As American educational institutions continue to be called into question, a North Korean defector fears the United States' future

North Korean defector says 'even North Korea was not this nuts' after attending Ivy League school

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2021-06-15 03:30:08

As American educational institutions continue to be called into question, a North Korean defector fears the United States' future "is as bleak as North Korea" after she attended one of the country's most prestigious universities.

One of several hundred North Korean defectors settled in the United States, Park, 27, transferred to Columbia University from a South Korean university in 2016 and was deeply disturbed by what she found.

"I expected that I was paying this fortune, all this time and energy, to learn how to think. But they are forcing you to think the way they want you to think," Park said in an interview with Fox News. "I realized, wow, this is insane. I thought America was different but I saw so many similarities to what I saw in North Korea that I started worrying."

During orientation, she was scolded by a university staff member for admitting she enjoyed classic literature such as Jane Austen.