Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 106

The teacher read many names except Jiang Ning. It was not until Xu Xiuli’s name was read that she breathed a sigh of relief and took her own test paper.

It was not until the end, when there was only one test paper left, that the math teacher called Jiang Ning’s name, “Jiang Ning, 142.” The students in the class suddenly raised their heads and looked at Jiang Ning.

Although the classmates in the class already knew that Jiang Ning was in the top ten of her grade and her grades would definitely be good, they didn’t expect her math scores to be so good.

That result was an excellent result not only for a parallel class but also in the key class.

Even the math teacher was a little surprised that a student in a parallel class did so well on the math test.

When Jiang Ning’s name was read, the math teacher was relieved from the bad mood of some students in the class who did poorly in the exam and said to the class, “Jiang Ning’s score is good,” and said to Jiang Ning, “You can’t be proud. This is just the start.”

“Studying for the first midterm exam, doing well in the exam means nothing. Being able to maintain it until the second and third years of high school, and until the college entrance examination, that is what you must be capable of.”

He had seen many students who had good grades in their first and second years of high school but suddenly failed in the college entrance examination in their third year of high school or who had average grades in their first year of high school but suddenly showed strength in their second and third years of high school.

Jiang Ning’s grades in middle school were average, but she suddenly showed strength in high school.

It was just that girls generally develop their strength earlier, and boys played more in the first few years, and then they started to learn how to exert strength later. However, Jiang Ning only suddenly started to exert strength in high school, and the momentum was so strong that even the teachers were surprised.

After self-study in the evening, the math teacher did not leave immediately. Instead, he called Jiang Ning out, “There is a math competition in the school. You can participate when the time comes.”

Competitions were generally attended by students in key classes. Very few students in parallel classes took part in competitions, and they usually took the people from the second and third grades of high school. In the first year of high school, they just looked for good seedlings to learn mathematics, physics, and chemistry and provide training and teaching first.

Unless they were very talented in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, they would not directly participate in competitions in the first year.

The No. 1 High School was only relatively famous in Wucheng. It was not so famous in the entire city or the entire province. Therefore, the focus of the No. 1 High School was not on competitions, but on putting all the energy of the students into the college entrance examination. Taking a few more Project 985 and Project 211 exams every year was more practical than anything else for students and parents. (Project 985 and Project 211: sponsorship scheme which selected universities under it.)

It was just that the Education Office made a list of key high schools.

There were competition requirements, not to mention whether they could win the provincial award, the ranking in the city, No. 1 High School still had to compete.

Especially since they had Wuzhong right across from them.

People in Wucheng generally believed that Wuzhong was the best high school in Wucheng, not No. 1 High School.

Even the admission score for Wuzhong was slightly higher than that of No. 1 High School. In Wucheng, the top students were more likely to apply for Wuzhong than No. 1 High School.

Those who apply for the No. 1 High School were generally top students who were originally among the top 50 in each township middle school, but they were not so confident about their high school entrance examination results, so they chose the No. 1 High School as their first choice.

Generally speaking, top students’ first choice was Wuzhong.

In order to compete for students, the principal of No. 1 High School increased the scholarships and also gave cash rewards to the dozen or twenty students with the best scores in the high school entrance examination, in order to compete for better students.

Therefore, although the two schools, No. 1 High School and Wuzhong School, were opposite each other, they were also sworn enemies. The competition had never stopped over the years. No matter what the game was, both schools had to compete.

(Id1nim: apparently there are two enemy schools No. 1 High School and Wuzhong School)

The same goes for competitions.

Jiang Ning, who was notified, refused and said, “I’m sorry, Teacher Chen, I still feel a little struggle in mathematics. Maybe I’m not suitable for the competition.”

When Jiang Ning, who had just passed the test with a score of 142, said that it was a bit difficult to learn mathematics, he was speechless for a moment.

He said, “Go if you are told. No matter how you do in the exam, it’s fine as long as you do better than Wuzhong.” 

Yes, the requirements of the teachers of No. 1 High School for the competition were so simple and unpretentious. It didn’t matter whether they could win the provincial award or not. What was important was that they couldn’t lose to students from Wuzhong.

By then, several students from Wuzhong had entered the provincial competition, but none of them from No. 1 High School could advance. Then in Wucheng, would they be able to hold their head high in No. 1 High School?

When Jiang Ning heard the math teacher say that she was competing with Wuzhong, she, who had been a member of the No. 1 High School for two generations, couldn’t express her original rejection.

It was really related to the honor of No. 1 High School.

Jiang Ning said that she struggled to learn mathematics, which was not a Versailles statement. Although she performed extremely well in the college entrance examination in her previous life, exceeding her previous scores, she also spent a lot of time on mathematics and English. Because of that, the grades of these two courses were improved.

But that did not mean that she was talented in mathematics.

Compared with those who were really talented, she really had mediocre understanding. All she could say was that she spent time on that course.

She could also learn it, but it wouldn’t be as easy as liberal arts.

She really felt that she could understand the liberal arts questions at a glance, but it really took time and effort to understand mathematics.

With that kind of understanding, she could pass the college entrance examination. But a quiz?

Unfortunately, not only did the math teacher come to her, but the physics and chemistry teachers also told her to join the competition class.

Jiang Ning: Save me, save me, save me.

Teacher, you really have a misunderstanding about me. I’m not—I’m really not good at mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

But no matter what Jiang Ning said, her science scores in that midterm exam were all good. With such good scores, of course she was put in the competition class.