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My dark past revealed…!!!

  • Jan 13, 2025
  • 2 min read

저에게는 어두운 과거가 있습니다.

I have a dark past.



열네 살 때였습니다.

It was when I was fourteen years old.


저는 그때 처음으로 영어 학원에 갔어요.

That’s when I first went to an English academy.


캐나다 선생님 수업을 들었는데, 그때 제 영어는 “How are you?”, “I’m fine, thank you” 수준이었어요. 다른 아이들보다 훨씬 못했어요. 😭

I attended a Canadian teacher’s class, but my English back then was at the level of “How are you?” and “I’m fine, thank you.” I was much worse than the other kids.


저는 선생님의 말을 알아듣지 못했어요. 그래서 선생님은 아주 쉽게, 그리고 천천히 말해주셨어요. 그리고 저는 바디 랭귀지로 선생님과 이야기했어요.

I couldn’t understand what the teacher was saying, so she spoke very simply and slowly. I communicated with her using body language.


너무 재밌었어요. 저는 선생님이 너무 좋아서 선생님 수업만 기다렸어요.

It was so much fun. I liked her so much that I looked forward to her class.


그러던 어느 날, 복도에서 누가 제 이름을 불렀어요.

Then one day, someone called my name in the hallway.



그 캐나다 선생님이었어요. 그런데 주변에 다른 아이들이 너무 많았어요. 

It was the Canadian teacher. But there were so many other kids around.


선생님에게 가면, 제가 영어를 못하는 걸 다른 아이들이 다 보게 되는 상황이었어요. 저는 너무 창피했어요. 

If I went to the teacher, everyone would see how bad my English was. I was so embarrassed.


그래서 못 들은 척하고 도망갔어요. 선생님에게 너무 미안했어요.

So I pretended I didn’t hear and ran away. I felt so sorry for her.



이것이 제 흑역사*입니다.

This is my “dark history.”


새해 첫 블로그 포스트에서 제 어두운 과거를 이야기하는 이유는 Toonie 님들에게 동기 부여를 해 드리기 위해서예요.

The reason I’m sharing my dark past in the first blog post of the year is to motivate you Toonies.


저처럼 영어를 못했던 사람도 이렇게 영어로 메일을 쓸 수 있게 되었습니다. 그러므로 Toonie 님들도 한국어를 잘하실 수 있습니다! 💪

Someone like me, who was so bad at English, can now write emails in English. So you can become good at Korean too!


한국어가 너무 어렵게 느껴질 때면, 제 흑역사를 떠올리세요!

When Korean feels too difficult, think of my "dark history"!


한국어를 계속 열심히 공부하면, 한국어가 편해지는 날이 올 거예요! 그날까지 저와 ToonToon Korean이 함께할게요.

If you keep studying Korean diligently, the day will come when Korean feels comfortable! Until that day, I and ToonToon Korean will be here with you.


자, 그럼 2025년에는 우리 모두 화이팅! 🔥

Alright then, let’s all do our best in 2025!




어휘 Vocabulary


흑역사* a Korean slang term meaning "dark history." It refers to embarrassing or cringe-worthy moments from one's past that people would rather forget or laugh about now

학원 private institute

수준 level

쉽게 easily

천천히 slowly

복도 hallway

창피하다 embarrassed

과거 past

편하다 comfortable

열심히 diligently, hard



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