At the beginning of the drama, I cringed at the very thought of being dragged as a viewer into rationalizing his conduct with the specter of family abuse, addiction (like Nam Soon), extreme poverty, health crisis, whatever. Too many of us suffer those conditions and are NOT bullies, after all.

I normally don’t watch high school ANYTHING – movies, dramas, musicals, etc. But I stayed for Nam Soon. His character and the writing for him are superb.

I’m also fascinated by the teaching styles personified by the two leads and the pressure to “teach to the test(s)”. Actually, come to think of it, Min Ki’s mom – tiger as she may be – is responding to the competitive nature of certain societies, manifested as early as pre-K in some cases. Apparently she’s still a firm believer in The Climb to the Top mentality or she’d have taken an entirely different route with Min Ki so he wouldn’t be as affected as his brother.

And “elititist” Ha Kyung? She’s just following said program, also endorsed by her own family.

This education topic was VERY well contextualized in A Wife’s Credentials, imo.

In relation to the small things noticed while watching, did anyone notice how cold it was in the storage room? The scene was so intense, but I couldn’t but be so distracted by their visible breaths every time they spoke.

Plus, why were they sleeping in their clothes with next to no bedding? Is that a poverty thing?

I was really excited for Park Heung Soo and Go Nam Soon’s rivalry at first but now it’s just kind of draggy and far-fetched, it takes way too much time from other storylines and character development. I suppose it’s good if you’re here for the angsty bromance, but if like me, you aren’t (I would’ve prefered a general highschool drama) then it is veeery tiresome and even annoying. For a show that was supposed to be realistic they have ignored a lot of stuff that does happen in school to favor the more fantasy-like bromance between two friends. I’m happy it’s getting high ratings though, I like all the actors.

gah, posted in the wrong place sorry

I was really excited for Park Heung Soo and Go Nam Soon’s rivalry at first but now it’s just kind of draggy and far-fetched, it takes way too much time from other storylines and character development. I suppose it’s good if you’re here for the angsty bromance, but if like me, you aren’t (I would’ve prefered a general highschool drama) then it is veeery tiresome and even annoying. For a show that was supposed to be realistic they have ignored a lot of stuff that does happen in school to favor the more fantasy-like bromance between two friends. I’m happy it’s getting high ratings though, I like all the actors.