The scene opens with the sound of a beating. It's the middle of the school day, and the teacher is yelling at the student, Lee Yoom-chang, to "beat me until I feel better" . He's got a headache, he's lame, and he wants to go home. The teacher tells him to go away, and Lee says they'll protect him from the bullies. Lee says he doesn't need anyone's help, because he can do it on his own. He says he'll see the teacher tomorrow, and then he goes home. He tells the teacher that he can't do all this work, because everyone is "running faster than me" , and that's not good enough for him. He goes on to say that he applied to a "boys-only school" to avoid the kind of treatment that Lee is getting, but that he didn't want it because he wanted to be treated like a "naturally good-looking" person. Lee tries to defend himself, but the teacher won't listen. He promises to turn Lee into the "best loser in history of losers" if the teacher does anything to help him.