Chapter 27 About Mathematics

"The teacher said that family is the cornerstone of a child's growth, which means that the family is responsible for providing material and spiritual conditions. You said that Governor Vilsack was born in an orphanage, but it cannot be denied that he enjoyed the material and spiritual conditions provided by the orphanage."

Although Zhang Wei didn't know who the governor was, she was familiar with Edison. She continued:

"Although Edison left school at the age of eight, his mother, as his tutor, provided all the basic education that a school could provide. So although his growth was not supported by the school, his mother played a substitute role."

"So I think a child's growth requires a material foundation, spiritual support, and educational assistance, and ultimately these aspects must be absorbed and developed by the child himself. Dora's final summary was not wrong."

After she finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the classroom. The teacher nodded in agreement and immediately led the applause.

Dora also looked at her in surprise, and then immediately applauded. Zhang Wei felt that she didn't know whether others understood it or not. At least the sociology teacher and Dora agreed with her statement.

It was this discussion that made Dora completely classify Zhang Wei as one of her own. She finally found a spiritual companion. These were her own words.

Even Grace was surprised at Dora's speed of transformation. Fortunately, she was a cheerful girl who was slow to react and quickly accepted Zhang Wei into their small group.

After hearing Zhang Wei's reason for choosing the flute, she immediately abandoned the violin she was playing with Grace. She didn't want to practice day and night.

Zhang Wei gradually adapted to the pace of the school curriculum and felt that the actual course progress was not fast. Sometimes a knowledge point would even take a week to learn. This made her feel that the class time was too long for her. In fact, sometimes she had already fully mastered the knowledge.

For example, in math class, she has become increasingly impatient, and single-digit and double-digit addition and subtraction may take a long time...

So she decided to talk to her math teacher.

After lunch that day, Zhang Wei decided not to participate in the chat time with Dora and the others. Dora asked her the reason, and she told her frankly.

When Dora learned that she wanted to apply for other things because the math class was too easy, her eyes lit up and she said:

"Why didn't I think of that? Reading and writing classes aren't difficult for me. I also want to talk to the teacher. Okay, I'll wait for your results here. Go! Go!"

After saying that, he immediately urged Zhang Wei, and Zhang Wei walked out of the classroom with a smile.

The math class is taught by Teacher Ye Zi. She is usually very kind. Of course, most of the teachers here are very kind, and even the worst students can get praise from the teacher.

Zhang Wei knocked on the door, and Teacher Ye immediately let her into the office:

"Hey, Vera! Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Teacher Livs, I have a problem recently and I wonder if you can help me?" Zhang Wei decided to show weakness first. Strategy is also part of successfully solving the problem.

Teacher Leaf immediately showed a gentle expression and said:

"Vera, I'm glad you came to me when you encountered a problem. I've been waiting for two weeks. This is the first time you took the initiative to come to me. Come on, tell me! I'll help you solve it."

Zhang Wei immediately said with a serious expression:

"Teacher, after two weeks of math class, I found that I had a very serious problem,"

Teacher Ye Zi immediately looked at her intently. Zhang Wei continued with a hint of shame on her face:

"I found that I could easily answer every question in math class, and the homework was not difficult at all. I was gradually losing interest in learning math,"

Her expression became even more serious when she said this: "What's even more terrifying is that I was distracted the entire morning during math class."

Teacher Ye Zi was immediately surprised and said, "You always get A's on your math homework, and you answered both questions I asked in math class today!"

"But when you asked me to stand up and answer, I'm sure what I was thinking about was the melting Arctic glaciers," Zhang Wei explained.

Teacher Ye Zi's face gradually became serious: "This is indeed a big problem. Let me think about it."

Then she went to get a math test and asked Zhang Wei to complete it now.

Zhang Wei saw that it was addition and subtraction of large numbers, and it also included simple multiplication and division and graphic patterns. This time she did not hide her incompetence and finished all the test questions in less than two minutes.

At first, Teacher Ye Zi thought that Zhang Wei had written it randomly, but after correcting the answers for a few minutes, she found that all the answers were correct.

Suddenly, he said in disbelief, "This is a fourth-grade math test!"

Zhang Wei did not show any other emotions, but just stared at her with wide eyes, as if he was eager to find a solution to the problem.

Teacher Leaf thought for a moment and said:

"Go back to the classroom first. The teacher knows about this matter and will help you find a solution to your problem as soon as possible."

Zhang Wei nodded obediently and said, "Thank you, teacher!"

As she closed the office door, she heard Teacher Ye Zi muttering to herself, "It seems that Asian children really do have a talent for learning mathematics..."

Zhang Wei thought to herself, no, her math score was just an average 120 points in the college entrance exam. If that was called talent, then it was too ordinary.

She just didn't want to waste this time, even if it was revealed that she had no talent when learning more difficult math knowledge, she would accept it.

However, Zhang Wei can foresee two outcomes: one is that Teacher Ye Zi allows her to do other things during math class; the other is that the school allows her to take math classes for higher grades.

Because in the fifth grade, students can freely choose some of their courses.

At noon the next day, Teacher Ye called her to the office and gave her another test paper.

Zhang Wei picked it up and took a look. He found that this time the questions were much more difficult than the previous ones. Simple solid geometry and functions were involved, which was equivalent to the content of junior high school in China. It took Zhang Wei quite a long time to finish them. There was a function formula that he couldn't remember for a moment, so he left a question blank.

This time, Teacher Ye Zi took about ten minutes to finish grading the papers. She seemed relieved when she saw the blanks. Zhang Wei got an A- on this test.

Then she took the test paper and went out. After a while, the principal came in. As soon as she came in, she squatted down, patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder and said:

"Vera, you're a real math genius. You can definitely take seventh grade math, but there's a problem."

She paused, then continued, "The senior class building is on the other side of the football field. It takes at least twenty minutes to walk there, which will affect your other classes."

And then? Zhang Wei looked up and asked.