Get Schooled — Chapter 168¶
Complete Detailed Panel-by-Panel Transcription¶
Scope¶
This transcription follows all 24 ordered reader images in the uploaded Chapter 168 archive. Readable dialogue, case records, medical references, and institutional labels are preserved where legible.
Content note¶
The chapter depicts employment coercion, threats against a teacher’s family, repeated student violence, and a teacher striking her abuser.
Images 001–003 — The principal begs after learning Hanrim’s identity¶
Hanrim continues holding the principal at close range.
He immediately changes his language. He apologizes, says he misunderstood the situation, and pleads that his daughter is getting married in winter.
Hanrim answers that protecting the school’s honor does not mean hiding problems. A school preserves dignity by correcting abuse before students learn that violence has no consequence.
The principal promises cooperation.
The scene makes his moral flexibility explicit: the facts have not changed, only the status of the woman speaking to him.
Images 004–006 — Cheolyong treats suspension like vacation¶
At a PC café, Cheolyong plays games while serving his temporary suspension.
He boasts about repeated wins and tells his friends that being suspended is not especially unpleasant.
His friends joke that he was caught by the Teachers’ Rights Protection Agency. Cheolyong describes tripping or knocking down the substitute teacher as if it were a harmless stunt.
Several students have come because he stopped answering messages.
They bring news: the school has begun a broad investigation into the treatment of substitute teachers.
Cheolyong’s expression hardens. His confidence depends on the victims continuing to deny what happened.
Images 007–009 — The school promises protection for testimony¶
Under agency pressure, the principal announces interviews with fixed-term and substitute staff.
The school promises that questionnaire responses will not disadvantage contract renewals.
Teachers are called in one at a time.
Cheolyong tells himself that the substitutes will still remain quiet. He understands that a written promise from the same administration that previously retaliated may not feel trustworthy.
The chapter then moves into Lee Seoni’s history, showing why her decision is especially difficult.
Images 010–012 — Lee Seoni’s interrupted path to permanent teaching¶
Seoni dreamed of becoming a teacher and completed the required university training.
She knew the national teacher recruitment examination was highly competitive, but expected to study for it while working.
Her mother suddenly collapsed and was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Medical care and existing family debt changed the calculation immediately.
Seoni could not stop earning money for years in order to prepare for an uncertain exam. She entered substitute work because it was the only way to use her training while supporting the household.
She endured the insecurity by telling herself that classroom experience still mattered.
A veteran substitute, Yoo Changjin, later left the school with a warning:
NEVER TRUST THE SCHOOL.
The advice remains in Seoni’s mind when the agency asks her to testify.
Images 013–015 — The agency asks for trust the school never earned¶
During the interview, Na and Hanrim say the investigation cannot work without honest accounts.
They acknowledge why teachers are afraid. The agency therefore promises to monitor contract renewals and intervene if the school retaliates.
Seoni wonders whether another institution can truly guarantee her livelihood.
At night, she encounters Cheolyong alone.
He has learned where to find her.
Images 016–018 — Cheolyong threatens the teacher through her family¶
Cheolyong asks:
YOU STILL HAVEN’T SAID ANYTHING, RIGHT?
He speaks about her mother and family circumstances, making it clear that he has gathered personal information.
The threat does not need to be explicit. He knows Seoni cannot risk unemployment or additional stress while caring for a sick parent.
He tells her that substitutes are weak and that no one saves them. The school has already proved him right several times.
Seoni answers that an apology produced only by fear is not remorse. Cheolyong mocks the idea that a person in her position can demand sincerity.
Images 019–021 — The full record is read aloud¶
Na and Hanrim arrive.
Na says the investigation is complete and the Teachers’ Rights Protection Committee will meet at 9:00 the following morning.
The record includes a sequence of dated incidents:
- March 31: Cheolyong struck or damaged a teacher’s glasses.
- April 15: a teacher injured her wrist while stopping his abuse of a puppy.
- May 15, Teachers’ Day: he sent abusive or sexually humiliating messages.
- July 6: he grabbed and knocked a teacher down, causing a concussion.
- Ten days earlier: he forced the teacher under water during the school trip.
- Additional incidents involved insults, threats, and classroom disruption.
The list destroys his “single prank” defense.
Seoni confirms:
I TOLD THEM EVERYTHING.
She says she was afraid and endured it for months, but the agency guaranteed that she would not be punished for speaking.
Images 022–024 — Seoni finally strikes back¶
Cheolyong erupts.
He accuses Seoni of betraying him and lunges toward her.
Before Na or Hanrim acts, Seoni punches or slaps him hard across the face. Her glasses break or fall during the motion.
Hanrim applauds.
Seoni looks at the damaged frames and says, in effect, that Cheolyong has broken or endangered them too many times already.
Then she delivers the sentence she has suppressed for months:
WHO THE FUCK DO YOU TAKE ME FOR?!
YOU LITTLE SHIT!
Cheolyong collapses into tears and shock.
The chapter ends with the teacher no longer speaking as someone requesting permission to exist in the classroom.
Chapter-level continuity notes¶
Seoni’s silence is tied to medical survival¶
Her mother’s illness means contract loss is not an abstract career setback. It threatens treatment, debt payments, and the family’s immediate stability.
The school’s promise matters only because an outside agency backs it¶
The same administration previously threatened complainants. The agency must make retaliation more costly than honest testimony.
The dated list converts “pranks” into a pattern¶
Each isolated incident could be minimized. Together they show sustained escalation and deliberate testing of a vulnerable worker.
Cheolyong uses private information as coercion¶
He has learned that employment insecurity and family illness are more effective than simple physical threats.
Seoni’s strike is both release and evidence¶
She does not become the primary aggressor; she reacts when he lunges after being exposed. The broken glasses visually connect the moment to the repeated humiliations she endured.