Last Thursday, about 600,000 high school seniors in Korea took their college entrance exams, known here as 수능, or Suneung. The outcome pretty much determines the caliber of university these students will be able to attend, so the pressure is extremely high. To help out, parents and underclassmen have early morning rallies outside the test locations on the day of the exam. They bring hot coffee and bags full of snacks for the exam takers, as well as a lot of cheer. It's pretty much like a pep rally before a high school football game in the States -- except this is for a 10-hour academic gauntlet. Talk about values.
Sound is from Ewha Women's University High School on the morning of the exam. Note: there is some slight profanity (in Korean, of course).
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