Chapter 666 [Second update]
Jiang Ning scored 82 out of 100 on the test, which was already very high.
Everyone was a little surprised: "So high?"
Several girls came over to Jiang Ning to look at her paper. Some boys also wanted to come and take a look, but No. 1 Middle School had very strict management of male and female students. Male and female seats had to be divided into groups, and they were not allowed to sit together normally, so they were a little hesitant.
But I was really curious, so I stood a little distance away from the girls and leaned in to take a look.
Then they were surprised to find that Jiang Ning had done more than them. They left a lot of blanks because they were short of time and the test paper was really difficult, but Jiang Ning had done almost all of the questions correctly.
In other words, if Jiang Ning was given more time, she would be able to finish the test and her score would definitely be higher.
This made them take this classmate from the parallel class seriously for the first time, and they had a new understanding of Jiang Ning in their hearts: this girl is so strong!
After a month in the competition class, everyone was no longer as unfamiliar as before. Seeing everyone looking at Jiang Ning's paper, several boys from Class 2 also came over curiously.
There were few girls in the competition class, and boys and girls were not divided into groups. Teacher Ji was more open-minded and did not stop these students from getting together to discuss their grades. However, he was afraid of being seen by the director of the political and educational department and wanted to talk to him about it, so he walked to the door of the classroom and looked at the corridor outside to prevent the elusive director of the political and educational department from suddenly appearing at the door of the competition class.
After a while, the evening study bell rang. After the students looked at Jiang Ning's test paper, they returned to their seats. Teacher Ji walked to the podium and looked at the group of students who were abused and looked pale. He said with a smile: "Have you seen your results? Do you have any ideas?"
Seeing how friendly Teacher Ji was, the students couldn't help but speak out their true feelings, wailing, "It's too difficult!"
"Yeah, it's really hard!"
"Teacher, there's not enough time. Is there also this little time during the competition?"
Teacher Ji smiled and said, "That's definitely not the case. It's not that we have limited time. We can only give you a few classes at night. That's all we can do, and we have to take the exam." He encouraged them, "Don't be discouraged. If we give you more time, you will definitely get more than this score." He smiled and said, "There are also three students who got more than 80 points."
He looked at the only three people in the class who scored above 80 points. Two of them were boys from Class 1 and were usually among the top three in the grade in exams.
His smile was full of sunshine, and his eyes fell on Jiang Ning's face: "It seems that we have a chance to win a prize in the competition next year."
Jiang Ning was a little surprised when she saw that Teacher Ji's eyes were on her face when he said "win the award". Teacher, you are not talking about me, are you?
Do you have any misunderstanding about me?
It’s okay if you want me to participate in the Chinese competition, but the math competition? She really hadn't thought about it.
Teacher Ji thought that the principal had talked to Teacher Wang, and they all understood that Jiang Ning would concentrate on the competition from now on. He was in a very good mood and was much more enthusiastic in class than usual. He also knew that Jiang Ning could really understand what he was saying, so he did not slow down his speech as he had done before to take care of the freshman Jiang Ning, but returned to his original pace.
Teacher Ji has a sunny appearance and smiles all day long. Now that he is in a good mood, he is very enthusiastic when teaching, and the students who have attended the class all look energetic.
Even Jiang Ning, who was sitting upright and listening attentively on the surface, couldn't help but secretly think in his heart that it was really pleasing to the eyes to have a good-looking teacher teaching them.
The class was harmonious, but in fact the students were not as calm as they seemed.
At night, they returned to their respective dormitories and talked about Jiang Ning with their roommates: "She ranked in the top ten in the grade before. I knew there was a girl in the parallel class with good grades, but I didn't expect her to be so strong."
The other people in the dormitory were also surprised to hear this classmate's evaluation, because this classmate was already a top student in the class. If even he said so, then Jiang Ning was really strong.
The same thing was happening in the girls' dormitory.
There are five girls in the competition class including Jiang Ning. Three of the other four girls are from Class 1 and one is from Class 2.
After hearing about Jiang Ning's results in the competition class quiz, the girls in the first and second dormitory asked in surprise, "So amazing?"
"There are only three people who scored above 80 points, and she is one of them. She has only been in class for a month. Do you think she is amazing?"
Through this specific comparison, they had a clear understanding for the first time of the strengths of the students in this parallel class.
Jiang Ning didn't know that others were talking about her in the dormitory, nor did she know that even the principal knew her name, and that she was being followed by the principal and the director of the Academic Affairs Office.
She just felt that Teacher Wang had been paying too much attention to her in class recently. He especially liked to call on her to answer questions in class, and all in English. Then she found that she could answer him fluently in English and talked about more than just the dialogues she had learned recently in the textbook.
Before, Teacher Wang also called on her to answer questions or talk to him in English, but he only said the words and sentences learned in the English class that day. There were sixty students in the class, and Teacher Wang had to try his best to call on every student in the class and give every student a chance to speak. However, a class was only forty-five minutes long, and it was impossible for him to call on everyone, nor could he keep holding on to one student and talk to him for a long time. So in the previous exams, although he knew that she had good English grades, he didn't know that her English was so good that she could communicate with him in English without any obstacles.
After learning that Jiang Ning was so good at English, not only did Teacher Ji want her to concentrate on the competition, but even Teacher Wang suddenly thought that Jiang Ning should not participate in math, physics, or chemistry competitions, but should take part in English competitions.
Teacher Wang felt that Jiang Ning would definitely win a prize in the English competition.
However, there are few English competitions in their area, and they are usually held in provincial capitals. This idea only flashed through Teacher Wang's mind and then disappeared.
Students should still focus on their studies. Having so many competitions distracts their attention and is not a good thing for them.
Teachers of other subjects were also greeted by Teacher Wang, and they paid special attention to Jiang Ning in class. The result of being paid attention to by the teacher was the same: he liked to call on her to answer questions.
Other students in the class also noticed this problem. He Xiaofang took Jiang Ning's arm with some envy: "Ning Ning, I found that the teachers like you very much~"
Jiang Ning raised her head upon hearing this and said seriously, "Isn't it normal to like me? I'm so nice, it would be abnormal if you don't like me, right?"
It was the first time that He Xiaofang saw someone praising himself so seriously and saying that it was normal for others to like him.
But looking at Jiang Ning who was speaking with a serious expression and as if it was a matter of course, He Xiaofang found that she really liked Jiang Ning like this. She felt that Jiang Ning was glowing and attracting her.
She nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, yes, our Ningning is so good, so smart, and so beautiful, it's normal for her to like you."
She nodded vigorously. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Jiang Ning was right. She was so nice, who could not like her? It's abnormal not to like her.
Xu Xiuli also agreed and said, "That's right."
She and Jiang Ning held hands. Jiang Ning squeezed her hand and said with a smile, "Not only me, but you too. You two are both very good and excellent girls."
Xu Xiuli couldn't help but raise her chin slightly, and the corners of her lips also slightly raised, and said proudly: "Humph, I know."
She had always known that she was excellent, but she still felt very happy when someone said it so bluntly.
He Xiaofang had never been praised so directly before, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Really?"
What she was praised for the most from childhood to adulthood was that she was well-behaved, obedient, sensible, and good at her job. She harvested rice quickly, planted rice seedlings well, fed pigs well, and took care of everything around the house and outside, helping her mother with the work.
But no one has ever said that she is a very outstanding girl.
Is she good?
She always felt that she was a very stupid person and that it took a lot of effort to make her grades a little better.
Especially when I entered high school, I had really smart people like Jiang Ning and Xu Xiuli around me to refer to, which made me feel even more stupid.
But Jiang Ning said she was very good~
She held Jiang Ning's arm tightly and leaned her head towards Jiang Ning, wanting to rub against him intimately, but she was too tall and Jiang Ning was not tall enough for her to rub against him. "Ning Ning, I like you too~"
Jiang Ning patted her arm: "You have good taste."
He Xiaofang felt so happy when she praised her, and Ningning praised her for having good taste!
Seeing that she was leaning closely against Jiang Ning, Xu Xiuli didn't care. On the other side of Jiang Ning, she held Jiang Ning's hand. The two girls, who were about the same height, were swaying back and forth hand in hand in a leisurely manner.
Director Wang wanted to organize the joint examination, so he first talked to Principal Wu Zhong. Principal Wu Zhong had no objection, so he went to find the principal of No. 1 Middle School and the director of the Academic Affairs Office to discuss the joint examination.
Principal Sun of No. 1 Middle School saw through Director Wang's intention to pull down No. 1 Middle School at a glance. No. 1 Middle School has always been the control group for Wu Middle School.
He couldn't help but frown and said, "It's been less than a semester since the freshmen were enrolled, and the final exam is coming up soon. Why are we holding a joint exam at this time? What will we be testing?"
He looks very serious, tall and strong, and likes to wear all black. He has a very imposing aura. At first glance, he looks like a big boss on TV.
Director Wang of Wuzhong has long been accustomed to the cold face of Principal Sun of No. 1 Middle School. He smiled and said, "They have been studying for more than half a semester. It's a good opportunity to see how they are doing. Don't think that they have graduated from junior high school and it's still early for the first year of high school. You can relax and pay close attention to them."
Principal Sun poked the desk with the tip of his pen: "Don't you know how well you are doing? Aren't there monthly exams every month? Normally, there are also weekly exams in class."
Director Wang was also tall and thin. He was not afraid of Principal Sun's cold face at all. He was smiling: "Principal Sun, don't you want to know how they rank in the whole Wucheng? Usually these kids think that they are the best in the world after entering Wuzhong and No. 1 Middle School. It's just right to use the joint examination to let them know that there are mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people. If no one gives them some stimulation, how can they know how to work hard?"
What he said was that the students of Wuzhong thought their father was the best in the world and even brought No. 1 Middle School along with him.
Students in No. 1 Middle School never think they are the best in the world.
Principal Sun knew that this was to stimulate the students of Wu Middle School.
Being used as a tool to provoke students from other schools, Principal Sun, who always believed that his school and Wuzhong were two key schools on par with each other, was secretly angry at the arrogance of Director Wang of Wuzhong. However, he did not show it on his face. Instead, he stood up and walked to the wooden sofa chair in the office, and poured a cup of tea for Principal Wuzhong and Director Wang: "Okay, if you want to hold a joint examination, then do it. Which schools will participate?"
"I haven't called to confirm yet, but I'm here to discuss it with you." Director Wang had a smile on his face and spoke very politely.
No. 2 Middle School will definitely participate. Whenever there is a competition, No. 2 Middle School will actively participate and want to compete with Wuzhong and No. 1 Middle School.
But in Director Wang’s opinion, it doesn’t matter whether other schools participate or not, what matters is that No. 1 Middle School participates.
No. 1 Middle School is like the control group of their school. If No. 1 Middle School does not participate, what is the point of this joint examination? It would be better for Wu Zhong to just take the exam at school.
Only if Wuzhong beats No. 1 Middle School in every exam can it be considered a real winner.
"If you want to participate, I will talk to the Education Bureau to determine which schools will participate, how the test questions will be set, who will set the test, and when will the test be set? Should we take the test now, or make the students' final exams a joint test, or take the test next year? Should we only have one grade, or all three grades of high school?"
Principal Sun couldn't help but think of Jiang Ning, the promising student from the key university that Teacher Wang had mentioned.
After both Teacher Wang and Teacher Ji said that this was a good seedling, Principal Sun went to learn more about her. After all, such a good seedling did not get in through the school scholarship, so this student’s high school entrance examination results must not be as outstanding as they are now. So he went to look at Jiang Ning’s high school entrance examination results and her scores in every exam after she entered No. 1 Middle School.
Just like other teachers' concerns about Jiang Ning, Principal Sun was also afraid that Jiang Ning would be the kind of student whose mental state would collapse when faced with a major exam and would perform poorly on the test.
An exam like the joint entrance exam of several schools is considered a rare and major exam. It is not impossible to use such a major exam to train her.
His face was serious, his hands were placed on his knees, and he sat upright. He said calmly, "Since we are going to do it, then we will definitely test all three grades. The joint examination office has already done it, so how can we only test one grade? It just so happens that there is only the last half year left for the senior year. We will hold a big exam to let them get used to the atmosphere of the college entrance examination first."
Director Wang still smiled and said, "Then I'll listen to Principal Sun. The three grades will take the exam together. That's it for now. I've talked to the Education Bureau and have confirmed the schools that will participate. We'll discuss the exam papers later."
Those people in the education system are very familiar with the people in the Education Bureau and often meet them at meetings, so with the Education Bureau, it is really just a matter of saying hello.
The joint examination papers for the three grades will be agreed upon by the directors of the academic affairs offices of several schools after the participating schools are determined.
Although Wuzhong is the leader of the matter, it is not their school that just prints out the test papers, sends them to each school, and then directly takes the test. Each school has its own curriculum arrangement. For example, Wuzhong completes all the teaching content in the first and second year of high school, and enters the stage of comprehensive review in the third year of high school.
However, not every school's teaching progress is so tight. Many schools follow a step-by-step schedule, with freshmen taking freshman courses, sophomores taking sophomore courses, and seniors taking senior courses. Only at the end do they leave a little time for review. This should be taken into account when making test papers.
They put senior year questions on the second year high school test paper. When students from other schools see it, they realize they haven’t learned it! Then what is the significance of joint entrance examinations for other schools? Do I just want to be your stepping stone and let you step on it?
Other schools participate in the joint examination to train themselves, and they also want to see how big the gap is between key schools like Hewu Middle School and No. 1 Middle School, so that students can know which schools to apply for in the future.
After all, the papers that their school usually sets are definitely not that difficult in order to take the students' progress into consideration, and the college entrance examination papers must be much more difficult than the papers they usually set. Although the papers set by Wuzhong No. 1 Middle School are not as good as the college entrance examination papers, they are definitely close to the college entrance examination in difficulty.
This is the purpose of their taking the joint entrance examination.
So when the Education Bureau notified them that Wucheng would be holding a joint examination and asked them whether they would participate, these schools all nodded and said they would participate to give their students some training.
They just need to discuss the timing.
As soon as Director Wang and the others left, Principal Sun became more and more unhappy in his office. It was one thing for him to use the exam to train students' psychological qualities, but it was another thing for others to use them as stepping stones to stimulate their school.
He went to the Dean of the Academic Affairs Office with a gloomy face and angrily told him about the joint entrance examination that the Dean of the Academic Affairs Office and the principal of Wuzhong had come to tell him. When talking to the Dean of the Academic Affairs Office, he was not so reserved and complained, "This old Wang really doesn't take our No. 1 Middle School seriously at all. Does he think that the top 100 students have been selected by their school? They are stepping on our No. 1 Middle School to become famous. If they succeed this time, they will not be able to recruit good students next time."
He said to the director of the Academic Affairs Office, "Tell the head teachers of each class to study harder and beat Wu Zhong in this joint exam!"
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Tell them that the top ten and top 100 in Wucheng must not have any less than Wuzhong!"
Although the top scorer in the high school entrance examination was from Wuzhong, there were also several from No. 1 Middle School among the top ten, so he was not worried about the results of the top ten. What he was worried about was that among the top 100 and top 200, the number of students from No. 1 Middle School would be too far behind that of Wuzhong, which would be too embarrassing.
Class teachers who suddenly learned about the joint entrance examination: …
In normal exams, the teachers set the questions and test the students, and the difficult questions are always for the students. But when the joint exam comes out, the pressure is suddenly placed on the teachers, and they become nervous.
If they fail to pass Wuzhong in the joint entrance examination, won't they be inferior to Wuzhong teachers when they meet them in the future? They were all in Wucheng, and they saw each other everywhere. They often saw the Education Bureau’s meetings, so they all cheered up and encouraged their students: "The time for your real test has come. I didn't say anything when you didn't do well in the exams. But if you lose to Wuzhong in the joint exam, don't you think it's embarrassing? Everyone says that Wuzhong and No. 1 High School are the two best high schools. The two schools are right next to each other, but Wuzhong always thinks it's superior to us. Do you also think they are superior to you?"
These words excited the students who had just finished their monthly exams and were relaxing, and they shouted loudly, "No!"
"Yes! No! What does Wuzhong have? Isn't it just that they are a little better than us in the annual competition? That's because we gave up the competition. We beat them in the college entrance examination! The joint examination is not a competition. It is a test of your accumulation in class. Do you have the confidence to beat them?"
The students blushed and shouted loudly: "Yes!"
If it is a competition, No. 1 Middle School may not be able to beat Wu Middle School. Wu Middle School has invested a lot of energy in this area, and the teachers are very professional and really strong. But if it is based on their usual grades, many of them are among the top dozens in the county in the high school entrance examination. In their respective middle schools, they are also top students ranked at the top of the grade. How can they be afraid of them?
The teachers continued to encourage them: "It's no use just talking about it, you have to take action!"
Jiang Ning didn't expect that the joint examination would come just after the monthly exam.
But the teachers did not tell them the time of the joint examination. They only knew that there was such a thing and told them in advance so that they could be mentally prepared in advance and study hard so as not to embarrass themselves by doing too badly in the upcoming joint examination.
The atmosphere in the class suddenly became tense. The students, who were originally laughing and joking because the monthly exam was over, no longer dared to run around and play after class, or sit in their seats and chat with others. They would go to the toilet and come back to continue doing exercises.
Originally, they had two days off on weekends during their first year of high school. But after the news of the joint entrance exam came out, their first year of high school had only one day off, Sunday, just like their second and third years of high school.
This was a bit inconvenient for Jiang Ning. She used to write on Saturday mornings and study for the test papers given by teachers in the afternoons. Now there was only Sunday, which meant that she had to finish two days' worth of manuscripts in one day. This was a considerable pressure on her.
Writing too many manuscripts too intensively was too much even for Jiang Ning. She could only divide the work into two sessions, two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon. Twelve thousand words each time, which was equivalent to a week's worth of writing in one day.
This was already her limit. Even though she was emotionally stable, she felt tired after such intensive writing.
Fortunately, she always adjusts herself. In other time periods when she doesn't need to write, she will find time to sort out the next plot, outline, and detailed outline.
With an outline and a detailed outline, you can just write according to them without having to think too much and naturally won’t be so tired.
It’s just that you really have to take advantage of every opportunity, and the teachers don’t even leave you any opportunity.
In the past, there was at least a break between classes, but now, teachers like to extend the class.
When the bell rang for the end of a class, the teachers acted as if they didn't hear it and continued teaching, leaving only a little time for the students to go to the bathroom.
You have to queue up to use the toilet, and everyone is running back in a hurry. If you are late, the teachers won’t say anything, but just wave their hands and tell the students to come in quickly and continue the class.
If it is two consecutive classes, for example, the third and fourth periods are both math classes, then the math teacher can't stop teaching, and only asks after the bell rings: "Are there any students who need to go to the bathroom? No? Okay, let's continue the class."
If a student needs to go to the toilet, he can go by himself, and the others can continue to stay and attend the class.
It's not just one teacher who is like this, all teachers are like this, as for physical education classes.
Haha, sorry, there are no physical education classes in high school, only Chinese, math, and English classes.
English class is okay, as Teacher Wang doesn't like to take up classes, but the Chinese and math teachers all like to take up classes. All the elective classes that are not tested in the college entrance examination are taken up by these main subject teachers.
In fact, teachers are also very tired. They are also human beings. Who wants to work overtime? But there is no way, for teachers, students' grades are the first priority.
The principal of No. 1 Middle School was satisfied when he saw how hard the students and teachers were working.
He was satisfied, and He Xiaofang was about to cry.
Jiang Ning's entire time was occupied by studying, so she had no time to explain the questions to them in the dormitory at noon, and everyone stayed in the classroom to study.
Jiang Ning took advantage of this time to write the outline and detailed outline in his notebook.
Others don't know, but seeing how seriously she is writing, not stopping for even a quarter of an hour, it's as if there's a whip whipping her from behind, and they just keep rolling.
This was not the first time that Wuzhong had conducted joint examinations for several schools, so he was familiar with the process. After talking to the Education Bureau and communicating with the principals of several other schools about the time, the date was quickly confirmed, just ten days later.
Jiang Ning also breathed a sigh of relief after getting the specific time of the joint examination.
It's okay to curl her hair like this for a short period of time, but if she curls her hair like this every day, she really can't bear it.
This is only the first year of high school. It will only get more difficult in the second and third years.
In this competitive atmosphere, they finally faced the joint entrance examination.
In order to let the students feel the pressure of the big exam, Director Wang and his colleagues arranged the examination room according to the college entrance examination. Students from No. 1 Middle School went to Wu Middle School to take the exam, and students from Wu Middle School went to No. 1 Middle School to take the exam.
The gates of both No. 1 Middle School and Wuzhong Middle School are usually locked, so students inside cannot get out and students outside cannot get in. Although the two schools are opposite each other, this is the first time Jiang Ning has come to Wuzhong in his two lives.
The campus environment of Wuzhong is similar to that of No. 1 Middle School, or even older.
No. 1 Middle School at least has a large dormitory building that was newly built in recent years, but even the dormitories in Wuzhong are very old.
Before entering the examination room, they were inevitably attracted by the score ranking list on the Wuzhong bulletin board, especially the top three, which had separate two-inch photos posted on it with their names, test rankings and scores written below.
They were looking at Wuzhong's academic rankings, and the students from Wuzhong who came to No. 1 Middle School were also looking at theirs.
The students and teachers of Wuzhong have always believed that Wuzhong is the best high school in Wucheng, so mentally, they don’t really take the students of No. 1 Middle School seriously. At most, they only pay attention to the top few of them. After all, these top few were just like them, the top few in the high school entrance examination, and were poached by No. 1 Middle School.
As for the names at the bottom of the top ten, they didn't bother to look at them. They just glanced at the names of the first few people and left.
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