Chapter 201 Graduation Season
By mid-April, the special tests for gifted students held independently by each high school had all ended.
Xu Cailing passed the sports-specific test of No. 60 Middle School without any doubt, and No. Middle School gave her a cultural score control line of % of the minimum general high school admission score, which means that she could be admitted to No. Middle School with a cultural score of only about .
Another person who also passed the physical test of No. 1 Middle School is Lu Jialiang, but the cultural score is not so lenient, and he needs to at least pass the general high school score.
Du Peipei also took part in the special test for gifted students of No. 1 Middle School, but she took the test for fine arts. Peipei also passed the test smoothly. As an art student, she only needed to pass the cultural score of the general high school entrance examination to be admitted to No. 1 Middle School.
Pepe's academic scores are not bad either, he is basically in the top eight in the class, which can be said to be well above the general high school entrance score.
The students in the class who were originally sure to get into No. 1 Middle School included Fang Wei, Liu Zhiyi and Wang Yushan, and now there are Xu Cailing and Du Peipei.
With less than two months left until the high school entrance exam, Class 2 has almost secured five places for admission to No. 1 Middle School!
The happiest person is Wen Susu.
Think about the school’s previous high school entrance examinations, every year only four or five students could go to No. 1 Middle School, but now, there are five in Class 2 alone. Even sitting in the office, Wen Susu felt proud.
Of course, in addition to the students attending No. 1 Middle School, the list of students attending other high schools is also gradually becoming clear.
For example, A Sheng, Lu Jialiang and others, they have also passed the physical test of No. 2 Middle School. The cultural score requirements of No. 2 Middle School are not as high as those of No. 1 Middle School. As long as they maintain their current state and perform normally, they can basically be admitted to No. 2 Middle School as sports students.
As for other students who do not have many special talents and can only rely on their academic scores, as the high school entrance examination approaches, everyone’s sense of urgency becomes stronger.
In such an intense learning atmosphere, this semester seems to have passed faster than any previous semester.
In the blink of an eye, it was April 23rd.
Today is Wednesday, and it is also the day of the physical education test for the senior high school entrance examination.
Physical education was officially included in the high school entrance examination this year. This class is also the first class of Baitan Middle School that needs to take physical education in the high school entrance examination.
The exam consists of two items, 800 meters (for girls), 1000 meters (for boys) and standing long jump. Each item accounts for points, which together account for points of the total score in the high school entrance examination.
I have been training in these two events since last semester, and it has been half a year now. Today is the day to officially test the results. After the physical education test in the high school entrance examination, there will be no more physical education classes in the remaining two months.
"Teacher Niu! What are we going to do in future physical education classes?"
"Studying on your own, but I still want to play."
"Ouch~~"
"Stop it, do your best today! Try to get full marks!"
“It’s too hard to get a full score!!”
As an exam that will be counted towards the total score of the high school entrance exam, the process is naturally not as casual as the usual physical education final exams. The Municipal Education Bureau has arranged special referees and examiners.
It was like a small school sports meet. The third grade students did not have to attend classes today. Under the arrangement of their class teachers and physical education teachers, they took the exam in an orderly manner.
The test started with the students in Class 1, and the first event was the standing long jump, while the students in Class 2 prepared on the side.
Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi naturally gathered around Fang Wei. The three of them gathered outside the sand pool with other classmates to watch a class's exam.
"Fang Wei... do you feel that the line for standing long jump seems to be a little closer than the line we usually draw?" Xu Cailing blinked and asked Fang Wei in a low voice.
As a member of the track and field team, she practiced standing long jump a lot, and also practiced it in every physical education class. So Xu Cailing could still see some control over the distance.
"I, I also feel like I'm a little closer..." Liu Zhiyi was surprised.
"Ahem, hush... I don't care if it shrinks or not, just give it your best."
Fang Wei didn't say anything. When he saw these lines, he understood in his heart that the distance must be smaller than the standard distance. Not much, but probably about three to five centimeters.
After all, this is the first time that physical education is included in the high school entrance examination, and the management in all aspects is also relaxed. Whether it is human relations or the consideration from above, in short, this is definitely a good thing for all students.
With this little help, the students who took the test first all did quite well in the standing long jump. After all, in addition to the shortened distance, the position of the long jump was also quite particular, and the terrain at the take-off point was relatively higher...
It's really painstaking!!
Soon, the students in Class 1 finished the exam and it was the turn of the students in Class 2.
The boys took the test first. Fang Wei easily scored full marks, Ah Sheng and Lu Jialiang also scored full marks, and the other male students were basically able to jump to an excellent distance.
After the boys finished the exam, it was the girls' turn. Needless to say, Xu Cailing also got full marks easily. Liu Zhiyi, who usually hovered around the excellent line, also crossed the excellent line this time.
For most students, these three to five centimeters and the take-off terrain are the icing on the cake, allowing those who are on the edge of the line to cross the line safely. As for those students who usually perform poorly, this little bit of "consideration" will not be of much help. It's like if you get 59 points on the exam, the teacher will give you one more point. But if the difference is too big, don't blame the teacher for not giving you a hand.
After the standing long jump test, Wen Susu took everyone to the track and field stadium to line up and prepare for the 800-meter and 1,000-meter tests.
"Everyone, please check your scores after the exam and sign your name before leaving! Don't forget!"
"Know it!"
Compared to the standing long jump, the 800 meters is Liu Zhiyi's advantage event. After all, the morning jog every day is not in vain.
The referee's timing method was also a simple stopwatch. Needless to say, Fang Wei and Cai Ling could easily get full marks even if they ran at 80% of their strength. Liu Zhiyi also successfully got full marks in this event.
After finishing the exam and signing his name, Liu Zhiyi, who had been worried for half a year, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at his physical examination transcript.
“Huh! The exam is over!!”
For Liu Zhiyi, the physical examination brought her even more pressure than the high school entrance examination. Now that the physical examination is finally over, her tense nerves can finally relax.
According to the scoring standard of the high school entrance examination, a good result is 80 points and an excellent result is 90 points. She got an excellent result in the standing long jump and a full score of 800 meters. Converted into the corresponding score, she got a total of 38 points!
Although it was two points less than Fang Wei and Cai Ling's full score of 40, for Liu Zhiyi, this result was already quite satisfactory!
"Okay, students who have finished their exams, stop hanging around outside and go back to the classroom to study! Other classes still have exams to take."
Everyone dispersed chatting and laughing, and now they had to prepare for the high school entrance examination wholeheartedly.
Xu Cailing was still a little melancholy, and pulled Fang Wei to come and see Teacher Niu again.
"Teacher Niu, are we really not going to have physical education classes anymore?"
"Go ahead. Didn't I tell you to study in the classroom?"
“…That’s called a self-study class!”
The girl thought for a moment and asked again, "Teacher Niu, do we still have to train as a track and field team in the afternoon?"
"Of course. The first and second graders still have to train as usual. As for you two, it depends on your own schedule. If you want to come for training, come over."
"It will come!"
Xu Cailing agreed without hesitation. To her, sports was not just for this exam, but something she loved from the bottom of her heart.
There are now many members in the track and field team, but from beginning to end, only Xu Cailing is the most special in Teacher Niu’s heart. Perhaps it is her pure love for sports.
She has been teaching the class since they entered junior high school. Now that the physical examination is over, Teacher Niu will wave goodbye to everyone in advance, just like the biology and geography teachers before him.
Teacher Niu was touched. Such a tall and strong man didn't know what to say, so he took out his stopwatch from his pocket and gave it to Xu Cailing as a commemorative gift.
"Teacher Niu, this is..."
"This stopwatch is for you. I hope you can run faster and faster in the future, go further and further in the field of sports, win glory for yourself, our school, and for me, your half-baked teacher! Cailing, keep working hard in the future! I believe you are the best!"
"..."
Holding the stopwatch given by Teacher Niu, Xu Cailing's eyes became red for a moment and she was speechless.
She still remembered that when she first entered school, Teacher Niu questioned whether she was capable of being a female sports commissioner. However, she did not expect that three years later, she would become Teacher Niu's most proud student.
Although Teacher Niu never talked about his dreams, Cai Ling could see that when he was young, Teacher Niu must have longed for glory on the field.
And now, Teacher Niu has placed his hopes on her.
"Thank you, Mr. Niu... I, I will try my best!"
Xu Cailing held the stopwatch and nodded vigorously.
…After April comes May.
After the midterm exam, the school also organized the last parent-teacher meeting for the third grade of junior high school.
There is only more than a month left until the high school entrance examination. In addition to how to stabilize and improve academic performance, the theme of the parent-teacher meeting hosted by Wen Susu this time also included chatting with parents about voluntary selection.
Filling out applications for the high school entrance exam is different from that for the college entrance exam. On the island, people fill out applications first and then take the high school entrance exam. This is done in the name of balancing the source of students and preventing all the good schools from picking up the good students. It can also reflect the students' level of self-awareness and their intention to continue their studies. Even in later generations, there are many areas where the high school entrance exam adopts the method of applying first and then taking the exam.
In addition, due to the lack of transparency in information at the moment, most parents are confused about what school their children will apply to in the future. Except for the four public high schools that can be distinguished by quality, they have no idea how to choose some technical secondary schools. After all, only a small number of students can be admitted to high school.
Wen Susu was well prepared for this. She started collecting information about various high schools and secondary vocational schools a month in advance, including the approximate score lines, the advantages and disadvantages of the schools, tuition fees, etc. She organized and listed the information and distributed it to classmates and parents so that everyone could see it at a glance.
After more than half a month of volunteer discussions, on May 23rd, the volunteer forms were distributed to everyone.
It was not until then that the boys and girls felt the melancholy of graduation season. It can be said that the schools filled out on this form are the directions that everyone in the class will go in the future.
"Everyone, don't rush to fill it out. Go home this weekend and discuss it with your parents before filling it out. For your first choice, you can choose a better school based on your own grades. Then, choose a school you are confident in as your second choice. For your third choice..."
"Teacher Wen, I don't know how to choose..."
"Let me see……"
Wen Susu walked down very patiently, holding the school directory, and carefully gave advice to every student who didn't know how to choose.
Don’t be fooled by her calmness. In fact, she is more distressed than everyone else. If possible, Wen Susu would like everyone to go to No. 1 Middle School.
As a teacher, she is also very cautious about the choices regarding the life direction of each student in the class.
Fang Wei, Liu Zhiyi, Xu Cailing, Du Peipei and Wang Yushan have much fewer worries. Among them, Cailing and Peipei have both passed the special examination for gifted students of No. 1 Middle School. So they will definitely choose No. 1 Middle School as their first choice, and they are almost certain to get in.
As for Fang Wei, Liu Zhiyi and Wang Yushan, the three of them had good grades and their academic scores were more than enough for them to get into No. 1 Middle School, so it would definitely be their first choice.
What is more troublesome are the majority of students who are neither progressing nor failing.
Ye Xiaoli and Wang Qiaoyun, who were sitting at the front desk, turned around and asked Fang Wei with their application forms: "Class monitor, Zhiyi, are you two going to No. 1 Middle School?"
"correct."
"Can I see your volunteer form?"
"Look."
Fang Wei and Liu Zhiyi had already filled out their application forms, and they filled them out exactly the same.
First choice: Xuanzhu Middle School
Second choice: Xuanzhu Middle School
The third choice: Xuanzhu No. 4 Middle School
Fourth choice, blank
Cai Ling and Pei Pei next door made the same choice as Fang Wei and Zhi Yi.
After reading their application forms, Ye Xiaoli and Wang Qiaoyun became even more melancholy.
"Wow, you all went to No. 1 Middle School. Will we never see each other again in the future..."
"Haha, no way. Which school do you two plan to choose as your first choice?"
"I want to choose No. 2 Middle School, but I'm afraid my grades are not good enough..." said Ye Xiaoli.
"Me too..." said Wang Qiaoyun.
"Or just like Mr. Wen said, since there is a chance, just give it a try. If I pass the exam but don't get selected, I will feel even more regretful."
"Okay! Then listen to the monitor!"
"…Hey! I was just suggesting something!"
On the other side, Asheng and Wang Yushan were also filling out their applications.
Wang Yushan seems to have not grown at all in the past three years. Her height is almost the same as when she first entered school. Asheng has grown to over meters, but she is still just over meters tall.
The only change was that she wore a pair of black-framed myopic glasses, which looked quite cute with her baby face.
But A Sheng knew that this was all appearance!
Cute, adorable, and naive, these words have nothing to do with Wang Yushan at all!
She is goal-oriented, highly self-aware, and very precise and meticulous in what she says and does. Ah Sheng, who is over meters tall and sits at the same table with her, is so suppressed by the little girl who is over meters tall that he dares not even move a muscle.
However, thanks to Wang Yushan, A Sheng's careless character has changed a lot. If it weren't for her, even if A Sheng passed the physical examination, his cultural score would not be enough to pass the No. 2 Middle School.
As they were about to part, the couple, who had been sitting at the same table for three years, felt a little melancholy and reluctant.
Wang Yushan turned to look at him, and looked at Ah Sheng's big and ugly handwriting, filling in [Xuanzhu City No. 2 Middle School] as the first choice on the application form. She felt inexplicably empty in her heart.
I still remember that when they first entered school, she drew a 38th parallel with him. Now, that 38th parallel is long gone, but most of the seats at the double table are still occupied by her. It's not that she occupied them intentionally, but because she had a lot of books, so Asheng gave them to her.
Noticing the girl's gaze, A Sheng turned around and met her eyes.
They are all family. Fang Wei is handsome, and A Sheng is naturally good-looking too. He has a cheerful and easy-going personality, which also has his own charm.
"what?"
"...You're going to No. 2 Middle School?"
"Yes, I have passed the physical examination of No. 2 Middle School. Where else can I go if not No. 2 Middle School? Besides, I want to go to No. 1 Middle School, but my score is not high enough."
"Haha, I told you not to study seriously!"
"I know I'm wrong, please stop insulting me. Have you filled out your application? Let me see!"
"Look."
Wang Yushan didn't mind and handed him the filled-in application form.
Filling out the application form is no joke. As expected, Wang Yushan’s first choice was Xuanzhu No. 1 Middle School, and her second choice was Xuanzhu No. 2 Middle School.
However, Asheng also knew that although Wang Yushan's grades were not as good as Fang Wei and Zhiyi's, she was more than qualified to go to No. 1 Middle School. Filling in No. 2 Middle School as the second choice was basically just a formality.
"Alas, it seems that we really have to separate from now on, Wang Yushan, will we see each other again in the future?"
"...Why do you say that we are so far apart?"
"That's right. If you are bullied in No. 1 Middle School in the future, just tell my buddy Fang Wei. If my buddy can't handle it, just tell me and I will go to No. 1 Middle School to help you!"
Ah Sheng patted his chest childishly but righteously and promised her.
"..."
Wang Yushan stared at it in a daze, but a warm feeling inexplicably surged in her heart.
After a while, he smiled and said:
"What? Are you going to rush into No. 1 Middle School to start a fight?"
"I wouldn't dare to do that! I'm an honest man! An honest man who has been bullied by you for three years!"
"Then you still want to stand up for me?"
"Hey, we've been desk mates for three years after all. If I don't side with you, who else can I side with?"
“…You idiot!”
The girl chuckled, her face as beautiful as a flower.
Ah Sheng was suddenly stunned.
(I will update every night from now on. I will update it on the same day I finish writing it. I will post it at 10 o'clock every night, because I don't have any drafts saved.)
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