Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 148

In Teacher Ji’s opinion, Jiang Ning’s test paper at that time was so good because she must have spent a lot of energy in the competition class. He went to tell Teacher Wang out of respect. Unexpectedly, Teacher Wang objected directly and asked Jiang Ning not to focus too much on the competition.

If every teacher told the students this, how could his competition class get results? Wasn’t it just to improve the results of the competition class at No. 1 High School? No matter how hard one worked, it would be difficult to run a successful competition class.

That made him a little depressed for a while, and he didn’t know who to talk to. When he saw his friend, he couldn’t help but complain to his friend, who was also a teacher in the competition class.

His friend said, “It’s useless for you to talk to her class teacher about this. Who invited us here? Why not talk to him?” Teacher Ji thought about it and realized it was true.

He had to talk to the principal about it.

The principal was willing to ask him and his friends to teach the competition class, which meant that the principal was ambitious in terms of competition results.

He wasn’t asking Jiang Ning to completely give up her achievements in other areas, but he just hoped that she could put more energy into the competition.

Principal Sun was a very tall man with a powerful build. He had thick black hair, slicked back, and looked to be in his forties. Just by his appearance, it was hard to imagine that he was the principal of a key high school.

Principal Sun listened to Teacher Ji and tapped the desk with his pen. “This depends on the student’s own wishes.” But he really wanted to improve the results of the competition class. After thinking about it, the principal asked if this student was really that good.

Teacher Ji directly showed the test paper from that quiz to the principal, so that he could make an intuitive comparison between Jiang Ning’s test paper and others. “She’s only been here for a month and can already get such results. If she can spend more time, I can teach her for another year and have her compete next year. Maybe our school will be able to achieve results.”

Principal Sun couldn’t help but feel a little moved.

No. 1 High School had always been beaten by Wuzhong in terms of competition results. In Wucheng, when people talk about Wuzhong High School and No. 1 High School, they always say that Wuzhong High School is the best school in Wucheng. That made No. 1 High School only the second-best school in Wucheng. Only those who didn’t have a better option, or whose grades were not that great, and felt that it was too risky to get into Wuzhong, would choose No. 1 High School as their first choice.

In fact, the test scores of No. 1 High School were only a dozen points lower than Wuzhong.

But it was not low. With the same score, everyone would go to Wuzhong instead of No. 1 High School. If things went on like that, all the good students would go to Wuzhong, and No. 1 High School could only pick up the remaining students. By then, Wuzhong would only be better. As things got better, the gap between No. 1 High School and Wuzhong would only get wider.

Even if he used various preferential policies such as scholarships and free tuition to grab some high-quality students, they were still lacking.

If they wanted to fundamentally solve that problem, they had to improve the competition results of No. 1 High School. When people talked about the best high school in Wuzhong, everyone only thought of Wuzhong. In fact, the teachers and enrollment rate of No. 1 High School were higher than that of Wuzhong, but there was a gap in student resources.

The best students all entered Wuzhong. So no matter how hard their teachers work to teach students, the gap would eventually be widened.

Principal Sun was in the prime of life and focused on his career and wanted to improve the school’s performance.

“I know this from the bottom of my heart. I will let the Academic Affairs Office fully support your competition class. You just need to get the results. I will talk to Teacher Wang.”

He asked someone to call the head teacher of Class 3, Grade 1, into the office. As soon as Teacher Wang heard the principal calling him, his heart skipped a beat and he knew what was going on.

Sure enough, Principal Sun talked to Teacher Ji. 

“Teacher Ji told me about Jiang Ning in your class. She had only been in the competitive class for a month, and she had achieved such results, which was better than many students in the competitive class. Students who have been studying for many months learn well and are indeed enlightened.”

When Teacher Wang faced the principal, he argued with reason, “I don’t know if she had any understanding of the competition, but her monthly exam score this time was better than the last midterm exam. With her current score, no matter how hard she works, she will be the best. It’s not impossible for her to even enter one of the top ten universities.”

In their high school, every additional student entering a prestigious university was very beneficial to the school’s publicity, and the temptation was also very great.

This did not embarrass the principal, but Teacher Wang’s words made Principal Sun discover a bright spot.

“You said that her monthly test scores this time were also very good?” Principal Sun said in surprise. “Teacher Ji thought she was focusing all her energy on the competition class, which is why she did so well in the exam. Unexpectedly, this student was even better than we thought. Her competition class results were excellent, and her academic performance in her regular classes did not fall behind.”

Teacher Wang thought that Jiang Ning focused mainly on her academic performance, which helped her steadily improve in this exam. However, after looking at Jiang Ning’s exam paper, she actually maintained very good grades in both areas. He told the principal, “It seems this little girl still has some energy left.”

The principal smiled and said, “Teacher Wang, you are also aware of the embarrassing situation of our No. 1 High School. In terms of admission rates, our No. 1 High School’s grades are not as good as Wuzhong High School’s.”

“As soon as No. 1 High School and Wuzhong are mentioned, everyone generally thinks Wuzhong ranks first, and our No. 1 High School ranks second. When students fill out their application forms, they rank Wuzhong ahead of our No. 1 High School. I know the teachers are working very hard, but if Wuzhong keeps taking all the good students, and we can only pick up the remaining ones, we’ll never be able to compete with Wuzhong in the future.”

“This is why I work so hard to improve the grades of the competition class.”

As a key teacher in the school’s English department, Teacher Wang certainly understood this.

“I’m just worried that if she spends too much time on the competition, her regular studies might suffer.”

Teacher Wang had no selfish motives, thinking only of his students, but the principal was focused on the overall situation of the school.