Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 447

Extracurricular 22: Class President (2)

Siha came in holding something that looked like an award.

I heard there was a class president election today. Should I get my hopes up?

But I thought he said he wasn’t going to run?

That’s why I didn’t really prepare anything for him.

If I knew he was going to run, I would have had him practice his campaign promises.

“Did you become the class president?”

“No!”

“Ah. No.”

“Nope!”

“Then, the vice-president?!”

“No!”

“Ah. Not the vice-president?”

“Nope.”

I wondered what this was, so I took out the certificate.

Head of the Environmental Beautification Department.

Come to think of it, I think I had something useless like that when I was young too.

“Do you know what the Head of Beautification does?”

“Yep! It’s about keeping the environment clean and decorating the classroom nicely.”

“You know it well?”

“I know everything.”

“Wow! Congratulations on becoming the Head of the Beautification Department, Siha!”

“Yep! I came in third place. I really like it.”

“Third in the voting?”

“Yep!”

It seems like our Siha likes coming in third place more than first place. He still likes the number 3.

Whatever. Someone must have recommended him to run.

Being pushed into becoming the class president isn’t very good anyway.

You have to want to do it yourself.

“We should have a congratulatory party today, right? Buy a cake, some fireworks, and play some music.”

“And invite friends?”

“No. Just us.”

I quickly blocked the friend invitation.

I brought it up, but inviting friends is on a different level.

My uncle next to me makes a listless expression.

“A party for becoming the Head of Beautification? Let’s just stack Choco Pies [a popular Korean snack] to celebrate.”

“Uncle! Head of Beautification is important!”

Siha’s eyes are full of determination.

Of course, the Head of Beautification is important. It’s a shame he didn’t become the class president or vice-president, but it’s still something.

“What exactly does the Head of Beautification do?”

“I run the robot vacuum cleaner after school.”

“Huh?”

A robot vacuum cleaner.

I wonder where those days of cleaning time went.

Pushing the desks and chairs back, sweeping and wiping with a broom.

Dragging a mop around the bathroom.

Taking the chalk eraser outside the window to dust it off and bring it back.

Isn’t that what school should be?

A robot vacuum cleaner!

“The world has gotten so much better.”

I agree with my uncle.

But he’ll definitely put the big trash in the trash can.

“Do they use chalk?”

“???”

“Don’t they use chalk?”

“What’s chalk?”

My uncle looked shocked.

No way. They don’t use chalk at school? That was the expression on his face.

“Oh, right. They use whiteboards these days. Board markers. Right.”

“We also have an electronic whiteboard.”

“What whiteboard?”

“An electronic whiteboard.”

“???”

“If you push this more than the whiteboard, an electronic whiteboard comes out!”

“???”

I fully understand my uncle’s feelings.

I was also surprised when I was first shown around the school.

You can draw pictures, play videos, and touch it with an electronic pen.

What kind of school is this, so high-tech?

“Something’s very different from the school I know?”

“Why?”

“Hmm. I hope the bulletin board in the back isn’t an electronic whiteboard or something?”

“No, it’s not. Ummm. It’s green. I don’t know what to call it.”

“Ah! Ah! Right. That. That’s not high-tech.”

My uncle looks relieved.

I think he thought he was too far removed from the classroom scene that had changed so much.

“Siha, you’ll have to decorate it.”

“Yep. I heard from the teacher today. She told me to think about how to decorate it.”

“Oh! That’s the perfect role for you. Have you thought about it yet?”

“Not yet!”

Well, it’s strange to think about how to decorate it when you were just appointed today.

But should I help him? If Siha has a hard time thinking, I can help him. Since he doesn’t have this kind of experience, he might not know what to do. But if I help him, it might become a fixed idea of how it should be done.

Well, he’s in first grade, so let’s let him decorate freely.

I stroked Siha’s head.

“Siha, if you don’t know, ask your friends. Okay?”

“Yep!”

That’s probably the right answer.

Since it’s a bulletin board that friends will be looking at together anyway, it seemed good to decorate it together or ask for their opinions.

Originally, this kind of role is about directing.

“Hyung [older brother].”

“Yeah?”

“Let’s have a congratulatory party!”

“Ah! Right. We should have a congratulatory party.”

It’s a congratulatory party for becoming the Head of the Environmental Beautification Department.

Still, it’s important that he’s been given a job. He’ll definitely develop a sense of responsibility. But there will also be annoying things.

“But Siha.”

“Yeah?”

“Who’s the class president?”

It was too late to ask now, but so what.

Siha smiled softly and said.

“Jongsu!”

Is it just my imagination, or can I see Jongsu’s future?

Do your best, Jongsu!

You’re the class president who has to control Class 1!

Originally, the class president is a mediator.

***

First grade class president.

In fact, the class president’s mother plays an important role.

You could say she’s the representative mother of Class 1.

She prepares for various events and creates a community to talk to each other.

It can be a stressful position, but Jongsu’s mom doesn’t care about that.

Rather, she liked to take the lead and wear the hat.

And like the mothers of the children, they have a great interest in education.

The fact that they send their children to private school means they are interested in education.

Today was a gathering for the mothers to talk.

“Jongsu’s mom, I heard Jongsu is so good at studying?”

“Oh, no. It’s just that he likes studying and finds it fun, so he’s a little ahead.”

“Wow. I wish my child liked studying, but he’s not even interested in homework. Is there a method?”

“Well, in that case…”

She was leading the conversation in this way.

I was sitting among these mothers as if I was used to it.

In fact, if it weren’t for the mothers from Gangin Kindergarten, I wouldn’t be able to sit here so comfortably.

I might have been looking around awkwardly.

Because I’m the only man.

To be honest, it was a little uncomfortable.

“Siha’s older brother?”

One of the mothers next to me spoke to me.

“Ah. I’m Lee Si-hyuk.”

“Ah, yes.”

“You knew I was the older brother?”

“Ah. My child heard that Siha’s older brother is so amazing.”

Lee Siha. What is he saying outside that even the children’s parents know?

“What specifically did you hear?”

“That he’s an amazing translator. That he’s good at studying and can rap so well?”

“Excuse me?”

Rap so well?

“Oh! And that he has a pretty girlfriend who sings well.”

“Oh my! I heard that too.”

“Me too. Me too.”

Tales that they heard from their children popped out from here and there.

Lee Siha. What is he saying outside!

How can there be no children and mothers who don’t know me?

They all knew me without me having to introduce myself.

I was sweating.

I can’t tell him not to brag, and should I tell him to be a little more careful?

I couldn’t ask what else was said here.

Ah, I just want to get out of here quickly.

I was a little uncomfortable, but now I’m too uncomfortable. No, I’m embarrassed!

“Hahaha. Oh, right. But I don’t think we should make the first graders do too much. What’s the most important thing among them?”

Let’s quickly move on from this topic.

Since they are passionate about education, they quickly grabbed my words.

“We don’t think we should make them do too much, but can we do that?”

“That’s right. But we don’t make them do it if they don’t like it. They do it because they like it.”

“Jongsu’s mom, I heard Jongsu is learning computers?”

Jongsu’s mom smiled softly and nodded.

“Yes. Jongsu is also practicing typing hard. Thanks to that, he can write Korean well.”

Certainly, typing practice involves looking at and writing words and letters.

He might be able to do dictation easily.

“Ah. That’s so helpful. My child needs to be good at Korean.”

Everyone nodded.

It seems that mothers value Korean more than math or music.

To be exact, it’s about language.

If they didn’t value English, they wouldn’t have sent them to Gangin Elementary School.

Isn’t Gangin Elementary School the one that proudly said they would focus on conversation rather than reading?

Jongsu’s mom said.

“I also think the language part is important. As you know, you need to understand it to be good at English.”

“That’s right. That’s right.”

“In the end, it’s useless if you read an English passage and don’t know what it means.”

“That’s right.”

“So, how about having a reading club every two weeks? On Saturdays or Sundays.”

“Oh! That’s good!”

I thought the intention was good.

But I don’t know if the children will follow.

Still, if a book-reading atmosphere is formed, they might naturally read books.

“It’s not mandatory, so I think only those who want to participate should participate.”

“That’s really good?”

Jongsu’s mom looks at me.

Me? Why?

“Si-hyuk, would you be okay with that?”

“Excuse me?”

“No. Because Si-hyuk is working and busy.”

“Ah. It’s okay. I have time to read naturally because I’m translating and stuff. I can even work there if I want.”

The mothers’ eyes sparkled.

They must have been hooked on the fact that I also do translations.

I can’t say anything.

“Si-hyuk also does translations.”

“That’s amazing. You must have great language skills.”

I think I said something wrong?

I should have just said I would attend when I have time.

“How are you educating Siha? Does he go to any academies [private educational institutions]?”

“Just. I send him to taekwondo academy with his friends, and he learns art once a week.”

“Si-hyuk teaches him other subjects? English or reading or something? I heard from my child that Siha’s English pronunciation is so good that the teacher praised him.”

Ah, I don’t know. Let’s just say he learned it on his own.

Siha is a genius.

“Well, I use English in my daily life, so Siha follows along. I didn’t teach him separately. I also read books when I need data while translating, and Siha reads along next to me. I don’t really teach him anything else.”

Siha learned it on his own without me teaching him.

I said it in a roundabout way.

“As expected. You learn from your parents. Siha learned from watching Si-hyuk. Creating a study atmosphere is also important. As expected. As expected.”

Excuse me? Creating an atmosphere?

When I come home, my uncle is scratching his stomach and watching TV dramas.

Well, I watch Siha and do some more work when Siha gets caught up in other games in the middle.

You could say it’s a strategy?

These days, Siha would sneak over and pretend to work while reading a book.

It wasn’t really about creating a study atmosphere.

“Ah. I should have been good at English like Si-hyuk. I’m disappointed.”

“Hahaha.”

It’s kind of funny to use English on a regular basis.

The beginning was a really small opportunity.

My uncle even used English to tease Siha, so Siha learned how to understand it.

Each time, I taught him that this is how it is.

My uncle played a big role in English.

Well, most of it was teasing.

Did it help because he used various English while teasing in various ways?

Anyway, it’s a bit difficult to say these inside stories, so I just nodded.

I didn’t lie.

It’s true that I use it in my daily life.

Well, it wasn’t for the sake of my child’s studies.

“Do you send him to an art academy?”

“Ah. Should I just say it’s a private lesson?”

“Ah ha. Western painting?”

“Yes. Well. It’s Western painting.”

“As expected. He’s already learning classically. Oh my, oh my. When I look at it, Si-hyuk is educating him well~”

That… I’m not sending him to teach him classical and cultured Western painting, but to get close to Siha’s father?

It was also awkward to tell this situation, so I just nodded.

“Because his girlfriend is a composer. Oh my, oh my.”

Siha said that much. Yes.

“He’ll learn music naturally? You said it’s not good to do too much education, but you have everything.”

Is that… how it is?

Art, music, language, reading.

Come to think of it, I have everything.

The mothers glared at me.

No. Really. I’m not making him do a lot?! Looking at these elements, I’ve become the parent who makes him do the most here.

Ah, it’s unfair!