Private tutoring

12: Tutoring the cheapskates

김여주

_"Jihoon, did you do well on your test??"

The day of the final battle has finally arrived. Today is Jihoon's Korean language test! Since Park Jihoon's Korean language score would reveal my qualities as a teacher, I was even more nervous than Park Jihoon, who was taking the test.

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01:00 PM

김여주

"The test should be over by now, so why isn't the kid checking the KakaoTalk messages? Did he fail?!"

KakaoTalk

김여주

"come!!"

_"Ini's 30% off sale!! What is the identity of the moisturizing cream used by the best actor Kang Daniel?!"

김여주

"Oh, what is it? It was an advertisement. But more importantly, Jihoon, why doesn't he check his KakaoTalk messages?"

Because of Park Ji-hoon, who doesn't care about me more than In-i-seung, I'm starting to reach my limits. I have to wait like this just to send me my test scores. No, waiting for Park Ji-hoon's KakaoTalk messages like this makes me feel like a girl in a relationship.

KakaoTalk

김여주

"Oh my god, that damn cosmetics alarm!!"

박지훈

_"100 points for both reading and painting"

Ah, it was Park Ji-hoon. I was a little embarrassed by my own rant, but then my jaw dropped at the astonishing score of 100. At this rate, I'll probably end up top in Korean in the entire school, right?

김여주

_"Jihoon, really really really???? Teacher, it's okay to cry??? It's okay to brag about the neighborhood??????????"

박지훈

_"Yeah, but I ran out of time when I was solving the art problem, so I changed the OMR when there was 1 minute left."

김여주

_"It's okay. You can start practicing reducing the time it takes to draw from now on. Are you sure the marking isn't wrong?"

박지훈

_"no way"

Even though I'm not religious, I sometimes think about the existence of a god. Right now is one of those moments. My first disciple got a perfect score because of me. I have no regrets even if I die.

김여주

_"You know I have tutoring today, right? If you skip class because the test is over, you'll get in trouble."

박지훈

_"Okay, get ready to be impressed when you see the test paper."

Yes, this is what I call a teacher. It was worth giving up my exam and preparing for my student's exam.

Now, it was time to say goodbye to Park Ji-hoon, who had once lain like a stone statue on that bed. All the exams were over. For a few seconds, I thought, only a happy life lay ahead.

김여주

"Jihoon did well on his test. Should I give him a present? Maybe some candy??"

Belt ring

김여주

"Huh? There's no need to text me?"

김민수

_"Are you Kim Yeo-ju?"

김민수

_'It's me, Kim Min-soo."