"Principal, you can say I'm greedy or immoral, but why can't we teachers use our knowledge to make some money?"
"You can go and see which of these part-time teachers at the cram school has neglected their duties and violated professional ethics in the classroom?"
"Which lesson was not taught? Which key point was not emphasized repeatedly? Which homework was not clearly marked?"
The more Teacher Zhu talked, the more uncomfortable he felt, because these teachers in the cram school were all invited by Jia Xiaomin after repeated consideration, and they were all excellent teachers with first-class professional ethics and abilities.
Everyone was just using their rest time to earn some money to supplement their family income, but they were accused of dereliction of duty, which made Teacher Zhu very sad.
"Oh, Mr. Zhu, please calm down. It's not worth it to get so angry!"
When Principal Zhang saw that Teacher Zhu was getting more and more excited, he quickly handed her a cup of water to help her calm down. If anything happened to Teacher Zhu in his office, he would never be able to clear himself even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
Teacher Zhu calmed down after hearing this, but as an old lady who was about to retire, she was indeed disgusted by this incident.
"Principal, have you seen the recent test results for the third-year students?"
After talking so much, Teacher Zhu felt a little thirsty. After drinking a sip of water, he started talking about other topics.
Principal Zhang didn't know what Teacher Zhu meant by this, but he continued the conversation anyway.
"I've been busy lately, so I haven't noticed yet. What's wrong?"
"The difficulty of the exams these past few times was based on the previous high school entrance exams. Some of the questions even covered knowledge points that the children had not learned before. But overall, the children's scores far exceeded our school's high school entrance exam results in previous years."
Principal Zhang didn't react at first to what was happening.
Seeing that Principal Zhang didn't react, Teacher Zhu directly brought up the topic.
"Principal, this means that our school might be able to launch a satellite during next year's high school entrance exam."
"I've been a teacher my whole life, and I hope the children's academic performance can improve. I also don't want to ruin my reputation before retirement!"
Principal Zhang was stunned for a moment, then couldn't contain his joy. You know, Principal Zhang was also very embarrassed in this position.
Du Bin's middle school is a railway children's middle school. In theory, it is the railway's own middle school. Although the Municipal Education Bureau cannot interfere in administrative personnel matters, it is still under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Education Bureau. Now, the children's middle school is in a bit of an awkward position.
The current situation of the children's middle school is that their uncles and grandmothers don't love them, and they don't have much support in terms of resources, but they are still singled out for poor academic performance. Therefore, it is really difficult for Principal Zhang to be the principal.
"Teacher Zhu, is what you said true?"
Principal Zhang asked Teacher Zhu to make sure he had heard correctly.
"Well, Principal, you can compare them. If you're worried, there's another exam coming up soon. You can also find someone to make up the test questions yourself and give it a try."
Teacher Zhu said this because he was afraid that someone would spread rumors about them, the tutors, leaking questions.
"How about this? I'll contact the other principals in the city, and we'll have a unified exam. This way we can avoid gossip, and if the Education Bureau asks again, we'll have a reason to show for it!"
Principal Zhang also understood what Teacher Zhu meant, but he was also trying to climb up the ladder. He also wanted to achieve some results to show off his power. After all, results are the bottom line.
After making things clear, Teacher Zhu did not stay any longer and said goodbye to Principal Zhang and left.
"Teacher Zhu, take care! I'll take care of the Education Bureau, don't worry!"
Principal Zhang's words were very nice, but the prerequisite was that the children's middle school could stand out in this exam. Teacher Zhu was very confident about this.
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In the next few days, it seemed as if nothing had happened. The cram school continued to hold classes as usual, and Ren Surong continued to oversee the decoration of the new classroom.
Everything was calm, and the cram school teachers gradually felt relieved. The other teachers at the children's middle school also hung around Jia Xiaomin, hoping to get a part-time job because everyone could see whether they made money or not.
"Xiao Min, come here! Call Xiao Ren over too."
After the make-up class that night, Teacher Zhu stopped Jia Xiaomin who was about to go home.
Du Chen's mother and Jia Xiaomin looked at Teacher Zhu in confusion, wondering what Teacher Zhu wanted to talk to them about.
We entered a storefront next door, which served as a temporary office for several teachers and had not yet been fully renovated.
"Xiao Min, Xiao Ren, a few days ago I went to see Principal Zhang to learn about the report we had received..."
After hearing what Teacher Zhu said, Du Chen's mother and Jia Xiaomin perked up and pricked up their ears. They had been wondering in their hearts for the past two days why there was no follow-up.
"Relax, it's nothing. It's just a simple report from a student's parent, nothing more."
Seeing that the two were a little nervous, Teacher Zhu hurried to comfort them.
"Don't worry, I've had a lot of conversations with Principal Zhang. But generally speaking, there's only one point: students should let their grades speak for themselves."
"The biweekly exams are coming up soon. This time, Principal Zhang plans to organize a joint exam with several other schools in the city. Our school's performance will be crucial then. Do you understand?"
Teacher Zhu slowly told them about her conversation with Principal Zhang that day. She told them that she had no other thoughts, she just wanted them to pay more attention recently and not make any mistakes. Moreover, the future of the cram school depended on this exam.
If you do well in the exam, get excellent results, and rank high, Principal Zhang will be willing to take on all the troubles, and the cram school will become famous.
If students do not perform well in the exam, the cram school may not be closed down, but it will definitely encounter some problems in charging fees and recruiting students.
Although reporting this matter is a trouble, it is also an opportunity!
Du Chen's mother and Jia Xiaomin also understood the problems that the cram school was about to face. Although sixty students would not have much impact on the overall performance, if the performance of these sixty students could all be top-notch, wouldn't that prove the effectiveness of the cram school?
Du Chen’s mother instantly decided to be more strict with the tutoring in the next few days, just for this joint exam!
…
Du Chen felt something was wrong these days. Every day at noon when he was watching the store, he would always find several people wandering around.
These people didn't look like good people, and they were rather scoundrels, so Du Chen took notice. They didn't come into the store to buy anything, but just hung around outside, especially when there were a lot of people around, staring at the crowd with lecherous eyes.
At first, Du Chen thought they were just ordinary thugs trying to rob the students. But after careful observation, Du Chen realized that their target was not the students coming and going, but his shop!
This made Du Chen alert. Although this was the best of times, it was also the worst of times! There were countless gangs, and fighting and causing trouble were commonplace, which forced Du Chen to be cautious and vigilant.
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