The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about college entrance exams in South Korea. Students are both helped by others – including unlikely individuals like police officers – and pressured to succeed in ways that are very different from here in the United States. The all-day test they take certainly helps us put our relatively shorter SAT and ACT® tests in perspective.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122644964013219173.html
What are the main sources of pressure and help for students in the United States?