With this year's exam being one of the toughest as only five students achieved perfect scores, her son reportedly missed just one question.
The news spread shortly after former conservative lawmaker Park Sun-young shared it on social media on Thursday. "Lee's son got only one question wrong on the exam. In fact, he never lost first place throughout his school years," Park said, adding that online communities of mothers interested in their children's education have been buzzing as they try to figure out how she raised her son.
Praising Lee, Park added, "These days, many affluent parents often rush to send their children to English kindergartens or to international schools abroad. Yet the Samsung heiress chose to keep her son entirely in South Korea for his education. She even plans to have him attend a domestic university."
Lee's son is reportedly not considering medical school, unlike many top scorers who typically pursue that path.
"It seems that Lee wants her son to avoid all the fuss and pressure that would come with pursuing medicine," Park speculated. "I hope her example helps our troubled education system improve, even just a little."
Meanwhile, her dedication to her son's education, much like that of any devoted parent, was revealed earlier last month when it emerged that she lived in Daechi-dong, the capital's upscale district of Gangnam clustered with crammers, throughout her son's middle and high school years to support his studies.
She has now returned to Yongsan, the tony neighborhood traditionally known as an enclave for the conglomerate's family members.
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