Chen Bing gave Shang Yunmiao a meaningful look, then replied, "What are you thinking about? The high school entrance exam hasn't even started yet, and you're already thinking about the college entrance exam?"
"Hehe~" Shang Yunmiao chuckled twice, then used her free hand to link arms with Chen Bing. "So, what do you think we should do after the high school entrance exam?"
"I don't know, maybe I'll be traveling, staying home playing video games, or studying..."
"That sounds so boring."
"Boredom is the norm in life, little girl. If you want to do something interesting and novel, think about it slowly a year from now!"
A gentle evening breeze, carrying the scent of cicadas in the height of summer, softly brushed past the two figures before continuing its journey into the distance. And perhaps a year from now, she will return, offering them once again that gentle evening breeze, carrying the scent of cicadas in the height of summer.
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After the summer vacation following their second year of junior high, the students of Class 1, Grade 8, officially became ninth graders and were about to face their own high school entrance examination.
That's what they say, but it's not like everyone immediately felt the pressure right after summer vacation ended.
Since the middle school entrance exam is not as important as the college entrance exam, for these students in Class 1, the best options are Shangping Experimental Middle School and Shangping No. 3 Middle School.
Because Shangping Experimental Middle School is a key high school built at great expense, it not only boasts a good location and environment, but the Shangping County Education Bureau is also located there, and its principal is rumored to be the deputy director of the Education Bureau. Therefore, in comparison, it is still more desirable than Shangping No. 3 Middle School, which has a worse location and an older campus.
Further down the list are Shangping No. 2 Middle School and Hongtu Middle School. No. 2 Middle School is slightly better than Hongtu, but still only so-so.
Finally, there are two town-level high schools and a vocational high school.
Because the pregnancy rate at the two town-level high schools is higher than that at the undergraduate level, many parents would rather send their children to vocational high schools than those two schools. In fact, they don't even know the names of those two regular high schools.
For students in the top classes of Baishi No. 1 Middle School, the pass rate for Experimental Middle School and No. 3 Middle School is about 80%. Those who don't get in can go to Hongtu Middle School or No. 2 Middle School. As for those below that, they are the rare talents who only appear once every few years.
If we further subdivide these middle schools, we can identify the key classes that each school has in line with the city's top middle schools.
Among them, the Experimental Middle School is particularly prestigious because its structure consists of eight regular classes, eight secondary key classes, two key classes, and one special key class.
Shangping No. 3 Middle School only has two levels: nine regular classes and three key classes. It's not as extreme as Experimental Middle School.
Further down the list, the key classes at No. 2 Middle School and Hongtu Middle School are stronger than the regular classes at No. 3 Middle School, and are roughly on par with the secondary key classes at Experimental Middle School.
Because the elite classes will be reshuffled again when it comes to course selection and class assignment, it's not very meaningful for students to strive for them. Most of them just hope to get into Experimental Middle School or No. 3 Middle School.
Therefore, the high school entrance exam is not really a big pressure for the students in the key classes of Baishi No.1 Middle School.
Most people were still in the same state as last semester when school started: chatting away, eating and drinking as usual. In class, they would attentively follow along with the teacher's remarks, but not really pay attention to the content being taught.
Some boys, especially Ma Shaolong, remained firmly in the middle of the class after several class reshuffles, with none of them falling behind. Adding to this the students who transferred in after several more reshuffle exams, they had essentially formed an unshakeable clique within the class.
It's not that they're forming cliques or anything, it's just that these people like to wander around after class and cause trouble during class and when studying, so they slightly affect the atmosphere of the class.
Speaking of wandering around, we have to mention their annual routine of visiting female students.
On September 1st, the day of freshman registration, they gathered their friends and went to the road they had to take to register. They pointed and commented on the pretty female freshmen, just like they had done a year ago.
If there's anything different, it's probably that Ma Shaolong isn't here.
Yes, Ma Shaolong was not among the group of people who came to visit their junior classmates this year, nor was Chen Bing.
If you ask why, the two are largely similar. Specifically for Ma Shaolong, it's that he started dating a girl in the second year of junior high school during the summer vacation.
With a girlfriend, Ma Shaolong is very adorable and wouldn't bother looking at other girls.
What? You mean Chen Bing? With your brother Bing's family's high status, of course he wouldn't be affected by small business dealings. He's just acting out of a man's sense of responsibility, trying to take care of her feelings.
snort!
Returning to the class, another significant change upon entering the third year of junior high was that they no longer had to study geography and biology. Instead, they were introduced to a new chemistry class, taught by a cheerful, smiling, and beautiful female teacher.
This really excited the boys, because among the original substitute teachers, only the Chinese teacher was good-looking. However, since her daughter was in the class, the mischievous boys, led by Ma Shaolong, couldn't easily engage with her during class.
Now, another equally beautiful female teacher has arrived, and the boys, who are in their adolescence, naturally want to catch up with her and interact with her.
But this made things difficult for the other student. During class, if they made any slips of the tongue, the boys below would repeat them over and over again. Even if they didn't make any slips of the tongue, but were just talking about a certain point of knowledge, the boys could find amusement in it and happily shout a few words.
At first, the chemistry teacher thought this made the class atmosphere more lively, so she didn't stop them. But as things progressed, as these students became more and more outrageous, her classes became increasingly difficult to teach, and the students became more and more mischievous.
After several attempts to stop her, she strictly forbade students from interrupting in class, but those troublemakers just laughed it off and didn't care. Even if they did care and temporarily quieted down, they would go back to their old ways after a few classes.
Ultimately, the chemistry teacher broke down in this lively atmosphere.
When she went to class that day, she saw a few words she had said before written on the blackboard, which were often ridiculed by the boys in her class.
The students in the class were laughing and joking because of some brave man's feat, and they kept making noise after class started.
Gradually, the idea suddenly popped into her mind that she was being bullied by students.
The more she thought about it, the more real it seemed, until it overwhelmed her and she could no longer continue teaching. Two lines of tears slowly slid down her cheeks, and she finally sat down by the podium and wept uncontrollably.
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