Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 5: Repeater Class Opens
August 15th was the height of summer.
Time has come for the repeat class to start.
Wanxi City, Maochang High School.
There were huge crowds of people at the school gate.
"It's worthy of being the famous college entrance examination factory in Anhui Province, no, the whole country." Chen Zhou felt that the temperature around him seemed to have risen by several degrees, and he couldn't help but secretly click his tongue.
Chen Zhou originally thought that since he had to repeat a grade, he should choose a school with the strictest management. He was afraid that he would not be able to control himself after a while.
Maochang High School is famous for its strict management in Anhui Province.
Later, after Chen Zhou checked the news about Maochang High School, he learned that this school is also known as the largest college entrance examination factory in Asia.
Every year there is a scene of tens of thousands of people sending students to take exams, and tens of thousands of people refer to the candidates.
At first, Chen Zhou didn't quite understand what the tens of thousands of people mentioned in the news meant. It was not until he saw the flow of people in this school with his own eyes today that he began to understand a little.
Seeing that more and more people were entering the school, Chen Zhou quickened his pace and squeezed flexibly into the crowd.
After finally completing all the admission procedures and squeezing out of the crowded crowd with difficulty, Chen Zhou hurriedly took a breath of fresh air.
It was a scorching sun and there were so many people that he almost got heatstroke.
Chen Zhou walked to the small shop outside the school gate and bought a bottle of ice water. He gulped it down and felt alive again.
"Aren't there too many people here? Are they all repeaters?" Holding the cold bottle of mineral water and looking at the crowded school, Chen Zhou's heart could not calm down.
As the system says, these people are all trying to seize the only relatively fair opportunity currently available .
"Probably. Those who come to the school to register at this time are basically for repeat classes. Only in Maochang High School would there be so many people." The owner of the small shop answered Chen Zhou's question with a sense of pride in his words.
"Boss, get me a bottle of water, thank you."
"Okay, what do you want?"
"Mineral water is fine."
The voice was so pleasant. Chen Zhou looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person looked so cool. Even though his forehead and hair were wet with sweat, he still looked very good.
Chen Zhou asked, "Are you here to repeat your studies as well?"
"Yeah." The girl looked at Chen Zhou, nodded, and looked at Chen Zhou again.
Chen Zhou also noticed this gaze. Was he attracted by my handsome face? That would be so embarrassing...
The girl asked, "Why are you here to repeat the year?"
Chen Zhou: "I didn't do well on the test. How about you?"
"I didn't do well in the exam." the girl replied.
"Cough cough..." Chen Zhou coughed twice. It seems that this is a top student.
There are only two types of people who choose to repeat a grade: one who thinks they didn't do well in the exam, and the other who hopes they can do well.
Strictly speaking, Chen Zhou should be considered the third type.
Seeing that the girl had no desire to speak, Chen Zhou didn't know what to say, and the two of them stood there for a while.
"I'm going back to school first." The girl threw the empty bottle into the trash can, said something to Chen Zhou, and walked towards the school.
Chen Zhou thought about it and wondered if he had forgotten something.
Yes, this Maochang High School is too unfair. Why do they only provide accommodation for girls? Boys can only rent houses outside, which is so inconvenient.
It didn't feel so hot anymore, and Chen Zhou was ready to go back.
"Children nowadays don't know how to seize opportunities. What a lovely girl. What a great opportunity..."
The words of the small shop owner behind him made Chen Zhou stagger and almost fall.
A cute little girl? She is quite cute. No, so what? I am here to repeat my studies. How can a girl be more important than studying?
When we returned to the rental house, Chen's father and mother had already helped to tidy up the room.
Chen Zhou had lunch with his parents, repeatedly rejected his mother's request to accompany him to study and take care of him, and sent his parents on the bus back to the county town.
Chen Zhou waited until the bus left the station before leaving silently.
This is the first time in his life that he lives and studies alone in a strange place.
Chen Zhou collected his thoughts and looked at his watch. There were still two hours before evening self-study.
After the repeater class finishes registration today, it will start evening self-study classes in the evening.
As for the division of repeater classes, they are temporarily divided according to the college entrance examination scores, with students being arranged from the highest score down, with 170 students in one class.
Correspondingly, the allocation of teaching resources and teaching staff will also tilt towards the classes ranked at the top.
Chen Zhou's score was one point above the first-tier line, so he was assigned to the Science (6) class in the repeat class, which was only considered average.
However, it is said that there will be a placement test in a month, and the classes will be re-assigned based on the test results.
After the next class division, there will be no more class division until the college entrance examination.
In other words, if Chen Zhou wants to advance to Class (1), this is his only chance.
“Reading comprehension: Little Tom went down the street and called our dog…”
"Wrongly remembered words: characteristic (n. feature; characteristic), physician (n. doctor), revolutionary (adj. revolutionary)..."
"Poetry Appreciation: Farewell to Meng Haoran in Guangling..."
"Oh my god, this collection of wrong questions actually recorded all the words I got wrong one by one! And the reading comprehension of English and Chinese even copied the whole text!!!"
Chen Zhou returned to the rental house and thought that there was still some time, so he took out the collection of wrong questions rewarded by the system.
While flipping through the collection of wrong questions and comparing them with the wrong questions in the test papers of the past 50 days, he could not help but marvel at the magical power of the system again.
This collection of wrong questions is simply a priceless treasure. Wouldn’t it be great if it could be mass-produced?
The time has come to be almost time for evening self-study.
Chen Zhou packed up his textbooks and went to the schoolside to order a bowl of beef soup. He quickly finished his meal and walked towards the school.
“I will go forward with determination; I will live up to my heart and my life!”
"Only by working hard can you succeed!"
…
Along the way, there were fewer parents sending their children to school, which revealed the true face of the school. Almost every few steps there was a new slogan and various motivational words.
Inspirational building.
Maochang High School is a famous place for repeating grades.
This small building has only 5 floors, but it accommodates repeat students for over 10,000 people.
Although he had heard about it before, had searched the relevant news, and had prepared himself mentally, Chen Zhou was still somewhat shocked when he stepped into the Science (6) classroom.
This shock is not necessarily a good one.
The classroom is densely packed with more than 170 desks , with each row less than one meter apart. Standing at the door, it seems as if they are connected into one.
Chen Zhou noticed that some students had already come to the classroom, and on the blackboard in front of him was written: "Study in class at 5:30!"
Walking into the classroom, Chen Zhou saw that some desks had names written on them with chalk or books placed on them, indicating that the seats had been reserved in advance.
Taking a look at the empty seats, Chen Zhou understood that these seats would definitely be occupied without a single vacant seat.
After thinking for a while, Chen Zhou walked through the narrow aisle between the desks and came to the last row. He found a seat by the window and sat down.
What surprised him was that after sitting down in the last row, there was still an arm's length of space left behind him, which was much more space than the seats in the front row.
After stretching his muscles, Chen Zhou looked at the blackboard at the back of the classroom. On the blackboard were signatures left by repeaters who had graduated previously.
“Is the next stop heaven? Even if you are disappointed, don’t despair!”
"Roll up your sleeves, roll up your trouser legs, and follow the teacher to work hard!"
…
It's quite interesting.
Then roll up your sleeves and get to work!
After concentrating on solving some questions, when Chen Zhou looked up again, there were still 5 minutes left before the stipulated time.
At this time, the classroom was basically full, with only a few empty seats, and most people were busy flipping through books and doing exercises.
A tall and thin boy wearing glasses came to Chen Zhou's side and was organizing textbook materials.
Seeing Chen Zhou looking over, he took the initiative to extend his hand and said, "Hello classmate, my name is Zhang Yifan, you can call me Xiaofan, we will be deskmates from now on."
"Chen Zhou, Erdong Chen, the Zhou who is determined to burn his boats." Chen Zhou politely shook the other party's hand.
"Oh my god, are you going to burn your boats?" Zhang Yifan paused and said, "Is this the reason why you came to Maochang High School?"
Chen Zhou: “…”
Zhang Yifan also felt that his joke was a bit awkward, so he said, "We'll be deskmates for the next year and help each other."
"Yeah. The teacher is here." Chen Zhou nodded and looked towards the classroom door.
