Chapter 540: Chapter 540
The director’s intention was clear to her, which was that the top one hundred students before each exam were basically stable. It might sound troublesome to have a change every month, but in fact, the students’ strengths had already been established with the first monthly exam, and the rest were more or less the same, with little variation. The school had six Level 1 classes, each class consisting of fifty students, meaning she was within the top three hundred. Of course, aside from the fast-track class, the other classes might have a slightly higher number of students.
"Is it that the first class consists of the top fifty students, the second class fifty to one hundred, and the remaining four classes are inferred in the same way?"
The director nodded, "That’s the idea."
My God, how cruel. In that case, could she already imagine what her future class situation would be like? Would teachers seriously teach in the lowest-ranked class, or would they merely go through the motions?
Seeing her frown, the director smiled, "What are you thinking? Our school is a key high school. Even the students at the bottom of the grade were admitted based on their abilities."
With that reassurance from the director, when she went to her class, it was indeed not as exaggerated as she had imagined. There was at least a learning atmosphere, and there wasn’t the chaos of fooling around as she had feared. She sighed in relief. After handing her over to the homeroom teacher, the director left.
The homeroom teacher was a male physics teacher. They seemed to have discussed her situation in advance, but Yiyi still greeted the teacher and introduced herself.
Sun Wei smiled and nodded at her, "Yiyi, come in and introduce yourself to your classmates."
"Hello everyone, my name is Yiyi, and I transferred from the Yuetan Town Second Primary School. Please be lenient with me. Also, due to family reasons, I won’t be able to join you for evening self-study in the future, but I will attend morning self-study on time. I hope everyone can help me out, thank you."
Whenever there was a transfer student, everyone was excited, especially since Yiyi was good-looking, although she appeared somewhat plain. With just a few sentences, she spoke elegantly and straightforwardly, exuding confidence, and because her Mandarin was better than most students who preferred to speak in slang, they found her quite jarring and gossiped about her afterward.
Yiyi was not particularly tall, standing at 1.6 meters, and she was assigned to sit in the second-to-last row. Her deskmate was a gentle, bespectacled boy. After sitting down, they nodded at each other as a form of greeting.
The first lesson was English, and soon after it started, Yiyi couldn’t stand it because the teacher used a mix of local dialect and Mandarin, to which she was unaccustomed. But she tried her best to listen because she knew she had to cherish every minute of class time due to the limited duration.
Having not reviewed textbooks for many years, Yiyi felt somewhat rusty. However, Yiyi was a meticulous person and had already self-studied the fourth year’s curriculum at home over the weekend. The local nine-year education system, consisting of five years of primary and four years of junior high, was quite similar to the six-year primary and three-year junior high systems, not differing much.
The original student had been a good scholar, and Yiyi had only missed one month’s worth of lessons. Hence, over the weekend, she had already previewed the term’s textbooks and taken notes. Now, listening to the teacher’s lectures, she already had her own set of learning methods in mind.
The teacher naturally noticed the transfer student and specifically asked her to read an English passage to gauge her level and potential.
After Yiyi read the entire passage fluently and accurately, the English teacher looked at her in amazement, "Did you preview this?"
"Yes, teacher. I fell behind by a month because of family matters, so I did some previewing at home."
"Well done. Your pronunciation is very accurate. Since you missed a month of lessons, come to my office anytime if you need help."
"Thank you, teacher."
Even though she had only read the text once, the teacher could tell right away that this child had great potential and warmed up to her considerably.
Indeed, Yiyi proved to be a diligent and hardworking student. Worried that her preparations were not comprehensive enough, she went to her teacher to borrow lecture notes, using break times to copy key points and difficulties into her notebook and onto the books, and also picked up a few sets of mock exam papers provided by the teacher.
Besides English, Yiyi was especially serious about Chinese, algebra, geometry, chemistry, and physics. However, due to time constraints, she only borrowed materials for English and Chinese; she would need to gradually catch up in the other subjects.
On the first day of school, other than going to the restroom, she didn’t leave her seat, spending the whole day engrossed in writing and taking notes. As her classmates were not yet familiar with her, no one talked with her, and she did not bother to socialize.
At noon, when others went back to their dormitories or homes, she rode back to the Wenlian Courtyard, where she spent two yuan on a bowl of meaty braised noodles. The canteen staff even kindly added a bit more vegetables for her, making her feel especially cared for by everyone around.
After lunch, she hurried back to school, as classes resumed in the afternoon, and the duration of the lunch break depended on how quickly one could eat.
After school at 5:20 PM, evening self-study began at 7 PM. After class in the afternoon, she would first visit her teacher to inquire about the evening self-study’s agenda, taking any worksheets or homework back home if provided. Evening self-study was held from Monday to Friday, with different subject teachers taking turns from 7 to 9 PM, a total of two hours, including a significant break, providing ample time.
Their school operated on a five and a half days schedule, with classes on Saturday morning before the weekend commenced.
By the time Yiyi returned to Wenlian, it was almost 6 PM. Most people in the building had left, with only a few who were working overtime or had matters to attend to remaining.
Once home, she picked up a broom to start sweeping the floors, which included about a dozen offices along with doors, windows, desks, chairs, benches, and restrooms, all requiring thorough cleaning. So, the three hundred yuan was not easily earned.
Previously, they had employed an elderly person who quit due to illness before the new year and hadn’t found a replacement after the new year. Her arrival was just in time.
As a girl, she was naturally adept at housework, so everyone praised her for her meticulous work. She organized first, then cleaned, and finally mopped the floors, each step neatly arranged, clearly a person of regular habits.
When she finished cleaning, it was almost 7 PM. Her colleagues had all left, and she locked the main door before heading to her own small space to start her homework. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novel•fire.net
They had provided her with a small desk lamp, and it seemed like they had thought of everything, making her once again appreciate that there were still many good people around.
By 9 PM, she had completed her homework, and afterward, it was time to practice calligraphy.
After finishing several pages of large character practice, it was already 10:30 PM, and feeling a bit hungry, she touched her stomach.