This painful reality faced by South Korean students has been depicted in many series.
You might be surprised to know that these shows do not exactly exaggerate the stress and pressure shown
SKY Castle" is a residential area home to wealthy Korean elite families who would do absolutely anything to get into SKY.
The families in this drama would go through extreme measures to ensure that their musically talented kids are admitted into some of the best schools
This one's a bit more upsetting because they're showing how the pressure and stress start as early as an elementary school
This drama also involves elementary kids getting pressured to only perform academically instead of learning to be kids.
A poor high school student strives to get into SKY and to be able to afford the extra tutoring, but he finds himself involved in serious criminal activity.
A high school student abandoned by her parents and a student pressured by his parents to be top of his class meet with a magician
This drama shows that, no matter how passionate a teacher is, he is often very helpless because that's just how complex the Korean education system is.