Meet Me After School

Very good the lead actor is so handsome could look at him all day. The story was heartbreak in parts really felt empathy for the lead actors . considering it was his first lead acting he was excellent cant wait to see him in other movies or dramas .

I'm not sure how to feel about this drama. For one it really is an excellent drama with some of the best chemistry I've seen and great performances. The obvious issue though is the ML is a 15 year old falling for his 25 year old teacher. For the life of me I'll never understand why they didn't make the ML 18 instead of 15 and avoid controversy altogether, I mean why even go there? But they went there. The drama does not glorify or condone this behavior, but it definitely romanticizes it and that's what a lot of people understandably have a problem with.

I suggest you watch for yourself and see what you think, there is a lot to be felt in this drama.

Another May-December or Noona romance story, but I would like to comment on parent-children relationship depicted in this film that stood out for me. What kind of a frustrated parent it takes to deliberately inflict pain on their child? One parent deliberates on depriving their unborn baby of the father, another parent torments their child prioritising the parent's own emotional needs, the third parent torments their child by hiding father's letters and prohibiting the budding feelings of love, and the fourth parent at some point alienates their own adult child. Are we dealing with some massive phenomenon of emotional abuse of children in the family or is it a cultural "thing" or perhaps generational? "You aren't wrong about this. You only did what any parent would do. [...] It's OK. People always grow stronger through hardships. They are all precious experiences. It's sure to help in his life ahead." What kind of philosophy is this, furthermore, coming from the lips of a teacher? What is OK or precious about it?

So the story develops against this backdrop with the hope for the future that somehow children who go through this will acquire cognitive sophistication to navigate interpersonal relationship.

As a retired teacher, I had little sympathy for the FL. Laws are there for a reason & if she was a male we would probably think he deserved gaol time. As an inexperienced teacher, I hold the head teacher responsible as she wasn't given much support. She knew of the rumours about the boy & didn't council him, nor did she remove the young teacher out of harm's way. Later she gave her a reference, even though she knew the FL had to accept the responsibility as the adult. It seemed like the students were getting away with a lot, such as the one spreading the rumours online.

Just because the ML was the aggressor in most instances, the moment she got off the bus after the fireworks, she became legally responsible. Love doesn't trump child protection.

I give it to the young teacher as she tried to start a new life, but the internet does not allow that these days. Teaching was something she shouldn't have pursued, but she wasn't charged with a crime. Surely the educational system would alert schools about the sexual misconduct.

The other characters were quite bizarre at times. The fiancé kept being swayed between the 2 women. Haraguchi, the fiancé's boss, was very interfering in her advice, which caused more trouble at times. The ML's mother didn't seem to have a great relationship with him to start, so she resorted to trying to control him rather than dialogue. The friend group were just confused teenagers.

I know why they ended this like they did, but I would like to know what happened to the relationship 10 years down the track. They would have felt they had to stay together no matter what after all they went through.

So - if pupils set fire to something and get burnt and taken to hospital - who do the authorities call? Parents - of course - the police - maybe - but teachers?

I have never heard of anything similar in any other country.

The school's senior female teacher (wearing a grotesque grey wig) told the young teacher not to wear light clothing - not to use scented shampoo or body lotions - I suppose perfume would have resulted in immediate dismissal. Not to mention being driven to the hospital by her "lover".

The young teacher was just too sweet and innocent for words - there was no way she should have been put in charge of a bunch of hormonal teenagers - mostly male.

In my view - the young man who fell in love with her looked far older than fifteen - if you want to make a point about age gap love at least make the actors look the age they are supposed to be.

I didn't find their story convincing - he should have been expelled immediately after slapping her. When she took no action it damaged her credibility as a teacher in my view. She was far too accepting of every display of disrespect by her pupils. She had no control over them at all. She wasn't fit for the job.

Was this scenario meant to convey her emotional weakness?

As usual we had to have the compulsory same sex kiss by her boyfriends female colleague and his descent from hero to zero when he was unfaithful to her with said colleague who informed him that she was conveniently "Bi".

It was as if this was put forward as an excuse for our heroine's subsequent behaviour.

The acting was OK - but the story was not gripping because the outcome was too obvious.