On Monday morning, Yunseok took Seongmin to the school nearby. His son should be transferred from Dagu. If he was educated in accordance with his age, Seongmin should be a middle school boy. However, he was a fifth grader of an elementary school. The woman who had kidnapped Seongmin payed a fine and then illegally registered his birth pretending that she gave birth to a baby boy.
The principal of the elementary school was a lot younger woman than Yunseok imagined. She already got the words about Songmin's unusual conditions from the social worker who came with Yunseok. She smoothly dealt with it in a businesslike way. She was kind and polite, but her expression put on an uneasy look as she recognized the boy should be a hot potato. Yunseok's appearance, that of a poor blue collar, would play on her preconception. A boy in a low-income group, a dad who is busy for chicken fee, and a mon who is insane and can't take care of his son..... In addition, he had an experience of being kidnapped. He had all kinds of factors which could lead to terrible events. The principle said plainly that she worried whether he could adopt to this school well and suggested that he should get directly into middle school, if he should suffer from the any case of adjusting.
"His age suits a middle school, and though this boy is an unique case, these days, we flexibly treat the situation because there are many students who return from aboard. Students tend to adjust the new education environments well thanks to their flexible way of thinking. These days, especially, it is easy to see kids go aboard to study at their young ages. However, I think what is the most important is the boy's own opinion."
The principal asked Seongmin looking him in the eyes.
"Seongmin, What is your opinion about it? Do you want to stay in the fifth grade with students two years younger than you, or go to the middle school suitable for your age though the study is too hard for you to keep up on?"
While Seongmin hesitated about what to do, the Social worker interposed.
"If so, won't he get the excessive stress?"
"There was few students failing to keep up with their public education because earlier learning is a current trend these days. Seongmin, What do you say? Have you studied in any private academy in Daegu?"
Seongmin gave a nod.
"He might be. I never see the students not belonging to it, these days."
The principal gave a light glance to Yunseok. He didn't catch what she means. She wants me to make a choose? He felt both the social worker and Seongmin's eyes fixed on him, too. Everyone seemed to wait for his decision. However, Yunseok himself didn't know what to do. The role of a school parent was his first.
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