Hamsowon: "A student who played during school days... Studied at mother's request to enter university"

Broadcaster Ham So-won spoke about the reason she started studying again from middle school during her school days. Photo by TV Chosun, screenshot from the show "Taste of Wife"

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] Broadcaster Ham So-won said that she started studying again from the middle school level and has now entered university.

On the 28th, the TV Chosun variety show 'Taste of Wife' featured Ham So-won, her husband Jin Hua, and her mother-in-law participating in a temple stay at Gulgulsa Temple in Gyeongju.

During the broadcast, Ham So-won used the tea time with the temple stay participants to introduce herself.

Ham So-won said, "The reason I came is that I was a student who played around when I was in school," adding, "I often clashed with my mother. The person my mother wanted me to be was someone who studied well, attended school properly, and went to a good university."

She continued, "My mother once said she wanted to see me go to university by studying. I don't know about other things, but I thought I must fulfill that wish."

However, she explained, "Since I hadn't studied before, I had to start all over again. When I opened the high school textbooks, I didn't understand anything. So I studied from middle school textbooks again."

She said, "I gave up my reckless lifestyle and started studying, but my grades actually dropped because I was studying middle school material," adding, "It was very hard at that time, but as I passed by a temple, I thought, 'If I go to university, I will volunteer at the temple.'"

She then said, "However, the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) was the best exam I have ever taken in my life."

She added, "I entered the university my mother wanted, and remembering that I had promised to volunteer, I volunteered at the temple for a year after entering university."

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