Following the principal’s hospitalization, the vice-principal’s new emphasis on elite university admissions quickly upends the school’s atmosphere. The once-enthusiastic teacher makes an error in class and receives a stern reprimand from five female instructors loyal to the vice-principal. Stripped of his homeroom duties, he is reduced to quietly observing another teacher’s lessons, where student mockery grows bolder by the day. Each passing hour deepens his sense of professional defeat and personal humiliation.
