After sitting down, they exchanged a few pleasantries and the team leader expressed his doubts.

"Headmaster! Do you mind if I ask a question off topic?"

"But it's okay."

"You look very young for a principal! I thought principals were all old men and women!"

"Hahaha! This is a common question, right? Principals in China are really mostly old men and women!" The principal really didn't mind.

Yilu looked around the office while they were talking.

Unlike the usual serious principal's office, the setting here is very relaxed. Apart from the large white desk, it looks like a reception room.

Behind the desk was a bookshelf of the same color, flanked by two long windows. Light-colored, floor-length, translucent curtains were open, brightening the room.

There are green plants in front of the window on one side, as well as a light-colored long-haired carpet with several sandbag seats on it.

On the other side was the sofa and coffee table they were currently sitting around. The entire room was decorated in a light pink color, which made people feel very relaxed.

There is a nameplate on the desk, which must be the principal's name.

"Gong Ruiyan?" Yilu looked at the name and turned to confirm, "Is it the young rebel Gong Ruiyan from the Education Bureau?"

"Traitor?" The principal laughed at the word. "That's me!"

"Why does Lu Guansheng like you?" Yilu didn't hesitate to use his words.

"Maybe it's because I was able to get in through the back door? Or maybe it's because our teaching methods are similar?" Gong Ruiyan smiled. "Anyway, I was successfully parachuted in!"

"Through the back door?" Yilu raised his eyebrows. He didn't believe that Lu Guansheng would open a back door for someone for no reason, because his reputation was well known! Who didn't know that?

Although he determined that the latter was the key point, Yilu still planned to listen to what Gong Ruiyan had to say.

"My grandfather is Gong Ping. His sister married Lu Nancheng, who is Lu Guansheng's grandfather. My father is Gong Jixian, so I am considered Lu Guansheng's eldest cousin, right? Can I get in through the back door?"

"Isn't it easy for Principal Gong to have a good time in the Education Bureau?" Yilu just smiled and continued to ask.

"Yeah! I'm outnumbered and outmaneuvered by a bunch of old fogies. I can't survive, so I'll have to find another way out!"

"I heard that Principal Gong has been promoting educational reforms and has a very different approach to teaching. You have always been against exam-oriented teaching. Is that true?"

"You have all received orthodox education in China. Have you ever felt that studying was difficult?" Gong Ruiyan did not answer directly, but asked a question in return.

"Yes! Yes! My miserable childhood! My pathetic eyesight!" Zhang Shuqi sighed, "Luckily, I have contact lenses!"

"So, I don't want to continue ruining the childhood of these young people."

"So how do you make sure that children learn and have fun at the same time?"

"It doesn't count if you ask me this! You'll know when you go to class and see for yourself later!" Gong Ruiyan kept it a secret.

After leaving the principal's office, the group of eight went to the primary school teaching building.

At this time, a Chinese class was in progress. The classroom door was open, and when they entered, they saw several familiar faces: the same children who had been in the garden that morning.

At this moment, they were sitting around a large round table, expressing their opinions on an ancient text.

When they saw the principal coming, the children stood up and greeted him, then returned to their previous mood, seemingly unaffected.

After moving a few chairs to sit in the outer circle, they began to listen to the class.

It's more like a literature appreciation class than a Chinese language class! Today's topic is Mencius's "Learning Chess," a well-known piece of writing.

Generally speaking, this passage teaches students to listen carefully in class and work hard to gain knowledge.

However, the Chinese teacher did not explain the answer in this way, but let everyone discuss it on their own.

"What do you think the final achievements of those two students will be?" asked the teacher.

"The student who listens attentively in class will definitely become a chess master in the future, but I don't think his achievements will be higher than Yi Qiu!" said a child.

"Oh? Why?" The teacher's question was exactly what the seven crew members wanted to ask.

"Because all the knowledge he learned came from Yi Qiu, and Yi Qiu's knowledge came from his own thinking!"

"Then how do you think you can defeat Yi Qiu?"

"He should learn to study the mind of another student!"

"The other student? The one who wanted to shoot the swan?" the teacher asked. "Do you think he'll achieve more than Yi Qiu?"

"Of course not!" another child replied, "He can't even learn all of Yi Qiu's knowledge!"

At the same time, the child in front also nodded.

"Then why do you say you want to learn from this student?"

"Because he has his own ideas, divergent thinking, and imagination! It's a pity that he didn't use them in the right place!" The first child answered the teacher's question.

"That's a great answer!" the teacher encouraged, then said to everyone, "Knowledge is dead, but the ability to apply knowledge is alive! Memorizing is learning from the first student and mastering the knowledge. Under this premise, learning from the divergent thinking of the second student will allow you to apply what you have learned where you need it!"

"So... you still have to endorse it?" Zheng Lei raised his hand to interrupt with a bitter face. He hated endorsement the most!

"Brother! The purpose of memorizing is to remember knowledge! Without this foundation, what will you use at the critical moment?" The little girl by the flower bed turned around and said with a smile.

"But these ancient texts seem to have no use whatsoever?" Zheng Lei scratched his head.

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