- Overview
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- Book Intro
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The author candidly shares the stories of having open talks with boys while teaching a Korean language class at a juvenile reformatory for one year in 2019. The author taught the Korean language to seven boys at most and one boy at least for two hours, once a week.
The boys get excited about the coming of a writer whose book they enjoyed and realized that they are the "readers" of the book. Through the meetup with the author, they undergo the experience of welcoming a person with hospitality, the experience of participating in an activity as the main agent, the practice of not isolating oneself or others, and the practice of feeling a person's warmth. Trust is built between the one learning and the one teaching, and the boys and the author pass through the time of waiting, excitement, nervousness, and gaiety together.
- About the Author
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Seo Hyun Sook
The author has lived as a Korean language teacher in high school for half of her life. She coincidentally began teaching a Korean language class at a juvenile reformatory in 2019 and read books with boys in the reformatory. She managed the "Book-Reading Reformatory" while working as a member of the standing committee for the "2020 Year of Young Adult Books." She has also cowrote the book 100 Book Clubs Transform the School.
