Chapter 135 A New Beginning
At 8:00 a.m. on August 31, the sun was shining and the morning breeze was blowing. On the campus of Dongchuan No. 1 Middle School, birds chirped and sang happily on their fingers. Banners were hung at the gate and in front of the Yifu Building.
Compared to the teaching building donated by Mr. Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong, which has a fashionable appearance and uses a large number of glass curtain walls and steel structure elements, the office building opposite the four basketball courts is much older, with high in the middle and low on both sides, towering columns and surrounding corridors, which are obviously Soviet-style buildings, with the walls mottled of time.
There are two hours left before the freshmen's registration, and a mobilization meeting for the new students in the 08th level, attended by the principal, vice principal, director, senior year director and sixteen class teachers in this old office building.
In fact, it is easier and more direct to class division. Some young teachers even nicknamed the spoils and dividing meeting, because before the meeting ends, the class teachers will get the student class division list. No matter which teacher wants to get the best students in their class, the more the more, so the expectation and "greed" mood is really a bit like a robber sharing the spoils.
When there was no class division meeting system in the past, student class division was second only to freshmen’s admission, and the second thing that caused a headache for the school.
No. 1 Middle School recruits students from four districts and seven counties under Dongchuan City. There are top students who get the best from each county, as well as playboys who choose school grades based on their relationship. The student source is quite complicated. Every class teacher hopes that the more top students in the class, the better, and there is no one with the best. Now the competition among teachers is very fierce, and the student source directly affects the teaching performance in the next three years, and no one is willing to let anyone go.
It is even more sensitive to students. In addition to the difference between key classes and ordinary classes, teachers have different reputations and high teaching levels. Some students and parents think that this teacher is better, while others like another one. They try their best to squeeze into this class with their relationship. The school is very troublesome to deal with. If you are not careful, you will offend anyone who can't afford to offend someone.
Later, the principal Zhang Shusen made a decision. After the student admission work was completed, the class division was considered comprehensively by the head and vice principal and the teaching director, and the roster was kept confidential until the day the freshman registered.
In this way, it will be too late for students and parents to find relationships, and the class teachers will not be able to argue with each other.
The effect is surprisingly good.
Principal Zhang Shusen is in his forties, and he is in his prime. His speech is not loud, but he is very enthusiastic: "This year, our school's college entrance examination results are very excellent. One is the top scorer in science in the city, one is the second in liberal arts, and we occupy half of the top ten liberal arts. Dear teachers, I, Zhang Shusen, thank you, you are the heroes who sent this class of graduates away!"
Several class teachers who had been in the top ten liberal arts and science in their class smiled and raised their chests, and their hearts were warm.
Everyone knows in their hearts that the real hero is Zhang Shusen. He has to adhere to basic principles by focusing on the admission rate, engaging in quality education, improving teacher welfare, and coping with all aspects of the mind. This principal is really not simple.
Just say that the old office building is going to be demolished and built ten years ago, but Zhang Shusen, who was still the vice principal at the time, disagrees with the public and says that the office building is better than the teaching building, which is definitely a shame for the school. He insists on investing limited funds in the construction of the teaching building and the library.
Old office buildings older than many people have been used until now, and have become the glory of No. 1 Middle School, and one end deserves the pride of the school history.
The teachers were praised by Zhang Shusen, and they were really better than Hua Gun.
Many people also looked at Sun Liangyun, who was sitting in the front row. She was undoubtedly the most proud of because the top scorer in science in the city was in her class. Although this woman has a bad temper and loves to be honest, her strict and serious teaching style always creates miracles in the college entrance examination, which also compels her colleagues to convince.
Sun Liangyun raised his head and ignored anyone.
Zhang Shusen changed his tone: "But the situation we face this year is very different from the graduates you just sent away when they entered school in 2005! Our old rival No. 3 Middle School is no longer in the glory, and Xiexin, who was not taken seriously three years ago, has now become a strong enemy! It has invested heavily, with the province's leading electronic education equipment, high salary from the city, the province and even the whole country to recruit top students, and I must admit that their efforts have been effective. Although the first-tier online rate and the top ten in liberal arts and science are not comparable to us, this year's top scorer in liberal arts and science has already lost Xiexin!"
Zhang Shusen was a little excited and even slapped the table later.
The teachers all felt that they were united in the same hatred for the enemy, but the reason was that the letter came in full force, which made everyone under unprecedented pressure.
Xiexin Middle School is a wealthy Chinese overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. She spent a huge amount of money to build a private middle school in Dongchuan. In the past few years, the construction and creation stages were not yet visible, and she was even sneered by old and famous schools such as No. 1 Middle School, No. 3 Middle School. However, since two or three years ago, almost unlimited capital investment has finally produced fruitful results, gradually changing the pattern of Dongchuan's education community.
Especially the top scholar in liberal arts, Xiexin, is tantamount to an earthquake for No. 1 Middle School.
A male teacher who was in his forties and had a leniency in his arms was very uncomfortable to hold his glasses. There was a student in his class who was trained as the seed of the top scorer in the liberal arts, but he ended up second.
The director of the teaching staff interrupted: "Principal Zhang, should we increase the amount of homework and class hours?"
Zhang Shusen waved his hand sharply and decisively rejected this suggestion: "In the future, the scope of independent enrollment of universities will be expanded, and more and more investigations on students' comprehensive qualities will be conducted. We cannot seize the scores, otherwise No. 1 Middle School will not have much advantage compared with those counties. Moreover, the success of Xiexin is that they are closely connected with overseas higher education institutions such as the University of Hong Kong. If we give up quality education and earnestly grasp the scores, we will inevitably be left far behind by Xiexin in this regard!"
Apart from the top scorer in liberal arts, Xiexin's college entrance examination scores are generally far from comparable to No. 1 Middle School, but in this class, it has five students admitted to the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Science and Technology.
Perhaps in coastal cities, studying in Hong Kong and Europe and the United States is nothing, but in the third-tier cities in mainland China in 2008, the college entrance examination was admitted to Hong Kong universities and received high scholarships, which caused a lot of sensation. In the minds of many people, these Hong Kong universities are even more popular than the traditional Huaqing University and Yenching University.
The teachers quickly understood that if No. 1 Middle School is in a mess, abandons the overall quality of students, and works on rote memorizing and memorizing the cramming teaching, it will only be defeated by Xiexin using its innate advantages.
Zhang Shusen set aside: "We should not only focus on scores, but also on quality education. We should continue to carry out traditional Olympic subjects and actively participate in various exchange projects. We also have students with average grades. We are admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Beijing Film Academy and Beijing-Guangzhou because of their outstanding talents? I don't think it is inferior to those of the Hong Kong University of Xiexin... For students with special talents and top students, we should try to give students a relaxed learning space. In terms of teaching methods, we should teach students in accordance with their aptitude!"
After hearing Principal Zhang talk about this, the teachers looked at Sun Liangyun again. Her class gave a top student in science, but there were also students who secretly drew cartoons in Chinese class and who were not disciplined and freely, but after she was driven away by her, she was admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts. This is a surprise and hilarious thing.
Sun Liangyun still had no expression on his face and did not express any opinions on Zhang Shusen's words.
Zhang Shusen didn't care about this stubborn female teacher. She had already talked enough about the danger in times of peace, and finally smiled and encouraged the teachers: "But then again, no matter how Xiexin increases the scholarship and goes to various counties to pick top students, the provincial top scorer in Dongchuan this year has not been poached by them!"
After a burst of knowing laughter, the teachers all knew that this year's female top scorer was the daughter of Executive Vice Mayor Lin Weimin. How could she be poached by Xiexin's scholarship?
Zhang Shusen took out the documents from the kraft paper bag and sent them to the head teachers who had long been looking forward to it.
This is the list of students' class divisions after school leaders consider and comprehensively balanced.
As the head teacher of Class 1, Sun Liangyun got the first one of the students in the class. When he saw the name at the front, his stern face finally smiled.
"Oh, congratulations to Teacher Sun, Lin Yan is in your class!" A teacher next to him stretched out his head and immediately shouted in envy.
In fact, as expected, Sun Liangyun's class won the top scorer in the college entrance examination, and it was natural that the top scorer in the middle school entrance examination was assigned to her class this year.
Sun Liangyun said reservedly: "The top scorer in the middle school entrance examination may not be the top scorer in the college entrance examination. If you don't work hard, your grades will still collapse... Let's talk about it in three years."
His eyes continued to sweep the list, and suddenly Sun Liangyun's eyebrows were twisted into pieces: Why is he in my class too?
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On the day Qi Ran signed up, Qi Siming and Lu Aihua were both at home. My father said some encouragement words with sincerity, and my mother cooked sweet fermented glutinous rice dumplings and small dumplings.
It took a lot of effort to dispel my mother's idea of accompanying her to sign up - please, I'm not a primary school student!
If you are a living student from the county and you are a hundred miles away from home, your parents will come and take a look. Qi Ran is a day student from Dongchuan city. It takes only half an hour to take the bus to school, and you don’t have luggage to take, so you can ask your parents to take it with you. I feel a little embarrassed.
The boy was both excited and worried about gains and losses. Three months ago, he was worried that he would not be able to pass the No. 1 Middle School and lost the opportunity to silently stare at his dream lover from behind. After passing the exam, he had a new idea: Can he be assigned to the same class as Lin Yan?
If you are greedy for the people, people are not satisfied.
No matter what he is, he is at least in the same school! Compared to the despair he had more than three months ago, it is now a paradise.
Chapter completed!