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School can be difficult for many students, and K-pop idols are no exception. While some youngsters might try to study harder in order to keep up with their classmates, others resort to cheating.

BTS’s youngest member, Jungkook, revealed to fans he once cheated on a spelling test during his time in school. However, what came out of it was an important life lesson the 22-year-old still remembers to this day.

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What Jungkook’s parents told him after he cheated on a spelling test

In December 2019, Jungkook shared with fans during a livestream session that he got reprimanded by his parents when he was younger after cheating on a test.

“I cheated on a spelling test and I got into a lot of trouble. I got a really good spanking,” Jungkook said, as reported by Koreaboo.

Yet, his parents were not actually disappointed their son was doing badly in his class. Rather, they did not condone the act of cheating.

Jungkook continued: “My mom…I’m not sure what she told me, to be honest, but I think it was something like, ‘I don’t care if you get 100 or 0 on your tests. I don’t care about that. But the issue here is that you cheated.’”

While there are a lot of parents who put pressure on their kids to do well in school and always get good grades, Jungkook revealed his parents were never like that. The cheating incident was an example of his parents’ philosophy. Instead of forcing him to be a certain way, they just made sure he understood right from wrong.

“When I was young, no matter what I did, they let me be and do whatever I wanted to do,” he said. “They only scolded me and corrected me when I did things that were obviously wrong. So, up until now, I’ve never been under a huge amount of stress. So I’m really grateful for that. To my parents.”

Jungkook seems to excel at everything he does

Jungkook’s parents allowed him to pursue his dreams of being a singer, and because of that, he was able to become an international superstar with BTS.

In fact, Jungkook might not need too much pushing because he is natural quite talented at many different things. Not only is he skilled at singing, dancing, and rapping, he has also been shown to be good at sports, gaming, art, and filmmaking.

As such, Jungkook has been called the “Golden Maknae” of BTS.

Jungkook does not see his family and friends often

Despite the fact that Jungkook has earned a lot of success, he does not get to share it with his family and friends often. He and BTS are extremely busy, so they are limited in the amount of time they can see their loved ones. Not to mention, BTS works in Seoul, South Korea, while Jungkook’s hometown is on the other side of the country in Busan, which adds more difficulties to their situation.

However, Jungkook can find good company in the other guys of BTS. They have shared they are quite close and like family members to each other.

In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning (via Spin.com), member V said: “I think these are the people that know me the best. We know each other better or more than our families know us.”

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