UGLY DUCKLING MS. MAENG

Ms. Maeng is an unassuming small-town teacher who receives the opportunity of a lifetime when she’s unexpectedly and accidentally selected to help create South Korea’s all-important College Scholastic Ability Test. Expecting academic prestige, intellectual debate, and the respect of her peers, she instead finds herself sequestered under spy-level security, stripped of her phone, and trapped with a colorful collection of educators navigating egos, rivalries, and absurd office politics. Suddenly, crafting the country’s most consequential exam feels less like an academic honor and more like a high-stakes endurance test. But as tensions rise and personalities clash, the underestimated Ms. Maeng may prove to be exactly the person the team needs.