Chapter 279 Private Lessons(1)

• Introduction:Dialogue showing grammar and syntax mistakes are intentional and reflect how Koreans learning English often speak.
• "Teacher," Sumin said, suddenly. "What is 'Netflix and chill'?" She looked across the desk at me with an expression of open curiosity.
• Caught off guard, I hesitated trying to figure out how to answer this. My gut instinct is to always be honest but I also know that in the classroom there are certain boundaries, even if this was a private lesson and not in an actual classroom. We were sitting in her apartment's study room with a piano against one wall, bookshelves filled with books along another wall, and her desk with me on one side, and her on the other. Sumin was framed by the large window behind her looking out over a landscape of other high rise apartment buildings. The textbook was open before her and her scratch paper next to it. I had been guiding her through some exercises with de***********ive adjectives when, mid-exercise, she sprung the question on me.