[EBS입트영 5/22] For Whom Did We Move? / 누구를 위한 이사?

22 Wed. 

For Whom Did We Move? / 누구를 위한 이사?

 

My spouse and I struggled with childcare as we settled down in Busan, where we had no relatives.To address the problem, we moved to an apartment very close to the school entrance around the time our second child was to enter grade school. Our eldest was in second grade at the time, and we belived that taking care of the children would be much easier if he simply transferred to the new school. 

 

However, when we tried to transfer our eldest after we finished moving in, he flatly refused to do so.So, we had no choice but to enroll our second child in the same elementary school as the eldest, we had to shoulder the burden of driving our kids to another school about 15minutes away by car every morning.

 

Time passed, and our eldest was assigned to the middle school next to the elementary school.That means I have to take him there on my way to work.Our plan to make childcare easier has gone sideways, and we are living in what seems like a constant battle. 

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struggled with childcare 육아로 힘들어하다 

address the problem 문제에 대응하다 

around the time ~무렵에

finish moving in 이사를 마무리하다 

flatly refuse 완강히 거부하다 

shoulder the burden 수고를 감수하다

on my way to work 출근길에 

go sideways 계획에 차질이 생기다