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Why You Should Watch: Biscuit Teacher Star Candy

Since the universe decided to be cruel and leave us hanging with no new episode of Goblin today, it seemed like a good day to go digging around in the old drama vault for a Gong Yoo marathon. Because you can never have enough Gong Yoo in your drama-watching life, I say.

When we first launched this Why You Should Watch series to give everyone a chance to champion their favorite shows (and get us all addicted to them, of course!), Biscuit Teacher Star Candy was the first drama I thought of. It’s a sentimental favorite of mine from back in 2005, featuring an adorable Gong Yoo (The Lonely Shining Goblin, Big) as a high school bad boy and Gong Hyo-jin (Jealousy Incarnate, The Producers) as his scrappy teacher. It’s one of those dramas I’ve loved for eons but never got to talk about with other people, because for some inexplicable reason, no one around me has seen it. What madness! So here’s my case for why you should watch Biscuit Teacher Star Candy and squee about it with me. Because no one likes to be a fan club of one!

If you’ve ever seen Gong Hyo-jin or Gong Yoo in anything, the drama pretty much sells itself, since they’re now both established romantic comedy leads, and they were great together in this bickering noona romance early in their careers. (And for a fun treasure hunt, look out for: Lee Yoon-ji, Choi Yeo-jin, Jang Hee-jin, Go Jun-hee, Jung Kyeo-woon, Jung Eui-chul, Seo Joon-young, and Yoo Da-in when they were wee little rookies.)

The high school youth drama is like a light-hearted comic-book version of School 2013’s coming-of-age stories, but with romance at the center, and a flair for wacky hyperbole. For instance, the heroine was a legendary jjang (the best fighter) in high school, and she gets these impossibly acrobatic fight scenes in the drama, only to show us in the epilogues after each episode how the fights actually went down (flailing limbs, lucky coincidences). So not as badass as legend makes her seem.

The story is really about two rebellious teenagers, each legendary troublemakers at one high school, but in different times. The heroine, Na Bori (Gong Hyo-jin), was kicked out of school for single-handedly taking down an entire group of boys who attacked her classmate, and her story gets passed down among the students. She eventually gets her life together and becomes a teacher, and is determined to get hired at the school that once expelled her.

The hero, Park Tae-in (Gong Yoo), is the present-day troublemaker, a popular boy with a quick temper and a colorful past. He has an abusive father who left his mother and started a new family, and regularly sends Tae-in abroad or locks him up in hospitals or beats him. It’s no wonder that he’s so angry and bristly and terrified of being abandoned by everyone.

The show’s title comes from the heroine’s name, Bori, which means “barley”—the students take to calling her Biscuit Teacher because barley biscuits are a common snack. And traditionally, barley biscuits are packaged with little star candies inside, so they come in a set—two things that go together, like peanut butter and jelly. So of course, star candy refers to Tae-in.

At first Bori fails to get hired as a teacher at her old high school, but when she gets caught up in an incident with Tae-in outside of school, she gets an offer from his stepmother, the director of the school board, to become Tae-in’s watchdog and keep him out of trouble. She clearly doesn’t know what she’s getting herself into, but Bori takes the job as a temp and isn’t allowed to teach any subjects, but becomes his homeroom teacher.

From the start it’s a disaster, as Tae-in is basically the star of the school and a rude little punk who makes her life hell from Day 1. After suffering his pranks, she decides to take a different approach to survive at this job, and tries to befriend him. At first he finds her annoying, but then as Bori starts to get invested in her students’ lives, running out day or night to save them from this or that scrape outside of school, Tae-in begins to see that she’s different from every other adult in his life—she’s sincere and just like them, and she genuinely cares about all of their problems.

She’s the first person to ever make him feel like he’s not a big failure and not wanted, who doesn’t give up on him no matter what he does. So naturally he falls completely head over heels in love with her, and starts declaring it very loudly like a lovesick fool. It’s one of the main reasons I adore this drama.

She just thinks it’s cute puppy love, and that everyone has a crush on a teacher during their school days—in fact, the reason she wanted to be a teacher at this school was because of her high school crush, the art teacher who also happens to be Tae-in’s uncle (his stepmother’s brother, technically). She actually dates the art teacher, but he’s such an ineffectual second lead that you feel like his dull as dishwater character is designed entirely to showcase how much better Tae-in is. So even though Tae-in is always pining from afar and jealous of his uncle, you’re watching it going: Pfft, that guy? She’s so going to dump his ass.

What Bori doesn’t realize, of course, is that she’s already leaning on Tae-in and confiding in him more than anyone else in her life—more than the guy she’s actually dating—and though Tae-in never in a million years thinks she’d ever love him back, he can’t help but always want to be by her side and get to love her on his own. He’s just utterly devoted to his one-sided love, which is, of course, why it totally slays me.

I couldn’t find any good clips out there for this show, so I had to make my own. Unfortunately that means they’re not subbed, but I’ll give you the setup and the important dialogue for each:

It’s Bori’s first day as a teacher, and when she’s greeted with cheers, she thinks to herself: “That’s right, kids! Bori is here! I’m going to become a really impressive teacher!” Cue: Tae-in, the real reason for all the cheering. He recognizes her from outside of school and scoffs, “You’re… a teacher?” She takes issue with his condescending attitude and starts to lecture him…

Didn’t I say he was a punk?

Bori and Tae-in accidentally get locked in a hospital storage room together (why do drama storage rooms always lock from the outside?), and while she’s screaming for someone to save them, he realizes he’d rather not be rescued, and quietly turns off his phone. She finally calms down and thinks to look for her cell phone, which she left behind in the hospital room, and asks for his.

Tae-in: “Aigoo, the battery’s out. Oh no. It’s been dying so quickly these days.” She asks what they’re supposed to do, looking so upset, while he looks so happy. He can barely hide his smile as he says, “What can we do? We’ll just… have to stay here… till morning…”

Later that night in the hospital storage room, Bori wakes up when she hears Tae-in crying from a nightmare. Bori: “Why are you crying? Did you have a dream?” He tells her not to wait for his uncle to come around: “My mom waited her whole life for my father. He never came once. After she died, he came one time—to her funeral. Don’t wait around your whole life for someone who won’t come like she did, and throw me away. Don’t throw me away.”

At this point she doesn’t know that he likes her or why he’d say that, so she just treats him like a puppy like she always does. Bori: “Why would you worry about that? Why would I throw you away? I can’t live without you. I won’t ever throw you away. Don’t cry, okay?” Tae-in holds out his pinky: “Then promise. That you won’t throw me away.”

Tae-in realizes his feelings for Bori and runs to tell her: “Teacher! Teacher, I like you! Park Tae-in likes his teacher! Madly, crazily! Wait for me just one year… no, until I graduate! I’ll come find you and propose! I’m going to become a really impressive guy and propose to you! I! Love! Na Bori! I! Love! Na Bori! I! Love! Na Bori! I love her! I love her! I love her!”

Kyaaaaaaaa~

 

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Sounds interesting!! Does anyone know the Korean title??

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건빵선생과 별사탕 or 건빵 선생과 별사탕

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In korean it's 건빵선생과 별사탕 (geon-bbang sunsaeng gwa byul satang). the english title is the literal translation of the title.

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This drama is on www1. dramacool.to

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I've watched it and just like girlfriday it has been my most memorable drama. I won't forget it....ever!

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It was also one of my most memorable drama. I watched this back in 2007 when I was getting ready to take a board exam. I rewatch this to take my mind off the pressures.

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It's my favorite too. He is so funny towards the end, how he proposes!

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This is also one of my favorite drama and it often reminds me of the Japanese Gokusen, except Biscuit Teacher/Hello my Teacher is more romance focused even though she helped her students a lot as well.

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same watched it a long time ago, I remember the culture shock with the boys father, he was so terrified of him it was not funny

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Same. I had to stop watching this, early in my Kdrama-watching career, because of the father. So sad because it had taken me so long to even attempt to start watching because (very silly reason) I couldn't get over the weird title.
Thanks for the explanation of the title's meaning, girlfriday! That alone brings me one step closer to a re-attempt, a decade later :) (That and the fact that it's one of your favourites)

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it would be great if the section includes year when the aired as well.

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GHJ hasnt changed a bit

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It's my favourite drama too..
I really love the scene when he bought roses...
Colourful roses to her..
I love it <3
For those who don't watch it yet, please watch it.
You will love it ^^
Sorry for my broken English..

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Awwww.. still remember that part.. and his finger is hurt by the torn everywhere.. luckily the teacher tend him..
This drama is really reallyyy cute!

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Hahahha good times! good m'ries ... this was from a loooong time ago. Other than the leads, the title was interesting, and stuck (thank you Thunder).

Gong Yoo used to act the young punk roles (some obnoxious) back then. Recall more movies, than I recall his dramas, until the Coffee Prince.

If my dusty mry is correct - offhand in his younger days - Gong Yoo was in:
1) My Tutor Friend (movie - Kwon Sang Woo, Kim Ha Neul)... as the rival school gang leader?
2) S Diary (Kim Sun Ah) ... he was one of her early bfs
3) She's on Duty (also Kim Sun Ah!)

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4) more recent, with Jeon Do Yeon = very good! And how far he has come since then.

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Randomly watched S Diary and see Gong Yoo was such a fun surprise - I thought he was adorable in it!

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Ju, I am looking for you but somehow your old email is not working. Email me at jaimec2005@gmail.com pls!

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He is the sweetest! His love for her is so sincere, intense, and innocent in his way. He made me smile.

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It's called "Hello My Teacher" - eng subbed on kissasian

Thanks for introducing this. I found it last night and started on ep 1 & 2.

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I just finished watching it last week. The Gongs couple are adorable like always. But the 2nd guy (Teacher Ji Hyun Woo) ruined everything. The actor who played that character can't act !!

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Oh, this drama is my heart. It's one of the few that I've watched in full multiple times. Can we get Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo-jin reunited in another drama? Please?

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YES PLEASE. Both Gong Yoo and Gong Hyojin are under Soop Management Agency and both have recently filmed a CF for Shinsegae together. Surely, they can find a way for them to be in a drama as the OTP. /sends offerings to dramagods/

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The Gongs are well known for being super close friends. :) It's awesome!

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That makes me so happy

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I support this very much! Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo jin in my screen! AMEN!!!!!!!!!!

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I SECOND THAT! I remember looking for another fluffy romance drama to watch after finishing My Lovely Kim Sam Soon, and stumbled upon this drama. So glad I did. It introduced me to Gong Hyo Jin and Gong Yoo.

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I also watched this a long time ago and it has become one of my favorites. This is the drama that made me GY an GHJ's fan . I hope too that they get paired in a drama! They have really great chemistry,

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Been thinking of rewatching this maybe in 6 weeks when I have made enough money to lazy AF but this drama is a good drama

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Yup.at first i have second thought to watch it..but im totally addicted to it after 3rd episode...the emotion part of gong yoo really works for this drama.. Its a must watch drama for gong yoo

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I agree with Girlfriday. This drama is a much watch! And who can pass up Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo-jin! If you haven't seen it yet take all out words for it.

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I loved it !!! puppy goong yoo was one of the most adorable thing that ever existed in dramaland! Gong couple fighting!!

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It's kind of funny how in real life, Gong Yoo was 27 and Gong Hyo Jin was 25 at the time of the drama. Yet, they played in a noona romance together so well!

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He born July 1979, she's born April 1980... 9 months age difference.

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Not in Korean age. they are 2 years apart in korean age :)

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Nope they're just 1 year apart even in Korean age

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Love this drama! The characters are wonderful and the love story is sweet! Definitely worth watching - and then rewatching

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I remember it as one of those kdramas where the stepmom was actually quite nice. Also, young Gong Yoo looks a lot like Taiwanese actor Chen Bo-lin at some angles.

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LOL! For some reason, I've always thought that Chen Bo-Lin gives me some Gong Yoo-ish vibes.

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Me too! actually Chen Bolin is my favourite taiwanese actor, and I first started watching him because he reminded me of Gong Yoo... and he also has a nice personality and is quite playful with his co-stars constantly teasing them like Gong Yoo :P

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I loved this one-I rewatched my favorite parts a few times. Gong Yoo is so adorable and soooo nice; there's a part where he puts his shoes on her feet to keep them warm and it just killed me. I highly recommend this drama.

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Eeeeeh! Biscuit Teacher! Now this just made me want to rewatch this. Adorable puppy Gong Yoo is the best Gong Yoo tbh. He and his posse are the perfect mix of cool, hilarious, and ridiculous (esp. Jung Kyeo-woon)... Okay, that's it. Now i am really going to rewatch this.

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I know the reason I haven't seen it: where the heck can you watch it?

It's not on Amazon, Netflix, Dramafever, or Viki.

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try kissasian!

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Yup, Kissasian has it. I've checked.

I remember this drama. totally love it esp the sweet ending. definitely rewatching this.

Gong-Yoo ssi, please do more dramas. We the fans aren't just satisfied with your movies?

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My thoughts exactly! It has not been available on my usual drama streaming apps.

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This drama and many others used to be available ages ago on one well-known website -- mysoju.com. Nowadays? I wouldn't know.

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Ahh, mysoju. That used to be my go-to site. RIP.

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Yep, twas a sad day when My Soju was inaccessible.

There was another back then too ... CrunchyRoll

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Ahhh, I watched my very first drama, It Started With A Kiss, on my soju... 8 years ago. Oh my goodness.

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Yes! I had a hard time finding a streaming/dl site for this back then, too! I managed to find ONE (sorry cant remember the site anymore) but had to make do with its low-res video. There were no other choices. Ah, the things i do for Gong Yoo.

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Maybe it's listed under its alternate English title, 'Hello My Teacher' - did you try that?

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gooddrama.to...find it there

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yes it's definitely in kissasian

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Gong Yoo as a high school rebel with a puppy heart of gold? I'm sold! I'm working my way through his filmography and I'm really impressed by how distinct his roles are from each other. He's a brilliant actor and aging into ajusshihood very finely. :D

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"He’s a brilliant actor and aging into ajusshihood very finely."

Gong Yoo is aging like wine, really. And I love how we get to see him take on different roles.

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Lol, "ajusshihood."

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Well it was an okay drama for me. Good but only a one time watch.
I loved both the leads!

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It had a few nice moments, but overall I really didn't like it. I'm always baffled that people like it so much. It's yet another drama where people act like caricatures and the heroine forgives too easily (and never adequately defends herself). Just goes to show that not everyone has the same taste in shows. :)

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Agreed: I don't get it, either (despite my love for Gong Yoo from Coffee Prince). I wondered in the first several episodes if it was perhaps based on a manga or anime--it just had that vibe to me. Then later Biscuit Teacher broke up with Art Teacher (without ever really breaking up with him) about a million times, which I got tired of.

I'm thinking maybe a person had to encounter this show at the right age and the right era of kdrama viewing for it to hit the "sweet spot"? I'm reading a lot of nostalgia in these comments. Or maybe it just comes down to, as you noted, JJB, that people have different tastes. (Certainly true.)

Oh well, here's to different strokes for different folks! :D

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Maybe it's because of Gong Yoo and the way he performed that got people interested. That's the case for me. The plot was meh. Your typical teacher-solves-everything-now-its-a-happy-ending kind of thing with several subplots which does not suit my taste when it comes to series/movies. But Gong Freaking Yoo was so adorable and loveable and cute that he carried the show for me~

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Why everyone is swooning over this teacher student romance...just because it's the other way round? I'm confused.

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It's been years since I watched it, but if I remember correctly I think he'd been held back a year or something (time in the hospital?) so he was older than a normal student. And she had JUST graduated and started working, so she was fairly young.

Also, SHE is acting like a teacher and HE is chasing her around like crazy acting like a love-sick puppy for a pretty good chunk of the show - that's not icky. Though the age/ student/teacher thing comes up as she starts to fall for him, it's handled well IMO, and ultimately it's one of the few student/teacher dramas that I think really hit the mark in both romance and tasteful/non-ickyness.

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Well I see nothing disturbing about it. My friend started to teach english in a japanese school ( in Japan of coursexD), and there was my other friend who was a last year High school student, He was 22, she was almost 18; they fell deeply in love, started dating two months before her graduation)> fast forward 10 years later, they happily live with their baby boy in London, and the two of them have successful carriers. Sometimes "wrong" can be right :)

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And " of course" they did marry 5 years ago ^^

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Well put harukogirl- I was also a little leery of the premise but never once felt icky watching it, very well handled!

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That has always been my question about this show.

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I see what you did there..

and a thumbs up :P

Lol.. that is why.. consumers/customers are fickle minded.. to think they have any deep seated immovable laws/beliefs that guide them.. is wrong..

If product is enticing enough, they would come around buying it.. whether they say it or not

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This drama did have one of the (very rare) satisfying endings. I agree, it is a classic.

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I watched this back in 2005 when I was in high school and fell in love with Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo Jin. I also find this to be one of my sentimental rom com favorites. Now I want to rewatch it!!

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YES!!!! I watched this when it was airing....I LOVED IT so much....GHJ is still my all time fave!! I'm so glad it's getting love from DRAMABEANS <3 yay!

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You can never go wrong with Gong Yoo being a troublemaking puppy. This drama brings back good ol memories. And I love both actors. I wish to see them reunite in a drama.

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I'm glad you put this up because I feel that not enough people know about this drama. It's my favorite noona romance and the drama that made me fall in love with Gong Yoo. He gives so much emotion to the character Tae In and you really believe in his love for Na Bo Ri. I also enjoy the stories with the other students as well too. If you haven't seen it. Definitely check it out!

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Ahhh I would have said it was my favorite noona romance too if not for " What's up fox?" !!!! My all time favourite!

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This is one of the classics for me. Rewatched it now and then and I really love his confession scene outside the airport.

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I watched Finding Mr Destiny to get my Gong Yoo fix. I had only ever watched the first few minutes.

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I've watched this last week after sad recent episodes of Goblin and it is really good to see Goblin ajusshi to play as high school student. Some dialogues there even let me relate with Goblin drama for eg one of his classmates said that he will get divine punishment for being a playboy and in my head...huh, no wonder he's a Dokkaebi now ^^

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I watched it in 2008 back when I was a student. Couldn't stop laughing while watching this drama. Watched this drama after coffee prince.

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I'm always hearing about this show, but personally I'm not fond of student teacher romance, even if the gender is reversed. I could watch it like goblin but even with goblin there's this weird feeling I have that I can't fully love the romance idk there is always this irk factor in the back of my mind.

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I been searching for English sub for this drama but no luck at all.. it's one drama iv want to watch for the longest time

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kissasian has English subtitles

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One of my favorites too!! I kind of miss old school dramas like this...

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I couldn’t find any good clips out there for this show, so I had to make my own. Lol! I didn't see that coming, but that's so funny! The things we do to show/share our love for something. Expect a bunch of likes coming from my yt account. Haha.

I'm definitely loving Gong Yoo a lot these days. That man is an absolute babe.

He's so bad in the first clip! The way he jumped at Bori and made her fall in the fountain--that's so mean! Then he became a puppy in the third clip and the way he just linked pinkies with Bori and fell back to sleep was so precious. BUT that confession! My goodness, what a confession that was!

On another note, uncle teacher looks a lot like Lee Dong-wook!

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Sold!

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OMG I LOOOOVEEEEEE this drama, it's one of my faves (just a coincidence that it has my fave Gongs in it!), Gong Yoo is Super duper adorable in it, there's a scene where he lets her wear his shoes too <3 look at those dimples and that smile I'm so happy to see this on here!

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This is a sweetheart of a show and its what started my Gong Yoo love. Highly recommend it. That last scene with his dad really hurt my heart (though i must say it came out of nowhere and didnt seem to make much narrative sense)

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The first time I watched this drama (in 2006?), the love confession totally caught me by surprise. It was so adorable and so funny that I sent the button to repeat, and repeat, and repeat...

I watched this drama again a couple of weeks ago while waiting for the next episode of Goblin, and the same thing happened. Then I realized that of the hundreds of dramas I've watched (since starting in 2004), Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy has the most adorable and arguably the best love confession.

This drama also goes by the name Hello My Teacher.

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What a coincidence! Literally just finished marathoning the entire thing, and was looking for some where to rehash the glory. :)

2nd lead was so passive and indecisive, it was kind of annoying. But I loved seeing the students grow up by the end of the series. And of course, Gong Yoo! (And his million rose archway <3)

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SOLD! Thank you - will definitely watch and will search for it on KissAsian.

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HOLY MOLY
THAT WAS ONE MY FAVORITE DRAMAS I'M SO HAPPY TO READ THAT SOMEONE STILL SHARES MY LOVE FOR THAT SHOW!!!
I keep telling my friends to watch but they are like its too old...sigh new viewers have been spoiled by current dramas that are more fast paced compared to past kdramas that I grew up with.

Even though high school student with teacher irked me...their chemistry was great and Gong Yoo's character was supposed to graduate.

Goblin's high school student with 900+ dude still irks me , but i'm happy that she graduated ... so i'm less irked.

Age difference doesn't matter to me it just depends on their situation...

Gong Yoo looked really old for his age when he was in his early 20s...now he will look young at his age. haha

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Thank you for this post, girlfriday. It made me want to watch the drama so badly that I am downloading all the sixteen episodes right now. Especially with gong yoo and gong hyo jin in it, I feel like nothing can go wrong in this drama.

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Oh my gosh! Biscuit Teacher Star Candy! ----- you have to love that drama title!

This was my introduction to Gong Yoo.

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Teacher student romances are kind of disgusting to me to be honest. So unethical and not to mention the dodgy power dynamics. As someone mentioned above would people think it was so cute of the genders were reversed? Gross.

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That's one of the reasons why I never enjoyed this drama as much…Gong Yoo is cute and all but the "ick" factor was still there.

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This drama is and has been one of my most favorite, ranking in the top 10 of the 500 or so I have watched. Now you are making me want to watch it again! It was the first drama I ever downloaded years ago and I go back to it often! I adore it and have watched it more than a dozen times! It is subbed on DramaCool/Nice and GoodDrama. I realize you probably can't bring them up since they are all illegal scraper sites. The drama itself is really well done and just terrifically acted by our 2 leads. The writing is surprisingly good given the era...not filled with the annoying cliches today's dramas are so riddled with. I too would love to see these 2 in a drama together, but do they ever do that? I always wondered why the young man (Kim Da-Hyun) who played the Uncle basically disappeared as he was quite good looking and good in his part. Choi Yeo-Jin has stayed a staple supporting actress for years. LOVED her in Valid Love where she gave an unforgettable performance.

Biscuit Teacher also goes by Hello My Teacher if you are searching for it. If you haven't watched it you should give it a try. Also, for those who may be concerned about the fact that he is a high school student and she is his teacher, he has been out of the country for 2 years and is already 20-21 years old. She is only 25 or 26. And, as is mentioned above, IRL He is older than Gong Hyo-Jin.

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I remember watching this back in the day and loving it!! Though I knew it as HELLO MY TEACHER, so never quite understood this alternate title. But this was the drama I watched after finishing LET'S GO TO SCHOOL, SANG-DOO, so of course I much preferred it over that one. Great recommendation!!

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I watched this drama too after GHJ made me cry like a baby in Sangdoo, let's go to school!

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Exactly! This was my therapy drama, so I've always remembered it fondly; plus, Gong Yoo can cheer up anyone lol.

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Sold!

I've been hearing about this drama for ever but never really wanted to watch it until now. And if this one happens to be my next new crack, I'm gonna blame you Girlfriday.

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Noona Romance! Noona Romance! Noona Romance! I’m a lost cause when it comes to noona romances. ❤❤??
Nooonaaaaa~~~~~

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I was so surpriiseed seeing this drama here, this is my one of the most fav drama of all time, along with thank you and masters sun. GHJ is here and so is gong yoo ,❤❤, their combination was awesome, and though GY is older than GHJ in real life, here she acts as his teacher . It's funny, and the female teacher is plainright miserable. But their romance was cutest as far as i remember. Though I had one small complain that how it took so long time for bori to finally appreciate the love coming from her student, she was a little too besotted with the other teacher. We got to see a little less lovey dovey scenes. Apart from that heart this drama. Glad that db is digging out golds from the past. Most these days are like one time wonder.

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Squeee! I just got done watching this one!
The 'star candy' treasure hunt was real, for me who was watching this 12 years after it was made. So many familiar faces who got their break in this show!

Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo-Jin are among my top favourite korean stars, I'm surprised I didn't discover this show earlier. Was totally not disappointed, this show is gold.

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I love this drama!!! I remember watching it 10 years ago with my family O.o
Btw, anybody knows where can I download this drama in good quality? Been searching for a download site yet to no avail..

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It's on Avistaz. to as "Hello My Teacher".

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Been watching these for nth times! Must watch drama of gongyoo and hyojin. Really hope they can do another drama together again!!!

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This is one my old school favorites! Once I was going to rewatch some parts but I ended up watching the whole thing again. I have also realized that not many people have watched this, so I'm glad you made this!

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I remember me and my mom watching this on VCD player. Each episode is on separate CDs and you have to buy the whole set to finish the series. ??? I love Gong Hyojin at that time. She is truly charming. She made me cry like a baby in Sangdoo, let's go to school. I don't know Gong Yoo that time. For me, 2005 is the era of Kwon Sangwoo, Eric Mun, and Rain. My mom loves Kwon Sangwoo and I love Eric Mun but after watching Biscuit Teacher Star Candy, we both fell for Gong Yoo's cheekiness and charms. He is a breath of fresh air from all the chaebol-prince-savior characters at that time.

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At last, someone speak up about this drama! Everywhere I go, nobody seem to know..Im glad you brought this up! Thumbs up!!

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One of my favorites. Just thinking how funny drama world is. Gong Yoo was acting as a teenager when Gong Hyojin was an older noona. Years later..they can actually act as as couple. I think Gong Hyojin can even call Gong Yoo oppa!

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True true. "She actually dates the art teacher, but he’s such an ineffectual second lead that you feel like his dull as dishwater character is designed entirely to showcase how much better Tae-in is."

And he looks no older than Tae-in. In fact in many scenes he looks younger.

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He was actually a few months younger than Gong Yoo in real life.

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And so grateful for the explanation of the title.
Because the title made no sense to me, I 've had the hardest time remembering it and often mis-remember it as Seabiscuit and Candy.

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my most impressive scene would be his decorating her gate with flowers.

the drama´s a bit loose at the limbs, like a prototype doll that wants to fall apart, but it doesnt all thanks to the chemistry between the two that works like superglue.

but you´ll be SO annoyed with that art teacher - yes, I am an art teacher by education, too, but I HATE his hair, his style, his lukewarm demeanor and his jellyfish face. I apologize, if anyone really likes him. He is just so annoyingly bland, but maybe that´s cause Tae-In and Bo-Ri are so colorful

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@redfox,

Yes!!! That scene of him entwining her gate with a rainbow of roses... gorgeous and romantic as all get out!

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@redfox you don't even need much reasons to hate him, just look at his crappy paintings lol. Is he really an art teacher? Also I noticed what bori was painting while smiling sheepishly at the teacher, it was so drab, and I couldn't believe when all he did was walking past her, smiling back. He needed to go close and scold her or make it better!

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Jellyfish face omg that's perfect ?

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