’s parenting with what she described as a common trend among affluent families. “These days, wealthy parents rWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times