Outside the Education Bureau, a large group of people arrived early in the morning, waiting in twos and threes for the bureau to open.
When Teacher Liu from Nanshan Commune rushed over, all the principals or directors of the four middle schools in the county and the eleven township middle schools had arrived.
A group of people were blocking the entrance, while the security guard inside shouted at a group of teachers, "Don't rush, line up one by one, sign in, sign in first—"
Teacher Liu arrived just in time and quickly moved to the back of the line.
Teacher Yang from No. 3 Middle School turned around and chuckled at Teacher Liu: "You're only arriving now? You timed it perfectly, you're really something."
Teacher Liu wiped the sweat from her face with a handkerchief: "The car on the way back to the county town had a flat tire halfway there. It was a struggle to get the spare tire on. It's a miracle we made it this far."
Just as Teacher Yang was about to reply, Teacher Jiang from Dashan Middle School, who was ahead of her in line, laughed and joked, "Want to get here early? It's easy! Our school went into town last night, so you're guaranteed not to be late."
"Your Nanshan Middle School isn't in a hurry to come, I guess you don't have high expectations for these results? What are the estimated scores? How many students have a chance to get into vocational schools, junior colleges, and universities this year?"
When the results were mentioned, teachers from several schools chuckled and looked back to watch the show unfold.
For two consecutive years, Nanshan High School's college entrance examination pass rate has been at the bottom. Upon seeing Teacher Liu, someone joked, "Your principal isn't coming again this time? Not even a director is attending. Are you too embarrassed to come?"
"Hehe, what's so strange about that? Being at the bottom every year and being criticized by the boss every year, I wouldn't dare to come either."
Seeing her friend being ridiculed and mocked by a group of people, Teacher Yang advised, "The college entrance examination pass rate isn't static. Last year it was at the bottom, but it might not be at the bottom this year!"
Teacher Liu laughed heartily at his friend, looking refreshed: "That's right, this college entrance examination pass rate was at the bottom last year, but it certainly won't be at the bottom this year."
One teacher chuckled, "Oh, judging from Old Liu's tone, how many promising students do you have this year? How confident are you? Is the college entrance rate even 10% this year?"
Teacher Dashan Jiang jokingly said with a smile, "With seventy or eighty students from Nanshan Commune Middle School taking the college entrance examination, and a 10% pass rate, it shouldn't be difficult for seven or eight of them to go to university."
To others, Teacher Jiang's words were clearly sarcastic. In the past two years, let alone seven or eight people going to university, even if you added up all the universities, junior colleges, and vocational schools, there weren't seven or eight people in two years.
Unexpectedly, Teacher Liu nodded seriously in agreement: "Seven or eight people are definitely no problem, I estimate that seventeen or eighteen people would not be difficult either."
"Really? You can't be exaggerating, can you? Last year, not even one of you got into a vocational school or university. This year, you did well on the exams, but not a single school leader is willing to show up?"
Upon hearing Teacher Liu's arrogant words, several teachers were on the verge of losing their composure.
Meanwhile, several teachers stood beside Director Lin of the No. 1 Middle School, asking, "Director Lin, how did your students do on the exam this year?"
Director Lin smiled reservedly at everyone: "It's alright, they did quite well on the exam. It's a pity that the school's software configuration is a bit lacking. If we had as many books and reference materials as the No. 1 Middle School in the city, I believe our students could have learned even better."
Teacher Jiang smiled and said, "That's easy. Once this year's summary is out, your No. 1 Middle School can apply for more funding to build a bigger library."
The other principals and directors shook their heads upon hearing this. The students were disappointing, and all they could do was watch No. 1 Middle School take first place year after year, and then apply for more educational funding to improve the school's various software and hardware configurations.
They could only envy these things.
As the line gradually closed to them, the teachers quickly signed in and entered the Education Bureau, forgetting all about joking around.
A group of people walked into the Education Commission office in twos and threes. The director of the Education Commission was flipping through rows of report cards. When he saw the group coming, he called out names: "Distribute the report cards first. No. 1 Middle School, No. 2 Middle School, No. 3 Middle School, Nanshan Middle School, Dashan Middle School..."
One by one, the report cards were handed out. The director of the Education Commission glanced at Teacher Liu with a smile: "Nanshan Commune Middle School did a good job this year. The highest score was only 1.5 points away from the provincial champion. It's a pity. If they had done a little better, the provincial champion would have been in our county. Where is your Principal Huang? Where is Director Lin? Why aren't they here?"
Upon hearing this, a group of principals, directors, and teachers immediately erupted in discussion: "What? The provincial top scorer? How many points did he get? Tell us!"
Teacher Liu excitedly opened the report and, as expected, saw the first name: Ji Xia, Chinese: 86, Math: 98, Physics: 94, Politics: 80, Total: 358.
The full score is 400. Last time, Ji Xia estimated her score to be 357, which is close to her estimate.
Twenty-seven people scored above 250, and forty-one people scored above 200.
However, in previous years, the admission score for vocational schools and above was around 180, while the admission score for teacher training colleges was even lower, around 168.
Based on this standard, about 70 or 80 students from Nanshan Middle School took the exam this year, and about 50 of them met or exceeded this standard.
Teacher Liu wrote down all the students' scores, and a smile involuntarily spread across her face.
With this result, their college entrance rate this year reached at least 60%, which is 10% higher than the 50% college entrance rate of No. 1 Middle School last year.
Teacher Liu grinned excitedly: "Director Feng, what's the undergraduate admission score this year?"
Director Feng chuckled: "The cutoff score is a little higher than last year. The minimum score for undergraduate admission is 248. However, this year our county has at least two students who can get into Tsinghua or Peking University, and your school has one..."
The principals, directors, and teachers from other schools all wore expressions of shock and envy.
Nanshan Commune Middle School has turned its fortunes around this year?
After Ji Xia and Chen Jing finished breakfast, they strolled over to find a group of school principals, teachers, and others just coming out of the Education Bureau.
Teacher Liu was surrounded by teachers from several schools, all eager to learn from her and ask her for the secrets to their students' success in exams.
Teacher Liu chuckled; of course he knew the reason.
Why? Of course, it's because their students work harder than students from any other school. Just think about the pain their teachers endured printing over a hundred sets of exam papers in just over two months.
It's all tears when I talk about it, but thankfully, it was all worth it.
However, all of this is not something that can be told to outsiders.
Just as he was feeling helpless and smug, he suddenly saw Ji Xia and Chen Jing standing across the street and couldn't help but wave excitedly.
"Ji Xia, Ji Xia, come here, come here quickly—"
Ji Xia looked up and her face lit up with joy. She rushed over and asked, "Teacher Liu, are the results out?"
"Yes, the results are out."
Teacher Liu grinned excitedly and waved to her: "Your score is about the same as your estimated score, ranking second in the province."
Ji Xia had just received the report and glanced at the overall score when she excitedly gave Chen Jing a high five: "We made it! We definitely made it this time!"
Teacher Liu said excitedly, "This score is good enough for Tsinghua University. I just heard that you can choose any major at Tsinghua University."
Upon hearing this, Ji Xia looked up blankly: "Huaqing? I didn't apply to Huaqing, I applied to the Central Academy of Fine Arts!"
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