South Korean woman fails driver's test 775 times

[PyroChamber]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090221/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_korea_driver

SEOUL, Feb 21 – A South Korean woman who has failed the driver's exam 775 times is not about give up on her hope of buying a truck one day to go into her own business, whether other drivers want her on the road or not.

Cha Sa-soon, 68, has been trying since 2005 to pass the written portion of the test to get a licence, but she has so far failed to get the 60 percent required to clear it.

"I've looked up some guidebooks to get a driver's licence, and they were saying it takes at most five years to get this," Cha said in North Jeolla province, where farmers on tractors or cows can be just as common on country roads as motor vehicles.

"It's already been four years, so I might pass the test next time. That's what I hope for."

Driving schools in South Korea offer courses to enable applicants to walk away with a licence in a week. Cha has not been fortunate enough to set foot in such a class, which tends to congregate more in busy metropolitan areas, but she remains unfazed, even after having spent more than 10 million won ($6,800) on test applications.

"I believe you can achieve your goal if you persistently pursue it," she says. "So don't give up your dream, like me. Be strong and do your best."

 

[SuperFerret]

*recalls all sterotypes about women and asians driving*

I guess these things all have a grain of truth to them.



Neither SuperFerret nor the people he represents have any general negative feelings toward women, asians or asian women, and understand that they are as capable behind the wheel as anyone else. Well, aside from old people.

 

[CELTICPRED]

Wow. They should make you wait a year after failing 20 times.

 

[Raiden]

I won't want her on the road even if she finally pass the test.

 

[Manic]

Asian? Check
Female? Check
Elderly? Check


It's a trifecta.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Asian? Check
Female? Check
Elderly? Check


It's a trifecta.

Damn! This woman is a walking stereotype giving all other women, asians, and elderly people bad names.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

What could be so hard about the written portion?

 

[Majic Walrus]

I'm all for being the on to endure and keep on trying and to not give up, but somethings in life you're just not meant for. Especially considering it doesn't seem like she's working any harder to achieve her goal. She's just continuing to fail.

Either study or quit.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

What could be so hard about the written portion?

It's written in Korean. That's a really hard language.

 

[Majic Walrus]

It's written in Korean. That's a really hard language.

 

[fu manchu]

Damn! This woman is a walking stereotype giving all other women, asians, and elderly people bad names.

she failed the written test, not the driving test!!!

Hopefully, she's a better driver than a test taker.

 

[SuBe]

Stop making fun of my mom!!!!

 

[Metamorpho1977]

maybe she ate that kimchi(spell check?) stuff before. That stuff would make einstein a national treasure<EDIT>.

 

[Nirvana]

Stop making fun of my mom!!!!

Haha. t:

 

[Shemtov]

And her Aim name is FailedDriver775

 

[SuBe]

maybe she ate that kimchi(spell check?) stuff before. That stuff would make einstein a blithering idiot.

Kimchi is good. (Spelled with an E or I, don't matter)

It's also good for you because it is low in Calories, and since it is spicy, the Capsasin increases your Metabolism and helps you lose more weight. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it "makes you into a blithering idiot". That is, unless you tend to just like to cut on cultures you don't like, which, to me, just seems rude.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

 

[Manic]

That joke was terrible, but I still laughed so hard at it.

 

[Philly Phanboy]

Failing a multiple choice test 775 times is quite an achievement.

 

[Wylie Times]

Failing a multiple choice test 775 times is quite an achievement.

Especially when you consider it's probably the exact same test everytime.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

This has to be an Onion story that the real news accidently picked up.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

Kimchi is good. (Spelled with an E or I, don't matter)

It's also good for you because it is low in Calories, and since it is spicy, the Capsasin increases your Metabolism and helps you lose more weight. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it "makes you into a blithering idiot". That is, unless you tend to just like to cut on cultures you don't like, which, to me, just seems rude.

I'm not cutting on cultures. Kimchi is just an acquired taste. I like many oriental dishes.

 

[SuBe]

That is true, Kimchi is an acquired taste, but it doesn't make someone into a blithering idiot, just because you don't like it.

 

[Alex The Great]

She's an asian, female, old Spongebob Squarepants

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Ahahahaha, I got 95% on mine. I only got one wrong and it was about a fine.