Gagman Yoo Jae Suk wrote an article some time ago detailing a powerful story about his mother during his elementary school days. A copy of that article was recently posted up on various internet community boards, and netizens were so touched by its contents that it quickly became a hot topic. Featured in the magazine "Good Friend" (which was discontinued in 2004), his article was titled "The Class President's Mother Who Cleans". It reads:

"When I was in elementary school, our family had to move three times because of financial issues. I was unusually shy around people, and it took me a long time adjusting to my new schools.�However, I soon became used to my new school life and participated in school events.�Sometimes, I'd even say something funny in the middle of class and make the classroom turn into a sea of laughter. When I was in sixth grade, I became the class president.�My mother was extremely happy for me, but also worried.�She told me, 'Since our Jaesuk is the class president, I should visit your school teacher sometime and even help out in the track and field meets.' However, a parent can not meet with a school teacher empty-handed, and since she is the mother of the class president, she needed to give donations to the track and field organization as well.�I think that was pressuring for her, but at the time, I did not know. I had no idea why her face expression suddenly darkened when she said those things. At the time, my father was a postman and did not make much.�And since he is a man who refuses all bribes, there weren't any perks or extra income to his job either.�To my mother, it was difficult to even use that income to provide her sons with a proper education. After that incident, I soon bumped into my mother at school.�She was cleaning the main entrance.�'Mom, why are you cleaning the school?' She laughed and replied, 'Since our Jaesuk is the class president now, I think I should help in some way too...' I later found out that my mom didn't have enough to donate, and offered to clean instead.�I have no idea how much I cried after I found that out. My mother's love for me is so big, I could not repay it, even in an eternity.�I've never expressed it, but I will quietly shout it now:�'Mother, I love you.'"