Get Schooled / True Education — Chapter 83¶
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Opening — Lim becomes an elementary homeroom teacher¶
After the chapter card and fiction disclaimer, Lim Han-rim enters fifth grade, class two as the temporary homeroom teacher.
She introduces herself under the name rendered in the scanlation as Na Han-rim and explains that Mrs. Choi suddenly became ill and will rest for a while.
The students immediately ask questions about Choi. Their concern does not match the report describing the class as unusually hostile or damaged by its teacher.
A flashback explains why Lim was selected for the undercover role. She protests that elementary teachers must teach every subject. Her earlier island assignment only required her to pose as a physical-education teacher, and she is a high-school graduate rather than a university-trained elementary educator.
Na Hwa-jin argues that he can teach children but does not create the same reaction from parents. Lim, as a young female teacher, is more likely to make the parents reveal how they ordinarily treat school staff.
She reluctantly accepts and warns Na not to complain later.
Lim struggles with the lessons¶
Lim teaches mathematics and makes a calculation error, writing 68 where a student says the answer should be 58.
Children whisper that she also made a mistake during social studies.
She becomes visibly nervous, repeatedly telling herself to relax.
The class does not become cruel. Several students correct her, laugh lightly, and continue participating.
Lim notices that most of them are more worried about Mrs. Choi than interested in attacking the replacement teacher.
The discrepancy deepens her suspicion that the original complaint was fabricated by adults.
The parents’ café meeting¶
Lim meets a group of mothers at a café.
Lee Woo-jin’s mother immediately takes control of the conversation. She questions Lim’s age, university, and background.
Lim says she attended the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, abbreviated NCOA. The parents misunderstand it as a prestigious foreign university and praise her English.
They then ask about Mrs. Choi.
Woo-jin’s mother says Choi’s panic disorder is an act and describes her as lazy, biased, and responsible for an unfair school-violence ruling.
She claims Choi sided with another child because of money.
Lim calmly corrects the claim. Under the revised system, the Ministry or Office of Education—not the homeroom teacher—conducts the school-violence deliberation. A teacher may submit an opinion, but it is not the decisive factor.
Woo-jin’s mother interprets the correction as an attack.
“SO YOU’RE SAYING MY KID IS AT FAULT?”
Lim explains that she is only describing the process.
The mother accuses her of being young and unable to “read the room.”
The juice-refill incident¶
Woo-jin’s mother demands a free refill for an expensive juice.
The café employee apologizes and explains that only Americano and espresso drinks qualify.
The mother threatens to post that the café is cold-hearted and warns that a business in the neighborhood must deal properly with mothers.
The employee offers a cookie as compensation.
Lim interrupts and orders the same drinks for the group.
She says her salary is not especially generous, but she does not want to be stingy over a few thousand won.
The gesture exposes how the mother uses the threat of online criticism to obtain personal concessions.
The mother asks what Lim is implying and becomes increasingly aggressive.
“Teachers and parents have no upper-lower relationship”¶
The argument escalates.
Woo-jin’s mother complains that young people are rude and appears to move or throw ice toward Lim without permission.
Lim calls her “ajumma,” an ordinary term for a middle-aged woman that the mother treats as an unforgivable insult.
The mother calls Lim a crazy bitch.
Lim physically stops or controls her before the confrontation can continue.
She tells the woman to listen carefully:
“TEACHERS AND PARENTS HAVE NO UPPER-LOWER RELATIONSHIP.”
The chapter ends with Lim rejecting the assumption that a parent stands above a teacher merely because the teacher serves the parent’s child.
Chapter-level observations¶
1. The students contradict the accusation¶
They are imperfect and amused by Lim’s mistakes, but they show concern for Mrs. Choi rather than fear of her.
2. The café reveals the parent’s operating method¶
Woo-jin’s mother uses community reputation, online posting, and consumer pressure to force small businesses and school employees to comply.
3. Lim’s teaching mistakes are deliberate narrative contrast¶
She is less qualified at elementary instruction than Choi, yet no one accuses her of abuse until an adult’s pride is challenged.
4. The central conflict is hierarchy¶
The mother does not merely want an explanation. She expects obedience and interprets correction as insubordination.