It has to be FF VIII.

Kids take their SeeD exams to get good grades and earn a good rank for good salary.

It's a message of hard work gives good returns and give a hint to the kid that this is the troutty life that the society has prepared for them when they grow up.

So work hard and do well for your exams kids, or else you'll get a low SeeD rank with low salary and you will starve and extinct.