Education Blues Pt. 1: South Korea Cracks Down on Elite Schools

I suffered through an existential crisis in my second year of high school. By this, I don’t mean over my existence, but over my school’s existence. That year, abolishing foreign-language high schools hit the headlines for weeks, like it has been lately. We’d fret about the future of our school, not so much out of pure love toward the institution, let alone our teachers, as out of concern about our own future and university admission. I was resentful that my endeavor dedicated to passing the mer