104 The Ignorant Teacher Invites the Devil (1/2)
Yanghwa Middle School, teacher's lounge.
Although it was winter break, several teachers were working overtime in order to mark the papers for the recent exam that had been conducted before winter break.
Kim Misun was staring at the screen of her laptop with furrowed brows.
”How can this be...?” She whispered to herself.
”Ms. Kim, have you finished keying in the scores for your class yet? We're supposed to release them by tonight,” her colleague reminded her.
Kim Misun snapped out of her thoughts. ”Ah, yes! I'm almost finished.”
Even after she published the marks, she still continued to stare at the monitor with a strange look.
”What have you been staring at for so long, Ms. Kim?” Ms. Jin, an English teacher, approached her curiously with two steaming cups of coffee in hand.
”Oh?” Ms. Jin bent to look at the screen as well.
Class 2-2, Student No. 17, Lee Yeo Ri.
”This student?” She muttered in recognition. ”Ah, what a shame,” she sighed. ”I had great hopes for her, but her condition didn't seem to be good in the previous exam. Although she didn't fail, it was really close,” she remarked.
”...” Kim Misun absentmindedly sipped her coffee, also sighing.
”What's this?” Ms. Jin gaped. ”I thought it was just for my subject, but what kind of performance is this?” She could not help but be surprised at Yeo Ri's set of abysmal scores. She had failed three subjects and barely managed to pull through in the rest.
”I know, right?” Kim Misun sighed again.
Ms. Jin excused herself and manoeuvred through Yeo Ri's records. Clearly, she was not one of the bad students, and yet, her grades took a massive fall this time. Any teacher could not help but be worried.
”Did something happen to her? Bullying? Trouble at home?” Ms. Jin asked worriedly. It was not normal for a good seed like Yeo Ri to just drop her grades like that.
”I don't know. I'm planning on holding a parent-teacher meeting soon, but her father is not picking up. I'll try again later,” she explained.
”Good,” Ms. Jin heaved a breath of relief. Hopefully, Yeo Ri's situation could be resolved soon. It would break her heart if Yeo Ri was unable to succeed, seeing as how bright she was in terms of both intellect and personality.
After exchanging a few more words, Ms. Jin left to continue her tasks.
Kim Misun picked up her phone again for the nth time that day, dialling a number that she has now started to memorise.
However, contrary to her expectations, the call was picked up.
”Hello?”
”Who are you?” The gruff and annoyed sound of a man's voice could be heard on the other side.
”Is this... Student Lee Yeo Ri's father, Lee Do Joon-ssi?” Ms. Kim hid her anxiousness and spoke in a polite tone. ”I am Kim Misun, Yeo Ri's homeroom teacher.”