episode_0005

Yeji never had any intention of reforming delinquent students or turning the vocational school she had attended until now into a study-focused school.

As long as they didn’t cause harm to her, she wouldn’t have cared about what other students did.

However, it seemed that other students didn’t share the same sentiment.

Those who hadn’t seen Yeji in person came looking for a troublemaker who studied and started picking fights with Yeji every day, and each time, she would easily defeat them. The opponents might not have thought it was fair…

Humiliating the defeated was not always just about grades. There were students who trampled on the opponent’s pride, or simply insulted them, and there were students who did so. There were also cases like the first day when Yeji just let it go. It didn’t mean she didn’t have to obey orders.

After a week had passed, Yeji, unable to bear it any longer, stepped out into the first-year hallway and spoke loudly.

“Hey, you trashy girls, aren’t you tired yet? Why do you keep bothering me!”

“You started it first, isn’t it all about fighting well? Someday you’ll get tired and crawl between our legs, won’t you?!”

“Yeah, let’s all just trample on her together!”

“Why are you coming all the way here and forcing us to study?!”

Even Yeji couldn’t handle dozens of opponents. Of course, other students wouldn’t have thought about fighting to that extent.

“Sigh…”

Covering her forehead with her right hand, Yeji sighed and began speaking loudly again.

“Who told you to study, you stupid girls! I just hate noise, that’s all! If you just mind your own business, I won’t bother you either!”

Murmurs filled the hallway.

“Any dissatisfied girls, step forward now.”

The noisy voices subsided.

“Then pretend it never happened… If you bother me unnecessarily after today, I’ll really kill you.”

After uttering those words, the hallway, which she entered after going into the classroom, became noisy again with murmurs.

“Oh, I was about to go out, but if it’s like that, I have to watch.”

“Hey, calm your trembling legs and speak. You’re going to get a one-second cut from her? lol”

“But who spread the false rumor? If you don’t want to study, do you have to trample on that queen girl?”

“I don’t know? It was on the pigeon app anonymously. Maybe it was just a gossip girl.”

Watching the scene a while ago, Hyehyun inwardly shouted desperately.

“These useless girls! Just gang up on Yejin! Dozens of people ganging up on her!”

However, the commotion quickly subsided, and the scene Hyehyun wanted didn’t come out.

Instead, after that day, Yeji was firmly established as the leader of the first-year students, gaining a reputation as a queen.

“Wow… an interesting friend, huh?”

There was someone who looked different from the other delinquent students, watching Yeji with interest.

Despite her tall height of 170 cm, her slightly disappointing chest compared to her stature, and her neat attire, her attractive figure stood out in her skinny style that suited her well.

Soon after, the bell for lunch ended, and a teacher came out of the faculty room and called her.

“Teacher Hong Sujung, haven’t you prepared for class yet?”

“Oh, I should do that now. Please go in first, teacher.”

Smiling, Sujung answered and continued to be curious about Yeji, finishing her class preparation.

The relationship between teachers and students at the special school started off on ambiguous terms.

Since the students were adults who had graduated from high school, they were in a much more authoritative position than the relationship between high school teachers and students. Naturally, the students were not likely to listen well.

In the past, it was common for students to be physically punished for their mistakes, or even as a target for someone’s frustration, whether they were at fault or not.

However, nowadays, there are hardly any schools, even in high school, that practice corporal punishment.

The only thing that could be done was to penalize students by deducting points from their academic records, which could affect their college admissions. But even this was rarely enforced due to the vehement protests of parents who questioned whether they would take responsibility if their child failed to get into college. For students who had no interest in going to college, this penalty meant nothing.

Fortunately, high school students didn’t cross the line like they used to.

Being minors, they knew that teachers couldn’t do anything to them, which led to many cases of harassment, bullying, and even violence towards teachers. The law always seemed to be on their side.

However, things were a bit different in special schools. Due to compulsory education, the system and atmosphere were similar to regular schools, but all the students were adults.

At first, there was much debate on what kind of system to establish between the freedom of universities and the strict regulations of high schools.

It was difficult to maintain the compulsory education system if they operated like universities, and suppressing the freedom and rights of students to operate like high schools was also challenging.

They were adults who had to take responsibility for their actions.

In the end, they found a compromise where students followed the school rules while taking responsibility as adults in other aspects. This meant that incidents at school were legally dealt with based on the same standards as high school students, which practically meant that students were not punished unless absolutely necessary.

Regular special schools were not much different from high schools, but vocational special schools had minimal interference between teachers and students due to their ambiguous relationship.

With teachers and students showing little interest in each other, major issues didn’t arise as before. However, occasionally, students would target teachers they didn’t like more maliciously and cunningly than before, trying to drive them away.

Male teachers often resorted to sexual harassment or threats, while female teachers used violent threats and verbal abuse. The remaining teachers in vocational high schools were undoubtedly not mentally or physically exceptional individuals.

For this reason, during class, teachers would teach while students did their own activities, resulting in a peculiar class dynamic. Occasionally, teachers who wanted to look out for students would intervene. Hong Sujeong was one such teacher.

Sujeong was once a student from a well-known group. Whether it was luck or misfortune, she was assigned to a vocational special school for her first teaching practice, where she experienced a fresh shock. Most people would be shocked or repelled, but Sujeong found it amusing.

After her teaching practice ended, she was fortunate to be appointed as a teacher at the vocational special school due to the lack of competition.

With her tall stature and good physical condition, she could easily handle the occasional confrontations from students. Above all, it reminded her of her own experiences.

As she witnessed a student who lost a fight being humiliated, she couldn’t help but empathize, reminiscing about her days as a successful leader. Back then, she couldn’t openly engage in such behavior, so there was a hint of envy mixed with her emotions.

At the same time, she tried her best to lead them well while worrying about their future. With her meager A-cup chest, Soojeong had a peculiar competitiveness with her students when it came to her chest, so when lecturing students, she often found herself saying things like “As an adult, now that I’ve become an adult.” Perhaps due to her impressive track record, surprisingly many students didn’t dislike Soojeong and would readily follow her words.

In Soojeong’s eyes, Yeji, who exuded a completely different atmosphere than before, was a very interesting student.