This is the answer sheet.
But the kids are saying it could also be...
"Sung Soon bought two banana-and-watermelon fruit bowls".
That's ridiculous.
You're here.
What's the complaint?
Is it serious?
This will make you speechless, I swear.
Who would complain about something like this?
Are they kidding?
The thing is...
The Icarus kids are spearheading this.
The good students are worse.
I'm so sick of them.
It's the Senior Schoolwide Exam, so it's serious.
They want all the Korean teachers to get together...
and discuss it.
(College Advisory Group)
This was the beginning of the famous Korean Department Banana Incident...
which was talked about...
for years to come.
Did you hear about the Korean Department?
Everyone went to the school to discuss a grade adjustment.
It's...
because of the complaint from the seniors, right?
Yes. The grades go in four days from now, so...
What else could we do?
The juniors have their trip next week.
We can't push it off.
Anyway, is the Korean Department...
having problems recently?
- Pardon? - I heard the midterm exam...
was revised just before it was printed.
That's where the disputed answer came from.
Who in the Korean Department is the problem?
I don't really...
What's the complaint about?
Well...
The banana is the problem.
The banana?
My gosh.
(Two bananas and watermelons)
Okay. I'll explain the question for which we received a complaint.
(Black Dog)
This is 1-1. It's worth 4 points.
You can see the sentence here.
This sentence is vague and can have multiple interpretations.
The number of bananas and watermelons can vary.
That's right. There are various interpretations.
Why did they use my name?
The question was to write down two of these interpretations.
But the students,
particularly the Icarus students,
assert that another interpretation...
is possible.
What is that other interpretation?
They say...
it can be interpreted to mean Sung Soon bought two fruit bowls...
consisting of bananas and watermelons.
What does that even mean?
Explain so we understand.
So...
it means "bananas and watermelons" is the name of a fruit bowl.
That's what they're asserting.
(Sung Soon bought two bananas and watermelons)
Goodness gracious.
That's all?
You should just laugh at it and ignore them.
Who was it? Which teacher accepted this complaint?
Me.
- I did. - Mr. Ji?
You should've cut them off on the spot.
How big of a pushover are you,
that the kids went to you with something like this?
The kids...
evaluate the teachers...
and pick the pushovers and complain to them.
Okay. Let's not waste our time.
You take care of it.
Gosh.
This isn't a laughing matter.
It was the Icarus kids who brought it up.
Who are they?
They are our school's top students.
Those smart kids came as a group.
My heart is racing.
I guess you don't feel the same way?
Listen.
You know, the kids are just rebellious.
Have you forgotten how the Physics Department had to...
revise the grades?
We will follow the manual from the Office of Education.
If you want to revise the grade in NEWIS,
don't go there.
So you're telling us that this is...
pretty serious?
Well, I'm sure teachers at the prep schools are already solving...
questions on our test.
What do you think?
If the students ask their prep school with our test...
and it is settled that there was an error on our test,
will you...
be able to handle it?
We'll continue our meeting, then.
Goodness, those brats.
Why are they fighting when they should be studying?
Go over there and mop.
You should go.
Wait. Is it too hard for you because you have short legs?
You jerk.
Hey!
Seriously?
You still haven't learned your lesson.
Do you even know what yesterday was? Do you?
It was Teachers' Day.
Listen.
The teachers came to school to supervise the study hall...
even on their day off for your sake.
Instead of telling us heartwarming words,
how dare you get into a fight with each other?
And I just saw you two bickering.
Is this how high school seniors behave?
Why are you here? I told you I would keep an eye on them.
Listen.
That's not what's important right now.
Goodness.
Banana fruit bowls, banana smoothies.
Why do you think the kids came up with such creative answers?
It was because they couldn't remember.
Are you saying we should play dumb and mark it as correct...
just because the kids formed a mob and complained?
Sir, the matter of remembering the answer or not...
is a separate matter than whether we should count it correct or not.
Look, Mr. Do.
If we count their answer as correct,
it would impinge on our authority as a school and teachers!
What's wrong with you?
The students who assert the banana and watermelon combination...
consists of only three percent of the senior class.
That shows this answer is not rational.
That's right.
If we mark this answer correct,
the other students who got it right will be furious.
Just because a few kids put it down, it doesn't mean it's wrong.
Listen. Just because only a handful of students wrote it,
it doesn't mean they are wrong.
Is this the presidential election? Does the majority rule?
I support number three. Then, that must be the answer.
That...
Anyway,
it's only fair for us to be strict with the answers when grading.
If we count these ridiculous answers,
the students are going to throw a tantrum on their next exam.
Is this your first rodeo? You know better.
Well,
in a situation like this,
shouldn't the class material be the standard?
We taught the students with the study material from EBC.
Well, I think it is only fair to check how the study material...
handled this question to decide on this matter.
As you're new, I don't think you know this.
This kind of problem...
She has a point.
I believe exam questions should be graded...
based on what was taught. What do all of you think?
Hey, did you see that?
(Congratulations on Getting Accepted Through Early Admission.)
(School Grades and Qualifications for Pre-Med Program)
(Korean, Math, English, Science)
I talked to the teacher...
because I didn't agree with how it was graded.
We didn't do anything wrong.
Gosh, I never said that you did anything wrong.
You guys are so creative.
I give you that.
Hey, how many students got it wrong in the Icarus club?
There are six of us, including myself.
Did both of you get it wrong?
- Yes. - No.
If this problem isn't handled well,
talk to me first. Okay?
Why do you want to help those students?
They got into a fight. They don't deserve it.
How can I help them? I'm not in the Korean Department.
Then, why did you say that to the kids?
Just because.
I was just cheering them on to hold out until the very end...
against the teachers.
Seriously?
Those students are the cream of the crop.
I can't just let them bomb their level for Korean.
Let's be blunt.
Who from our school will get into SKY?
Them, that's who.
Right.
If the advanced kids don't do well,
our school will suffer the blow too.
What if the students are wrong?
Don't you know how smart these kids are?
They are betting against these teachers.
I'm sure they already played this out in their heads.
So? Will you mark their answer correct for the banana question?
Where did you hear that?
Goodness, it's on everyone's lips.
Everyone is dying to know.
So tell me.
Will you count a fruit bowl as an answer?
As for question 1-1, which some of you objected to,
answers in which the combination of bananas and watermelons...
was considered a collective noun will not be given credit for.
This was the decision after much deliberation.
Hey, I'm ruined.
Same here.
I will now explain why we will not accept the answer...
in which the combination was considered.
Get your test paper and textbook out.
Goodness, they look so scary. They are frightening.
In our class, we only studied what was taught in the EBC book,
the answer book,
and the supplementary printouts.
The exam question was a variation...
of question number two in the EBC book.
As for the purpose of the question, it was to test if you could grasp...
the structural ambiguity taught in the textbook.
And the conclusion of the teachers is to only accept the answers...
that are consistent with the interpretations taught in class.
Ms. Ko.
But it makes sense...
to consider the combination of bananas and watermelons.
What was that called?
Collective nouns. What about that?
Well,
for the exam questions,
you will not be required to know...
more than what you have been taught in class.
Yes, Yoo Ra.
Ms. Ko. We didn't learn...
about collective nouns, but it was in the prep book for CSAT.
We're high school seniors.
I know we didn't learn it in class,
but if our answer was in the prep book for CSAT,
it can't be wrong.
If we decide not to count the answers correct,
whatever happens, we have to be firm with the students.
If we're not careful, the students will walk all over us.
Anyway,
the study materials for our class didn't cover it.
All of the four teachers in charge of senior classes...
did not teach collective nouns in class.
But still.
If you were...
to approach grammar academically, it will be endless.
If we allow this, too many questions would have multiple correct answers.
That is why we want to limit it to what we learned in class.
Do you still object?
It feels wrong, right?
Do you want me to tell you why it feels wrong?
Based on experience, if the kids fight this hard for something,
they're right.
2015...
(Korean Grammar)
(The Importance of Grammar)
(Collective nouns)
"Collective nouns..."
Ms. Ko.
Did you resolve the banana problem?
Yes...
(New Message from Kim Yi Boon)
We finished submitting the grades.
Thank you, Korean Department teachers.
From Korean Department Head, Kim Yi Boon.
Wait. You can't finalize the grades yet.
I'll go to you. Give me a minute.
Why are you saying we should wait to finalize the grades?
The interpretation that the kids suggested...
appeared on the CSAT.
- So? - Pardon?
A test answer...
is decided according to the point of the question posed.
Just because it appeared on the CSAT,
it doesn't make it correct.
But...
That is an insufficient reason to adjust the grades.
- Don't you agree? - Sorry?
Well...
If you wanted to adjust the grades,
it needed to be more definitive and logical.
Did they finalize the grades?
Yes. We received a mass email that the system was closed.
It'll be hard to change the grades now,
right?
That means there was a problem with the questions,
and grades must be adjusted.
So you must be prepared at least to write an apology.
It's too hard to teach the class.
What is it now?
The kids brought notes from his class...
to discuss the lesson with Mr. Moon.
They asked him to check if what he taught was correct.
Give me a break.
I sent the kids away,
so calm down.
And this.
It was a slip of the tongue.
But the kids brought this to you to fact-check.
So,
unless you're absolutely positive, stay out of it.
Adjusting grades...
is a big deal at a school.
I didn't want to say this, but...
It has been really hard to teach...
ever since the Physics Department incident.
The kids check whether every little thing I say is correct.
I've lost all credibility.
I don't know how to teach the lessons going forward.
The aftermath of one problematic test question is so severe.
Okay. Try to calm down.
That is why we want to limit it to what we learned in class.
Do you still object?
I swear I learned this from Mr. Ha Soo Hyun.
- What? Really? - Totally.
Guys, hold on.
Mr. Ha.
Hi, Yoo Ra.
So... Ms. Ko Ha Neul said earlier...
that you'll mark our banana answer wrong.
Yes. And?
But... This is the textbook for your after-school class.
You explained the importance of collective nouns.
Did I really?
Yes. You went over it right here...
and said it was on the CSAT before.
During our club lesson,
you joked around and gave us examples.
You discussed the importance of collective nouns...
and said if we see pizza and chicken,
remember to consider them as a collective noun as well.
- I did? - Yes.
Okay. I guess I did.
I'll look it over and think about it,
- so you may go. - Thank you.
Bye.
Based on experience, if the kids fight this hard for something,
they're right.
Unless you're absolutely positive, stay out of it.
It has been really hard to teach...
ever since the Physics Department incident.
The kids check whether every little thing I say is correct.
Ms. Ko.
- Hello. - Do you want to...
Sure.
It's nothing serious.
Jin Yoo Ra and Koo Jae Hyun are in your class, right?
They got into a scuffle in Icarus' study room last week.
Ms. Han saw them.
- Why? - I don't know.
Keep a close eye on them.
They may kill the mood in Icarus.
Jin Yoo Ra, Koo Jae Hyun.
Is Yoo Ra here?
She went to the study room earlier.
Where's Jae Hyun?
He went to play basketball.
She kept going through my prep school notes.
She went through my things without asking, but wouldn't apologize.
So I was annoyed.
(Study Room)
(Jin Yoo Ra)
(Hankuk University)
(Hankuk University Medical College I must get in!)
If someone like Yoo Ra got it wrong,
there really must be a problem with the question.
Right. All the kids who got it wrong...
study super hard.
You know how hard Yoo Ra studies.
The fact that even she got it wrong...
If you look at it in its entirety,
you can see what it means.
Then you can extract the answer.
Look here.
This is the textbook for your after-school class.
You explained the importance of collective nouns.
So I should change the questions I came up with. Is that it?
I didn't say that you should change the questions.
No, that was what you meant.
Okay. Here.
Ms. Ko. Jin Yoo Ra was just here...
to ask about college admissions.
What did she ask?
What else would she be interested in? Medical College.
She's super worried.
"I got the banana question wrong."
"It'll drop me to level two."
"Can I still get into Hankuk Medical College?"
Can she get in there?
It won't be easy.
Senior-year Schoolwide Exam scores count for 50 percent.
And Korean is a core subject.
If her level at the school drops,
it'll be a big blow.
So...
this determines what college the kids get into.
Hey.
Ms. Ko.
Do you have a minute?
Yes. Sure.
I heard you wanted to adjust the grades.
Ms. Kim Yi Boon told me.
Pardon?
Well... Yes.
Why?
What is this?
It's the textbook for Mr. Ha's after-school class.
It's Jin Yoo Ra's.
(Jin Yoo Ra)
Check the page flagged with a red post-it.
It talks about the importance of collective nouns,
and the kids even took notes on it.
If you look at the handwritten notes,
it looks like Mr. Ha even gave examples in class.
Just like...
the banana-and-watermelon interpretation the kids put down.
Then the reason...
so many of the Icarus kids wrote that answer was...
Yes.
This time, let's prepare thoroughly...
and request another meeting.
Okay.
But... There's something...
I'd like to ask of you.
It's about Mr. Ha Soo Hyun.
What?
- I know. - Right?
But you didn't give me your number.
So I had to ask someone else.
It's fine requesting a grade adjustment,
but I don't think we should tell the other teachers...
about what Mr. Ha taught in his class.
It may put him in a tight spot.
Please.
Ms. Ko. I sent you a file regarding college applications.
Can we call another meeting of the Korean Department?
Why?
Is it about the banana?
Why? Did the kids bug you again about the banana?
How did the blind date go?
What? Who?
Who?
Me?
Yes. You said she looked like Kim Tae Hee.
- Kim Tae Hee? - Kim Tae Hee?
What?
What? Why? What?
Kim Tae Hee is married.
You had a blind date with a married woman?
What? No. Come on now.
No. Ms. Ko. No.
- No. - You did nothing wrong.
Strictly put, you're a victim.
No. Hey. Wait. Mr. Do. No.
What's going on here? Wait. Say something.
I mean... I wouldn't complain if you ever set me up with someone.
Kim Tae Hee?
I've never met anyone who even remotely resembles her.
- What are they doing? - What is it?
- What's this? - Okay. Ready? Go.
Ms. Ko Ha Neul's grace is limitless
That's why we teach.
The more we look, the higher it gets
What day is it? The third
Number three, read out loud
A teacher's love is like that of a parent
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Our pleasure.
Are these all for me?
- Of course. - We love you.
- Oh my gosh.
(Happy Teacher's Day Love, Class 3-5)
Ms. Ko, who calls on kids according to the date nowadays?
She went back in time by herself to the 90s again.
Let's go.
Ready? Go.
Ms. Park Sung Soon's grace is limitless
The more we look, the higher it gets
She taught us to wake up before she kills us
A teacher's love is like that of a parent
Thank you.
We're done. Let's go.
Let's go.
Here.
(Thank you. I won't sleep in class anymore!)
Let's go.
Do you say harsh things like that to the kids?
That you'll kill them if they don't wake up?
No, I...
Once. Just once.
They always have math right before my class.
They're all asleep when I walk in the room.
Ms. Ko.
I wrote this on behalf of the club as the rep.
Thanks.
The clubs this time?
(We love you, Thank you)
Why are they being so cute all of a sudden? I'm scared.
(Ms. Ko Ha Neul shines brighter than our futures. From Icarus)
Why do you want another Korean Department meeting?
Do you have a definite argument this time?
Well, it's about Yoo Ra.
She got the banana question wrong.
But when I observed her, she...
She studies hard.
She even takes down the teachers' jokes in class.
Since her family can't give her any help, she's tenacious.
She doesn't even have that many friends.
So some teachers don't like her for that.
They say she doesn't act like a kid.
How do you know her so well?
I was her homeroom teacher last year.
But seeing how even Yoo Ra wrote that answer,
the kids really might be right.
I'm not sure about other stuff,
but when it comes to her studies, she doesn't joke around.
You and Ms. Kim talked about calling another meeting, right?
No, it wasn't with Ms. Kim.
It was with Mr. Ji.
Mr. Ji?
Yes.
But...
Where are we going?
Why didn't you want the other teachers to know?
Hello.
- Hey, Mr. Do. You're early. - Yes.
Who are they?
They are my colleagues from school.
Hello. Oh, right.
This is Mr. Do Yeon Woo, the teacher I film videos with.
And this is Mr. Gong Se Chan who wrote the textbook...
for EBC.
Hello. I've heard a lot about you.
- Why don't we sit? - Let's sit down.
Here.
I'm drinking too much.
- Let me pour you a drink. - Gosh, Mr. Do.
Mr. Do, you should go up to the big league now...
if you want to be a star lecturer.
I see. I'll do my best.
Mr. Do is great. He's great,
but his class isn't fun. You know that, right?
- Pardon? - Gosh, he didn't know.
He's so frustrating.
You know, those star lecturers make jokes in class.
You need to be a performer. You need that.
Keep this in mind.
You must become popular and renew the contract,
so the producer here, the cameramen,
and his staff can keep their job.
You know, they are the subcontractors.
I'll do my best.
Sir, well...
Let me see if Mr. Do is a popular guy.
Here.
You're all the way on the bottom.
I'm not that famous yet.
You ought to do your best...
if you want to renew your contract with EBC.
Okay. I'll keep that in mind.
Mr. Do. We'll get going now.
Okay. Wait. Hold on.
Sir. Let's have a drink.
Well, sir.
I heard you wrote the textbooks for EBC...
and that you also reviewed the questions for CSAT.
Yes, I did.
If it isn't too much to ask,
could you take a look at a question?
- Sure. - Thank you.
This question is about collective nouns.
Life is all the same
- I have a question. - Yes?
What song is he singing?
Pardon?
Perhaps, it's a trot song?
A trot song?
Mr. Do!
Why did you drink so much? Are you all right?
I'm okay.
I might not look like it, but I'm pretty tough.
- Goodness. - I'm okay.
No! Hold on. Wait. No!
- I'll take him to the restroom. - If you need help, I'll go too.
To the men's restroom? If you really want to, you can come with me.
- No. - Stay here.
- Life is hard - Hold it. No. Not here
This question wasn't specific enough.
You should have given a condition to the question.
That the combination of bananas and watermelons is excluded.
Without that condition, what the kids put down...
I know it may seem unfair to the teachers,
but you have to accept that answer.
Well, you guys made a mistake.
We did make a mistake.
(We'll take responsibility for your grades!)
(Master Korean for CSAT with Do Yeon Woo)
(Reviews)
(Write a Review)
- You didn't. - Okay.
(Your class is the best! You always look so neat.)
Mr. Do! No. I told you not here. Come this way.
(Your class is the best! You always look so neat.)
(Saved)
(Your class is the best!)
Wait, you have another Korean Department meeting?
Because of that Banana question?
Yes!
So much work goes into adjusting grades after they're in.
Isn't it better to count the answer correct though?
What?
I mean,
since the advanced students brought it up,
we should hear them out.
That's the proper attitude of teachers,
is it not?
Sir.
But...
This is the textbook for your after-school class.
You explained the importance of collective nouns.
If this gets out, we'll have to change the grades.
What if they complain about my after-school class too?
Why couldn't they keep their mouths shut?
Yes.
Yes. The report of the review is finished.
The opinion of the EBC teacher that you introduced to me...
is in there as well.
I added the part of the CSAT where it appeared.
Yes. I prepared it thoroughly,
so I think everyone will agree.
Okay. See you at the meeting.
So you were all here.
Tell me. Why are you bringing that up...
during my precious lunch break?
So...
I just heard as well.
Well... They had an outsider review the test question.
What?
Who did?
Who was it?
Who had an outsider review our test question?
Are you going to the meeting?
Well... Yes.
Mr. Ji Hae Won.
You must be seriously mistaken.
If we admit there was an error in the question...
and adjust the grades,
a written apology is a given.
We'll be humiliated inside and outside of the school.
They'll say Daechi's teachers are inferior.
That will spread all through Daechi-dong.
To be blunt,
what will you do if the kids refuse to take our classes?
Furthermore,
if we accept multiple answers for this question,
do you think the other kids will sit idly by and let it happen?
They'll refuse to accept it.
They will not sit still.
They'll say they're being discriminated against!
That we're giving preferential treatment to the Icarus kids!
Listen.
People will complain. I guarantee it!
With the college applications informational coming up,
the parents will be flooding in!
What if they complain about this? Can you handle it?
Furthermore,
how dare you show our test question...
to an outsider without permission?
Shouldn't you show some respect to your fellow teachers?
How are you so ignorant? What's wrong with you?
Anyway, Ji Hae Won.
The entire Korean Department's pride,
teachers' authority, everything is on the line.
So...
think about everyone, will you?
Where's Mr. Ji Hae Won?
He said something suddenly came up.
(Senior Midterm Exam Question Analysis)
(Ms. Ko Ha Neul)
The person you have reached...
Well... I've thought it over as well,
and as you know, a school is an organization too.
The grades have been entered and finalized already.
If we change it now, we'll look... Furthermore, we'll have to write...
apologies.
Okay. Let's not make this any bigger than it is, okay?
Principal Byun.
What... Principal Byun.
What brings you here?
I'm a Korean teacher too.
That's right. Principal Byun was a Korean major.
You're right.
The test...
Let's see.
Here.
Okay. Let's start the meeting.
(Senior Midterm Exam Question Analysis)
Exam Supervisory Department.
What?
Okay.
Mr. Moon.
They decided to adjust the grades...
for the senior Korean exam.
Ms. Park, let's talk.
Can all of you...
teach the kids properly going forward?
Look at the big picture instead of what's in front of you.
Shape up!
I still can't explain this to the kids.
But still.
You're in charge of the seniors. You can't weasel out of it.
I still think we shouldn't mark this correct.
However, since you all say we should mark it correct,
you can go into each classroom and explain it in detail.
Regardless, I'm out.
He just doesn't want to hear them complain.
I finally realized after becoming a teacher.
That teachers can make mistakes...
and be wrong at times.
Why is it so hard to say, "You were right. I was wrong"?
It's such a simple statement.
(Daechi High School)
Why is it hard to say that now?
This is nothing to be humiliated about.
What's truly humiliating is to ignore it...
and do nothing when you know you were wrong.
That's not it.
I'm just...
a little scared.
About the portion that I explained last time...
I was wrong.
I'm sorry.
Ms. Ko. It happens.
It's okay.
- It's okay. - So? What are we learning today?
- Let's start class. - Let's start.
- It's okay. - I want to learn.
- Come on. - Turn to page 48.
- It's okay. - Let's start.
So? What are we learning today?
- Let's start class. - Let's start.
- What are you waiting for?
Everyone turn to page 48.
- Let's begin. - Open your books.
Let's get started.
(Principal Byun Sung Joo)
This is the proposal for the seniors' parent counseling.
Good job.
Mr. Ha.
Yes, sir.
You need to be more careful.
Pardon?
What do you mean?
The test question.
If you keep doing that, kids will complain we favor the Icarus kids.
Please be more careful with your questions.
The kids are complaining already.
Remember the banana question?
I heard it was taught in the Icarus kids' after-school class.
Right? They're blatantly backing them up.
That banana thing is ridiculous.
You can't cover the sky with your hand, can you?
No, sir.
(Principal's Office)
Be careful!
That scared me.
We've decided...
to call this "the Banana Incident".
What incident?
That's what everyone calls it.
Anyway, that Korean teacher is no joke.
He even sent a mass email.
Dear teachers of Daechi High.
(Dear teachers of Daechi High)
I know...
that there has been drama at the school lately...
- because of the banana incident. - How can you mark that correct?
That's ridiculous.
- This is wrong. - I...
- That's not fair. - believed...
that the answer should have been marked incorrect.
- The teachers agreed... - It is...
a shame...
- that we came to this conclusion. - That's not fair.
- That's... - However,
I would like to tell everyone...
(Dear teachers of Daechi High)
about my conviction.
I still believe I am not wrong.
Fruit bowls and other combinations should not be considered.
- Never. - Give me a break.
People with overly stiff convictions are difficult to talk to.
The world they live in is too solid,
so they refuse to step outside of it.
Anyway, the banana...
is like a pseudonym for disaster.
Must you poke fun at other people's pain?
In light of that, I wanted to cheer you up.
So I found a site on which you can search names.
They list names of people, food, everything, from 2008 on.
- What are you going to search? - Banana and watermelon.
Hold on.
There are banana-watermelon smoothies.
Of course. It's delicious.
Just for fun, let's search "Nana".
(Nana)
Nana. Nice.
There are 296 people named Nana.
Stop that already.
This time, let's check Sung Soon.
Sung Soon.
- What is it? - Let me see.
- Why? What is it? - Why?
There are 28 people.
Sung Soon must be a really old name.
Seriously.
Do you want to get on the blacklist of all the Sung Soons out there?
Do you know how delicious bananas are?
Gosh.
College Advisory Group.
Yes, Principal Byun.
Okay.
(Jin Yoo Ra, Korean 1 of 310, Level 1)
I left my credit card on the table, so order dinner.
I'm too busy to go to the college applications informational...
and parent counseling.
Do you even care whether or not I go to college?
I'm a high school senior. The other kids...
Sorry. I'll call you back later.
Hello?
Darn it.
I heard that you volunteered...
as an interpreter at a hospital over the break.
(CSAT Prep Advanced Question Solutions)
Was it you?
(Koo Jae Hyun)
Thief.
I can't stand this.
The college applications informational...
is around the corner now.
Yes. We're almost done preparing for it.
A few days ago, I went to a principals' gathering and heard...
that Hankuk High...
did their informational...
together with a prep school.
- Pardon? - They called a star lecturer...
to the informational.
The parents apparently...
No.
What?
I didn't say anything yet.
I have my pride as a teacher rather than a lecturer.
Pride doesn't put food on the table.
Even last time, you failed to get Hankuk's admissions officer.
Before that, you lied to the parents...
that you'll have top-level information!
You don't have anything.
What will you do about the informational?
Do you have a plan to win over the parents?
We do have a plan.
You do?
Yes.
For real?
College Advisory worked hard.
Thank you.
You're dependable as always.
Why are they celebrating this time?
They invited an admissions officer...
from Hankuk University to the informational.
And that person agreed to give a special lecture just for us.
Isn't that awesome?
I thought it didn't work out at the admissions office last time.
What happened?
Who knows?
I have no idea.
At this rate, the Senior Class Group...
may get buried by College Advisory.
(College Applications Informational)
He'll come himself.
He will?
- Yes. - Did he confirm?
Yes.
Did you sell your soul or something?
How is an admissions officer from Hankuk University...
giving a special lecture just for us?
That's great for the kids.
Remember Professor Jang?
He said he felt bad he couldn't make it last time,
and that he'd help us out.
Profess Jang? As in...
Why?
Well, we were reminded of a special memory.
You said you knew him last time, and that you were drinking buddies,
but he stabbed you in the back.
Our former short-term teacher came in his place...
and we got nothing.
That's why.
He felt bad that he wasn't there that day.
He's in Jeju right now for work,
but he said he'll come back for it.
He said he already checked our student's files.
Is this for real? He said for sure that he's coming, right?
Why are you so distrusting?
People aren't that bad.
Okay. Let's go with that.
As for the directions to the informational,
let's put that up in front of the auditorium.
I'll put them up. You can help me.
Okay. I'll print them out.
Okay, then.
I'm sorry.
- It's okay. - Sorry.
I'm thinking of splitting it up...
and circulating it. What do you think?
(Daechi High School College Applications Informational)
Should we make this font bigger?
It may not be visible from a distance.
Okay. And add this entrance rate graph.
Okay.
Ms. Ko, don't you have to go to the Senior Group?
Me?
Why?
Won't Mr. Song throw a hissy fit...
that you're not going to their meeting?
What?
Because of his special affections toward Ms. Ko?
How many parents are coming to the informational?
About 270 out of 300.
What?
They have to fill out the applications next semester,
so most parents of seniors will come to this.
We have three days left. We prepared for four months.
We're almost there.
(Professor Jang - Hankuk U)
It's Professor Jang.
Hello?
This informational is going to be a huge hit.
We'll see.
What? The plane can't take off?
What do you...
Yes.
Due to the strong gusts of wind from the typhoon,
most domestic flights to and from Jeju have been canceled.
The typhoon is expected to last several days.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security...
requested that people take caution.
Oh, no.
What? It's divine will.
This is bad.
With wind and lightning...
It's three days away.
What are we supposed to do?
I was worried about the weather.
You have a back-up?
Yes.
Okay.
Got it. Okay.
Thank you. Yes.
Okay.
Thank goodness. He has a back-up.
He says this person is younger than him.
He says this person will sit next to me...
and help as much as possible.
(Back-up Hankuk Admissions Officer)
Why aren't they picking up?
Why don't you send a text first, that you'll send over the documents?
Yes, I'll do that.
What?
What is it?
(Daechi High School College Applications Informational)
(Back-up Hankuk Admissions Officer)
(Black Dog)
Why don't we find another method?
Doesn't she have negative feelings toward our school?
Will she even try hard?
To me, life feels like a marathon.
But I felt like life was like a playground to you.
An opportunity to appeal ourselves to Hankuk.
Everything lies on this informational.
I don't think the admissions officer is coming.