Molly03

Thank you!

at least the step mom gets punished. guess i'll have to take it. which ep?

don't know, maybe. if so, i'll be mad at the writers. i hate when they do that! redeem an awful person just because they had "character development"? no, thank you!! that's just letting them off scott free.

I need someone to spoil it for me and tell me that the horrid stepmom and sis get their just desserts, please!!!!

LOL idk your comment made me smile and made me think how happy I am about the way their relationship is trending :)

I love how it wasn't even a question of breaking up despite the fact that at the start shj was completely convinced that she and ljh have different opinions. at the restaurant it seemed like she'd accepted they have different pov's and that was okay. kind of , let's agree to disagree. then let's go to the water to enjoy each other and air out. at the end she even sat in on his lecture. and based off of that she ended up changing her pov despite herself. i just love how mature it's being handled after the initial blowup. both of them still knowing they care for each other and that their relationship isn't going anywhere.

of course i can be wrong :)
in fact i'm hoping i am, id hate the see shj suffer.
i'm just going based off the preview. ofc, previews are often misleading on purpose but i don't like that the witch is still after shj or that smug smile that the vice director was flashing. then there's that line about potential scandal and ruined reputation...idk i'm nervous lol...i really am considering waiting for the finale to air first so that i don't have to break up the episodes. or if im feeling brave i could check mdl for spoilers before i start watching the next ep... we'll see :)
yes, teacher pyo surprised me, i already commented as much yesterday lol. he impressed me. kudos to the writers for taking a character whose guts i hated and redeeming him. i did not see that coming.

Okay I'm legit scared to watch next week's episode based on the preview.
Things are about to get baaaaad imo.
I might just chicken out and wait until ep 16 airs before watching the last 4 in one go lol

:)
I can't wait to see what's coming next.

I think on his end it's coming from a place of dissillusion and a desire to protect her.
She is his first love. She taught him a certain way. For years he built that up in his head and heart and kept that unblemished vision.
Then when he joined the hagwon he realized it was different. While her heart was still the same, as time had passed, due to pressures and the necessity of surviving in the industry, her teaching methods had changed. I think he was disappointed at heart but he accepted that this was the reality and the way it had to be, so despite it all he proceeded in the path she had set out for him. But then she was attacked and all his frustrations bubbled to the surface. He decided to take a huge risk in order to save her and to let her be the teacher she always says she wants to be. Too bad he did it in this way. It would have been easier had he done it gently. But, honestly, had he done it that way, asking for permission first, it wouldn't have happened bc she never would have agreed. He knew she'd be upset but I also think he didn't anticipate how upset and hurt or that all their colleagues would witness it. I don't like how this all happened, but I don't see how he could have achieved his goal otherwise. And I have a gut feeling that this change in teaching will be an integral part of the show moving forward; a way to fight the witch and revolutionize teaching.

Agree with you.
I can maybe see how he came around to this decision but the execution of it was awful.
He should have spoken with her first and in private. You can tell how nervous he was that morning, I think he chickened out. I'm dissapointed tbh, he should have done more to soften the blow.

Teacher Pyo pleasantly surprised me.
Good for him!

I think so. They’ll probably change their entire teaching style which could have a huge impact moving forward. It might cause one or both of them to fail, quit, or become revolutionarily great.

Anyone know when this will finish airing?
I'm desperate to watch but I refuse to start until it's finished lol.

I think that was her guilt talking more than anything. Maybe in the back of her mind she also thought that it'd benefit her too but her initial action was to send the students themselves to the teacher, without invoving her. Only when they failed did she step forward, and she did everything possible to keep things low key and quiet. She wasn't grandstanding in any way, nor trying to arrange a "gotcha" moment to show off how capable she was. If the teacher hadn't flipped out then no one would have been the wiser. Now, after she feels guilty, she says that she did it for herself? That's not what I saw back then, not what her actions showed. She's just feeling guilty about that inner voice that might have said at the time, "hey, look how dedicated I am to my students. I won't let anyone harm them."

Her issue is that she sees herself as responsible for everything. It's not a place of arrogance, but of caring. Too bad in backfires.

In the case of LJH, she tutored him for years so that he can go to a top universtiy and get the job he did. When he told her he wants to give it up and come to a hagwon instead, she knew it'd be a long shot for him to acheive his goal of fame and fortune there. She's right in that assertion. But she was wrong to try to block him from doing what he wanted. Why did she do it though? Because she cared for him.

The teacher? Why did she get involved? To advocate for the students whom he'd marked incorrectly. She didn't try to challenge him or call him out for a fight. All she wanted was for him to correct an innocent error. First she sent the students themselves, whom the teacher shut down hard. Then she tried calling him on the phone. He refused the call and told her to come in person. Once she was there, she wanted a private convo to explain her point of view; he again refused, he spoke to her in public, threw a temper tantrum and put his hands on her, leading to the entire situation becoming public. What's happening now is his just rewards for being an ass about what could have been an easy fix.

Did SHJ go too far in advocating for her students? I don't think so, but you can disagree.
She also did everything in her power to keep things quiet and civilized. The teacher is the one who made a commotion and blew it all up. And now, because he quit, she feels guilty. It takes a lot to make it in a hagwon and she doens't beleive he has what it takes to fight for it and win. Why she'd feel bad for a teacher like him, who'd bully students due to his own pride, I have no clue. But that's SHJ. Everything is her responsibility.

He's being very careful with her because he knows she's a babe in the woods when it comes to relationships. If he pushes back she'll run a mile-completely shut down and draw back into herself. He's playing the long game. Once their relationship is more established and she's learned to trust him more and opens up completely, then he'll be able to be firmer without risking the relationship as a whole.
I only hope he hangs in there because to take such a stance in a relationhip is hard as heck. It's almost zero short-term reward, most of it is investment for the future.

I might be wrong in this anaylysis, but that's my personal take.

This!

The opposite, actually. They mentioned in an earlier ep that the reson she started tutoring as a university student and that she became so successful at a young age, owns a house and car, is because she had debts that she had to repay. I think she's an orphan too. She's used to working hard and taking responsibility for everything, including things that she shouldn't have to. That's why she was against LJH taking the job at the hagwon- she felt responsible for him, and why she got involoved in the test mess- she felt responsible for her students, and why she's so guilty about the scumbag teacher now- she feels responsbile for him quitting too.

She was busy working to earn money, had no time to date.
She's used to being alone and taking care of everything by herself.
That's why I can see her struggling in the future and even leaving LJH- she won't accpet his help and she'll want to shield him from associating with her once she becomes a full-on target of the teacher, the witch, and the vice director too.

She has to realize that it's okay to accept help and that it's okay to be happy and that she can trust LJH to step up for her and even sacrifice for her if he so chooses.

She's redundent in my opinoin, and she knows it!!
Wish the Director had the sense to get rid of her ages ago.