episode_0016
by fnovelpiaA month has already passed since I returned.
It seems like only yesterday that I was struggling because I couldn’t adapt to the regression, but it’s already been a month.
Even though I returned 14 years ago, time still seems to pass quickly.
“The house where I decided to tutor… It’s here.”
When I was really 20 years old, I only started tutoring in the middle of my first year. At that time, I had to adapt to the department, so there was more work to do than I thought.
However, now that I have already experienced it, I am curious about how much I can bring out the students’ capabilities if I tutor them.
I started tutoring a little earlier than before.
Knowing well and teaching well are completely different.
When I was 20, I simply thought that I was good at English and knew it well, so I could give good teaching to students.
That was the arrogance of a twenty-year-old.
Because of the ambiguous learning methods, there were complaints from parents and there were times when students were fired.
On the other hand, what if 6 years of teaching English are already ingrained in you?
That will never happen.
-Ding dong!!
“Yes, who are you?”
“Hello, this is Shin Yujin, who has decided to tutor me starting today.”
“Ah, teacher!! Just a moment.”
As soon as the front door opened, the faces of unfamiliar parents appeared.
It was definitely going differently from what I had experienced in the past, so the parents and students were meeting each other for the first time.
The student’s name is Dabin Kim. He is 19 years old and a third year high school student.
“Hello, Dabin.”
“Hello.”
Maybe it’s because I’ve just started my senior year of high school, but the freshness still remains on my face.
As you take the mock exam for the Office of Education and the CSAT gets closer, that face will rot.
First, in order to understand Dabin’s current status, we had him solve several CSAT-type questions in addition to a vocabulary test.
“Well, Dabin has a good foundation. However, my concentration is weak.”
“Yes, so when I take the mock test, I get everything wrong at the last part.”
“In order to improve concentration, you need to practice solving one mock test exactly like the real one.”
“Are you going to solve it today? Is it the first day?”
Since it’s the first day, he seems to think he’ll take it easy today.
If it were me in the past, I would have been weak at those words and would have taken the class lightly, but it doesn’t apply to me at all now.
Since you are receiving classes for an amount that can never be said to be small, you must conduct classes appropriate to that amount.
“The teacher brought a mock test, so let’s solve it. I’m going to measure the time.”
“… Yes.”
“Then let’s begin.”
***
Perhaps because it was back in 2009, it was quite different from the type of English mock test I always took while working at school.
The biggest difference is that the English mock test is a relative evaluation, not an absolute evaluation.
At that time, English was not a subject that everyone had to master. When it was difficult, it was so difficult that even real teachers held their tongues.
“I got the last 10 questions wrong again this time.”
“It was definitely okay at first, but when I went back, I couldn’t read the problem.”
“Hmm, I think I know to some extent.”
The class ended with Dabin presenting the most necessary solutions and correcting the wrong answers.
After finishing my tutoring and coming out of the house, I feel refreshed for no reason.
When I worked at school, I went with the mindset that I would beat them someday, but I think I got the most enjoyment out of teaching students.
There was a downtown nearby, so I was looking around to buy what I needed.
-Tuk!!
Something hit my leg and I lost my balance.
I was momentarily surprised.
“Wow!!”
I ended up making a strange sound.
As I lost my balance and fell, someone grabbed my arm.
I looked back to see what was happening.
But why is he here?
“What are you doing here?”
“What is it? Han Yu-chan, why are you here?”
“On my way home after meeting a junior I know.”
“… Did you just kick my leg?”
“I have never been cold. I just touched it.”
“You son of a bitch!!”
“Ahh!! It hurts, you crazy bitch!!”
To repay what I had just done, I punched him in the stomach.
Anyway, I don’t know why this guy doesn’t just get over it. If you just let it go quietly and treat me gently, I will treat you the same way.
“Anyway, what are you doing here?”
“Tutoring. It’s just over.”
“Oh, really?”
“Have you met any juniors you know? jiwoo? Hajin?”
There is “. A junior you don’t know.”
When I take a closer look at the figure of Han Yu-chan that catches my eye right now.
Anyone could tell that he had come to meet a female junior.
Not only was he wearing a cord, but he was even touching my head, so I couldn’t believe I had met a junior of the same sex.
“Ah, it’s Sua.”
“… How do you know Su-ah?”
“Why do you think I don’t know the people around you?”
“I’ve never seen it before.”
There is “. Don’t you remember running into each other while drinking at a bar after we got married?”
“Oh, was that so?”
“Look at how he made it up to meet a girl. Is this your new girlfriend?”
Hearing my words, Han Yu-chan smiled and raised his middle finger. Of course, I responded in the same way by raising my middle finger.
“Sua is good. He is innocent and good at studying. Take care of the people around you.”
“What, jealous?”
“That’s terrible. I was just saying it. Wait a minute, looking at it like this, Sua looks exactly like me when I was 20.”
Even though 14 years have passed and he has returned to the past, this person’s tastes remain the same.
No matter how much people say that if a person changes, he or she dies, isn’t that too much the same?
“Anyway, it’s not what you think, so don’t worry.”
“Yes, yes. Please. Oh right. Did you bring a car to come here?”
“Yes, I brought it. Why?”
“Give me a ride downtown. And if you run any errands in the city, I take you home.”
“What the hell is this all of a sudden.”
“You don’t have to pay for me to keep feeding you. Then, I will ask you to be my driver today.”
“Hey, Shin Yujin. Hey!!”
I walked away, ignoring Han Yu-chan’s voice screaming my name.
***
“Hey.”
“What.”
“Get out of the backseat and live your life. There is a separate trunk, but why is even the back seat used as a trunk?”
“Ah, you talk a lot while riding. Anyway, what’s for lunch today?”
“Why are you boldly asking for lunch? Do you want to die?”
“Didn’t you make it today too?”
I wasn’t even angry at his shameless attitude.
Are you thinking of trying mirror therapy on me, who just shamelessly got hit by a car?
“I don’t remember making food to the point where you take it for granted.”
“Isn’t three times a week a lot?”
“Ha, really, what is it about that kind of emotion that keeps people quiet?”
“That’s right. Just throw it on the side of the road and go your own way.”
“Honestly, when you give me a ride like this, think of the food I’ve cooked for you so far.”
“, I paid all the costs for the material. Where are you going to wash your mouth clean and run away?”
After we decided to become friends in the forest park, our time together became a little more comfortable.
I think it’s because I no longer feel anxious about continuing to meet and maintain contact like this.
“Ah, that’s right. I also recently started a job.”
“What happened?”
“Outsourcing. Site creation or something like that.”
“Well, you know more than you learned in 4 years of college.”
“Earning money was better than I thought. The prices are crazier than that.”
“Ah, admitted. It’s so cheap. It’s not the price we knew.”
There is another reason why I feel comfortable when I am with Han Yu-chan.
Even though I am 20 years old, inside I am 34 years old, so everything I say and do is my 34-year-old self.
Because of this, I have to act as 20-year-old Shin Yu-jin because of what I have shown so far in front of other people.
There is no need to do that in front of Han Yu-chan.
I glanced at Han Yu-chan, who was driving.
It sure is a handsome face if you dress it up. I don’t know why they don’t go around with a face like that.
“Why are you looking at me so intently?”
“Hey, are you handsome today?”
“Oh, thank you for the compliment. It’s no big deal. He says all those things.”
“No matter how much I want to deny it, I can’t deny it because he’s a bit handsome now.”
I was waiting for it, thinking that no matter how much Han Yu-chan is, if there are compliments that come, there will also be compliments that come.
I didn’t say anything and was just concentrating on driving.
“Hey, what am I?”
“What?”
“How about me? Isn’t it pretty?”
“You know that I don’t think you’re pretty from the moment you say that, right?”
“Honestly, it’s pretty. Even when I see it, it’s pretty.”
“… It’s really unlucky. It makes me want to get water on the top of my head.”
I think I was overestimating Han Yu-chan.
This guy just has no answer. It seems like we were born forgetting how to make people feel good.
I clicked my tongue and looked out the window, thinking that I was expecting something for nothing.
“Well, it was pretty in the forest park.”
The compliment came back.
“Why is it in past tense? Do you want to search? You’re still pretty.”
“It’s not pretty.”
“Crazy bastard!!”
“Hey, hey!! You’re driving!!”
It felt like a compliment I received reluctantly, but it still felt good.
Because it was a compliment coming from Han Yu-chan, who had never once called her pretty.
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