Personal Message
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Born to an alpha father and a beta mother, Heeseung’s early life was largely unremarkable. While not exorbantly rich to the point of being a chaebol, his parents had good jobs and had made many smart financial investments. Their lives were comfortable and they loved their only child very much.
As Heeseung aged, his parents fed his interest in whatever topic or hobby caught his fancy. Not all things worked out, of course -- you can’t always be perfect and amazing in everything you do. But Heeseung still enjoyed the many things he tried, and he picked up the knowledge with an ease that was almost alarming.
Heeseung’s youth passed in a blur of activity and joy. He was a bright child, personable despite his softer-spoken personality, and wielded an emotional fortitude that only strengthened as he aged. Both kind and considerate, Heeseung decided early on in his life that he wanted a future career that had something to do with people. He alternative between ideas through elementary and middle school -- therapist, doctor, social worker, nurse, dispatcher -- but at the end of middle school, Heeseung knew what he wanted to be.
His primary teacher was out for maternity leave. As a result, his class was...a bit unruly. They burned through four different substitute teachers before the fifth found a solution: teach them what they wanted to learn. That is to say, the teacher let them be unruly, let them messy around and do whatever. But eventually they got bored, and as bored students began looking for something more to do, he made an offer: “Whatever you want to learn, I’ll teach you. Within reason.”
It wasn’t immediate, but the class gradually fell into line. And the substitute did teach them whatever they wanted. Initially. But slowly, he began added the scheduled lessons in, tying things back to the syllabus and the scheduled material. And eventually it was more of a 50/50 or even 25/75 situation, where he would start with a given topic, then transition into what the class needed to know.
Heeseung was enraptured. And that was it. That was the moment he knew he wanted to be a teacher. It seemed silly sometimes in hindsight, to have such a life-changing moment be something so unusual, but it was a memory Heeseung held close to his heart, treasuring it as he graduated and took his first steps toward a degree in education.
additional
personality
- INTJ/INTP-A. Ravenclaw. candor born, erudite raised. Waterbender. Team Mystic.
likes
- music, spring, books, knowledge, when people want to learn, nature, natural scents, fresh fruit, tea, dealing with kids and teenagers, savory treats, cats
dislikes
- super sweet or sugary scents, summer, damaged books, dealing with adults
habits
- humming to himself, playing with the ring he wears or the pendant of his necklace, resting face
hobbies
- cooking, listening to music, learning new things, reading
fears
- failing a student when they need him most, becoming jaded and not caring
trivia
- brought home 2 kittens he found on the street one rainy night after class; roommate caught him and just sighed
- can speak Korean, adv. conversational English, and basic Japanese and Chinese; He's decided to start learning Italian or German next.
- can speak Korean, adv. conversational English, and basic Japanese and Chinese; He's decided to start learning Italian or German next.
Lee Heeseung
Oct 15, 2001
alpha: sage & geranium
demiual, homoromantic
student & daycare asst.
apt # 106
rut: 20th - 26th
“You can teach a student a lesson for a day, but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.”
– Clay P. Bedford
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