Chapter 38 - 38 38 The Teachers' Ambition

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38: Chapter 38 The Teachers’ Ambition 38: Chapter 38 The Teachers’ Ambition The English exam in the morning was self-explanatory, being Qiao Yu’s strong suit. The physics and chemistry in the afternoon were also quite simple. The real challenge was actually with history and moral and legal studies. Although the last two subjects were open-book exams, finding ready-made answers in the books was actually quite difficult once the difficulty level of the questions was raised. The most typical was reading materials and answering questions. For example, an excerpt from “Huaxia Culture General History” about the spirit of valuing “harmony” in “Zhou Yi” was given, asking for the Taoist and Confucian views on the spirit of valuing “harmony”. Then two ancient pictures were provided, asking to combine learned knowledge to list two historical facts that reflect the spirit of valuing “harmony” in the formation and development of Huaxia’s ancient unified multi-ethnic states. This made Qiao Yu, who hadn’t paid much attention in class, feel a slightly throbbing headache. Fortunately, he flips through books quickly, and the two paired images were also introduced in the textbook, so he quickly understood the test questions. Although he wasn’t particularly fond of the so-called spirit of valuing “harmony”, he had no trouble answering the questions. Overall, Qiao Yu experienced the designed difficulty of the exam questions, but to be honest, it wasn’t very high. Moreover, questions from liberal arts subjects can often earn a few points even when written randomly, making them seem simpler. So the truly difficult ones are actually those in the science category, but since topics in middle school are too basic, they can’t be considered difficult either. After the exam, Qiao Yu went home to continue his number theory research. However, his test papers were almost immediately urged by his homeroom teacher Yuan Yuan to have the subject teachers grade against the answer keys, and a score was roughly provided. Just like that, Qiao Yu’s score sheet was quickly delivered to her. The language score referred to the opinion of the grade leader Mr. Xing, 115 points; unsurprisingly, mathematics was given a full score of 120 points; physics and chemistry were also full marks. English was 97, mainly due to some problems in the grammar usage in reading and writing comprehension, deducting two points, and the final essay deducted 1 point. History and moral and legal studies, which were open-book, had 3 points and 5 points deducted respectively. However, these two subjects are 60 points in the high school entrance exam, so after conversion, it was 58 and 57 points. Not calculating the biology and geography that were already tested in the second year, and the physical education test last month, Qiao Yu’s total score after conversion was 567 points. Even in the Rocket Class, this is steadily the first in grade. You must know that the Rocket Class is not lacking in excellent students who have full marks in biology, geography, and physical education. If this mock exam score can reach 567 points, the total score could reach a staggering 687 points! If coupled with the 3 points deducted from the language paper, that would be 690 points. Considering that this exam was more difficult than the high school entrance exam questions, if a student in the Rocket Class could achieve this score, they would basically be able to compete for the top position in the city. According to the score segment from the last city mock exam, the highest city score was 693 points, with only 2 people scoring above 690 points. But the last mock exam questions were much simpler than this time’s. Unfortunately, Qiao Yu’s physical education, biology, and geography together only scored 58 points, so his total score was actually 625. Although not high, it definitely surpasses the standard admission line for general high school. Searᴄh the NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Enrolling in Railway First Middle School is definitely not a problem. Seeing this score, Yuan Yuan felt that Teacher Lan from the high school division found Qiao Yu at just the right moment, and the timing for the Olympic Competition was also good. It doesn’t start until after high school begins on September 13th. If the Olympic Competition had started before the high school entrance exam, and Qiao Yu passed the national standard while also surpassing the general high school line, he would probably be snatched up by a bunch of schools. Then Railway First Middle School would truly have nothing to do with it. Especially those private schools, in order to promote themselves and build a reputation, they are really willing to spend money. Not only is tuition and accommodation completely free, but offering dozens of thousands in scholarships to lure top students is not unheard of. It’s just that such practices have been strictly regulated in recent years, but various private tactics to grab outstanding student resources have not diminished. In this situation, it’s indeed quite good. Really, Yuan Yuan has already started considering how to build her homeroom teacher persona around Qiao Yu. Having helped the school retain such a talented child, if not an achievement of merit, there should be some recognition for the effort, right? … At the same time, Lan Jie was busy inputting Qiao Yu’s information into the National High School Mathematics Olympic Competition registration system. The registration deadline for Star City is tomorrow. According to the National High School Mathematics Olympic Competition rules, the regional qualifier should be organized by each province and city with their own questions. Students for the Mathematics League are selected based on the preliminaries results. However, considering the varying difficulty levels of such questions, Xingnan Province, where Star City is located, simply didn’t organize a preliminaries and directly allocated the competition quotas assigned by the Huaxia Mathematics Society to each school in the region. Specifically, in Star City, the renowned Four top schools naturally had the most quotas, followed by other A-class middle schools, while Railway First Middle School was only allocated five spots this year. Yes, even though the Olympic Competition class originally had eighteen students, ultimately, only five could be selected to represent their school in the National Mathematics League. This is why Ma Yufei and Lu Jiahui paid special attention to the Olympic questions that Lan Jie assigned previously. Now with the discovery of Qiao Yu, the original Olympic class naturally has only four spots left. This is likely the reason why the original group of students harbored certain hostility towards the sudden appearance of Qiao Yu. Qiao Yu’s arrival was indeed consuming their chances to participate in the competition. After all, everyone joined the Olympic class intending to give up self-study time. Even though their aim wasn’t to be among the top few in the province to join the provincial team for CMO, without ambitions for a national award, getting any prize in the province, be it a first, second, or third prize, is a rare opportunity. Although there is no extra point policy for provincial Olympic awards in the college entrance exam right now, in this day and age, universities still have independent enrollment and the strong foundation plan. Many universities’ strong foundation assessments still highly value competition experiences in the five major subject competitions. Especially in the comprehensive evaluation admissions of many well-known universities, winning a competition is already one of the necessary conditions for application, and some universities directly use competition awards as advanced points for assessments. For students with a clear future plan, this is quite important. From Lan Jie’s perspective, he was no longer interested in what scores others could achieve. He just wanted to quickly get Qiao Yu into the provincial team, representing Xingnan Province in the National High School Mathematics Winter Camp. Last year’s national mathematics Olympiad final’s closing ceremony has already announced that this year’s winter camp and final will be hosted by Luhai Middle School in Ningshui City, Dongzhe Province. For Qiao Yu, Lan Jie now has ample confidence. As long as he places among the top sixty in the national finals, he can join the national team for training and simultaneously gain direct admission qualifications to Huaqing and Yanbei. If Qiao Yu can reach this point, Lan Jie would already be more than satisfied. After all, in Railway First Middle School’s history, no student has ever made it into the top sixty national gold medals in the mathematics Olympiad. Not just in the mathematics Olympiad, the other four subject competitions have similarly never had such achievements, so it can be imagined how surprising it would be for Railway First Middle School if Qiao Yu truly achieves this. If he really makes it into the final six-person national team… Well, that’s too far to think about now; Lan Jie is too lazy to ponder on something scheduled for March next year.

Chapter 38 - 38 38 The Teachers' Ambition

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