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A sixteen-year-old boy who had the best academic achievement in his school threw himself off his apartment balcony on March 28, 2013. His Will said, “Mom, I cannot endure this pain anymore. My brain nibbles my heart. I am sorry” (Kim, 2013). A brain nibbling at a heart metaphorically expresses the tyranny of the pressure on students for academic achievement. Korean students’ suicide rate is the highest in the world (Lee & Jang, 2011).
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Jung, JH. (2017). Resolve Through Currere. In: Lyle, E. (eds) At the Intersection of Selves and Subject. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-113-1_13
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