While many examinees sighed with relief with the literature exam question which asked to discuss about the admiration to idols, a lot of other students, who are the “crazy fans” of South Korean pop singers (K-pop) got furious with the question.

An association of the students, who protest the ministry’s exam question, has also been set up on Facebook

The students who attended the D-group university entrance exams received an attractive question: “Nguong mo than tuong la mot net dep van hoa, nhung me muoi than tuong lai la mot tham hoa”. (Admiring idols is a cultural beauty, but going mad on idols is a tragedy).

A lot of students felt happy with the question, saying that they have “a lot of materials” to write about the topic.

“This is a burning social problem now for the youth. I know a lot of young girls and boys, who idolize singers, models and actors so crazily that they refuse to eat and learn just because of them,” a student, who attended the entrance exams to the Hanoi University, said.

An examinee who attended the exam to the Hanoi University of Foreign Trade, also said that the Ministry of Education and Training “had every reason” to give such an exam question. “A lot of my friends are passionately fond of South Korean singers and actors. They try to do everything in imitation of their idols. They dress, live and think like the portraits in the South Korean films do,” the examinee noted.

“Therefore, I think that this is the chance for the youth to speak out their thoughts about the admiration to idols. It’s time to warn about the phenomenon of “going mad on idols” which has been spread out among teenagers,” she continued.

The student wrote on her essay that this should be seen as a worrying problem of the youth. “As they are crazy about the idols, they always live in a “virtual” world and spend all of their time to think about the idols, while they do not care about their actual life, about parents, society and about what they should do to grow up into good citizens of the society,” she wrote.

Meanwhile, some students, who call themselves as the “authentic fans” of South Korean actors and singers, used discourteous words to criticize the Ministry of Education and Training for giving such an exam question. An association of the students, who protest the ministry’s exam question, has also been set up on Facebook.

A female student wrote that the ministry has “abused indirectly” the people who admire South Korean K-pop. She threatened to behead all the people who dare to speak scornfully of the K-pop. She also said that she only wrote down a sentence on the exam paper, protesting the exam question and left the exam room.

Meanwhile, a male student wrote he did not regret for leaving the exam paper blank, though this means that he would fail the exams.

“I would be able to attend the university entrance exams once more, the next year. But I will not accept any one who speak ill of my idols. My love to SuJu is forever. I love you,” he wrote.

Even the students, who are the friends of the crazy fans, have got shocked when reading the entries on Facebook. A member with the nickname Chim Cu said the crazy fans are really the “tragedies” that examinees can refer to when writing their essays.

“The crazy fans have wasted their parents’ money when spending their time on such useless works,” the member noted.

“This is what the students have learnt after the 12-year period at school? It’s terrible,” another member wrote, who introduced himself as “over 18 years old.”

Source: VnExpress, i-One/ VNN