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'Dad and I season 3' Kim Jung-tae's eldest son declared that he wants to live in the United States.
On the 25th broadcast of TV CHOSUN 'Dad and I season 3', a scene showed Kim Jung-tae and his eldest son Kim Ji-hoo in conflict.
That day the family held a surprise birthday party for their eldest son Ji-hoo. While everyone was enjoying the meal together, Kim Jung-tae asked, "Don't you want to invite friends like younger siblings and not have a birthday party?"
The eldest replied, "I hate parties. I don't want to talk to anyone. So I want to be alone." Kim Jung-tae's wife said, "If you go to a dormitory you won't be able to be alone. You'll clash with friends every day."
It turned out that Kim Jung-tae's son is preparing to enter a specialized software meister high school where dormitory life is possible. Kim Jung-tae's wife explained, "Ji-hoo has been coding for a long time. He started in second grade, so he has developed toward coding. When I looked into high schools, there was a special-purpose school called a software meister high school. When I checked that out, Ji-hoo said he wanted to go to a boarding school like American students."
The eldest, who had a romanticized view of boarding school, expressed expectations, saying, "If I go there I can learn more coding. I want to make games and I'm learning coding for that," and, "I think I could do well living with someone I don't know."
Kim Jung-tae asked why he wanted to go to a dormitory. The eldest said, "First, living alone I wonder 'can I do every routine by myself'" and added, "If I get along there and learn ways to resolve conflicts, how great would that be." Hearing this, Kim Jung-tae's wife said, "He is sufficiently independent," and Kim Jung-tae also worried about adapting to friends he doesn't know.
In an impromptu role play, when the eldest said he wouldn't clean, he calmly responded, "I'll do it this time, you do it next time," and, "If you keep not doing it I'll tell the teacher."
But Kim Jung-tae's wife reflected on her son's response, saying, "This is textbook. He is good at things because he hasn't lived with friends before, but I wish his social skills were a bit better. I hope he becomes about the second best in his class."
Meanwhile, the eldest surprised everyone by saying he wants to go to college in the United States but actually wants to live there rather than study abroad. Saying he is more comfortable with English than with Korean, the eldest said, "If I go to the U.S. there may be many friends who speak the same language, but it is presumed there will be many. Being in the same country seems to feel a little better."
But worried, Kim Jung-tae began nagging. The eldest's expression hardened and he retorted, "I'm saying I will live in the United States. It's not that I hate mom and dad and don't want to see them," and, "Just because I have weaknesses doesn't mean I can't go to the U.S."
Faced with the never-ending nagging, the eldest said, "Stop, could you stop?" As they talked, the conversation became tense, and in the awkward atmosphere Kim Jung-tae and his wife cautiously offered practical advice to their eldest.
[Photo] 'Dad and I season 3' broadcast screen capture
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