A couple watches a movie together. They reminisce about their dating days while watching a romance film and worry about the future while watching a parenting film. Horror films provide a good excuse for some long-awaited physical intimacy, and action films serve as excellent learning materials for the skills of marital conflict. Even when watching the same movie, husbands and wives think differently. Since they have different favourite genres, it seems unlikely that they will have a bias towards certain films. -Editor’s note-
Finally, the semester has ended. It’s not graduation, just the end of the semester, but it feels significant. This is because I completed my academic race while raising an 8-month-old baby. However, this semester was quite tough. The school I returned to after maternity leave was vastly different from before. Just getting to school on time was incredibly difficult. On top of that, there were midterms, finals, and presentations to prepare for. But somehow, I managed to endure the four months well. All of this is thanks to my husband.
Thanks to the movie, I am infinitely grateful to my husband!
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[Couple's Classic] If You Dream of Being a Mature Student <Night School>
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A couple watches a movie together. They reminisce about their dating days while watching a romance film and worry about the future while watching a parenting film. Horror films provide a good excuse for some long-awaited physical intimacy, and action films serve as excellent learning materials for the skills of marital conflict. Even when watching the same movie, husbands and wives think differently. Since they have different favourite genres, it seems unlikely that they will have a bias towards certain films. -Editor’s note-
Finally, the semester has ended. It’s not graduation, just the end of the semester, but it feels significant. This is because I completed my academic race while raising an 8-month-old baby. However, this semester was quite tough. The school I returned to after maternity leave was vastly different from before. Just getting to school on time was incredibly difficult. On top of that, there were midterms, finals, and presentations to prepare for. But somehow, I managed to endure the four months well. All of this is thanks to my husband.
Thanks to the movie, I am infinitely grateful to my husband!
Mature students need a lot of help in many ways. If you are working, you will need your boss's leniency, and if you have a family, you will need your spouse's consent. What I noticed in this movie is also about the supporters. I was more drawn to the surrounding characters than the protagonist. The film <Night School> is also a story about a mature student like me.
The protagonist, Teddy Walker, works part-time during the day and registers for night school to start studying at night. Teddy loses his job due to an accidental incident and finds himself in a situation where he must obtain a GED (General Educational Development) to get a new job. For him, graduating from night school was not an option but a necessity.
In <Night School>, various adults who had to stop their studies for different reasons attend classes together. A single mother, a former convict, a student suffering from dyslexia, and a bankrupt businessman. They all face their own stories and limitations as they challenge late learning. There is also a veteran teacher leading them. Since they have to teach students of various ages, not just teenagers and those in their twenties, their presence is quite unique.
Ms. Carrie’s firmness resembles my husband.
Carrie is Teddy's strong supporter and disciplinarian. When Teddy tries to joke around in class and make all sorts of excuses to escape the boundaries of his studies, she firmly confronts him with reality. When Teddy is not focused in class and is being evasive, she takes him to the boxing gym. "Do you really want to learn?" she asks. And while sparring with Teddy, she teaches him; if Teddy answers a question incorrectly, she throws a punch. You might wonder why there is sparring during class, but there is a profound meaning behind the teacher's actions. "Life is not a test. You are getting hit right now. You can't avoid life. If you don't live properly, you will keep getting hit."
It is also Ms. Carrie who catches Teddy when he tries to run away, saying he is not prepared for the test. "You pretend to be a fool and hope no one expects anything from you. But you are not a fool; you are a coward, Teddy." For Teddy, Carrie was the only adult who scolded him in life while also believing in him.
Spending the whole day taking care of the baby and then going to school was quite exhausting. On days when the baby was particularly fussy, it felt even more so. 'Should I skip just one day...' Every time I thought that, it was my husband who kept me in check. He gave me a wake-up call like Ms. Carrie, hitting my weak spirit. "Isn't the tuition a waste? If it’s too hard, you can drop out."
After attending a semester with the baby, I am already worried about the next semester. To that, my husband says another word. It’s a kind of shock therapy, I suppose. "Isn't it going to be harder if you go back to work? If you don’t want to get a diploma, it’s fine to stop here."
Fiancée Lisa's kindness resembles my husband.
The schedule for going to graduate school is roughly as follows. When my husband gets off work, I go straight to school, and during the time I am at school, my husband feeds, bathes, and puts the baby to sleep. Since the teething started with the semester, our baby, who used to sleep well, began waking up frequently. It was my husband who had to endure this. However, my husband never complained about it. Whenever I saw my husband putting the baby to sleep through the home camera during class, I felt a surge of gratitude.
Seeing me off with the baby was another consideration from my husband. It somewhat alleviated the uncomfortable feeling of leaving the baby and my husband behind. He always waved at the baby and said warm words like, "Study hard and come back," and "Drive safely." Just as I have my husband, Teddy has Lisa in the movie. Lisa is Teddy's fiancée.
In fact, Teddy was not honest with Lisa. He never told her that he was a high school dropout until he proposed to her. But when Lisa finds out, she says, "It’s not disappointing that you haven’t succeeded. What’s more disappointing is that you can’t tell me the truth."
Lisa did not fall in love with Teddy because of his appearance. She emphasizes that trust is the most important thing. She says, "I would have been okay even if I saw you as you are."
In this way, Lisa is the only one who loves Teddy for who he is. While everyone focuses on Teddy's appearance, Lisa looks at his inner self.
The cheerfulness of the classmates resembles my husband.
Teddy's classmates have various professions. Just as their professions are diverse, their characters are rich. Jason, a former real estate businessman who went bankrupt, is the king of self-destructive humour. He says to lazy Teddy, "I’m studying even after hitting rock bottom, so why are you slacking off?" Before the exam, he complains, "You have a fiancée, don’t you?" Teddy draws strength from his attitude of smiling and enduring.
Teresa is a stay-at-home mother and a mother of many children. Teresa radiates endless positive energy to Teddy. She insists that not having time to study is just an excuse. "If a mother of many children can study, why can’t you?" she commands, showing her motherly side by telling him to open the workbook.
When they gather, the synergy of cheerfulness grows even more. With the exam approaching, when Teddy doesn’t want to study and anxiety builds up, he gathers his friends and suggests, "Let’s sneak into the school and steal the answer sheet," and the classmates agree, and they actually break into the high school at night.
Max uses military-style walkie-talkies, Jason turns off the flashlight, and Teresa climbs through the vent, while Teddy gets caught by the principal. They may not take the exam, but they score full marks for teamwork.
After class, they enjoy a chicken party. Even though they can’t study or take the exam, everyone is equal in front of the chicken. "This chicken leg is my essay assignment," "Even if I can’t graduate, this is my graduation meal," they all burst into laughter.
My husband sent me a funny photo while I was in class. A silly picture of the baby and a selfie showing my husband’s tiredness. The cheerfulness my husband radiates served as a vitamin to combat the guilt of attending graduate school and the drowsiness that hits during class.
Like Teddy and his classmates, my husband also threw a hamburger party for me after I took my midterm exam. The baby was sound asleep, and it was just my husband and me enjoying the hamburger party. With a toast over a beer, there was nothing to envy.
Is there a mature student as happy as me!
Daily Newspaper Lim So-hyun
