"‘I Will Ruin Your Life’ Threats by Star Instructor to CSAT Proctors, Finally Apologizes"

"Only Sorry"... Rebuttal Regarding Children's Cheating

A parent, who was reported to have staged a protest and verbally abused a proctor teacher at the school after their child was caught cheating on the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), issued a statement and apologized to the teacher.

Attorney A, known as a "star instructor" at a major police officer academy, posted a statement on the cafe he operates on the 27th, saying, "I am only sorry to the teacher," and added, "I hope we can reach an agreement, but even if not, I want to at least reflect on my wrongdoing through a deposit."

"I should have stopped the solo protest... I'm sorry"

On the 15th, one day before the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test, a test taker is reviewing the test taker guidelines at Eunkwang Girls' High School in Seoul. Photo by Joint Press Corps

He argued, "I did not illegally find out the teacher’s workplace," and said, "My daughter remembered the proctor teacher’s name by looking at the name tag." Attorney A is known to be a graduate of the Korean National Police University, and when suspicions arose that he might have used police or government official connections to illegally identify the proctor’s workplace, he denied it.

Regarding whether his child cheated, he emphasized, "My child did not write answers after the end signal." He continued, "My child also feels wronged, and three surrounding students testified that during the 'beep beep beep beep' end signal, the proctor touched the hand at the first 'beep,' and this has already been sent as a certified document to the Ministry of Education’s cheating review committee." His child was penalized for cheating because they wrote answers after the end signal during this CSAT.

He stated, "The proctor misunderstood the motion of putting down the writing instrument after the end signal and touched (my child’s hand)," and added, "(My child) studied very hard but is crying every day because their life is changing due to one mistake. I wanted to issue a rebuttal report, but as a parent, I refrained from doing so fearing it might harm my child. However, since my identity has been exposed to this extent, I feel the need to prevent further unnecessary misunderstandings."

Regarding his wife’s solo protest, he said, "I think this was the biggest mistake," and explained, "The mother protested alone to save the child’s most important CSAT." He added, "I am sorry again as this seems to have greatly shocked the teacher," and said, "I should have stopped her, but I am very sorry for not doing so."

Star Instructor Threatened CSAT Proctor for Detecting Cheating

On the 16th, the day of the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test, a test taker is waiting for the exam to start at Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Jung-gu, Seoul. Photo by Joint Press Corps

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced that they plan to file a police complaint against Attorney A and others for violating the teacher’s authority by threatening the proctor after detecting cheating on the CSAT.

On the CSAT day, the 16th, A’s child was caught cheating by a proctor teacher at a school in Seoul after the exam end bell rang and the child tried to mark answers. However, according to the Seoul Teachers’ Union, the student’s parents claimed their child did not cheat and staged a solo protest at the school where the proctor works. The union confirmed that A’s wife and child even visited the proctor’s staff room the day after the CSAT, on the 17th.

It was also reported that A called the proctor and verbally abused them with remarks such as, "You ruined my child’s life, so I will ruin yours too." Feeling threatened, the proctor took sick leave and has not been attending school.

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