Sunday, February 22, 2009

Our English Teacher(우리학교 E.T.)













Casting: Kim Soo Ro, Lee Han Wee, Park Bo Young, Lee Min Ho

This movie is about Mr.Chun who is a gymnastics teacher at a private high school in South Korea. One day, he is told to leave the school because the school is losing money. He has to either leave the school or teach English which he hasn’t studied for years. Luckily, Chun finds his certificate as an English teacher in the attic in his house.

When he was in teacher’s college, his then girl friend was an English major. She encouraged him to get the certificate and Chun passed the test and got the certificate. The problem is that he has never taught English in classroom. He is now asking the brightest student in the school, Han, to help him improve his English. Yes, that’s right. An English teacher is getting help from a student in order to improve his English.

Chun even registers for classes at a private English coaching college after work. He is given 2 months to prove he is capable of teaching high school English. In 2 months time, he is set to do a demonstration lesson in front of students, parents and the principal. If he should pass this test, he will be able to continue to teach at school.

While Chun is studying hard, he helps so called trouble maker at school ,Baek, to be back on the track. Chun helps Baek to become a student boxer. He introduces him a boxing coach to get proper training.
Chun has also been helping those students who are from poor families.

Here comes the demonstration lesson day.
Chun is dressed up like a real English teacher. Normally, he wears a track suit as a gymnastics teacher. As he teaches students English, students, parents and the principal are impressed by his teaching.
Finally, he gets to work as an English teacher.

I think this movie shows that we need to be a multi-player in one way or another. In the time of economic difficulties, companies are looking for people who can perform multiple tasks. At the same time, we all should try to have a warm heart like Chun trying to help the poor and the needy. So, I’ve learned a few lessons by watching this movie.






Rating: ★★★☆☆


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