Back home, Xia Minmin started covering books with anime posters she had specially collected.
This contrasts sharply with serious textbooks.
Xia Jianguo and Li Chunmei returned early in the afternoon.
"Xiaomin, how's your new class and new teacher?"
"The homeroom teacher looks very fierce."
"How can I keep you monkeys in check if I'm not fierce?"
"The atmosphere in the classroom was incredibly oppressive; no one spoke after class. Everyone just buried their heads in their books."
"I heard that junior high students have to attend evening self-study sessions. What do you need for studying?"
"They haven't said yet. Classes will probably start after the placement test."
"The teacher made me the class monitor today!"
"Wow, Xiaomin is so amazing! Won't that affect your studies?"
"No, there's not much to do usually, and the classmates are all quite obedient."
Is tomorrow a diagnostic test?
Yes, there is a weekend off after the mock exam.
...
Monday morning self-study session.
The results of the preliminary test came as expected, and Xia Minmin unsurprisingly came in first place.
"Look at yourselves, your grades aren't even as good as Class Two's!"
"Looks like you've been having a blast this summer! You'd better get your minds back on track. If the monthly exam results are still the same, and you students have regressed, I'll call your parents."
Xia Minmin knew Tang Meng's grades just by looking at the report card; she was ranked 25th. As long as she maintained that ranking, she wouldn't have to do cleaning for the monthly exam next month.
"Class monitor, come and put the timetable up."
Xia Minmin checked the schedule. Morning self-study starts at 7:00 AM and ends at 7:30 PM. One morning self-study session and two evening self-study sessions.
The first class was Mr. Lu's Chinese class, and Xia Minmin was directly appointed by Mr. Lu as the class representative.
The day's study session finally came to an end, and everyone hurried home with their heavy schoolbags on their backs.
On their way home, Xia Minmin and Tang Meng talked about extracurricular classes.
Xia Minmin asked, "How many classes are you planning to sign up for?"
"What about you? You don't know your learning progress yet, and you don't know if you can keep up with the pace of the first year of junior high. I want to sign up for a tennis class, and I also want to sign up for a Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) class. I'm worried that if I sign up for two classes, my grades will drop."
"Then let's sign up for two classes, one on Saturday morning and one on Saturday afternoon, and we can review and do homework on Sunday. If our grades drop this semester, we can sign up for one class next semester. How about we skateboard to school tomorrow? Walking takes too much time."
Xia Minmin and Tang Meng skateboarded to school in the morning and arrived five minutes early.
"Skateboarding and going to school are definitely the perfect match."
"agree."
Students who came in through the back door all saw the skateboards under Xia Minmin and Tang Meng's desks and wanted to borrow them to try them out.
"Class monitor, did you learn to skateboard during the summer vacation?"
"Isn't it awesome to skate to school like this?"
"It should be much better than walking or riding a bike. You don't even need to go to the bike shed."
As soon as Teacher Lu reached the classroom door, she heard a lively discussion from Class 1.
She quietly went to the door to take a look and found that the students were all gathered in front of the class monitor's seat, talking about something. She went around to the back door and entered the classroom.
"Whose is this? Can I borrow it and try it out?"
Teacher Lu's voice rang out quietly, and the surrounding students scattered in a panic.
"Squad leader, come out here for a moment!"
Teacher Lu was the first to leave the classroom.
"The squad leader is finished!"
"You didn't see how fierce Teacher Lu's expression was just now."
"You've known Teacher Lu for a long time; she's always had this expression."
"The class monitor has such good grades, how could Teacher Lu possibly criticize her?"
Xia Minmin herself didn't care. Let them say what they want. At worst, she wouldn't have to go to school on a skateboard anymore.
Teacher Lu stood by the railing, and you looked down at the garden. "Class monitor, as the class leader, you should set an example. How could you bring these toys into the classroom?"
“Teacher, it’s not a toy. It’s a means of transportation, just like a bicycle. We live nearby, so using this to go to and from school is more convenient than riding a bicycle.”
After thinking it over, Teacher Lu said, "You can use this to go to and from school, but you can't lend it to your classmates to play with. My son also bought a skateboard during the summer vacation, and it is still somewhat dangerous. If you lend it to your classmates and an accident occurs, you can't bear the responsibility."
"I understand, teacher. I won't just borrow from any classmate."
"Go in."
As soon as Xia Minmin entered the classroom, she saw Tang Meng's worried look. "Did the teacher say anything to you?"
"No, the teacher just told us not to lend our skateboards to our classmates. She was worried about us and afraid that if we lent them to our classmates, they would get hurt, and we couldn't afford the consequences."
Tang Meng nodded, "How about we continue walking to school from now on?"
"Yeah, that's what I think too. What if some classmates take the skateboard out to play when we're not looking, and something happens? That would be a real problem."
"I never imagined that our dream of going to school by skateboarding would be shattered in just one day."
After starting junior high school, Xia Minmin didn't have much time to wander around. She was busy every day, and had a lot of homework for each subject on weekends, which often took her a whole morning to finish.
Sunday afternoons are his leisure time, lasting three or four hours. He'll skateboard with Tang Meng, wandering aimlessly through the streets and alleys of Shenzhen, watching people come and go, their sweaty yet happy smiles a truly therapeutic sight.
School days go by quickly; within two weeks, the first unlucky student who was late had already appeared.
The other 29 students were very happy because they were all freed from the sanitation work in their assigned areas.
In two weeks, some of them will be freed from cleaning the classroom again.
After the results of the first monthly exam came out, everyone gathered around the class bulletin board to look at the report cards.
Some people were laughing gleefully, while others looked miserable.
A familiar classmate comforted the person who was crying, "It's okay, it's only a month of cleaning. You'll be free after a month."
When Xia Minmin saw this, she thought to herself, "This classmate, when you're comforting someone, can you at least keep your mouth shut? It looks a bit like you're gloating."
Teacher Lu walked in again, bringing with her presentation and exam paper.
This has become an essential part of every exam: summarizing, reflecting, and thinking.
"Quiet down, I'm not finished yet! We'll be holding a sports meet in mid-October. During this time, we'll practice the opening ceremony in PE class. Class monitor and sports committee member Gu Fei will be in charge of organizing it. Gu Fei, remember to get the registration forms for each event from me, register them, and then hand them to me."
"Let's all think about how to make our entrance ceremony more ceremonial and give students and teachers a fresh perspective."
Everyone is very lively as long as the topic of studying is not brought up.
"How about we all dress up as princesses and princes?"
"Wouldn't the Shanghai style be even better?"
...
As the speech became increasingly absurd, Teacher Lu had no choice but to interrupt, "Students, we are short on time and have a heavy workload. All of this requires renting clothes and spending money. Not every student comes from a well-off family. We should try our best to make this entrance ceremony as cost-effective as possible."
The class continued to discuss the matter after Teacher Lu left, and a conclusion was not reached until the evening.
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