School 2013 // 학교 2013

I recently watched the drama ‘School 2013’

Main Characters in the drama:

Jung In Jae (Jang Nara)

Kang Se Chan (Choi Daniel)

Go Nam Soon (Lee Jong Suk)

Park Heung Soo (Kim Woo Bin)

This drama has to do with school and personal problems. Jung In Jae is first year teacher at Victory High school. She is now told that she will be the homeroom teacher of classroom 2 which is full bad students. Kang Se Chan is a private instructor but because he is trying to make rumors about him settle down, he decides to work at the Victory School for 6 months.  Go Nam Soon is a student at Victory High School. He is usually quiet and because of his size, is aimed at for bullying. Park Heung Soo comes later in the story, okay?

Go Nam Soon is extremely quiet during school. During lessons, he looks out the window or puts his head down and sleeps. This is probably the reason why he looks easy to bully. No matter how many times he is punched or forced to give up his lunch money, he doesn’t hit back. I always wondered why. In Jae cares about all students. Despite them disrespecting her, she keeps her chin up and tries to help each and everyone of them no matter whether it’s her way of teaching or being someone there for them to talk to. Se Chan seems not to care about the children and just there to teach them the ways to pass the SAT. The students who want to learn, he moves to the front and the students who don’t care and want to sleep, he puts them to the back. Something interesting though is that In Jae and Se Chan are both the homeroom teachers of class 2. Because they are so opposite, they tend to bump heads a lot. Now finally about Park Heung Soo! His reputation is being a gangster. After all the problems he has faced, he decides he wants to go to graduate quietly but of course, the bullies of Victory High School won’t let that happen. As they try to bully Heung Soo, Nam Soon is always there to project him. This starts to bring lots of questions about the relationship between Heung Soo and Nam Soon. This is where they eventually find out who Nam Soon used to be in the past and why he always tries to act as Heung Soo’s guardian. Actually, they used to be best of friends but because Nam Soon did something that changed Heung Soo’s dream future, Heung Soo hates Nam Soon and Nam Soon is deeply sorry and scarred because of this incident. He tries so hard to make up for what he has done but he knows nothing will but because of many disciplinary incidents happening that included them both in some sort of way, they have a lot of time where they are forced to socialize which helps them get to the bottom of the real situation. There is not much I can say about In Jae. There are many interesting situations going on with the students of class 2 which she tries to help with. Sometimes it backfires on her but in the end, it helps her to grow and understand the concepts of being a teacher. And despite how many times Se Chan tries not to to care about the students of class 2 and their situations, sometimes he secretly shows that he does care for them. But because of a incident that occurred between him and student in past when he was a teacher, it takes a very long time for him to open but in the end he does. He starts to let go of the past with the help of the students of class 2 and In Jae.

This drama is extremely good and for some reason I feel as if I learned something from this drama. It has a lot of situations in this drama that shows you the life of Korean students and teachers and what obstacles they go through. I would definitely suggest this drama for someone to watch especially if you like dramas that are more on the serious side rather than comedic.

I would rate this drama 3.5/5

I like how you do feel as if you learned something from this drama and I also like how it had a lot mini personal stories in it but I guess I didn’t really enjoy it for the drama itself but for the actors especially for Lee Jong Sok and Kim Woo Bin. I’m a big fan of (esp. Kim Woo Bin!) their modeling so a lot of the time I was glazing over their looks. That may not be a big deal but I personally it’s as if I only searched all over town to find this drama just because the two of them. I wonder if other girls around my age only came to watch the drama because of them also. Some situations in my opinion, I think were too overdone. Practically everyday, these men were in trouble or about to get kicked out of school. There were other ways you could’ve brought these boys together other than being in trouble or petty incidents which they could’ve been handled with just a conference with a teacher (just keep in mind my views of these incidents may be different from a Korean’s views because I’m an American and tend an American school). Other than these 2 cons, I really liked watching drama and I would still suggest this drama to be watched to others.

If anyone has read this review and would like me to review other dramas, please comment below which drama and I will do so.