Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 61: You Are the One
Since there are no Chinese classes in the afternoon and evening, it is impossible for Chen Zhou to see his Chinese results today.
I can only wait until the second Chinese class tomorrow morning.
Three evening self-study sessions: chemistry, physics, and mathematics.
All three teachers chose to continue explaining the test paper.
By the time the evening self-study course was over, there was only a little bit left in chemistry and physics, but all the mathematics analysis had been completed.
After the math explanation, there were still about twenty minutes left, so Wang Xuehui called Chen Zhou out alone.
The two of them walked to the corridor outside the classroom, and Wang Xuehui asked, "Chen Zhou, do you know how many days are left until the college entrance examination?"
Chen Zhou thought about it. Today is February 24th, and the college entrance examination is on June 7th and 8th, so he replied: "Including today, there are 103 days left, and excluding today, there are 102 days left."
Wang Xuehui nodded and said, "Chen Zhou, I didn't expect you to improve so quickly and so much. Generally speaking, the lower the score, the greater the room for advancement. The higher the score, the harder it is to make further progress. But I found that this statement doesn't seem to work for you. I remember that you came to repeat the year after passing the first-tier line, even if your score was average. It should be easy to improve at the beginning, and it will become more and more difficult as time goes on, but you are still making progress every time. Can you tell me what your upper limit is?"
Wang Xuehui said this and looked at Chen Zhou with a strange look in his eyes.
Chen Zhou looked at his homeroom teacher and said vaguely, "Teacher, do you remember what I said when you asked me why I came to repeat the year ? That's probably the reason why I can keep moving forward. After all, choice means change. Since I have chosen the option of the college entrance examination, I should change myself and make myself better and better."
After Chen Zhou finished speaking, he added in his mind: "I have no choice. I was forced to do this. My life is not in my own hands..."
Wang Xuehui certainly didn't know what Chen Zhou was thinking. After listening to Chen Zhou's words, his eyes were full of appreciation, and he praised: "Well said, the teacher really didn't make a mistake!"
"Thank you, teacher." Chen Zhou said, and looked outside the corridor embarrassedly.
Wang Xuehui added: "In two days, there will only be 100 days left before the college entrance examination. The school is going to hold a 100-day oath-taking meeting to cheer up all the candidates. The meeting will be held in the school's large playground and all candidates will participate. At that time, student representatives and parent representatives will be required to speak. The teacher hopes that you and your father can separately..."
"No, teacher, I don't want to..." Chen Zhou interrupted Wang Xuehui immediately after hearing this, organized his words a little, and continued, "My parents are busy with work, and it is not convenient for them to come here by car. Besides, the Hundred Days Oath-taking Ceremony is mainly for the college entrance examination, to cheer up the candidates. Don't worry, I will definitely do my best in the college entrance examination, so don't expect anything from me..."
Chen Zhou actually hopes that his parents can come, after all, the college entrance examination is very important to him.
But, what can I say about him? Ever since he chose to repeat a grade, he felt that he was causing trouble to his family, so if he can avoid troubling his parents, he’d better not trouble them.
Just as he had thought before, he felt that it was unnecessary for his parents to take a two-hour bus ride here and then take a bus back the next day.
Moreover, Chen Zhou also felt that the Hundred-Day Oath-Taking Ceremony was nothing more than listening to chicken soup and drinking chicken blood.
So, he didn't call his parents to tell them about it until after the mock exam.
Glancing at Chen Zhou, Wang Xuehui said, "I've already called your parents, and your father has agreed. But if you insist, should I call your father again?"
Chen Zhou was stunned, and couldn't help complaining in his heart: "Fuck... You've already said it, why are you still telling me? Besides, maybe my dad has spread it everywhere... If you call again, will I be able to go home in the future?"
Of course, Chen Zhou said calmly, "Forget it, since my dad has agreed, let him come."
After a pause of one second, Chen Zhou asked again: "Teacher, can my father and I represent you?"
"Of course." Wang Xuehui said confidently, "If you ask the teachers of Maochang High School who can best represent Maochang High School, it must be you, Chen Zhou."
After talking with Wang Xuehui, it was time for evening self-study to end. Chen Zhou returned to the classroom, packed up, and went back to the rental house.
I quickly finished the contents of my study plan, then took out some draft paper and started writing my speech.
There was no choice, so Wang Xuehui threw the speech draft issue to him and asked him to write two speeches.
Although he really wanted to refuse, Wang Xuehui's words made it impossible for him to do so.
Wang Xuehui said: "Chen Zhou, since there are no problems on your side, the two speeches will be handed over to you. After all, your writing skills are better than yours in Maochang High School. Even our teachers dare not say that they are better than you. Moreover, as a student, you are more capable of writing interesting speeches. Of course, you don't have to take it too seriously, just write two random, prose speeches, to cheer up your classmates."
After listening to this, Chen Zhou was silent for a while, and he just blamed himself for not having reserved two essays on this subject...
After writing for a while, Chen Zhou went back to read it again, then crumpled the draft paper into a ball.
"No, it's not inspiring enough. It didn't have the desired effect... Let me think about it ..."
Chen Zhou thought for a while, took out a new piece of draft paper and started writing again.
There are only two days left until the 100-day oath-taking ceremony for the college entrance examination. After the manuscript is written, it has to be reviewed by the school, so time is very tight.
It is not possible to write a speech in the classroom, so I can only spend more time at night to finish it.
Chen Zhou stopped writing again and crumpled up the draft paper, but it still didn't work.
After thinking about it, he picked up his phone, opened Baidu search, and searched for "Speech at the College Entrance Examination Hundred Days Oath Rally".
Chen Zhou selected a few articles that were quite popular online and took a quick look at them. He felt that they were still a little lacking, but could still be used as reference.
Of course, it is impossible to simply refer to the sentence template and copy it directly.
If he uses it directly and the speech is leaked online, someone will jump out to question him again.
After all, the prose incident happened not that long ago.
Having a reference is like having a standard. After Chen Zhou finished writing, he compared it with these popular articles. Well, it is better than those on the Internet, so it is good...
It was almost three o'clock in the morning when Chen Zhou finished writing the two speeches.
Then I climbed into bed and fell asleep.
After morning self-study the next day, Chen Zhou handed the two manuscripts to Wang Xuehui, asking the school to review them first. If there were any revisions that needed to be made, he could be contacted later.
The second class in the morning is Chinese.
Chen Zhou finally got the test paper for the last subject.
Chinese 145!
I only got one multiple-choice question and a small question in half of the reading comprehension question wrong.
The little highlight is completely mature and still gets full marks!
Getting full marks for an essay once is understandable, getting full marks twice is a coincidence, but getting full marks all the time makes Chen Zhou feel a little embarrassed.
During the break, Chen Haining excitedly turned around and told the three people about his Chinese score.
He scored 136 points in Chinese, a record high, which was 24 points higher than the last joint examination of six schools.
Zhang Yifan looked at Chen Haining and couldn't help but joked, "You're not going to a liberal arts cram school during the winter break, are you?"
Unexpectedly, Chen Haining actually nodded and said, "Yes, I went to a liberal arts cram school during the winter vacation and studied hard. It's a pity that the winter vacation is not as good as the summer vacation, and I am still not as good as Brother Chen..."
Chen Zhou: “…”
Zhang Yifan: "You are really... awesome..."
