'After-school teacher Taeri' made an impression on viewers with its harmless enjoyment.
In the first episode of tvN's 'After-school teacher Taeri,' which aired on Sunday the 22nd, episodes swung between sweet and salty moments, from the first class where after-school theater teacher Kim Taeri's struggles shone to the addition of the clumsy "Potato teacher" Choi Hyun-wook.
Yongheung Elementary School, where Kim Taeri opened the after-school theater club, is a small school with 18 students in the entire school and had no new students in 2025. If this situation continues, the school faces the risk of closure. Because the after-school theater club was a meaningful project born from a desire to be small but helpful, it drew a lot of attention from the start.
As a first-time teacher, Kim Taeri prepared wholeheartedly for the first class with children who were new to theater. In particular, while checking the lesson content she realized the weight of being a teacher and cried, and scenes showing her repeatedly seeking advice from senior actors and working hard revealed the time she spent, allowing viewers to fully feel her earnest sincerity.
In the first class after many twists and turns, Kim Taeri approached the seven students at their level with a one-woman play about her own story. Above all, she conducted the class in a game format so that children experiencing theater for the first time could feel comfortable and enjoy it, and she poured her passion into using another communication tool called a question notebook to find out the children's unanswered questions and inner thoughts.
In response, the children praised the class, but Kim Taeri confessed, "It was kind of complicated," and contrary to her resolve to "make it fun," she said, "It wasn't fun." She also poured out her shortcomings to her close friend and assistant teacher Choi Hyun-wook and voiced her desire to present a good performance at the school festival, expressing reflection and a will to improve that made viewers anticipate future growth.
Meanwhile, in the second class, 'Potato teacher' Choi Hyun-wook joined. As it was his first time participating as an assistant teacher, Choi Hyun-wook fumbled from nervousness and ended up being scolded by the children, which drew laughter. During break time, after playing with the children he went out to the playground having completely forgotten the task Kim Taeri had asked him to do, and Taeri teacher's bewildered reaction at being left alone and the two's verbal spat foreshadowed a strong aftershock.
The unpredictable story of the theater club that novice teacher Kim Taeri, Choi Hyun-wook and the children will create can be seen on tvN's 'After-school teacher Taeri,' which airs every Sunday evening at 7:40 p.m.
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