Chapter 38 The First Class
Today is the last afternoon for freshmen to register. All departments of Pujiang College are distributing textbooks. There are many problems due to the large number of people and the complicated tasks. Only the Chinese Language Department distributed the textbooks neatly, which made Ke Wanwei very satisfied. It seems that this class monitor was chosen correctly.
In the evening, the whole class went to the classroom for a freshman meeting. Ke Wanwei introduced the history of Pujiang College to everyone and talked about the issues that should be paid attention to in college, such as studying hard, not falling in love, etc.
Then each student was asked to make a brief self-introduction and get to know everyone. Gao Jialin paid close attention to this process. After they finished their introductions, Gao Jialin had basically memorized their names and some more obvious characteristics.
Recognizing people is also an important quality for a public official, and he has always done very well in this regard.
Finally, when it came time to finalize the candidates for class leaders, he directly nominated Gao Jialin to be the monitor, and the students had no objection to this.
Almost all the boys have met Gao Jialin, and many of the girls also got to know him while distributing textbooks. They have a good impression of this well-spoken classmate and naturally would not object.
Ke Wanwei assigned the remaining few positions to the student with the best college entrance examination score in the class. The position of League Secretary was given to the only student party member in the class. Students were allowed to recommend themselves for the positions of Arts and Culture Committee Member and Sports Committee Member. Anyone who was interested in taking on this position would go on stage and talk about how he or she would perform his or her duties if he or she took office. The whole class would then vote by raising their hands, and it would be passed if more than half voted.
Ma Chuanjie, who lived in the same dormitory, became the arts and literature committee member because his mother was a middle school music teacher. He had learned musical instruments from his mother since he was a child. He could play the piano, guitar, and trumpet quite well, so it was just right for him to be the arts and literature committee member.
Study committee member Song Yalan is a shy girl wearing glasses. League branch secretary Luo Xuemei is just the opposite. She is outgoing and generous, has short hair that reaches her ears, and looks very capable.
Before the meeting ended, Ke Wanwei announced one last thing, "At the end of this month, each department will hold a welcome party. According to past practice, our freshmen will also have to come up with a few programs. If anyone has this specialty, please find Gao Jialin, Luo Xuemei, and Ma Chuanjie to sign up! The department student union will also come to you when the time comes, and you must complete this task well!"
Hey, you can pay attention to this matter. As a civil servant in the central government agency, you may not be able to do other things, but you are very good at organizing meetings. If you handle it well, you can show off in front of all the teachers and students in the department. Gao Jialin quickly made a note of this matter.
After returning to the dormitory, some roommates immediately took out their textbooks and began to prepare for tomorrow's lessons; others lowered their voices and chatted enthusiastically about several of the more eye-catching girls in the class. Even though Ke Wanwei repeatedly emphasized that they were not allowed to fall in love while in school, a young man of eighteen or nineteen was at the age when he was full of yearning for the opposite sex. How could he suppress his desire?
Ma Chuanjie was worried, "Jialin, what do you think I should perform?"
"Don't make a decision in a hurry. Wait a few days to see what programs other students have signed up for, so as to avoid overlap. Anyway, you can play several instruments, so there will always be opportunities for you to show your talents! Oh, by the way, is it difficult to learn guitar? Would you like to teach me?" Gao Jialin felt that music was also a very useful skill. Since there was plenty of free time in college, this was a good opportunity to learn it.
"Can you teach me too?" Yang Zhengtai poked his head out from under the covers. He thought boys who played guitar were very handsome. If he could learn it himself, he would definitely attract the attention of girls."
"Sure, I'll teach you when I bring my guitar home next time!" Ma Chuanjie agreed readily.
At 10:30 in the evening, the lights in the dormitory were turned off on time, and the roommates went to bed one after another, waiting for the first class of the next day with great anticipation.
After lying down for a while, Gao Jialin got out of bed to go to the toilet. He saw students in the corridor still reading seriously under the dim light. He was really impressed. Perhaps it was with this spirit that the country could achieve such rapid development in the future? The next morning, everyone found the classroom according to the schedule they received yesterday. After entering, a student asked Gao Jialin in confusion, "Class monitor, how do we assign seats? Do we have to line up first?"
"Pfft!" Several students who had already sat down burst into laughter.
Gao Jialin did not laugh, but explained gently, "University is different from middle school. There are no fixed classrooms or fixed seats. You can just find an empty seat to sit. If you come early, you can sit in the front. If you come late, you can only sit in the back!"
"Oh, by the way, you can just call me Gao Jialin from now on, no need to call me squad leader all the time!" Gao Jialin added that there is no need to mention the position in such occasions.
"Oh, so that's how it is!" Many students suddenly realized. It was the first time they knew about this kind of thing.
Gao Jialin chose a seat in the corner of the front row, from where he could see the performance of the whole class. If he found that any student had difficulty seeing the blackboard or listening to the lecture during class later, it meant that they had some problems with their eyesight or hearing. In this way, he could find a way to reserve a few seats in the middle of the front row for them.
The students took their seats one after another, chatting loudly, their eyes full of curiosity and longing for college life.
At nine o'clock in the morning, a male teacher in his forties wearing glasses walked into the classroom and wrote his name on the blackboard. "My name is Liu Yujia. I am from Chongqing, Sichuan. I graduated from the Chinese Department of East China Normal University. This semester, I will teach you the course "Literary Appreciation."
"Literature appreciation refers to the process of aesthetically appreciating, savoring and evaluating literary works. I will select some excellent literary works to teach you how to appreciate them. So you must read the corresponding literary works in advance before taking my class, so that you can understand them during class!"
"Okay, I've finished my self-introduction. Can you introduce yourselves as well? Let's get to know each other first! Let's start with this classmate!" Teacher Liu stretched out his hand and pointed at Gao Jialin.
"Hello, teacher. My name is Gao Jialin, and I am from Kuanzhou County, Yinxia District, Shaanxi Province!"
"Oh, you are Gao Jialin." The teacher nodded, obviously having heard of his name a long time ago.
More than 40 students introduced themselves one after another, and half of the class was over. Liu Yujia officially started the class. He took out a newspaper and unfolded it. "Today I will start with this article published by Gao Jialin in the National Education Newspaper to tell you how to appreciate literature!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the students looked at him in unison, and the scorching heat in their eyes was enough to melt Gao Jialin.
Gao Jialin was also stunned. Uh, no, the first class in college is actually to study my article?
Thank you Huan Le for the reward. The next chapter will be published at 5 o'clock, and the update will resume at normal time tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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