It has become a new trend among young workers to obtain official records of their school life, capture them in photos, and upload them on social media. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of young workers are seeking peace of mind and solace in diary-like records of their school life.
It has become a new trend among young workers to obtain official records of their school life, capture them in photos, and upload them on social media.
Riding on the wave of popularity on social media, the issuance of these school records has surged.
According to the Ministry of Education, there were 1.48 million school records issued through government platforms and unmanned civil application issuance counters from July 1 to September 19.
This figure represents a 3.2-fold increase compared to the number recorded during the same period in 2022 (466,182).
A psychological analysis suggests that young workers in their 20s and 30s, grappling with the challenges of social life, find solace in revisiting their school years when they had relatively fewer worries.
Lim Woon-taek, a professor of sociology at Keimyung University, said, “Young people, facing a scarcity of job opportunities and declining human relationships, seek solace by reminiscing about their school life.”
Others have suggested that this new trend is related to the surge in public interest in school records amid controversies surrounding celebrities’ history of school violence.
Another contributing factor to the popularity of this trend is the curiosity to check the content of these school records.
A young worker surnamed Na (30) said, “Checking the content of school records has become a new trend among young people, especially since school violence became a pressing social issue.”
M. H. Lee (mhlee@koreabizwire.com)
