Ruxu No. 2 Middle School.

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Zhou Yu yawned involuntarily and felt very sleepy while walking on the main road which was already scorched by the sun above his head. Even though Zhou Yu was feeling quite uncomfortable due to the high temperature of over 30 degrees, he still felt a little drowsy.

The reason why Zhou Yu felt so tired was not for any other reason, but naturally because he did not get enough rest last night----Zhou Yu last night, no, to be precise, it should be this morning. Zhou Yu did not lie down until after three o'clock in the morning this morning and had just fallen asleep for a short time. But because his first class in the morning was his, Zhou Yu had no choice but to get up again at around seven o'clock in the morning, wash up and then walk towards the teaching building.

Zhou Yu went to bed at around three in the morning, which was definitely not because he was doing something so late. After all, Zhou Yu and Qiao Meng were not so crazy that they would not stay up until three in the morning to discuss the mysteries of the biological human body structure.

The reason why he went to bed at around three in the morning was because Zhou Yu was busy working.

Just two days ago, Zhou Yu was suddenly called to the principal's office by Principal Lao Wang again. This made Zhou Yu a little confused for a moment, because before this, Lao Wang had not talked to Zhou Yu for a long time.

On this day, Lao Wang once again called Zhou Yu to his office. Before Zhou Yu went there, he mistakenly thought that Lao Wang wanted to call him about the mock exam. After all, apart from this matter, Zhou Yu couldn't think of what else Principal Lao Wang wanted to call him about.

However, when Zhou Yu actually went to the principal's office and met Lao Wang, he finally understood the specific situation.

After the routine greetings, Lao Wang went straight to explaining to Zhou Yu the reason why he called Zhou Yu over this time, and Zhou Yu suddenly realized what was going on.

It turned out that Lao Wang asked Zhou Yu to come over not for the mock exam, but for Zhou Yu's professional title issue.

Within any system, professional titles are essential.

Unlike universities, which have four levels of teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor and professor, middle schools have their own professional title grades, which are generally divided into five levels: third level, second level, first level, senior (senior professional title, associate professor level), and special level (a kind of honor).

As for Zhou Yu himself, although he is like a treasure in the eyes of Lao Wang and other school leaders, and they are willing to give all their wealth to Zhou Yu in order to tie Zhou Yu firmly to the small boat of No. 2 Middle School, but the professional title is not like a bonus after all, which Lao Wang and others can give whenever they want. Even for Zhou Yu, they have to follow the procedures.

Also because Zhou Yu counted the one-year internship period, he has only been working for less than two years, so Zhou Yu is currently still at the level of middle school teacher title that is more common among young teachers, the level of middle school second-level teacher.

"The day for evaluating the teacher's grade is coming soon. Teacher Zhou, you know that the job title is not very feasible!" Old Wang explained to Zhou Yu with an apologetic look on his face, "Although with your level, it would not be too much to be promoted to the title of senior teacher right now, the country has a complete set of rules and regulations in this regard after all!"

There is indeed nothing wrong with what Lao Wang said. As for the professional title, it is indeed not very feasible, because there is a very important rigid requirement in the selection of professional titles for middle school teachers, and that is the teaching time.

For example, the requirements for level three teachers are a minimum college degree and one year of working experience as an intern. This seems easy and it is indeed easy.

But what about secondary teachers?

The assessment requirements for the second-level teacher title are that if one has a master's degree or a bachelor's degree (or a university undergraduate degree), has completed a one-year probationary period and passed the assessment, or has a college diploma and has taught in a primary or junior high school level teacher position for more than two years, or has a secondary normal school diploma and has completed a one-year probationary period in a primary school teaching position and passed the assessment, he or she can be assessed as a second-level teacher.

Zhou Yu obtained the title of second-level teacher after his internship and graduation. The second-level teacher title is more friendly to people with undergraduate or master's degrees, but there are time restrictions for teachers with associate degrees.

And what about first-level teachers?

The requirements for first-level teachers are even stricter.

The assessment requirements for the first-level teacher title are that if one has a master's degree and has taught in a second-level teacher position for more than 2 years, or has a bachelor's degree (or a bachelor's degree) and has taught in a second-level teacher position for more than 4 years, or has a college diploma and has taught in a primary or junior high school second-level teacher position for more than 4 years, or has a secondary normal school diploma and has taught in a primary school second-level teacher position for more than 5 years, he or she can be assessed as a first-level teacher.

You see, the advantage of academic qualifications is fully demonstrated at this moment.

If you teach in a school and hold a master's degree, even if you do not have any outstanding teaching achievements, you can at least save yourself two years of detour compared to someone with a college or bachelor's degree.

This is still the case in an institutionalized unit like a school. If it were in a private enterprise, the advantage of academic qualifications would be even greater. I won’t go into details here.

However, although the professional title is not very maneuverable, if you study it carefully, you will find that it is quite maneuverable.

For example, Zhou Yu now holds the title of a second-level teacher. With his bachelor's degree, if he wants to be promoted from the second-level title to the first-level teacher title, Zhou Yu will have to stay at the second-level teacher title for four years.

Therefore, Zhou Yu, who is well aware of the school environment and has figured out the specific operating model, has actually made mental preparations.

But four years is actually the minimum requirement, not to mention if something happens during this period, such as offending the leader, the waiting time for professional title evaluation may be even longer.

Of course, considering Zhou Yu’s current position as the emperor in No. 2 Middle School, the possibility of this happening is extremely small, almost zero.

So where is the actionable area?

Among the conditions for evaluating the grade of middle school teachers, there is such a condition. This condition roughly means that if as a teacher, you have excellent grades, outstanding teaching and educating results, and excellently fulfilled your job responsibilities as a class teacher during your teaching period.

Hey~ Does this condition look familiar? I feel like someone has already completed it~~

Lao Wang was not a pedantic person, so in this regard, he considered everything he could for Zhou Yu, and he also used all the connections he could to help Zhou Yu. What he was worried about was that Zhou Yu was young and arrogant, and thought that with his qualifications he could be directly assessed to the level of full professor, and he didn't understand their concerns and worries.

But Lao Wang's worries were a bit unnecessary.

After hearing what Lao Wang said, Zhou Yu thought that Lao Wang called him over to make a psychological assumption for him. He was worried that Lao Wang was too proud of his talent. He thought that Lao Wang felt that the school was suppressing him because he was not selected as a first-level or special-level teacher with his ability, and therefore he was jealous of the school.

But how could Zhou Yu be so stupid!

Zhou Yu actually had some idea in his mind. After all, he, Zhou Yu, only had a little ability. His surname was not Zhao, and his family was an ordinary working-class family. How could he soar to the sky so quickly?

Therefore, Zhou Yu did not have any psychological burden at all. He smiled and comforted Lao Wang, saying, "Principal, I understand our teacher's professional title selection mechanism. After all, I have only been rated as a second-level teacher for a year. It is impossible for me to participate in the selection of first-level teachers immediately. So I can understand the difficulties of our school. Don't worry, Principal, I am speaking from my heart and I am serious!"

Zhou Yu was indeed not trying to be mean to Lao Wang, and what he said was truly from his heart, because Lao Wang had always been very good to him, and there was no need for Zhou Yu to be dissatisfied with Lao Wang over such a small matter.

After seeing Zhou Yu's serious expression and hearing what Zhou Yu said, Lao Wang immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Teacher Zhou, I'm glad you think this way! Before you came, I was always worried that you wouldn't understand the difficulties of our school!"

After a few polite words, Lao Wang told the real reason why he called Zhou Yu over. "Although you understand the school and us, you are still a great contributor to our school! If I remember correctly, you are an undergraduate from Jiangcheng Normal University?"

After getting Zhou Yu's affirmation, Principal Wang paused and continued, "This is what happened. Teacher Zhou, you are now a second-level teacher! According to your academic qualifications, if you want to be promoted from a second-level teacher to a first-level teacher, you must teach at the school for at least four years!"

"I discussed it with Qi Jianping and others. Considering that Teacher Zhou's academic achievements last year were very outstanding, I went to the Education Committee to meet with the leaders and told them about you! Considering that Teacher Zhou's achievements were outstanding, the Education Committee made an exception this time and allowed you to be directly selected and evaluated as a first-class teacher!"

Becoming a first-class teacher is a pleasant surprise.

Although this is just a title and at most the salary will increase a little, it is not too important to Zhou Yu now. After all, Zhou Yu is not short of money now.

So when Zhou Yu heard what Lao Wang said, he gave Lao Wang some face and smiled, looking very happy. "Thank you very much, Principal. I will work harder in the future and make sure I can hand in a satisfactory answer to the school in June next year!"

Zhou Yu's words reminded Old Wang of the grand occasion of No. 2 Middle School during the summer vacation. This made the smile on Old Wang's face even wider, and he couldn't help but laugh happily, "Hahahahahahahaha, good, good, good! Teacher Zhou, it's enough for you to say this! I'm looking forward to seeing your teaching results next year!"

Zhou Yu nodded in agreement. After the two chatted for a few more sentences on this topic, Zhou Yu wanted to say goodbye and leave.

Lao Wang did not try to persuade Zhou Yu to stay. After all, he was still working, so he just reminded Zhou Yu about the follow-up of the selection work and let Zhou Yu leave. "Okay, but Teacher Zhou, don't forget to prepare your resume, teaching work summary, and teaching design materials! Although it's just a formality, the necessary procedures still need to be followed!"

Zhou Yu nodded in agreement, and after returning, he began to prepare the materials.

And this is why Zhou Yu was busy until last night... no, three in the morning.

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After finishing the first class in the morning, Zhou Yu returned to the office with a dizzy head and sat down at his desk.

Due to lack of rest, Zhou Yu almost fell asleep at his desk not long after returning to the office.

"Hey, Teacher Zhou, what happened to you? Didn't you get enough rest last night?"

A teacher nearby saw Zhou Yu with a pair of dark circles under his eyes that looked like panda eyes. He could hardly open his eyes and kept nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice. He couldn't help but joked, "Teacher Zhou, you can't do whatever you want just because you are young. You have to be restrained! Otherwise, when you are a little older, you will be unable to do what you want. How will you let Teacher Qiao deal with it?!"

"And you can't just think about yourself, you have to think about Teacher Qiao! Teacher Qiao is such a delicate girl, she can't stay up late. If a girl stays up late for a while, her skin will quickly become worse and rough!"

Someone was talking next to him, which startled Zhou Yu. His sleepiness disappeared without a trace and he woke up completely. After hearing what the teacher said, Zhou Yu rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "What nonsense are you talking about! I'm working so late, what does this have to do with my girlfriend!"

"Work? What time do you have to work so hard?" the teacher asked.

"A little after three o'clock!" Zhou Yu stretched, thought for a moment, and replied.

Zhou Yu's words surprised the teacher beside him. He immediately gave Zhou Yu a thumbs up and said with sincere admiration, "Why do we say that you are outstanding, Teacher Zhou? With your hard-working attitude, who else can achieve results if you don't?!"

Zhou Yu waved his hand and did not tell him that the reason for staying up late was to apply for the first-class teacher title. After all, it would make people hate him if he said it out loud.

After flipping through a few pages of the textbooks and lesson plans at hand, Zhou Yu's sleepiness, which had disappeared, gradually came back. Zhou Yu thought that he only had the last class of Grade 3 (26) left, so he might as well go back to the dormitory and take a nap.

After making up his mind, Zhou Yu couldn't resist the temptation of bed and sleep, so he thought about going back to the dormitory to have a sleep immediately. However, he didn't expect that when Zhou Yu just walked to the door of the office, he was suddenly attacked by Lao Wang and called to the office again with a smile on his face.

Zhou Yu, muttering to himself, had no choice but to follow Principal Wang to the office.

"Teacher Zhou, how is the materials issue going?" Old Wang asked as he walked up the stairs.

Zhou Yu nodded, "It's almost done. I think we can finish it all by working overtime tonight!"

Lao Wang was walking in front. After hearing Zhou Yu's words, he nodded slightly and said, "Teacher Zhou, you are really efficient! So, when you are done, give me the materials and I will check them for you!"

The big boss gave him face and helped him to check, so Zhou Yu naturally agreed.

The two chatted as they walked and soon arrived at the principal's office.

As soon as Zhou Yu sat down, he saw Lao Wang holding a stack of A4 papers and walking up to Zhou Yu with a smile on his face. He handed the papers to Zhou Yu and looked at him with admiration and appreciation, "Teacher Zhou, I knew it was the right decision to hand over these two classes to you! Letting you lead the senior class is the most accurate thing I have ever done!"

"No, I should say that bringing you back to No. 2 Middle School is the best thing I have ever done!"

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