Chapter 52: Unreliable Teacher Yan
Tang Limei had repeated fevers and did not go to school for a week.
Her big desk was not preserved after all, and was sold to the Palace of Culture at a low price.
Naturally, Jia Zhenzhen's dressing table could not be kept, and was taken away by Zhao Hongye in just a few words.
Without a desk mate, Tang Xueli enjoyed some quiet time.
The Sixth Middle School, together with eight other schools, organized a quiz competition.
No. 1 Middle School sent three people to participate in the competition, Tang Xueli, Huang Xiu and Tan Chengshi, all in Class 1.
Tan Chengshi is the monitor of Class 1.
The teacher who led the team to the No. 6 Middle School competition was Yan Shouzhen.
On the day of the preliminary competition, the school arranged a small van to pick them up.
Huang Xiu and Tan Chengshi were neighbors and knew each other very well, so they naturally sat together when they got on the car.
Yan Shouzhen got on the bus and saw Tang Xueli sitting alone by the window, so he went over to ask her, "Can I sit here?"
Tang Xueli glanced at him and said, "Whatever."
Yan Shouzhen sat down and handed Tang Xueli a piece of draft paper, "Do it on the way."
There were two physics questions on the paper. They were very long and quite difficult.
A question mark slowly popped up in Tang Xueli's mind: "Do it in the car?"
It only takes about twenty minutes for the van to drive to No. 6 Middle School.
"You won't tell us about the quiz contest?"
Huang Xiu, who was sitting in the front, turned her head and said, "Teacher Yan, you asked us to compete, but you didn't give us training in advance. What is the competition system?"
Yan Shouzhen spread his hands and said helplessly: "I don't know the specific situation, just play freely, don't feel pressured."
Tan Chengshi, who has a sense of collective honor, frowned and said, "How can we be so casual? We represent No. 1 Middle School."
"It's okay. It's not shameful to lose." Yan Shouzhen looked relaxed. "The most important thing is to participate! Competition comes second, friendship comes first."
Tan Chengshi asked unwillingly, "Is there no competition range?"
Is it astronomy and geography, or physics and chemistry?
Yan Shouzhen shook his head apologetically, "No."
By this time, Tang Xueli had read the physics problem on the draft paper twice. Halfway through the journey, she looked at Yan Shouzhen and told him her solution.
Yan Shouzhen smiled and said, "Your ideas are all correct. You can think of a simpler method."
"Hmm." Tang Xueli continued to think hard with her head down.
"What major do you want to study in college?" Yan Shouzhen suddenly asked.
Tang Xueli paused, raised her head, and said without hiding anything: "Learning Chinese medicine."
Yan Shouzhen was slightly surprised, "You want to apply to the Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine?"
"Yes." Tang Xueli nodded and continued to look at the physics questions.
Yan Shouzhen took the draft paper away and said, "Then your current results are good enough."
“Is it enough if the results are good enough?”
Tang Xueli feels that learning is not only about learning knowledge itself, but more about learning a way of thinking and expanding the breadth and depth of thinking.
Some textbook knowledge is single and may be forgotten after the exam. Ten years later, she may not remember the relationship between the electric field force and the charge of the test charge, nor the concept of the Lorentz force. However, the way to master knowledge is universal and can even break down the barriers between knowledge.
This is what Tang Xueli cares about.
She wants to use her brain.
She believes that the more you use your brain, the smarter it becomes.
Yan Shouzhen laughed. This classmate is really ambitious!
"You want to do scientific research?"
Tang Xueli shook her head.
"So you're going to work in the hospital pharmacy?"
"no."
Yan Shouzhen looked at Tang Xueli curiously, "Opening your own pharmacy?"
Tang Xueli just smiled and said nothing, deciding to keep it secret.
"Okay, it seems I can't guess." Yan Shouzhen didn't intend to continue asking, "It's good to have your own ideas and goals."
Many people are confused when they choose their majors after the college entrance examination. Some even don’t know what they want to do after graduating from college. When they graduate, they go to whichever unit the school assigns them to.
Maybe you will spend your whole life doing a job that you can neither like nor hate.
For some people, that’s fine.
It's a "iron rice bowl" that means guaranteed income, stability, respectability, and security after retirement.
But not everyone wants to live this way.
Yan Shouzhen felt that Tang Xueli belonged to the latter. She had ideas, a specific blueprint for the future in her mind, liked challenges, and wanted more.
Actually, if you think about it, he himself is also such a person.
Have lofty and almost naive ideals.
The teaching building of No. 6 Middle School was already visible. When the van was crossing the street, it suddenly braked and avoided a running child.
Tang Xueli was concentrating on reading the questions when she rushed forward and her head hit a warm palm.
"You didn't get hit, did you?" Yan Shouzhen asked with concern.
Tang Xueli saw his hand on the back of the seat in front of her.
"Did you bump your hand?"
Yan Shouzhen took a look and said, "It's already red, and it will probably swell."
Tang Xueli: "Does it hurt?"
"It hurts!" Yan Shouzhen bared his teeth, not hiding his true feelings.
Tang Xueli: "...I'll buy you some medicine later."
"There's no time left, let's compete first!"
The van stopped and Yan Shouzhen led the team into the venue.
No. 6 Middle School is the host, and teachers from the school organized each school to sit in designated seats and make pre-match preparations.
Tang Xueli walked around and found that everyone else knew the scope and detailed rules of the competition.
Yan Shouzhen is really generous.
"Don't you feel ashamed of losing?" Tang Xueli asked him in a low voice.
Yan Shouzhen's expression didn't look as relaxed as before.
This is not what he thought!
The auditorium was crowded with people. Several schools had unified competition uniforms, and at least some students were wearing neat school uniforms.
And they - dressed in all kinds of colorful clothes, look very frivolous here.
The host, the referee, and the red banners hung high made for a grand occasion.
"Is this competition held every year?" Yan Shouzhen asked back.
Tang Xueli shook her head, "I don't know, I'm a transfer student."
She had never been to high school properly, so how would she know these things?
Yan Shouzhen asked the other two students.
Huang Xiu said: "It happens every year! But I don't know much about the details, and I don't think it has anything to do with me."
Tan Chengshi was so nervous that sweat covered his forehead. "I only know that our school always ranks second or third, and the No. 6 Middle School has been ranked first for three consecutive years."
No. 6 Middle School attaches great importance to this knowledge contest, so it actively organizes it every year.
Tang Xueli asked Tan Chengshi: "Which school is competing with No. 1 Middle School for the second place?"
Tan Chengshi: "No. 14 Middle School."
"Well, just try your best and don't get eliminated today."
Yan Shouzhen just found out that No. 1 Middle School had no experience of being eliminated in the preliminary round.
In the preliminary round, eight schools were selected into five, and three schools were eliminated.
Huang Xiu: Confused, my mind is blank.
Tan Chengshi: I was nervous and my back was covered in sweat.
Tang Xueli: Lie down, we will fight back when the enemy comes and block when the water comes.
Yan Shouzhen encouraged them: "Going to the competition field is like going to the battlefield. You are all the best. There is absolutely no problem with your knowledge reserves. Go ahead and fight them!"
Huang Xiu: "I am fine with talking nonsense in private, but I am afraid to do it on stage."
Tan Chengshi: "I usually only study school textbooks, and I am not very good at extracurricular knowledge."
Yan Shouzhen looked at Tang Xueli expectantly.
Tang Xueli held her forehead with her hand: "Dear Teacher Yan, the preliminary round is a team competition!"
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