Chapter 69
As early as the beginning of the resumption of the college entrance examination, people actually had to fill in their application forms before taking the college entrance examination.
But two years ago, the policy suddenly changed, requiring students to estimate their scores after the exam and then fill out their applications. While this approach wasn't as good as waiting decades after scores were released, it was much better than applying right before the exam. In her previous life, Qin Xiang had diarrhea and missed almost the entire math exam, so she didn't even bother to estimate her scores and gave up on this path.
Qin Xiang was filled with resentment at the time. But even if she hadn't taken the math test, she could have gotten into a junior college with her grades. But at the time, she felt it was better not to go to a good university. She ignored Teacher Ning's urgings to repeat the year or apply.
Now I think it was stupid. If I gave her another chance, she would probably go to a junior college. At worst, she would just take the postgraduate entrance exam.
There is no point in thinking too much. Things seem to be pretty good now. At least I can make money for two more years. Now I am just feeling sentimental.
Days like today are very important for college entrance examination candidates. When Qin Xiang arrived at the school, many senior high school students who had finished their exams had already arrived.
There were originally five classes in the senior year, but after the preliminary exams, only about 120 students remained. Those who didn't pass the preliminaries either had to repeat the year or drop out. The remaining students have now been divided into three classes. It's worth noting that only a small portion of these 120-plus students are freshmen; the majority are repeaters.
This situation is not so obvious in cities or provincial capitals. As I said before, there is educational inequality. Students in counties need to take multiple exams to accumulate experience.
This was Qin Xiang's first time in her class. As soon as she entered, many people saw her and greeted her, "Classmate Qin Xiang, you're here."
"Yes, you are finally here. Everyone is waiting for you."
Looking at the enthusiastic yet unfamiliar classmates, Qin Xiang was stunned.
To be honest, she didn't even know these classmates, and she didn't expect everyone to be so enthusiastic.
One girl said, "Everyone is very grateful for the information you shared."
Qin Xiang felt warm in her heart, "We are all classmates, it's only natural for us to share with each other."
After the exam that day, many people expressed their gratitude to her, and she didn't expect to be thanked again when she came back.
"That's also because you're kind-hearted," said a girl from the county. "Huang Wei from the next class had his aunt get him some information from the city, but he refused to share it and studied it secretly. You're already better than many people."
“Yeah, a lot of people won’t share.”
It's easy to understand. Even classmates in the same class are competitors. If they score one point more than you, you lose one point in your chance of going to college. This is especially true when study materials are scarce.
Others share out of kindness, and they can't blame others for not sharing, even if they themselves might not be so generous. To put it bluntly, they lack confidence in themselves and are afraid that someone else's extra score will take their place in college.
So everyone was very touched by Qin Xiang's generous sharing, which was particularly rare since no one knew her.
Qin Xiang was about to say a few more polite words when the head teacher, Mr. He, came in.
Teacher He came in and saw Qin Xiang, and smiled, "Just now Director Ning said he didn't know if you were coming or not. I didn't expect you to come so early."
He placed a stack of answers to the college entrance exam questions on the table and said, "Okay, everyone sit down, and then we'll start estimating your scores. I'll write them on the blackboard, and you can estimate your scores yourself. If you're not sure, ask the teacher. Tomorrow we have to fill out our applications, so everyone needs to think carefully."
Today, in order to help students estimate their scores, even Ning Sumei, a senior high school teacher, came.
Because there were fewer students, Qin Xiang also had a place to sit. Ning Sumei came in and asked her, "How do you think the exam went?"
Qin Xiang smiled, "I think it's okay?"
Ning Sumei laughed. "Let me tell you, the school leaders are all here today. They're all in the office waiting for your estimated scores. They're ready to help you choose a school."
Qin Xiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "What if I don't do well in the exam? I'll be letting everyone down."
"Don't worry about these things now that the exams are over. Just estimate your scores." Ning Sumei rarely had a smile on her face. Perhaps because the exams were over, Ning Sumei changed her usual serious attitude towards other students and became much gentler.
Estimates need to be made for each subject, and the most difficult and challenging subjects are probably Chinese and Politics. This is mainly because these two subjects have many subjective questions, making it easy to make mistakes when estimating scores.
Teacher He wrote the standard answers to the previous questions on the blackboard, then asked everyone to estimate their scores, and finally wrote the scoring points and key points of the composition on the blackboard.
The composition is so long that it is impossible for students to write it down and ask the teacher to help estimate it. They can only estimate it themselves based on the key points.
After Qin Xiang finished her estimate, she noticed a shadow above her head. She looked up and met Teacher Ning's eyes. "How is it?"
Qin Xiang added up all the scores before she finished speaking. "My composition stayed on topic and hit the key points. I think I should have no problem getting 110 points."
For a question with a total of 120 points, scoring 110 is already very good, and most of the points were deducted for the composition, which means that there were very few mistakes in the previous questions.
Ning Sumei had a faint smile on her face, "Okay, now it's math."
Mathematics is Qin Xiang's strong point, and it is easy for her to estimate the score. In the end, Qin Xiang estimated a score of 115, and no one in the class scored higher than Qin Xiang.
Even worse, there was a controversial and difficult math question this year. Many students couldn't figure it out and left it blank, so a 12-point question was simply eliminated. Ning Sumei walked around, came back to Qin Xiang, and couldn't help sighing.
Qin Xiang asked, "What's wrong?"
Ning Sumei sat down next to her and said in a low voice, "The math test is generally not good."
It's not just bad, there are not many who scored above 80 points, and some even only scored around 50 points. The score difference is quite big.
Qin Xiang had never thought about this. In her previous life, she had only heard that the math problems in 1984 were difficult, but she didn't know much about those in 1985.
Ning Sumei was a little annoyed but also relieved, "Estimate the others first."
There were seven science subjects, with a total score of 700. Qin Xiang estimated all of them. Physics and chemistry were still a little short, but he still estimated a high score of 622. Looking at this estimate, Ning Sumei's eyes widened, "Qin Xiang, are you sure?"
Qin Xiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "How can I answer that? I'm not a grading teacher. I can only estimate the score based on what I filled out. Maybe it's okay if I estimate a little less."
"No, no, our teacher has looked at the test papers. This year's test questions are generally difficult. Let alone 622 points, even estimating 20 points less is not bad." Ning Sumei said with relief, "Maybe our school can really stand up this year."
She stood up and said, "I'll go talk to the principal and the others."
After saying that, he ran out without waiting for Qin Xiang to say anything.
Ning Sumei was always calm and composed, but it was rare for her to disregard her image like this. The classmates couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong with Teacher Ning?"
The classmate sitting in front of Qin Xiang turned around and was about to ask her what her score was when she saw the score she had written in her notebook. "Oh, Qin Xiang, your score is so high. Too high."
Well, because of this shout, everyone in the class looked at Qin Xiang.
Teacher He walked over quickly. Seeing the numbers above, the smile on his face grew wider and wider. He couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Qin Xiang, you will definitely bring honor to our school this year."
Qin Xiang couldn't help laughing, "I hope I didn't guess wrong."
Chinese, math, and English were her strengths, especially English, where she could outperform many students of her generation. Qin Xiang would even say that few students in the city, let alone those in the county, were better at English than she was. English and math alone were enough to set her apart from the rest.
So even if her physics and chemistry scores are not estimated to be very high, they are enough for her to get an impressive high score.
Not long after Teacher Ning went out, the sound of footsteps was heard outside the door. Principal Cao was the first to stand at the door, panting heavily, and the smooth scalp on his head that was originally covered was exposed.
"Student Qin Xiang, please write down your answers and I will help you estimate them."
Principal Cao didn't care about his image at all at this moment because he was so happy. This year's questions were very difficult. He called the city leaders and thought that there would be no problem in applying to Capital University or Tsinghua University with a score of more than 600. He didn't expect that students from their school could get such a high score.
Not only Principal Cao, but other teachers also looked at Qin Xiang eagerly.
Under such a gaze, Qin Xiang couldn't even say no.
Qin Xiang had no choice but to say, "Okay."
Seeing her relax, Principal Cao smiled and said, "Let's go. It's getting late. The principal will treat you to lunch."
"That's right, let's go over and talk about applying to schools."
Teacher He looked very pleased.
No matter what, this student is in his class and passed the exam, so it is his achievement.
Teacher He smiled and said, "It's an honor for the teacher."
Qin Xiang: "..."
Unable to resist the teachers' enthusiasm, Qin Xiang was finally pulled away by Teacher Ning.
The classmates didn't feel jealous, but just envious, "If only we could get such high scores, the teacher would definitely be proud of us."
One of the girls who initially thanked Qin Xiang said, "Actually, the teacher invited her to dinner for a reason. Although our county's economic development is better than other counties, our school's ranking in the city isn't very good because we haven't produced many outstanding students in the past few years. Qin Xiang ranked first in the city during the pre-exam. If she performs well this time and takes first place again, our school will become famous, and the city will give priority to our school in terms of educational resources."
When she said this, several students who didn't do well on the test couldn't help but smile bitterly, "So if we repeat the year, maybe we can still benefit from their help."
Several people stopped talking and hurried back.
After the scores are estimated, we still have to fill out the application form tomorrow, so we don’t plan to go back in the afternoon.
After estimating the score, Wang Xiao felt very upset and the suffocation in the classroom came out. As a result, he first watched Qin Xiang being escorted to dinner by a group of teachers, and then heard the conversation in Qin Xiang's class.
I feel very dissatisfied and jealous.
Jealousy is maddening. Wang Xiao was so mad that she wanted to scream. She didn't even dare to apply for a junior college, and Qin Xiang was already out of her reach.
Qin Xiang followed the principal and several teachers out. Principal Cao said they all had to go to a restaurant outside to eat. Qin Xiang thought, let's go, she would find a chance to settle the bill later. She knew that the salaries of these teachers were not high.
After arriving at the restaurant and ordering a table full of dishes, Principal Cao spoke cautiously, "Student Qin Xiang, which school do you plan to apply to?"
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