Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 7: Adapting to a Fast Pace
Chen Zhou was awakened by the alarm clock in a daze.
He pressed the alarm clock out of habit, wanting to lie down for a while, but suddenly he startled and got out of bed.
“First day of school, be positive!”
Wash and tidy up, all in one go.
Go out and go to school!
The sun is rising in the sky, and it is a new day.
Chen Zhou bought breakfast on the roadside and ate while walking towards the classroom.
From a long distance away, Chen Zhou could hear the sound of reading.
When I walked to the classroom door, I found that the head teacher Xu Shaowen was hanging around in the classroom.
I quickly walked to my seat, sat down, took out my English book, and started memorizing words.
It took Chen Zhou more than twenty minutes to complete the task of memorizing words for today.
I looked around and found that the head teacher had left the classroom.
He looked at Zhang Yifan, wanting to ask why the teacher came so early, but saw Zhang Yifan winking at him.
Following Zhang Yifan's instructions, Chen Zhou turned his head and glanced out the window. He saw a person and made eye contact with that person for a second. He quickly lowered his head and continued to memorize the words.
Chen Zhou felt that that moment must have been a flash of lightning.
The person standing outside the window was none other than the class teacher Xu Shaowen.
"How come all teachers have the potential to be spies?" Chen Zhou complained in his mind, but he didn't look around again until the end of morning self-study.
Following the bell ringing for the end of morning self-study, Xu Shaowen walked into the classroom again.
"If you need to go to the bathroom, go to the bathroom. Don't hold your urine. It's bad for your health. If you don't want to go to the bathroom, I suggest you lie down on your desk for a while, even if it's just for five minutes, to recharge your energy for the morning class."
Chen Zhou didn't take his teacher's words seriously. He felt that he had plenty of energy now. Why should he sleep? It would be better to do some exercises than to sleep.
There were many people who had the same idea as Chen Zhou. Many of them took out their exercise books and quickly finished two questions.
Some people also listened to Xu Shaowen's words and took a nap on the table.
As for those students who still wanted to move around, chat, or gossip, Xu Shaowen didn't say anything, but just walked past them quietly.
Before we got there, the sound was getting smaller and smaller.
By the time the first class started in the morning, Chen Zhou realized what kind of advice this was.
I’m so fucking sleepy!
It may be because your biological clock is not adjusted properly, but if you go to bed too late at night, it is inevitable that you will yawn in the morning.
Therefore, Maochang High School has always had a custom that is not understood by others: going to bed early!
The morning class was still very fulfilling, ignoring the time spent yawning.
The teachers explained the handouts and questions distributed at the class meeting last night, and Chen Zhou also understood the knowledge points he didn't understand.
Then, the teachers distributed new handouts.
After school, Chen Zhou followed the crowd of students and ran out of the school gate to satisfy his hunger.
After searching for a long time, Chen Zhou finally found a snack bar with fewer people and ordered a rice bowl.
Although there were fewer people there, I still had to wait for about half an hour before I got my rice bowl.
By the time Chen Zhou finished eating, it was already past 12 o'clock, and there were still many students waiting in the store.
No wonder the school time at noon is longer. Considering that the school time in the afternoon is only 45 minutes, he made a decision that even he felt was wise.
I left my phone number with the boss, and next time I come to eat, I will call him in advance to make a reservation!
After leaving the snack bar, Chen Zhou took out the collection of wrong questions from his backpack, found a cool and sparsely populated place in the school, and took a walk while looking at the questions to help digest the food.
"Is it her?" Chen Zhou saw the girl from that day again.
The weather was very hot, but the girl was still wearing cool clothes. She was walking towards the girls' dormitory.
Chen Zhou found that the place he was looking for seemed to be facing the girls' dormitory.
"I don't know which class she is in? Do you want to ask?"
While Chen Zhou was hesitating, the girl disappeared into the dormitory building.
Oh shit!
What are you thinking about? Lower your head and look at the question!
When Chen Zhou returned to the classroom, he found that almost all the students were taking a nap, while the head teacher Xu Shaowen was in class.
With five minutes left before the lunch self-study session was to start, Xu Shaowen stood up, clapped his hands, and woke up all the students, asking them to wash their faces and wake up.
Xu Shaowen did not leave after he finished speaking. Instead, he waited until all the students returned to the classroom and emphasized one thing: "During the two hours at noon, eat well and don't do anything else. It's meaningless. You must take a nap immediately, otherwise you won't have enough energy to last until the end of the evening self-study."
When Chen Zhou heard this, he realized that it was the teacher who asked them to sleep, no wonder they were so uniform.
Thinking about the situation in the morning, Chen Zhou secretly said, "Oh no, I didn't learn the lesson in time!"
I started the afternoon self-study and felt okay. I was in a good state of doing exercises.
But when the real class started, I couldn't get rid of the sleepiness. That feeling of being half asleep and half awake, sleepwalking in the ocean of knowledge, was so wonderful.
Chen Zhou was thinking, he must have understood the knowledge the teacher explained, otherwise why would he keep nodding?
After the first class, Chen Zhou decisively washed his face with cold water so as not to be sleepy as a dog in the next two classes.
Finally, school was over in the afternoon. Chen Zhou went to the snack bar where he had lunch, quickly finished his reserved dinner, and returned to the classroom.
In the classroom, several people were eating newly bought sesame cakes and other food. It seemed that they didn't have time to wait for a decent dinner, so they just made do with what they had.
Chen Zhou walked quickly to his seat, sat down, leaned on the table and took a nap.
It was not until Zhang Yifan woke him up and told him that it was time for evening self-study that he rubbed his eyes and washed his face.
Evening self-study classes are assigned to teachers of different subjects, and they are all given test papers and questions.
“Ring, ring, ring…”
At 10:30 in the evening, evening self-study ended, and the school’s daily schedule came to an end.
Chen Zhou returned to the rental house and took out the test papers and handouts distributed by the teacher from his backpack, a total of 8 small papers and handouts with questions for 6 subjects.
The daily routine outside of school begins.
After taking a look at the papers and handouts, Chen Zhou took out his filled-in study plan, made a few marks on it with a pen, and only kept some additions that he had made wherever he could.
For the first time, Chen Zhou felt that time was not enough.
"Ding!"
"In view of the actual situation of the host, we will no longer record the number of days the study plan is implemented, and will only observe the host's development of independent learning habits."
"Huh? Do I need to be notified when the chicken soup is cancelled?" Chen Zhou muttered, not wanting to pay attention to the system.
Open the paper and start doing the questions.
In order to complete the questions in the papers and handouts, Chen Zhou worked until about 1 a.m.
This is the first day, and this is the rhythm of Maochang High School.
I’m so sleepy and tired, I can’t help myself!
The next day, Chen Zhou learned his lesson. Not only Chen Zhou, but almost everyone learned their lesson.
Since I have chosen to repeat my studies here, I must adapt to the intense pace of Maochang High School as soon as possible.
Failure to adapt means elimination!
After the morning self-study session, Xu Shaowen gave another suggestion: "Don't disturb others' rest. Those who need to go to the toilet should go to the toilet immediately and come back and lie down on the desk as soon as possible."
At noon, since Chen Zhou had made a reservation for rice in advance, he had a little more time, so he followed his study plan.
After eating, I would go to the shady place opposite the girls’ dormitory to digest my food while reading the questions.
Then we return to the classroom for a nap at 12:30. The half-hour rest will ensure our afternoon and evening.
After experiencing some discomfort, things gradually got better as time went by and with Chen Zhou's proactive efforts to change himself.
For students who are immersed in the repetitive bombardment of test papers and handouts from teachers, a week is a very hard and fast time to bear.
The last evening study session of this week is over.
"The teachers in this school are really worthy of their reputation!" Zhang Yifan exclaimed as he walked out of the school gate with Chen Zhou.
"What's wrong?"
Zhang Yifan complained: "It's too abnormal! He doesn't care about the students at all. The daily tasks are too heavy!"
Chen Zhou smiled and said, "But many people did get into their ideal schools after repeating a grade. It should be like what Old Xu said, this should be the 'hell leading to heaven'."
"Ah..." Zhang Yifan sighed. It was all his own fault that he had to repeat a grade. It was his fault that he didn't perform well. But he was unwilling to go to university like this.
Thinking about the class placement test that would begin tomorrow, Chen Zhou joked, "When you pass the test and get into Class (1), you'll be the most handsome guy, and maybe you'll get some preferential treatment."
Shaking his head, Zhang Yifan said, "I've asked around. Class (1) is the face of the repeater class. They're more tired than us!"
After a pause, Zhang Yifan said in a serious tone: "But no matter what, I will definitely be admitted to Class (1)!"
After thinking for a while, he added: "Well, you really don't want to give it a try? Don't just be desk mates for a week."
"As for me, I'll try my best." Chen Zhou yawned and continued, "I won't say any more to you. I'm going back to sleep! I'm so sleepy!"
After saying that, Chen Zhou waved his hand and disappeared on the path back to the house.
