I think the last 2 episodes were rushed. It wasn't a bad drama but it wasn't as good as I'd hoped it would be.…
Vice Director loses, those who joined her will be looking for work. WHW isn't required to hire them. That weasel who stole her material won't have his contract renewed.
Or you could have missed the point completely, the FL chose to return to complete her University with a Law Degree.…
The FL isn't a damsel in distress because she collapses under the pressure, the ML isn't a knight in shining armour. Life happens and we see them as flawed.
ML is simply the catalyst, his affection for the FL awakens the parts of her life she buried. She chooses to move on from the drudgery of being an Instructor. His promise to be supportive doesn't meet the criteria of Knighthood. His proposal was resized: no building, no fancy purses.
This wasn't a whirlwind romance that ignited after he joined the Academy.
Her confession about her life seems to have triggered some viewers.
The miscalculation of the Vice Director is foreseeable. The WHW outsmarting the Vice Director was obvious.
The angst of the Vice Director, repeated humiliation, miscalculations led to that confrontation. She was offered an opportunity to take an off ramp several times but her false sense of bravado ended with the WHW who doesn't suffer fools.
Mature viewers that have seen this, played out in their own lives get it. ---- No convoluted plot twists, Few, if any, glaring antagonists, A preference for narrative pauses where characters simply live.
This storytelling approach isn’t about reaching a climactic resolution; it’s about savoring moment-to-moment existence.
Or you could have missed the point completely, the FL chose to return to complete her University with a Law Degree.…
Nah
She paused her plan to pay a huge debt, help her brother, survive. She put her dreams on hold and forgot what they were.
You can't fathom why people choose to quit after putting in a decade clearly in a career.
What was her dream when she was tutoring, hired as an Instructor?
What were her criticisms of her last decade as an instructor?
You see it as a defeat and the ML as her saviour.
Others may see it completely different.
He was the catalyst for her to embark on her reflection. Her employer correctly validates why loyalty to is meaningless. Private education isn't similar to Public education with Pension/Benefits.
What hogwash did I just watch? After all that preaching and idealist ideas about being a great teacher and inspiring…
Or you could have missed the point completely, the FL chose to return to complete her University with a Law Degree. She put her life on hold, wasn't happy, realised her loneliness, drudgery her life became.
Those fast forward, scene skippers may have found this too complex.
Her independence does trigger those afraid of change.
I had a very different experience and find many of your supporting arguments lackluster. They were not in love…
Did we watch the same drama?
They were each other's first love. FL confession to her friend, she never treated anyone else like Junho. "My Pride" his name on her Cell. She brokedown crying over the Post-It notes he kept.
She states it was him during those years that made her happy. She was miserable, her friends were all better off, dating, traveling, graduating.
Both admit they are inexperienced when it comes to dating.
I'll ignore the rest because you missed the history of their relationship.
i'm on eo 14 and had to pause to come here and rant...... WHY does the FL, ML and director have no backbone!!!?????…
You appear to lack maturity or perhaps wisdom in understanding conflict.
The writing accurately reflects what happens when lies are spread. Some of us collapse, others react explosively, some take time to engage.
Johnny Depp was canceled by Studios because of an article from Amber Heard. The publicity had nearly everyone abandoning Depp. Do you believe his reputation is the same after his successful trial?
This Drama accurately reflects how we choose the path of least resistance to make judgments.
Victors don't walk away unscathed afterwards.
Defamation laws don't change our needs to not be embarrassed, humiliated.
Being disappointed in the direction, writing because the leads, Director, Colleagues didn't fight better is a reflection on your idealism or a lack of maturity.
The collapse, inconsistent response from the leads is believable.
Some colleagues jumping ship, joining parents without gathering more information is accurate.
so i am very disappointed that they took a very obvious cliche route with the "whole city breaking in shambles…
This drama is squarely taking aim at private schools (Hagwons) in this drama.
An instructor lied, parents took action that lie about an FL having an improper relationship with ML when he was a student (minor). We didn't have FL correct the rumour, her coworkers didn't verify the facts.
This will began to be resolved in the last two episodes, if I'm reading the tea leaves correctly from the writer/director.
Those who lied will fail.
The leads first date at the School that failed, we here stories about rumours can destroy them. We're seeing it being depicted on screen.
Daechi-dong -- a neighborhood in Seoul's Gangnam-gu dubbed the mecca of private education in the country -- is packed with commercial businesses that cater to student needs while studying.
Spoiler! (spoiler tag isn't working on my phone atm) IMO yoon ji seok is worst than woo sung hee. Atleast i can…
Vice Director lost her Academy, putting the blame on Director.
Businesses fail for several reasons, the Director was one of the potential buyers who bought her failed Academy. If the offer wasn't fair, she could have refused, held out for other offers.
VD should have negotiated an exit package and start her own Academy if she felt wronged after joining him.
Actively plotting to ruin the Academy, steal material, staff, spread lies that you're employed at for years is much worse than that English Instructor Chat room shenanigans over his one sided attraction.
An incel would share your sentiment. He never took the shot, asked her out. That's on him.Chatting, sharing a…
If you rewatch it, FL and ML have feelings for each other when they would have been in a Tutor/Student relationship. She never treated any other student like Jun Ho.
Most importantly: both of them never started an inappropriate relationship when he was a minor.
Optics: FL is the Team Leader and ML is her subordinate that's problematic.
Rumour that spread FL took advantage of him when he was minor and now giving him preferential treatment.
FL knew that idiot was attracted to her but that's not on her. He chose to cheer from the sidelines and settle for coffee and chats. He knew he was going to be rejected, she didn't reciprocate his feelings.
Junho being himself applied, joined her workplace. He made her aware of his/her feelings, their past she buried. He broke down those walls. He took a risk and it paid off.
Did you think E.T. was a documentary?
It's not his job to treat these viewers who have mental health issues.
WHW isn't required to hire them. That weasel who stole her material won't have his contract renewed.
ML is simply the catalyst, his affection for the FL awakens the parts of her life she buried. She chooses to move on from the drudgery of being an Instructor. His promise to be supportive doesn't meet the criteria of Knighthood. His proposal was resized: no building, no fancy purses.
This wasn't a whirlwind romance that ignited after he joined the Academy.
Her confession about her life seems to have triggered some viewers.
The miscalculation of the Vice Director is foreseeable. The WHW outsmarting the Vice Director was obvious.
The angst of the Vice Director, repeated humiliation, miscalculations led to that confrontation. She was offered an opportunity to take an off ramp several times but her false sense of bravado ended with the WHW who doesn't suffer fools.
Mature viewers that have seen this, played out in their own lives get it.
----
No convoluted plot twists,
Few, if any, glaring antagonists,
A preference for narrative pauses where characters simply live.
This storytelling approach isn’t about reaching a climactic resolution; it’s about savoring moment-to-moment existence.
https://filmlifestyle.com/what-is-slice-of-life/
You're bitter about this slice of life drama.
The leads were able to pit them against each other. WHW would poach only what she needed. She didn't need incompetent staff.
We see the autocratic management style of the WHW in several episodes. Mr. Pyo, FL understood it.
Vice Director wasn't an equal and lost everything to the WHW with her gambit. She had failed before and was warned she would again by ML.
You wanted fairytale where she vanquishes the system.
This isn't Legally Blonde -Elle Woods winning against the establishment.
Rational adults understood this drama and her decision to return in order to complete her education by passing the Bar.
Her being lonely, unhappy wasn't in the passing comments.
That scene was her confession to her best friend.
Epiphany is something that isn't required in the first episode.
Some viewers wanted a heroine defeating the evil forces in Hagwons.
We rational thinking viewers can understand her choices.
FL being a smart person did what's best for her.
Everyone is replaceable. The Academy survives by an investor who's conditions were to advance her future daughter-in-law over the FL.
The writing was on the wall.
Some viewers can't accept that choice.
She paused her plan to pay a huge debt, help her brother, survive. She put her dreams on hold and forgot what they were.
You can't fathom why people choose to quit after putting in a decade clearly in a career.
What was her dream when she was tutoring, hired as an Instructor?
What were her criticisms of her last decade as an instructor?
You see it as a defeat and the ML as her saviour.
Others may see it completely different.
He was the catalyst for her to embark on her reflection. Her employer correctly validates why loyalty to is meaningless. Private education isn't similar to Public education with Pension/Benefits.
Her decision to exit that chapter is coherent.
She put her life on hold, wasn't happy, realised her loneliness, drudgery her life became.
Those fast forward, scene skippers may have found this too complex.
Her independence does trigger those afraid of change.
They were each other's first love.
FL confession to her friend, she never treated anyone else like Junho.
"My Pride" his name on her Cell.
She brokedown crying over the Post-It notes he kept.
She states it was him during those years that made her happy. She was miserable, her friends were all better off, dating, traveling, graduating.
Both admit they are inexperienced when it comes to dating.
I'll ignore the rest because you missed the history of their relationship.
Do you need everything spelled out?
Investor gave the Academy an extension for the next cycle. Every year Businesses have to assess threats and opportunities.
Vice Director, Instructors that resigned got burned. WHW autocratic Mgmt style doesn't permit any negotiations.
FL is off the market, went back to finish her studies (Law Degree)
The writing accurately reflects what happens when lies are spread. Some of us collapse, others react explosively, some take time to engage.
Johnny Depp was canceled by Studios because of an article from Amber Heard. The publicity had nearly everyone abandoning Depp. Do you believe his reputation is the same after his successful trial?
This Drama accurately reflects how we choose the path of least resistance to make judgments.
Victors don't walk away unscathed afterwards.
Defamation laws don't change our needs to not be embarrassed, humiliated.
Being disappointed in the direction, writing because the leads, Director, Colleagues didn't fight better is a reflection on your idealism or a lack of maturity.
The collapse, inconsistent response from the leads is believable.
Some colleagues jumping ship, joining parents without gathering more information is accurate.
Life's unfair, there's no guarantee.
For some viewers, this can't be allowed.
Some viewers forget this Drama isn't a documentary and get too immersed in the storytelling.
EP16 is the payback, not coincidently.
I'm hoping for a proposal in the epilogue six months flash forward.
Can't drop shows you don't like without whining about it first?
You : "I'm entitled to it, free speech!"
Reality: You're not free from criticism when you post online.
An instructor lied, parents took action that lie about an FL having an improper relationship with ML when he was a student (minor). We didn't have FL correct the rumour, her coworkers didn't verify the facts.
This will began to be resolved in the last two episodes, if I'm reading the tea leaves correctly from the writer/director.
Those who lied will fail.
The leads first date at the School that failed, we here stories about rumours can destroy them. We're seeing it being depicted on screen.
Daechi-dong -- a neighborhood in Seoul's Gangnam-gu dubbed the mecca of private education in the country -- is packed with commercial businesses that cater to student needs while studying.
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230628000655
https://www.koreanclass101.com/blog/2019/01/03/korean-honorific-titles/
Businesses fail for several reasons, the Director was one of the potential buyers who bought her failed Academy. If the offer wasn't fair, she could have refused, held out for other offers.
VD should have negotiated an exit package and start her own Academy if she felt wronged after joining him.
Actively plotting to ruin the Academy, steal material, staff, spread lies that you're employed at for years is much worse than that English Instructor Chat room shenanigans over his one sided attraction.
Encounter (2018)
Secret Love Affair (2014)
Noona romance
FL are not immature or stupid.
She never treated any other student like Jun Ho.
Most importantly: both of them never started an inappropriate relationship when he was a minor.
Optics: FL is the Team Leader and ML is her subordinate that's problematic.
Rumour that spread FL took advantage of him when he was minor and now giving him preferential treatment.
FL knew that idiot was attracted to her but that's not on her. He chose to cheer from the sidelines and settle for coffee and chats. He knew he was going to be rejected, she didn't reciprocate his feelings.
Junho being himself applied, joined her workplace. He made her aware of his/her feelings, their past she buried. He broke down those walls.
He took a risk and it paid off.