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Episode 228: The Man in the High Castle (7)

Kim Ho-beom frowned at my words.

“Is there any way?”

"Yes. Sure. In fact, it is very simple.”

Then people turned to me.

Everyone seemed to be curious about what I was going to say.

“Yeah, what is that method?”

I opened my mouth slowly.

A method that can prevent the side effect of lowering basic academic ability without compromising students' autonomy.

The way to distort Kim Ho-beom's confident face is...

“Strengthening the Paid System and Graduation System.”

It was a change in the current high school system.

When I finished speaking, people started to scream.

“Paid system and graduation system… ?”

I nodded my head at Kim Ho-beom's question.

"Yes. By expanding the paid system, which has long since lost its reputation, it is implementing the paid system in general middle and high schools. And then, if the high school graduation exam is introduced in Korea and the difficulty level is set, the students will be able to fill in the 'minimum common sense for society' that the CEO worries about without having to monitor or force every move of the students in school education. will.”

The current high school graduation system in Korea is based on unlimited competition. It is a system that forces students to study with the goal of entering the university as a hostage.

But at the same time, it was also a very irresponsible system.

The saying that the system is based on infinite competition means that the achievement of a student depends solely on the ability of the student. It means that only those who follow will lead.

‘Honestly, if you pay attention to your attendance, you can graduate.’

Well, there is no other system that is more convenient for teachers to manage students.

Therefore, if the paid system and the graduation test system are added to the current high school system, the autonomous learning activities of students will be strengthened, and the so-called ‘basic academic ability’ will be able to rise to a higher level.

‘Because otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to leave school.’

However?

Hearing my story, Hobeom Kim started to laugh as if it was ridiculous.

“Pu ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha”

He smiled for a long time without paying any attention to the people's gaze, but then he suddenly stopped laughing and looked at me with a face with a clear shadow.

“Crazy. Even if you are crazy, you are very, very, very crazy.”

At his clear words, Yoo Deok-hyun hardened his expression.

“… CEO Ho-beom Kim, please be polite.”

Then Kim Ho-beom smiled softly and nodded his head.

“I’m sorry, but it’s been a long time since I’ve heard such a nonsensical sound, and I burst out laughing without realizing it.”

After the apology, he looked at me with a fishy expression.

His eyes were full of hostility and ridicule towards me.

I met his snake-like gaze.

"what do you mean."

“What do you mean? It means you're talking nonsense."

After finishing his words, he began to open his mouth with a confident attitude.

“Yeah, the idea of ​​using the paid system and the graduation exam system is not that bad. As you said, if it is that way, the minimum level of common sense education will be possible without compromising the autonomy of the students.”“But you… You don't think other people are so stupid that they haven't thought of those methods until now, are they?"

"that… .”

“It’s not that other people didn’t think of it, it’s that they didn’t think of it. It is impossible to apply both methods in Korea.”

Then, after looking at the people for a while, he continued to speak slowly.

“Because the moment someone says it, people are sure to rip the person who said it to pieces.”

“… Who would do that?”

“Parents and teachers. And most people in education.”

Those who heard him looked at him with puzzled expressions.

It seemed that he didn't quite understand what he was saying.

Then Kim Ho-beom looked down at the people as if he was pathetic.

"You-all… If the school says, ‘Your child can’t study, so I’ll send you back,’ do you think Korean parents will accept it?”

For a moment, people nodded their heads with an 'ah' expression.

In fact, the education fervor in Korea is very high, comparable to that of Jews. Its high zeal for education was famous abroad as well.

[American singer makes a song that ridicules Koreans’ enthusiasm for education]

[Korean Parents, Skimpy Winds in the US]

[Korea’s passion for education, another arms race]

So, in a normal case, it was obvious that as soon as he knew that his child had been paid, he would run to the school office with a bang and a raging wind.

‘Maybe we start by grabbing the teacher by the collar.’

Kim Ho-beom, who checked people's expressions, smiled slightly.

“Besides, it’s a graduation exam. You were probably thinking of French baccalaureate, but that's crazy. From the point of view of teachers, everything they have learned and taught so far will be discarded, but will they readily accept it? They will probably try to burn the policy makers at the stake.”

“If you think about the money and time that would go into making those policies a reality… It's an unrealistic plan. An unrealistic plan.”

People nodded at his words.

“Actually, it’s a paid system, so it’s a bit difficult in reality.”

"right. It’s paid in Korea, so it’s going to be a burden on the parents?”

“Is that Baccalaureate? Uh huh, I’m going to die of hardship just by taking the SAT, how do I do that?”

Apparently, they also thought that Kim Ho-beom's words were true.

‘Well, in general.’

I glanced at Yoo Deok-hyun and gave a signal.

Then, with a determined expression on his face, Yoo Deok-hyun nodded and tapped the podium.

bang-

People's eyes turned to Yoo Deok-hyun.

“If that’s the case, you don’t have to worry.”

"what?"

At Kim Ho-beom's question, Yoo Deok-hyeon smiled of conversion.

“The points pointed out by the CEO are already fully reviewed.”

Then he pulled out a heavy paperwork.

[Plan to improve autonomous learning ability of high school students in Seoul]

That is the detailed plan of the policies I was talking about.

In it, the data on the points pointed out by Kim Ho-beom and their solutions were systematically organized.

Kim Ho-beom, who saw the data uploaded by Yoo Deok-hyun, laughed.

“… I'm out of my mind."

Maintaining Yoo Deok-hyun's firm attitude, he answered.

“Everything is going well, isn’t it?”

“But still, it’s not okay. The policy you are thinking of. It will fail.”

“On what basis do you say that?”

"Evidence?"

He smiled deeply and opened his mouth.

“Originally, in Korea, the current system suits better than the vain policies. A tree that grows on rough soil will last a long time.”

“Don’t you think that there are trees that wither without even growing because of the rough soil?”

"of course. It's better to water the trees you want to grow at that time than to pay attention to the lazy ones."

It was a stubborn attitude as if there were no differences of opinion.

In fact, Koreans often came to have “belief” in the legitimacy of competition through continuous evaluation and entrance exams.

Of course, moderate competition stimulated people's sense of improvement and produced better results than otherwise... … .

The problem is that the form of competition easily converts social responsibility into individual responsibility.

‘Just like right now.’

"CEO."

"Why?"

“Do you know how many young people take their own lives in Korea each year?”

Then, Ho-beom Kim made a confused expression.

“Well, why all of a sudden?

I opened my mouth slowly, looking at him as if nothing happened.

“It’s 700 people. 700 people.”

Then the people around them looked surprised.

“No, was there that many suicides?”

"Well? Ten years ago, I think there were only 200 to 300 people... .”

Most of them were aware of the high suicide rate among adolescents in Korea, but they seemed to be unaware of the specific number.

‘Because it’s not really a story worth looking for.’

But I had to.

Only then will I be able to break Kim Ho-beom's strong attitude.

I continued speaking with a firm expression on my face.

“In addition, it is a situation where the number of students in the high risk group and the number of students in the interest group are doubling every year. Are you going to tell the students to persevere and persevere for the ‘happiness of money’ that may or may not come in the future for the country, for society, even after seeing such an abnormal figure?”

Then Kim Ho-beom's face was distorted.

Just by looking at his face, he seemed to want to shout at me at any moment.

However.

‘It can’t be. In this situation right now.’

I went on with him the moment he opened his mouth to say something, without giving him time to speak.

“It’s an education that catches people. education for people. This is not an education that makes people, but an education that makes people. Who made this? who would have made it It means that obsessive people like you, people possessed by the ghosts of the past, have made human beings into unhuman things in the name of reality.

And after giving him a tissue for a while, he looked at him and opened his mouth.

“So, can you say that you are not responsible for creating such a society?”Then he said to me with a bubbly face.

“Then are you not responsible?”

“Of course I am responsible. And that's why I'm going to change it. U.S. Although it will take a long time, we are going to reduce that long time.”

Of course, the change will be difficult. As it is to remove the sedimentary layers that have been accumulated over decades, the pain and noise of peeling the flesh may coexist, and there may be errors or mistakes.

But will you go back to the past because you are afraid of change?

Are you afraid of the future, kicking the chance of change and hiding in a cave?

If so, would you be happy?

Aren't we and the environment around us no longer the same as before?

will die quickly If we are afraid of change, we will die quickly, not slowly.

So we must change.

If you can't adapt to the changing reality, if you can't change, you become a solid fossil, while you become a teacher.

“Now, decide. What would you do? Would you like to accept our offer? Or are you going to refuse?”

Then Kim Ho-beom looked at me with an expression that looked like it was about to explode at any moment.

* * * *

"Thank you."

In the end, they did not accept our offer.

‘Don’t make me refuse. If it’s a fight that’s been attached to me anyway, I’ve never avoided it.’

‘You will regret it.’

‘I’m sorry… . what do you work hard on After all, there is a silver won between us that needs to be resolved.

As if growling, he left the conference room with the directors who followed him.

“It’s a silver won between us… .”

I remembered his last words.

It's probably between him and me. No, to be precise, it seemed like he was thinking of solving it this time with Eun-won and Choi Jeong-soon between K Edu and Hermit Crab Academy.

‘And in a very bad way.’

In fact, I had to make a decision at this point.

Anyway, he and I were different in everything, from the style of running the academy to the way we looked at humans and education.

‘It can’t be compatible.’

That's how I was thinking about my work with Hobeom Kim and organizing my thoughts.

“Anyway, what should I do now? I don't think I can stand still like this... .”

Yoo Deok-hyun asked me about my future work.

As long as they rejected our proposal and left the meeting room at the place we had prepared to solve the private education problem as mildly as possible.

Now there was only one way left.

That's right... … .

all-out war.

It was an all-out war that was premised on the unconditional surrender of the opponent.

I looked at Yoo Deok-hyun and slowly opened my mouth.

“We must proceed with what we have prepared.”

"Since when?"

“The sooner the better.”

Now the time for words is over. It's time for power.

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