Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 446

Extracurricular 21 Class President (1)

It’s rare for schools to hold class president elections in the first grade. However, Gangin Elementary School does.

There are many arguments against it, with some saying the children are too young and need to adjust to school first. But Gangin Elementary School believes it’s simply a different educational perspective.

Even though eight years old may seem young, they aren’t *that* young if you think about it.

It might be better to trust them in this regard.

“The class president represents the class. They should listen to the children and follow the president’s lead. To follow well, you need to elect your own president. But if the president does something bad, you have to tell them it’s wrong. Got it?”

The homeroom teacher says that you shouldn’t blindly follow the president. You should be able to stop them when they do something truly wrong.

Some friends will understand, and some won’t.

“But above all, it’s good to trust them first. If they fail, tell them it’s okay, and let’s solve it together.”

Following isn’t a command system.

It’s walking together.

It’s an inverted pyramid. Therefore, the president at the very top experiences strong air resistance [pressure and challenges from the responsibility].

The children next to them must cheer them on and walk together.

“Was that too difficult?”

“No!”

I tried to explain it as easily as possible, but I didn’t know if the deeper meaning was conveyed to the children.

I couldn’t just throw out a bunch of complex Chinese characters [Hanja, often used in Korean to convey nuanced meanings].

“How Class 1 will look before the vacation depends on the president and the class. So, think carefully, apply, present, and vote. Got it?”

“Yes!”

Even though I said this, the homeroom teacher thinks.

You don’t become a class president because you are qualified to be one.

The position of class president is given to help you grow into one.

The gap between these thoughts is very large.

“Then, raise your hand if you want to recommend someone or try to be class president.”

Immediately.

The first person to raise his hand was Jongsu.

The teacher expected him to recommend himself.

“I recommend Siha!”

Seungjun raised his hand and recommended Siha.

There’s always that one person. The one who doesn’t do it themselves but only recommends others.

But if they are friends, they return the favor twice as much.

“I recommend Seungjun too.”

It’s not like they’re dating, but they’re recommending each other and making a fuss.

That’s what real friends are.

There are already three candidates.

The homeroom teacher became uneasy because the three of them were from Gangin Kindergarten.

“I recommend myself!”

Hana confidently raised her hand.

That makes four.

“Yeonju, aren’t you going to run?”

“Huh? I’m not going to run.”

“Why?”

“Well, I might not be able to come to school if I’m filming. Then I can’t be the class president.”

“Oh, that’s right.”

Yeonju was talking about her resignation with a very realistic story.

She’s a child actor, so the filming might not be long, but she might not be able to come sometimes.

“I’ll vote for Hana.”

“Really? Thank you.”

There are already few people in the class, but she already got one vote.

It was a vote due to friendship.

“Puhaha. I want to run too. Me too.”

Eunwoo raised his hand.

“Yundong, what about you?”

“I’m not running.”

Yundong had a nonchalant expression as if he was annoyed.

He wasn’t interested in that kind of class president election.

“Then vote for me.”

“We’ll see.”

“Puhaha. You vote after seeing! Puhaha.”

“???”

Eunwoo was laughing alone even though it wasn’t funny at all.

As always, I couldn’t understand the humor.

The homeroom teacher looked around.

“Then is there anyone else?”

“No!”

Even if the children wanted to recommend more, all the popular children in Class 1 were already running.

Jongsu, Seungjun, Siha, Hana, Eunwoo.

They were already the core group at the center of the class.

“Then is there anyone who wants to withdraw among those who came out?”

“What is withdrawing?”

“Ah. It means giving up because you don’t want to be the class president.”

“Ah, no!”

“Siha, can you just say no?”

The children laughed at the teacher’s words.

In reality, no one was withdrawing. Everyone had ambitions to become the class president.

“Then let’s hear the class president pledges. Okay. The first person to present is Jongsu.”

Jongsu came forward.

“Hello. I’m Jongsu. I like and am good at studying. So, I want our class to be a class that is really good at studying. If there are any difficult problems, I will teach you everything. I want to create a wonderful class.”

The words came out of Jongsu’s mouth as if he had prepared them.

I told them to prepare in advance, so it was clear that he had practiced at home.

It was obvious.

The homeroom teacher guessed that he had practiced and memorized it with his mom at home.

“If there’s anything you don’t know, feel free to ask. I will teach you everything. If I don’t know either, I will learn from someone else and teach you.”

It was a statement that felt like a great ambition.

“If you vote for me, you will never regret it. Thank you.”

Clap clap clap.

The homeroom teacher was a little worried.

I was worried that if he did well in the front like this, the next turn would be too difficult and compared.

Even the next turn was Seungjun, who was recommended.

It was obvious that he didn’t prepare anything.

I was a little worried about whether he could think in this short time.

“Hello. I’m Seungjun. As you know, I’m good at soccer. So, I want our class to win as Gangin FC [Football Club]. If you follow me, I will give you victory!”

Suddenly, he changed Class 1 into a soccer team.

Gangin FC? When did that team come about?

This is a class president election, so how can you suddenly create a soccer team?

“I will be a good captain.”

“Seungjun. This is a class president election?”

“Ah! Class president.”

You were thinking you were the captain, right? The team’s departure was already planned, right?

Contrary to my worries, Seungjun gave a very good presentation.

It’s more like a class president election presentation.

“Thank you.”

Seungjun went in, and next was Hana’s turn.

Hana, who is Seungjun’s twin.

What will she say?

“Hello. I’m Hana. First of all, I will make a class name. TwentyFour. Eh eh eh~ Eh eh eh eh~ Eh~ 2NT4~. The name is pretty, right? I named it this because there are 24 people.”

Suddenly, the class name became like an idol group name?!

This is a class president election pledge, but is this right?

What’s so important about the class name?

“The teacher said to solve it together, so I thought it was important to decide the name.”

That ‘together’ isn’t ‘together’ as an idol group, right?

“I’m going to try to change the songs during break time to only idol songs for our TwentyFour.”

Hey? Aren’t you making too many pledges? Can that really be implemented?

“Thank you.”

Hana bowed her head with a belly button greeting [a deep bow].

Next was Eunwoo.

“Puhaha. I’m Eunwoo. I’m going to chew you all up here.”

Hey? Why are you suddenly chewing? This isn’t a rap battle space.

Eunwoo pointed to the four people who came out.

“I can beat all of them.”

You can often see dissing [disrespecting or insulting] when you vote.

Of course, Eunwoo was saying that he could beat them all with rap.

“Honestly, they’re no match. There’s no one better than me.”

Rapper’s confidence.

“Puhaha. So, you don’t need anything else, show me the vote! Puhaha! Thank you!”

Eunwoo waved his hand.

Not only did he speak informally, but he also finished with thank you.

It was a very unconventional pledge speech.

The only pledge is that he will chew them all up.

No one knows what he’s chewing.

This is also a kind of personality, so the homeroom teacher clapped with a cold sweat.

Show me the vote…….

“The last one is Siha. Please come out, Siha.”

“Yes!”

Siha came out.

Originally, the last turn is the best. The first turn is faint about what they said, but the last one remains in memory for a long time.

“Hello. I’m Lee Siha. My brother is Lee Sihyuk. We are ㅇㅅㅎ [initials of their names in Korean], so our names are the same.”

Suddenly, not only did he introduce his brother, but also TMI [Too Much Information].

It was an amazing speech from the beginning.

“If I become the class president, my brother will help a lot.”

Was that discussed with your brother?

“My brother is an interpreter. He’s very good at English too. So, I’m very good at English too. I know everything. My brother knows more. My brother is really great.”

Lee Siha, a believer in his brother.

He was openly telling the amazing story of putting Lee Sihyuk as a hidden power.

Since he’s an interpreter, he’d probably put him in as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

“What I mean is.”

Siha turned his head towards Jongsu.

A question mark appeared on Jongsu’s face.

“Since my brother knows everything, my brother can teach everything Jongsu said.”

“!!!”

This time, he looked at Seungjun.

“My brother taught Seungjun soccer, but he’s actually better at soccer, so he can teach all the friends here.”

“!!!”

Next, he looked at Hana.

“My brother has a girlfriend who is good at singing!”

“!!!”

“She’s also good at teaching songs, and it’s good to change the music during break time to Hyuni’s sister’s song.”

“?!?!”

It came out again. Lee Siha’s TMI.

The homeroom teacher learned that Lee Sihyuk had a girlfriend named Hyuni’s sister. No, all the children in the class learned.

Siha looked at Eunwoo this time.

“Since my brother is good at English, he can also do English rap!”

“?!!?!”

“My brother will chew everything up.”

Anyway, if you vote for him as the class president, his brother will be able to help Class 1.

“Thank you!”

The homeroom teacher felt like the pledges were okay.

Well, broadly speaking, connections are also a part of skills. Is this right for first graders?

“Yes. E, everyone did well. From now on, we will proceed with the voting. Everyone should vote for the friends they thought of.”

The homeroom teacher felt like she was sweating.

It seems like this is the first time in her teaching life that she has had such pledges.

It wasn’t the picture she was thinking of. To be exact, she dreamed of this picture.

[I will help my friends and teachers to make a fun class.]

I was thinking of such obvious but cute and pretty pledges.

But as expected, the anxiety was exactly right from the time I saw the candidates who came out at first.

I was dizzy whether these individual pledge announcements were right.

I couldn’t say anything. It was so individual that I didn’t know where to point out.

So, I just proceeded as it is with the feeling of ‘I don’t know’.

And the presentation became uncontrollably strange.

Is this really okay?

In the first grade period. In this blank paper period, will the class president announcement become a strange standard that this is what it is?

The homeroom teacher was worried about that.

But it’s already past.

I was comforted that Jongsu gave a textbook presentation.

“I’ll hand out the paper.”

The children thought for a while and started writing their names.

“Fold it twice and put it in this box.”

“Yes!”

The children put the paper in the box.

Except for the 5 people who came out as candidates, 19 people voted.

The representative of this class is determined by these 19.

“Then let’s count the votes.”

Gulp.

It seems like this is the first time the teacher has been so nervous.

It feels like whoever becomes it will be full of ups and downs.

No. Still, it’s just a first-grade class president, so it doesn’t seem like a huge thing will happen.

“Hana!”

“Wow!”

I thought the round letters looked like Yeonju’s.

“Eunwoo!”

“Yo!”

I thought Yundong would have written the roughly written letters.

The teacher started taking out and calling one by one.

Unexpectedly, a close match unfolded.

All got 2 votes each and it was a draw.

Honestly, I’m very curious about who gave one vote each, but it was a secret ballot, so I couldn’t know.

Now there are 9 votes left.

“Jongsu. Siha. Seungjun.”

The three became three votes.

There are 6 votes left.

“Jongsu. Seungjun. Siha.”

Jongsu, Seungjun, and Siha took the lead with 4 votes.

The homeroom teacher thought that Seungjun was playing well with the children with soccer, so he was getting a lot of votes.

I honestly don’t know about Siha. Does the brother praise theory work like this? It’s just this question.

There are 3 votes left.

“Jongsu.”

“Wow.”

“Seungjun.”

“Wow!”

Jongsu and Seungjun 5 votes. Siha 4 votes.

There is one vote left.

“Okay. Now there is 1 vote left. If Siha comes out on this vote, only the three people will vote again.”

“Yes!”

“And if it doesn’t come out of these three, only Seungjun and Jongsu will vote again.”

“Yes!”

Gulp.

The teacher swallowed and slowly unfolded the paper.

Will a textbook class president come out?

Or will a soccer team called Gangin FC come out?

Or will the class president who puts a hidden power try to revote?

All results depend on this one vote.

“The person written on this paper is…….”