I took the college entrance exam today. I'm a student who's repeating the exam this year. Oh, Cha Soo-yeon, who writes 60 answers, helped me, but I messed up my attendance. (laughs) Yes, I messed up. Yes, congratulations. I failed. So, back when I was in school, I thought I had a talent for studying, and I really liked studying at school, so I worked hard. However, my grades didn't reflect my efforts. I thought hard work would be rewarded, so I studied hard until the college entrance exam. But I messed up the exam. So, I think lately that I need to accept that this might be fate and find another path, or I should work hard again for another year.

I'm debating whether I should achieve it, stop it. Why do you tell me to stop? There is no value in studying for the college entrance exam for a year. Even if I go to Seoul National University, it's not worth it. It's all black. And even if I study for another year, the effect is not better than now, so it's right to stop. Deal with the problem you have, go for a proper score. There's no time, throw away the medicine. Oh, I haven't found my own achievement yet, then should I go swimming? If I keep hesitating, won't it be too late when I'm 20? I'm already in my twenties, so I should establish my roots. I have to earn money to eat, wear, and sleep. Wherever you go, the most important thing is to become a person who takes responsibility for your own life. It's not about which university you go to, but how much you understand and realize. Taking responsibility for one's own life is what makes you human. If you take responsibility, you are a human being; if you don't, you're not even an animal.

Oh, I should try something different from that, but if I don't graduate from college, there will be fewer opportunities for adults to express their opinions socially, so I might not be able to express my intentions. About 83% go to college. Among high school graduates, there is nothing special about attending any university. If you focus on the university and the diploma, you don't need to worry much. And in the future, in ten or twenty years, everyone will graduate from college, so a college diploma is no longer a standard for anything. It all comes down to skills. If you make bread, for example, the important thing is the skill of making bread quickly, right? It's not about whether the person went to college or not. In the past, people used to value academic background because they considered it important when promoting to a bureaucrat position, but...

Now, becoming a public official is not just about taking a civil service exam and getting a job. Of course, it will remain for the foreseeable future, but you don't have to worry about it. So, you don't have to go, and where can your abilities take you now? Will you go to downtown Seoul? Does it take four years? Yes, it will be vast and appropriate. Right now, it seems like you have to be in Seoul, but in the future, will society be one where academic background has twice as much influence? So, what kind of field do you want to go into now? You may want to go into journalism, but not everyone wants to go into journalism. Oh, that's a bit judgmental about academic background, but it's okay. Just write good articles. And if you want to be a lawyer quickly, write your desired article well. Initiative and agility are excellent. Is agility a good thing? It seems risky to try it. Would you like to try it?

However, in taking this test, you have already taken the test twice, but the test results do not match your abilities, right? There are two reasons here. First, you overestimate your own abilities. What do you mean? Objectively speaking, your test score matches your actual ability, but you overestimate yourself, so you think about running away thinking that you failed last year as well. Isn't that a bit of an overestimation? In fact, I also have such thoughts. There is one thing that happens when you overestimate, and the second one is what? There are people who are talented in tests. Even if they have no talent at all, there are those who pass any test. And there are people who are talented, but they don't do well on tests. So, when you take the test, whether you are not good at it or you overestimate yourself, it's one of the two. Understand the point. So, when you look at yourself, you are a little

They are evaluating the test and saying, This is not a mistake in the test, it came out as it is supposed to be based on your abilities. And in the second test, there is a slight difference. If you are weak in the test, don't take the test. Then, it becomes a problem. Once that reporter stops, it should stop at one place and go up to two places. So, what should you do at that time? Well, you should start with internet newspapers and write. Nowadays, people use apps like this to write. By writing, your writing skills will be revealed. It doesn't matter what your academic background is, just go straight to the experience. So, is academic background important? If you are confident about your life, no one will respect you if you don't respect yourself. If you don't love yourself, no one will love you. If you don't value children with disabilities, no one will value you.

I don't have anyone to take care of it, so anywhere is fine. Just quickly, you don't have to worry about the audience. You can just go up to that point. Don't think about reorganizing it. Thank you so much. [APPLAUSE]

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