you did well

according to a snippet of information that went along with the short video above (in which a longer interview will be uploaded at a later date) jonghyun is currently enrolled at myeongji university (alongside key and taemin) where he is attending graduate school / working on his masters degree in film and musicals. he previously attended chungwoon university (alongside onew) where he received his bachelor degree in broadcasting music.

(note: jonghyun has been vocal in the past about how he dropped out of high school to focus on his idol training and later worked on recieving his ged. there are two particular interviews floating around where jonghyun mentions his dropping out. the first, an interview with gq in 2010, had him responding to a question about how he’s changed since his trainee days with: “i’ve walked the road i’ve wanted to ever since i was young. i did everything the way i wanted to. i joined a band, transferred to a music school from my high school, dropped out and received my ged, then debuted, i’ve lived the way i wanted to. i’ve walked the road the way i imagined it. i think i will continue to that in the future.” (source)

the second, an interview with nylon in 2013, had him responding to a question about what he regrets doing in the past with: “dropping out. i don’t think it was that great to drop out of high school to go to music school. i felt like i was wasting my time studying back then, but now that i look abck on it, i didn’t think it had to be like that. but, still, it’s not that i have a lot of regret and feel guilty.” not long after this interview was released jonghyun took to his twitter when realizing that his answer was open to some misinterpretation and clarified by saying: “going to smi (seoul music institute) was the most important turning point in my life, and the best decision. there must have been a miscommuncation of some sort. i feel disappointed by it all but i don’t have any regrets.” (source) jonghyun went on to elaborate further on his attendance at the seoul music institute last year during a broadcast of blue night where he said that, if he hadn’t attended the school, he wouldn’t be able to write lyrics or music today. he also mentioned that his decision to withdraw from a regular high school, which his mother supported and helped him go through with without discussing it with his father first, caused from discord between him and his father. his quote on this can be found here.))

Posted on Saturday, 11 July 2015 / 728 notes
Reblogged from shineeyo / Source: fyjjong

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