Students who received perfect scores on the college entrance exam answer the debate of 'naturally gifted vs hard work'
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| "Honestly, it's all just brains..." |
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| "For the three years, I did not attend any after school academies or tutoring" |
Source: Yonhap News via Naver
1. [+1,966, -18] Effort is important but there's no way you can beat out someone who was born with a smart brain. Same goes with work. You always see a ton of people who work hard at their jobs... and sometimes effort alone just isn't enough to get ahead.
2. [+1,054, -16] You'll always hit a limit with hard work alone. I know a hyung who's a doctor out of Yonsei and he would say "we could just read over something and memorize it the first time". My son~ I'm sorry ㅠ.ㅠ
3. [+776, -12] They're right. Even hard work needs to be backed by a certain amount of brains... I like that they didn't give a fake response to look good and answered honestly.
4. [+659, -124] I think it's unfortunate that such prodigies like them are all going to med school. For the advancement of our country, we need more going into the sciences and engineering...
5. [+163, -0] The boy's interview is really honest. He could've just said something fake to look good but I can relate to his answer more. At the top of the game, effort alone can only take you so far...
6. [+123, -2] It's a combination of a lot of things. No matter how smart you are, you won't get to this level if you don't care for studying. You need the brains but also the work ethic. At the end of the day, we all get to where we're meant to be based on how much effort we put into our lives. Otherwise, everyone in our country would be a doctor or lawyer. I think true happiness comes from not a smart brain but from how satisfied you are with your own life.
7. [+107, -0] Probably the most honest answers from all of the perfect scores of history!
8. [+103, -3] I saw a 'Yoo Quiz' episode where someone in Seoul University's med school said it only took them 10 days to memorize 500 pages of text. That's practically photographic memory... and a genius brain really is something you just need to be born with.
9. [+91, -1] He says studying was easy for him because he's smart, which means his parents gave him good genes... Probably the most honest answer out of any perfect score I've seen. He's not fake and that will probably take him far in life...
10. [+72, -4] The male student's father is a college professor and the female student's parents both graduated from graduate school. Smart brains are definitely genetic. Hard work may take you near the top but it won't take you to the top.
11. [+69, -1] When everything about us from height, face, skin, hair, to health is all genetic, why would anyone think brains aren't? And can be overcome by hard work alone? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
12. [+52, -1] The advanced countries all realize that brains are 90% genetic which is why they give their students earlier options to give up on college and choose other career paths in life... it's only South Korea that fully believes that hard! work! can overcome all, which is also why we have one of the highest populations of impoverished elderly in the world.
13. [+55, -10] I never believed it when parents were always like "my kid is so smart but they just won't study~" because if your kid was really smart, they wouldn't have a problem studying since it should come easier for them~
14. [+42, -5] Everything is genetic. To get the top of anything, you need to be born with the right stats. If all parents would just realize this, our after school academies wouldn't be bursting at the seams.
15. [+31, -6] Smart brains is 99% genetic. So many parents hope and believe that putting their kids in after school academies and tutors will get them there but it's false hope. A student who takes 5 hours of studying to get into the top 10 will still be stuck in the top 10 even with 10 hours of studying. A student who doesn't understand a problem after 5 hours of studying will still not understand it even with 10 or 20 more hours of studying.
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1. [+370] You take smart brains and input more intelligence so of course... Everyone works hard but I'm sure the output is different when an intelligent person also works hard
2. [+310] Now that I have a kid of my own~ the apple truly doesn't fall far from the tree. Everything from brains to diseases to personality... genetics heavily affect them.
3. [+309] I like that he didn't give the typical answer that perfect scores give ^^ ("oh I just studied what was in the textbooks")
4. [+293] I'm sorry, my son...
5. [+145] Hard work matters up to the middle and then it's pure talent that takes you to the top
6. [+63] I really think it's environment...
7. [+83] What a refreshing interview. Instead of saying things to give others hope, he just told it like it is ㅋㅋㅋ it inspires me to give up and pursue something I'm naturally good at ㅋㅋㅋ
8. [+13] A combination of environment and hard work
9. [+21] Genetics and environment. You could give everyone the same amount of time but the intelligent ones will always take in more information than someone of average intelligence.
10. [+61] Natural talents + hard work + environment = results
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