Chapter 78 Competition 1
It turned out that Paris had received an interview invitation from a very famous middle school in Country A.
In fact, Paris's father had the same idea when he saw the Wilson children returning to the UK to attend secondary school. However, the prejudice there was too strong, and Paris did not pass the background check and did not even have the opportunity to interview.
After applying to several schools there, he was rejected every time. Finally, Mr. Lin had to turn his attention back to Country A.
But there is a problem in Country A. Many schools have separate junior high schools and high schools, and many very famous schools are high schools. Therefore, it is difficult for Paris to find a better integrated junior high and high school than Tifield.
But Mr. Lin is an ambitious father. He has always been very strict in his upbringing of Paris. Fortunately, Paris lived up to his expectations. He was among the best in mathematics and computer skills in the school.
So it is understandable that he wants Paris to go to a better school, which has caused Paris to be under a lot of pressure recently. Fortunately, after receiving the charity award, he received an interview invitation from a prestigious school.
Zhang Wei was also very happy for him, and she sighed again: Happy education is happy education, but your happiness does not mean my happiness!
Just as Zhang Wei was watching others compete, she finally won her first competition.
For most of the semester, she has been changing her math learning habits with the help of Teacher Mori, and fortunately, there have been certain results. The book "Mathematics Playground" recommended to her by Teacher Mori is particularly interesting and difficult to read.
Although the content did not exceed the scope of elementary school mathematics, the questions were very different from what she usually encountered. To solve them, she could not rely on rote imitation. She needed to completely break down the knowledge she had previously mastered and develop new methods on her own.
This process was a bit difficult for Zhang Wei at the beginning. She always relied on inertial thinking, which made her prone to making mistakes. Fortunately, she was patient and gradually figured out some methods on her own. This sense of accomplishment allowed her to maintain some interest in mathematics.
When she told Mr. Mori that she wanted to participate in the BO Elementary School Mathematics Competition, Mr. Mori actually shook his head:
"Vera, I don't think you need to participate in this competition,"
Zhang Wei felt that she was not so indifferent to fame and fortune, and was about to persuade her when Teacher Mori continued:
"You should take part in AMO. That will be challenging for you."
To be honest, Zhang Wei didn't know much about these competitions. She learned about them from Paris and teachers Ethan. From Paris's attitude, she understood that BO's elementary school math competition was probably not very difficult.
Seeing that Zhang Wei didn't understand, Teacher Mori introduced it to her in detail.
It turns out that the full name of AMO is the Country A Primary and Secondary School Olympic Competition. Although it is called the Country A Olympic Competition, it is actually an international mathematics competition for students all over the world jointly organized by the Country A Olympic Mathematics Center, the Singapore International Competition Center and SUI University.
Ah... this... such a big fuss right away. Zhang Wei wondered if Teacher Mori overestimated her.
“Students from grades two to twelve can participate, and they can take the exam across grades.”
When Mr. Mori said this, he looked at her meaningfully, which reminded Zhang Wei of her presumptuous application for cross-level study.
Registration is based on the grade before the start of September, which means that Zhang Wei can only register as a second-grade student. Second grade is the starting grade for registration, but the competition is not awarded according to grade, but according to difficulty level.
In other words, most of the students in the lower grades are just there to make up the numbers.
However, if you pass the preliminary round in Country A, you can advance to the SIMOC upgrade competition in Singapore, which means you can go to Singapore to participate in the global competition.
The gold and silver medalists in the global competition can participate in IJMO, and the winning athletes can become IMO reserves. If IMO is renamed, everyone should know that it is the World International Olympic Competition.
In other words, if Zhang Wei wanted to participate in the world-famous mathematics competition in her previous life, she would have to overcome three major obstacles. Talking about this now is like a fantasy to her.
She has always felt that people's brains are different. Some things are innate, while others are not.
Zhang Wei didn't have any talent in her previous life, and she felt that she didn't have any in this life either, but she was trying to make up for her shortcomings with hard work.
Zhang Wei felt that she probably couldn't compete at the level of an Olympic competition.
So she carefully said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Mori, I don't think I'm up to the task of this competition. I think it might be difficult for me to win the prize."
"So? If I can't win the prize, I can't participate? Allow me to disagree with your logic."
"You're so serious and spend so much time on math. You can't say you don't like math, right?"
Zhang Wei originally wanted to say that she didn’t like math, but thinking about her efforts during this period and the joy of successfully solving the problems, she did not dislike it at all.
Although she originally wanted to win the competition, she now suddenly found that getting this gold medal seemed to be a little more difficult than she had imagined.
As for the previous BO Mathematics Competition, now thinking about it, it was not of much value to her. Not to mention its difficulty, she would probably go to the UK to study in middle school with Namier, and other countries' recognition of it would be greatly reduced.
"Besides, you're only in your third year. You still have many years to improve your ability level to level eleven or twelve. Why give up now?"
Zhang Wei can answer Teacher Mori's questions. She does not give up easily, and does not want to waste her time dreaming about an unattainable result.
She has always known how to make choices, but she couldn't say that to Teacher Mori, as it would seem too utilitarian, even though that's how she is.
Looking at Teacher Mori's expectant eyes, Zhang Wei finally compromised. Forget it, just run along.
"Then I'll give it a try, but teacher, I want to see the range of questions. I don't know which grade level to choose and when."
Since he had made up his mind to go, Zhang Wei also wanted to get a better result. If he could win a bronze medal and go to Singapore, it would be nice to travel there.
When Zhang Wei saw the scope of the knowledge points to be tested, he gained a little more confidence, because the second grade test was about calculation within 100, length measurement, simple fractions and plane figures.
I believe that anyone who has finished elementary school will feel confident after seeing this. When Zhang Wei continued to read on, she found out, based on her own speculation, that she could only pass the exam in the eighth grade at most.
Because G9 requires exams on real and complex numbers, she only has a superficial understanding of this aspect from the liberal arts math she learned in high school.
Finally, considering its difficulty level, Zhang Wei felt that it would be better for her to take the seventh grade exam, which is the G7 level, as she would have a better chance of passing.
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