Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 445

Hey, aren’t I cute? Hey, aren’t I cute? Extra – Episode 20 (2)

Extra 20: Homework (2)

Gangin Elementary School, Faculty Office.

The first-grade homeroom teacher is preparing for today’s class.

Being an elementary school teacher might seem easy, but it’s a very demanding job.

After the children leave school, there’s still office work left, and they need to prepare or print out materials for tomorrow’s lessons.

However, it’s not like there’s no sense of professional fulfillment.

As the principal said, the homeroom teacher’s influence will be significant in how the children of the new era grow up.

Children are very impressionable and tend to listen well, so there are very cautious aspects as a teacher.

“It must be nice to be in Class 1. The kids from Gangin Kindergarten are smart, aren’t they?”

They even share small talk like this in the morning.

The Class 1 teacher sighed inwardly.

“They seem smart.”

“Then it must be easy.”

They don’t know what they’re talking about. They’re too individualistic for how smart they are.

You’d think they’d listen well because they’re smart, but because it’s intelligence in talented areas, unexpected things happen.

The teachers here don’t know well.

Because they’ve never been in charge of Gangin Kindergarten kids.

There were only a handful of graduates, and the only person in this school with experience as a homeroom teacher was the vice principal.

There were rumors and stories, but few people had experienced it.

This time, it’s the most Gangin Kindergarten kids have ever produced.

A whopping eight.

Each one was very individualistic, one was a famous child actor, and another was the sibling of a famous interpreter.

“Still, they’re first graders, so they’re playful? No, they’re individualistic.”

“But the kids learn quickly and listen well. If they’re smart, they also have a dignified side.”

“Hahaha.”

Dignified? Far from it, they’re rather active.

It’s not that they’re special, they’re just first graders who fit their age.

“Should I say they learn quickly? It seems like they already know.”

“Indeed. Indeed. They really teach well and send them off at ages 6-7 in kindergarten.”

“One of them has an interpreter sibling, so their English conversation skills are really good. Their pronunciation is good too.”

“Wow. Wow. Their sibling is an interpreter? Then there must be a big age gap.”

“Ah, Lee Si-hyuk is a famous interpreter.”

“Ah! I think I’ve heard of them?”

Anyone who has seen an ant might have heard of them at least once [referencing a common Korean saying, implying they are well-known].

It’s fading away now, but it’s being forgotten.

If they had appeared on variety shows or broadcasts at this time, more people might have remembered them.

One of the teachers nodded, having looked it up on their phone.

“Ah. Ah. I remember now. This is the person.”

“Hahaha. Time is running out.”

“Ah, that’s right. I’ll be busy today because I have to check homework.”

“Me too.”

They shared a sense of camaraderie once and then parted ways.

They went into the classroom and called the children’s names.

The morning assembly began.

“Okay. I think everyone is somewhat used to school now. You’ve all become a bit closer and gotten to know each other to some extent. So, I was wondering if we should elect a class president now. Think about it today, and if there’s anyone who wants to be class president or give a recommendation tomorrow. Got it?”

“Yes!”

“Then we’ll elect the class president tomorrow, and the first period is math, right?”

“Yes!”

“Then please submit your homework in the front. Got it?”

“Yesss!”

***

The first-grade homeroom teacher clutched their head while grading homework.

After seeing Siha’s problem-solving.

“Why is this the answer?”

If it was a problem like ‘3+4=?’, you could just write 7.

But for these descriptive problems, the process is also important.

The problem was that the process was extremely creative.

“How am I supposed to grade this?”

Math is a subject where the answer naturally comes out.

But what do you do if you don’t present the answer that comes out?

‘The spelling is correct? Did they fix it?’

There were traces of correction, as if they had received help.

“Hmm.”

There’s addition and subtraction. They’re also comparing who is bigger.

The concepts to be learned in this math are clearly in one problem.

There’s no need to go through this process, though.

The story is also arranged naturally.

Coming to the end, there’s even a famous quote from General Yi Sun-sin [a revered Korean admiral] and a happy ending.

This is a bit much.

[You have a lot of creative talent. At first, you were looking for the answer, but as you developed the story, the conclusion became 4. Even if the friends who left come back, it becomes 6. Unfortunately, one person is missing, so it can’t be 7.]

The teacher did their best, even though they doubted whether it was right to write this as a homeroom teacher.

‘Phew. It’s over.’

Siha’s homework evaluation was barely finished.

It felt like they spent as much time as they would on three kids.

‘I have to do the others faster.’

And they unfolded one answer sheet.

There was a story that could be in a certain idol group.

The teacher was already feeling dizzy.

But maybe because they saw Siha’s answer, the shock was less.

[Your interest in idols is well represented. You even got the answer right at the end. Addition is an important concept. Well done.]

Next is Seung-joon.

[The image of playing soccer divided into 3 vs 3 was impressive. It means you can compare the size of numbers. You even got the 7 people right at the end. You also understand addition well.]

The teacher meticulously looked at Seung-joon’s spelling and corrected the mistakes.

‘It’s too long.’

The answers are too long. It’s not originally this kind of answer. It meant that the answer could be graded quickly.

‘Surely the other kids aren’t like this too, right?’

Next is Yeon-ju.

[One is the camera director, and one is the audio director. And……]

[There are 7 people in the club, but there are so few people that they have no choice but to make an independent film.]

Next is Eun-woo.

[The rabbit made ssam (3) mye [a play on words using a Korean counter]. The mouse made a bet. Uh. Uh. No ssa(4)ji [another wordplay]? This is a matter of being cursed (7).]

The teacher was deeply troubled about how to evaluate this.

The teacher knows that Eun-woo likes rap.

Because they said it during the self-introduction time.

But in this case, should the spelling be allowed as rap lyrics?

How should I evaluate it?

But what did this child learn that they know the expression of being cursed?

“Phew.”

In the end, the teacher was correcting the spelling.

[It’s allowed when singing as lyrics, but I hope you keep the spelling consistent. This is homework. Please let me hear some good rap later. > <] The teacher moved on to the next one. Now, they just decided to grade the homework of the Gangin Kindergarten kids first. Yoon-dong's homework. [3 plus 4 is 7.] Clearly, it's written like this even though there are examples in descriptive form? Should I say this is right or not? [You know the concept of addition well. Well done. But it would be good to follow the example in the problem. Let's write the answer in the example next time. It will be helpful. Got it?] The teacher took a breather and looked at the next one. Jong-soo and Jae-hwi. [There are 3 rabbits and 4 mice, so there are a total of 7 animals.] "Yes! This is it! Heo-heong [an exclamation of relief]." The homeroom teacher was moved that there were still friends from Gangin Kindergarten who wrote the answer properly. It's really easy to grade if you write it like this. The homeroom teacher breathed a sigh of relief because they wrote the correct answer. If not, they would have seriously worried about whether they could grade everything today. There are times when creativity is needed. It's a luxury to want the children to distinguish that. They never thought it would be so difficult to get the correct answer to such a math problem. Of course, most of them got the answer right, but they didn't want a long answer. The teacher spent a long time thinking about what feedback to write. 'Let's grade quickly now.' After passing the Gangin Kindergarten kids, the speed of grading homework increased much faster. Addition, gathering, comparing quantities, subtraction, spelling, etc. Now, the teacher was properly writing the feedback needed for math. Of course, the other teachers didn't know that they were going through this hardship. *** Tae Kwon Do gym. The head instructor doesn't check whether the children have done their homework. They gave homework, but it's up to the children whether they did it or not. In addition to that, they don't check actions to love and respect parents. In case love and respect become homework that must be done. That's not to say homework is bad. This is just not giving rewards for doing it. Because it's not work. "Okay. Okay. Class starts." "Yes!" They stretch and the class begins. They also review what they learned. Body punch, front kick, etc. "Still, you're doing well, so we can move on to the next level." "Yes!" "Okay. There are skills in Tae Kwon Do like in a game." "!!!" The head instructor tries to explain in a fun way at the children's eye level. In a way, there was also a desire to look young. "There are many skills, but they are all called Poomsae [a defined pattern of defense-and-attack motions]. Just like calling rabbits and mice animals. The skill we're learning today is Taegeuk 1 Jang!" "Taegeuk 1 Jang?!" Siha's eyes widened. It sounded really cool just by the name. "The Taegeuk of our country's Taegeukgi [Korean flag]!" "That's right. Siha said it well. It's the Taegeuk of the Taegeukgi!" "Taegeukgi 1 Jang!" "It's Taegeuk 1 Jang." "Head instructor. Can I become a bodyguard if I learn this?" "...It's not unrelated, not unrelated, not unrelated." "???