Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 13: The Last One Starts
The next day, Chen Zhou woke up earlier than the alarm clock.
"Early bird gets the worm!"
Chen Zhou got up quickly and went to the classroom.
"Fuck, that's not the case, is it?"
Logically speaking, Chen Zhou arrived at a fairly decent time, but he didn't expect that more than half of the people in the classroom had already arrived!
Class (1) is Class (1). The enthusiasm for learning here is unmatched by any other class.
"Good morning, Yang Yiyi, good morning, Chen Haining, good morning, Zhang Yifan..."
Chen Zhou greeted them awkwardly. He was the last one to arrive among the students who were admitted to Class (1) from Class (6).
"I've never seen you so hardworking before." Chen Zhou poked his deskmate Zhang Yifan.
"That's different. This is Class (1). If you don't work hard, others are. If you work hard, others are also working hard. Do you still have the nerve to not work hard?" Zhang Yifan pointed at a classmate who was concentrating on reading.
"That's right. Besides, being able to get into Class (1) shows that everyone is a good student. No one wants to be surpassed because of their lack of effort." Chen Haining also turned around and continued.
"That makes sense." The words of the two old classmates made Chen Zhou realize the terrifying level of hard work of Class (1), and he nodded unconsciously.
Chen Zhou suddenly remembered something, looked at Chen Haining in the front row, and asked, "Why are you sitting in front of me?"
"We are all from Class (6), so we can sit together and take care of each other without having to get to know each other. Most of the students who were admitted from other classes also sit together. This is allowed by the head teacher." Chen Haining said, pointing to Yang Yiyi who was two rows in front of him.
"Oh, that's right."
“By the way, have you seen the ranking list of Class (1) after this division?” Chen Haining suddenly asked.
"No , what's wrong with the ranking list?" Chen Zhou looked at Chen Haining strangely.
"Ahem, nothing happened." Zhang Yifan interrupted what Chen Haining wanted to say.
The inexplicable conversation left Chen Zhou confused.
Soon, just after morning self-study ended, Chen Zhou learned the answer from a former classmate of this class. It didn’t sound nice, but it was the truth.
He was the last one admitted to Science (1) class this time!
For a moment, Chen Zhou's mood was not so good.
But on second thought, if I hadn’t made progress in my studies, I wouldn’t even be able to get into Class (1).
So what if I’m the last one? I got in based on my own ability, and I’m also the last one among the most handsome guys in the school!
What's more, as long as there is more than one next time, I won't be the last one anymore, right?
Chen Zhou’s mentality is actually quite good now. After thinking it through, he no longer worries about his status as the last one.
Taking advantage of the time before the class started, Chen Zhou went to the podium to look at the ranking list.
"In this placement test, the highest score in Chinese was 140, the highest score in mathematics was 140, the highest score in English was 142, and the highest score in comprehensive science was 274."
This is what is written at the top of the ranking list.
"You can get 140 in math?" Chen Zhou's first reaction after seeing this was that the highest score in math was a bit outrageous.
Then he looked down at the specific rankings, and when he saw Yang Yiyi's name ranked 8th, he looked back at the names of the top 7 people.
Yang Yiyi is the only girl in the first 8.
She is indeed the prettiest girl in the school.
Chen Zhou unconsciously glanced at the girl sitting in the seat, then quickly lowered his head and continued to look at the rankings.
There are 170 students in the class, and he is the worst at math. His name is also the last one, so he is the last one among the handsome guys...
He took another look at the sentence at the top of the ranking list and thought, this is probably the excellent level, right?
Chen Zhou suddenly realized a problem he had overlooked, and asked in his mind: "System, will the target score of the pre-task change due to the difficulty of the test paper?"
In my mind, the system voice gave the answer: "No."
"Really? Even if the math is so difficult this time, it won't change?"
“No. The target is the existing standard and the only criterion for judgment. It will not change.”
"Fuck, does that mean I have to do the same as these top students in every subject?"
"Wrong, they are poor students. These people cannot be called academic masters."
Chen Zhou: “…”
Chen Zhou silently memorized the gaps in each subject, silently returned to his seat, silently opened the book, and planned to selectively forget.
Seeing Chen Zhou looking somewhat disappointed, Zhang Yifan comforted him, "Don't listen to the nonsense from the former students in this class. The fact that you were able to get in shows your ability. Their former classmates didn't do well in the exam, no matter what the reason was, they just didn't do well in the exam."
Chen Haining also turned around and said, "That's right, Chen Zhou, on-the-spot performance is also a kind of strength. Don't let them affect you."
When Yang Yiyi heard what was said here, she turned around and looked at Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou raised his head, looked at these people in confusion, and said, "What are you talking about? I don't care what they say."
"What about you like this?"
"When I saw the highest score, I felt a little emotional. I performed well, so why was I so far behind?"
Zhang Yifan: “…”
Chen Haining: “…”
Yang Yiyi smiled slightly, turned around and continued reading.
The first class in the morning is Chinese.
I saw the familiar figure again and heard the funny words again.
Xu Shaowen also teaches Chinese to Class (1).
To be honest, Chen Zhou has always felt that there is nothing much to review in Chinese, and it all depends on daily accumulation.
It is obviously inappropriate to take out the textbooks from the three years of high school and review them again.
However, Xu Shaowen gave a different answer.
In this class, Xu Shaowen wrote five pastoral poems on the blackboard and then led them to appreciate the poems.
Explain word by word, then apply the questions to it and summarize the ideas and techniques for answering the questions.
Starting with poetry, in every subsequent class, Xu Shaowen summarized the answer strategies for different types of questions.
Chen Zhou listened carefully and realized the truth: If you want to get high scores, you need to have sophisticated tricks!
As if to confirm this truth, in the second math class, the head teacher Wang Xuehui led them to review the math textbook while summarizing the routines for answering questions.
Mathematics is different from Chinese. It is necessary to review the textbook contents from beginning to end.
What Chen Zhou found amusing was that Mr. Wang, who was apparently old-fashioned, kept repeating the same old routine.
Time in class always goes by the fastest. The 45 minutes in class is also the perfect time to acquire knowledge.
But time waits for no one. If you don’t make progress, he will.
The school also adjusted the time of “each week”. A “week” for the repeat class is nine days, and the routine weekly test is held on the tenth day.
There is no class division or seating arrangement for the weekly exams. All four subjects are taken in one day, from morning to night.
The purpose of weekly tests is to test your learning progress in this cycle.
There is also a monthly exam at the end of every month. This is the same as the class placement exam and is based on the college entrance examination schedule.
These changes did not have much impact on Chen Zhou and all the repeaters.
They have adapted to the rhythm here.
Chen Zhou strictly followed the study plan that he had been working on.
Morning is the golden time for memorization, so use it to memorize Chinese and English over and over again.
When I go to class, I follow the teacher's ideas, swim in the ocean of knowledge, and appreciate the true meaning of problem solving.
Evening self-study has also been adjusted. The school arranges 30 minutes after the start of evening self-study to play English listening exercises.
This was good news for Chen Zhou. He was worrying about how to improve his English listening skills, and the school solved the problem.
The remaining evening self-study time is also allocated to teachers of various subjects. After the listening test is over, the evening self-study session will begin immediately.
During evening self-study time, if there is no teacher in the class to give lectures, Chen Zhou will start doing exercises according to his study plan.
By practicing questions, you can review the knowledge points learned in the daytime classes and verify the ideas and techniques for solving each question.
After the evening self-study, Chen Zhou returned to his rental house and first finished the small test paper and handouts that were distributed, and then went through the collection of wrong questions to fill in the gaps.
Every day is fulfilling and every day is rewarding.
Chen Zhou found that he had changed. He actually experienced happiness from learning.
What's even more frightening is that he actually competed with the collection of wrong questions, trying to see whether doing the wrong questions made it thicker, or digesting the knowledge made it thinner.
