Chapter 85
Su Miao stared at him, her face full of inscrutable knowledge. "If you can't reach the required score, then you can only pay the sponsorship fee. One hundred yuan is too little, and your family can't afford ten thousand yuan, so I can only give one thousand."
Wang Xin touched his nose awkwardly. It wasn't fun at all. Yuanyuan was easier to fool.
"Actually, it's not just me. There are six classes in the first grade, and at least 50 people paid to get in. Of course, not everyone can get in! The minimum total score has to be over 160, hehe! Su Miao, thank you so much! Thank you for taking me with you when you tutored Yuanyuan."
"No need to thank me, it's just a matter of course. Now that you're here, you should at least make up your mind to study hard this time, right? Don't waste that thousand yuan."
Wang Xin shrugged and said nonchalantly, "It's okay. If I really don't get into high school, I can always go back and take over my parents' class. My uncle is a teacher here. He said that students who graduate from No. 1 Middle School have better resumes than others, and they'll get promoted faster in the future."
Su Miao opened his mouth to persuade him not to put all his hopes on taking over, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything. He couldn't use the same words to persuade his father. After all, he was just a first-grade kid and wouldn't understand. Everyone has his own destiny.
She could only say, "Then you have to work harder. If your grades are too bad, your uncle won't look good, and it will also affect your aunt."
This sentence actually touched Wang Xin's heart, and his expression gradually became serious.
At this time, a female teacher with short hair walked into the classroom. Wang Xin came forward and asked Su Miao to move in, and naturally became her deskmate.
"Please choose your seats and take your seats. We are about to start the roll call."
The teacher's voice was very majestic, and the class instantly became quiet. There were 45 students in total, and as their names were read out one by one, they were all present.
"We are now in the classroom of Grade 7 (2). This may not be the class you will be in for the next three years. It is just a temporary one. I believe many of you have heard about our school's tradition of dividing classes. Today we will distribute the textbooks, and these two days will be your independent study time.
We will have a formal placement test next Monday, and we will re-assign classes based on your scores, so please take advantage of this opportunity. Is there anyone willing to help the teacher carry the new textbooks?
Wang Xin still raised his hand enthusiastically, turned around and said to Su Miao happily, "It's fun to move books here too!"
Apart from sponsors like Wang Xin, most of those who can enter No. 1 Middle School are elites from various primary schools. They all attach great importance to the class placement exam, so they start reading the new textbooks as soon as they are handed to them, without the need for teachers to urge them.
Seeing how conscientious everyone was, the teacher nodded with satisfaction and sat down on the podium to write his own lesson plan.
Wang Xin was flipping through his art textbook with great interest when he suddenly felt a nudge on his elbow. He looked up and saw Su Miao staring at him seriously. He opened his Chinese textbook, turned to the first ancient poem and pointed at it.
His face fell, he closed the art textbook, and began to recite ancient poems silently.
After school, Su Miao returned home and Su Yuanzheng asked her how school was today and whether she had made any new friends.
"Dad, the placement test is next Monday, and everyone is busy studying, so they don't have much time to make friends. But Wang Xin is my deskmate now, so I'm not completely unfamiliar with him."
"Wang Xin? The boy who always gives teachers headaches? Did he get into No. 1 Middle School?"
Su Miao didn't mention the sponsorship fee, just nodded.
A few neighbors drinking porridge nearby said, "Miaomiao, you should study hard too! Try to get into the training team!"
"Oh my! Miaomiao got full marks on the entrance exam. There are only a few people in our city who get full marks. There are 30 spots on the training team, so she'll definitely get in!"
Su Miao asked curiously: "Uncle, what is the training team?"
"Hey! Don't you know? The key class of No. 1 Middle School is always Class 1, but the training team is the key class among the key classes. Each grade has only 30 places, and they are assigned the best teachers and teaching resources."
"The resources are great, but the pressure is also great! We use an elimination system. Every semester, we evaluate the midterm and final exam scores. If the last-place student scores worse than the top student in the class below them, we'll eliminate them and replace them."
"Oh my! How sad it must be for the one who got eliminated. He must have been laughed at by his classmates, right?"
"What can we do? If you are not as skilled as others, you have to give way. This is also a way to motivate students."
Su Miao learned about the training team from the conversations of the neighbors. No wonder the admission rate has been the highest for so many years. It turns out there is a way to set a benchmark first and cultivate students' sense of competition.
With the whole learning atmosphere improved, students will naturally study hard, and with a higher admission rate, educational resources will naturally be more inclined towards No. 1 Middle School. This is a virtuous circle for No. 1 Middle School, but not necessarily for other schools.
During these days of self-study, Su Yuanzheng was even more nervous than Su Miao. He hoped that his daughter could join the training team, but he was also afraid that the intensity of the training team's study would put pressure on his daughter. He felt a little anxious for a while.
Su Miao knew that verbal comfort to his father would not be of much use. He would only feel at ease after the test results came out and the dust settled.
On Monday, Yongcheng No. 1 Middle School held a class placement test. Teachers were invigilating in the classroom, and leaders from the teaching department were walking around in the corridors, paying attention to the examination discipline of each class.
This exam will select the latest elites for their school, so they cannot be careless at all.
Unlike the unified examination, this time the English score will be added to the total score. Several students from the county seemed to have some difficulty in the English subject.
The trial implementation of English started from the city and then to the county. They started learning it in the fifth grade, one year later than in the city. The teaching content was also more basic. To date, the primary schools in the town have not started English classes.
However, this did not affect Su Miao. She was as at ease as ever, and Wang Xin, who had received several days of intensive tutoring from her, also seemed to be in good shape.
After the test papers are collected, teachers of various subjects will start working overtime and staying up late to mark the papers. They have to divide the classes into groups as soon as possible so that they can officially start normal teaching.
In just one day, the results were tallied. Wang Xin held the test paper and cried out in surprise, "Su Miao! My total score is 266! May our ancestors bless me! That's even higher than my score on the entrance exam."
Su Miao smiled and said, "Well, it is indeed a new record for you."
"Su Miao, I really want to sit at the same table with you forever! I've found that anyone who sits at the same table with you will get better grades."
"Well, this might be a little difficult, but don't worry, as long as you maintain your current enthusiasm for studying, your grades will be good in the future."
Hearing this, Wang Xin seemed to understand something and reached out to take Su Miao's test paper: "How many points did you get?"
You don’t know until you see it, and you’ll be shocked when you see it!
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