Chapter 212: Election for Class Monitor (Page 1/2)
Lin Man smiled and let the students choose their seats. Then she picked up the children's tuition and receipt book and walked towards the finance office on the third floor. She was going to hand the money over to the accountant.
"Accountant Deng, there are still two students in our class who haven't arrived yet. I'm not sure if they will come.
Here are the registration fees and tuition fees for fifty students, totaling two hundred and eighty yuan and fifty cents. Could you please count them to see if they are correct?"
"No problem, thank you for your hard work."
Deng Yuliang carefully took the thick stack of banknotes, counted them carefully over and over again, and after confirming that they were correct, he issued a receipt and handed it to Lin Man.
"Teacher Lin, if the other two students in your class come to register, you can have them pay their tuition directly in the finance office."
"Understood."
After Lin Man handed the money to the accountant, she took home two brooms, a dustpan, a feather duster, a bucket and four rags.
After returning to the classroom, she first arranged for the students to clean up. Lin Man had just finished arranging the students when Liang Chunyan and Zhou Dandan arrived late. Lin Man asked them to go to the third floor to pay the tuition.
Zhou Dandan nodded and rushed out of the classroom with her schoolbag on her back. Liang Chunyan nervously pinched the corner of her clothes and whispered:
"Teacher Lin, my dad said he'll have money for us after he gets paid in a few days. He wants me to ask the teacher if he can pay us back a few days."
Lin Man knew that salaries were usually paid around the 10th, and the finance department was only responsible for collecting the money. They didn't care whether the students could pay tuition or not. If they had money, they could go to school, but if they didn't have money, they couldn't even register.
For example, if a child is in the first grade of elementary school and there are no extra seats in the classroom when he or she registers late, the child will have to wait another year before returning to school.
Lin Man thought about it, took out ten yuan from her pocket, and took Liang Chunyan to the third floor to pay her tuition first.
"Student Liang Chunyan, I will cover your tuition fees first. When your father gets his salary, you can pay me back."
Liang Chunyan looked at Lin Man with red eyes, "Thank you, Teacher Lin."
Lin Man rubbed Liang Chunyan's hair and asked softly, "Classmate Liang Chunyan, why are you so late for registration today?"
"I went to the hospital to take care of my mother, so I came late."
When Lin Man heard what Liang Chunyan said, she knew that her mother must be sick and unable to move, otherwise why would she ask a child to take care of her.
"You can't be late for the formal class tomorrow."
Liang Chunyan nodded, "I understand, Teacher Lin."
Lin Man paid the tuition for Liang Chunyan and accepted the receipt written by the accountant to Liang Chunyan.
"Student Liang Chunyan, I'll return this receipt to you after you pay back the tuition."
"Okay, I understand."
After returning to the classroom and waiting for the students to clean up, Lin Man asked them to line up in the corridor, one team of boys and one team of girls, in order from shortest to tallest.
If she found some tall people standing in front, Lin Man would ask them to stand back. After they were lined up, Lin Man asked them, "If anyone has poor eyesight, please stand up first."
A male student, about 1.76 meters tall, stood up and said, "Teacher, I can't see the blackboard clearly when I sit in the back. During the physical examination, my left eye's vision was 4.2, and my right eye's was 4.5."
Lin Man looked at the tallest boy in the class and found that he was nearsighted, but he just didn't wear glasses.
"Student Lei Ming, then you should come to the front of the line."
Lei Ming ran happily from the back to the front and stood in front of a male classmate who was only about 1.4 meters tall.
Lin Man asked again, "Is there anyone else with poor eyesight?"
At this time, two students wearing glasses said: "Teacher Lin, although we are nearsighted, we can see the blackboard clearly with glasses."
"Okay, you two just stand where you are. Lei Ming, Deng Jia, you sit in the first group, first row. I'll call a group, and they'll come in."
Lin Man stood at the door of the classroom, watched two students sit down, and then called the next group until all 53 students were seated.
After the seats were arranged, Lin Man called Lei Ming to the corridor and said, "Lei Ming, you are nearsighted now. Why don't you ask your parents to buy you a pair of glasses?"
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"My mom said she would only give me glasses after I got the title of Three Good Students."
Lin Man was speechless. Her child was of a certain degree of myopia, but as a parent, she didn't even want him to get glasses. She even said that she would only give him glasses if the child passed the "Three Good Students" exam. What kind of a trick was this?
If a child cannot see the blackboard, can he still study well?
Lin Man planned to have Lei Ming wear glasses and let him sit at the back so as not to block the view of the students in front.
"Student Lei Ming, I think you should go back and talk to your parents and get glasses as soon as possible. You're the tallest in the class, and sitting in the front row will easily block the view of the students behind you.
You don't have glasses now, so the teacher asked you to sit in the front row. After you get glasses, you can still sit in the back row. Is that okay with you?"
"Okay, thank you, teacher."
"Go back!"
After Lin Man returned to the classroom, she looked at the whole class and said, "Classmates, there is only half an hour left before school is over.
In this last half hour, I have an idea - let's elect class leaders first!"
She paused and continued, "First, let's elect a study committee member. Everyone knows that Li Haiyan was the top student in our class when she graduated from elementary school!"
So, I think the position of study committee member is right for her, what do you think?"
Lei Ming was the first to stand up and respond: "Teacher, we have no objection!"
Lin Man smiled and nodded, then continued, "Actually, the teacher doesn't know all of your strengths very well, so apart from the study committee member, I won't directly appoint other class leaders.
Next, I hope you will enthusiastically step up to the podium, briefly introduce yourselves, and participate in the election for class leader. Then, we will have a vote by the classmates.”
Upon hearing this, the students of Class 102 originally thought that after the teacher appointed the study committee member, other class leaders would follow suit. However, they did not expect that they would have the opportunity to run for election themselves. They were all very excited.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaohua, who was sitting in the second row, couldn't wait to raise her hand and asked loudly, "Teacher Lin, is what you just said true?"
"Of course!" Lin Man nodded affirmatively. "Well, in that case, let's get started with the class monitor election! Who will go up first and introduce themselves?"
Liu Rong raised his hand and said, "Teacher, I want to run for class monitor!"
"Okay then, come on stage first!"
Liu Rong, who was sitting in the fifth row of the second group, stood up with a smile and strode to the podium. Lin Man gave up her seat for him.
Liu Rong stood in the center of the podium, his eyes fixed on the students below with determination and confidence. He then took a deep breath and began to introduce himself:
"Hello everyone! My name is Liu Rong, and I'm fourteen years old.
At this moment, I feel extremely proud to be able to stand on this podium and participate in our class monitor election, but at the same time I am very nervous.
In fact, becoming a class monitor has always been my dream and ideal.
I am well aware that to be qualified for this position, I not only need to have excellent academic performance, but also be excellent in all aspects.
Having said that, some classmates may question my ability.
Indeed, my elementary school graduation results were not particularly ideal, with 91 points in Chinese and 92 points in mathematics. Although these results were still a certain distance away from those of the study committee member.
However, if I am fortunate enough to be chosen as the monitor, then I will put in more effort to study.
In class, I will actively raise my hand to answer the teacher's questions, and do my best to improve my test scores, strive to surpass the study committee member and become the first.
If I become the class monitor, once a classmate encounters a problem and doesn't know how to solve it, I will definitely explain to him in detail and patiently what to do.
After all, one person’s good grades don’t necessarily mean they are truly excellent. Only when the whole class makes progress together can we be most proud of it…”
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