pjbooks Chapter 79, Gate 3, Part 1
Chapter 79, Gate 3, Part 1
"Tang Huaiyi, 110 points."
Teacher Tian looked at Tang Huaiyi, and her cold expression softened slightly.
After He Genbao filed two complaints, Teacher Tian's impression of Tang Huaiyi was not very good. It seemed that in her memory, Tang Huaiyi was only known for having difficulty paying tuition, arriving a day late for the start of the semester, helping class monitor Guan Xiaolin turn off the doors, windows and lights, and talking and walking around in the dormitory after the lights were turned off.
Now that the results are out, Teacher Tian can't help but be slightly surprised.
He had also seen Tang Huaiyi's final exam results in his second year of high school. Tang Huaiyi's grades weren't too bad, but they weren't as good as they were now.
This shows that Tang Huaiyi's study habits have not only not declined, but have actually improved—He Genbao's complaint was indeed unreasonable, focusing only on trivial matters and having nothing to do with studying.
"Third in the class, that's good, keep it up next time."
Teacher Tian handed the test paper to Tang Huaiyi and encouraged him.
Tang Huaiyi nodded, took the test paper, and turned to walk back.
Song Siyuan beamed and gave him a thumbs up.
Guan Xiaolin also put down her test paper and clapped her hands together as if to celebrate for him silently.
Back in his seat, Tang Huaiyi sat down, and Li Xiujuan quickly whispered, "That's great, Huaiyi, you did very well on the test..."
"There are two more ahead of me. Your test paper hasn't been handed out yet. You did even better than me," Tang Huaiyi said with a smile.
Speaking of this, Li Xiujuan became a little nervous: "It might not be me... I was a little nervous during the exam and I don't remember if I wrote my name or not. What if I handed in a paper without a name? That would be terrible."
Teacher Tian continued reading the names: "Hao Qiangsheng, 112 points."
A male student wearing glasses stood up, pushed up his glasses with a sullen face, and walked forward.
"You did well on the exam..."
"I didn't do well," Hao Qiangsheng muttered to himself, returning to his seat and staring at the last test paper in Teacher Tian's hand.
Seeing his ambition, Teacher Tian was quite pleased, nodded, and read out the last name: "Li Xiujuan, 115 points."
Li Xiujuan felt a great sense of relief. She lowered her head, hurriedly walked forward, took the test paper, and quickly ran back to her seat.
Teacher Tian had originally intended to offer her some encouragement, but seeing her timid and unwilling to talk much, she decided to remain silent. Good students always have their own study habits and routines; it's best not to disturb them if possible.
"I'm very disappointed with this diagnostic test. So many students still scored below the passing mark of 72 on such simple questions… Since the start of the semester, many students haven't gotten into a learning mindset; they're like sleepwalkers!"
"Your study habits are evident from your daily morning reading and classes. You might think the teacher doesn't notice if you're not studying or are inattentive, but I see it all clearly from the podium!"
"Studying isn't for your teachers, nor for your parents; it's for yourselves! Getting into university means you'll be assigned a job, a secure livelihood, and you'll never have to suffer again!"
"Your class is truly the worst I've taught in all these years! You don't care about your studies, and you're a complete mess as soon as class is over. During evening self-study, if I'm not there for even a moment, the classroom turns into a dance hall. It's the noisiest class in the entire senior year! Do I need to provide you with big colored lights?"
"Look at this, how much effort you put into studying is immediately reflected in your test papers—"
Teacher Tian stood on the podium and launched into a furious tirade, leaving the entire class completely silent.
After a while, Teacher Tian began to go over the test paper.
After Chinese class, it's time for math class.
The math teacher was a mild-mannered middle-aged man with little temper. He handed out the test papers to everyone one by one and said, "This time the questions weren't difficult, and you all didn't do too well..."
Then the lecture began.
In math, which has a maximum score of 120, Tang Huaiyi scored 118, ranking first in the class.
Tang Huaiyi looked at it carefully and could only say that he was slightly confused by the wording of the fill-in-the-blank question. If nothing unexpected happened, getting full marks would not be difficult.
Li Xiujuan scored 112, ranking fourth in the class.
Guan Xiaolin scored 105 points, ranking tenth in the class.
Song Siyuan scored 97 points and seemed quite satisfied. What made him unhappy was that He Genbao scored 100 points, which was 3 points higher than him.
He Genbao received the test paper with a blank expression, and didn't seem particularly happy.
Tang Huaiyi was listening to the lesson when he suddenly felt eyes on him from elsewhere. He turned around and saw Hao Qiangsheng, who had gotten second place in math, looking in his direction.
It's quite a coincidence that Li Xiujuan got first place in Chinese and Tang Huaiyi got first place in Math, while Hao Qiangsheng got second place in both Chinese and Math. Looking over here, it's unclear whether he's looking at who got first place in Chinese or Math, or perhaps both.
The third period in the morning is math, and the fourth period is a foreign language.
As expected, the foreign language exams also started being distributed.
With a perfect score of 100, Tang Huaiyi scored 98 points, making him the top student in his class again, thanks to his English foundation from attending university in his previous life and watching foreign movies and American TV series online.
Language is a strange thing. If you put in the hard work and learn it, you've learned it. You can recall it with a little effort. But if you haven't put in the effort, then looking at an English dictionary is like trying to sell a nine-pound, fifteen-pence shirt with a brick in your hand. You don't know where to start. You have to slap yourself on the forehead to get through it faster and without getting frustrated.
In this foreign language exam, it was no longer Hao Qiangsheng and Li Xiujuan who came in second; Guan Xiaolin came in second.
She scored 95 points, probably because her family was well-off and she had access to English books or movies from other sources. Her English foundation was probably the best in the class besides Tang Huaiyi.
Li Xiujuan scored 91 points and Hao Qiangsheng scored 90 points, both of whom were in the top ten.
After class, the students went to have lunch. Song Siyuan ate with Tang Huaiyi and Li Xiujuan and discussed things together.
Tang Huaiyi has a total score of 326 in Chinese, Mathematics, and English, which currently ranks first in the class.
Li Xiujuan's total score across three subjects was 318, tying for second place with Hao Qiangsheng, who also scored 318.
Song Siyuan scored a total of 258 in his three subjects, which was considered above average in his class. He was similar to He Genbao, both of whom were in a situation where even if they achieved such scores in the college entrance examination, whether they could get into university depended on luck.
Physics, Chemistry, and Politics are all out of 100, Biology is 50.
Song Siyuan muttered to himself, "My dad specially bought me the newspaper after this year's college entrance exam. The total score is 690. If I can get 500, I can almost get into college. I'm sure I'll get into college."
"I currently have 258 points. To reach that score, I need to get 242 out of the remaining 350 points..."
"This is a bit tricky... My combined scores in chemistry and physics are only around 130 or 140, biology is only around 30, and politics is around 70... It's really a bit risky."
"Tang Huaiyi, Li Xiujuan, if you had scored like this in the college entrance exam, things would have been much easier. You could have easily scored 270 or 280 out of the remaining 350 points, which would have brought you close to 600. You could have easily chosen any top university!"