Mr. Roh Taekwon, who has a middle school education and works as a manual laborer, experienced a life-changing moment one day while at home. He watched an English lecture video and suddenly felt inspired to attend college. Despite being middle-aged and having dyslexia, he began studying from that moment on. He read books during breaks at work, slept only two hours a day, and attended free lectures while working night shifts at a gas station. After seven years of self-study, he gained the confidence to believe he could achieve a perfect score on the college entrance exam.
However, during this period, his children, lacking his guidance, began to go astray. Faced with this challenge, Mr. Roh made a significant decision: he chose to give up his dream of taking the college entrance exam to focus on teaching and guiding his children instead.
His eldest son was addicted to gaming, which hindered his ability to enter high school. Through persistent persuasion and personal tutoring in all subjects for eight hours a day, along with building his son’s physical strength, Mr. Roh helped his eldest son earn a scholarship to Seoul National University. His second son had to quit high school due to severe atopic dermatitis. When shingles made it difficult for his son to keep his eyes open, Mr. Roh read all the textbooks aloud to him, enabling his son to enter Hanyang University as the top student.
Mr. Roh now says he is the happiest father in the world because his children tell him he is the best father.