“You two, especially Luo An, need to spend more time on this ‘academic assessment.’ Don’t get up there and not be able to say anything.”
“I’ve already sent you the specific content. There’s still over half a month left, so remember to prepare well.”
“And the two of you, even though you have some experience, don’t get complacent. Teach them when you have time. I don’t want to hear other teachers nagging me again this year…”
Wei Ziqin and Mo Yaya, “……”
One took it once, the other twice, they didn’t exactly have much experience, did they…
Besides, you know as well as anyone that this so-called “academic report” is, frankly, just the annual “finding fault session” among you teachers.
On the surface, it’s all for the students’ benefit, to put a little pressure on them and encourage them to study hard in the future.
But in reality, the teachers are all competing with each other!
Especially these older teachers who are more familiar with each other, they don’t hold back when they get competitive!
“Okay… Teacher.”
Despite their helplessness, both nodded in resignation.
Director Qi also valued his reputation. If he were truly nagged by other teachers, they would be the ones to suffer in the end.
“Alright, you figure it out. I won’t give you any more tasks from now on.”
“If the four of you can pass this assessment and then manage the upcoming final exams, this semester will be almost over.”
“However, Ziqin and Yaya, you two can’t keep dragging on your papers. Find time to write them and show them to me.”
“…Okay, we’ve noted that.”
“Good, then you all get back to your own business. I won’t waste any more of your time.”
With that, Qi Xizhi ambled away again.
“……”
“I’m dead!” Mo Yaya leaned back in her chair, muttering the two words with her eyes narrowed.
“Senior Sister… you’re looking a bit unladylike today…” Luo An said hesitantly, looking at Mo Yaya beside him.
Mo Yaya, “……”
Perhaps she had been too nice to her junior disciple all along?
“Luo An… if you had seen your senior sister’s assessment scene last year, you wouldn’t say that…” Wei Ziqin looked at the still calm Luo An, not really wanting to tell him the truth.
“Senior Brother Wei, what do you mean by that?” Luo An looked at Wei Ziqin.
“……Come sit here, I’ll explain it to you in detail.”
Upon hearing this, Luo An immediately got up and sat beside Wei Ziqin. “Senior Brother, tell me!”
“You’re… quite eager.”
Mo Yaya beside them watched and shook her head helplessly.
She hoped he would still be this happy after a while.
“Do you remember the internal exchange meeting that the teacher mentioned to you before?”
Luo An nodded, “I remember! It was in January, right? That’s why we couldn’t get selected for the school anniversary preliminary auditions.” Luo An remembered that their advisor had specifically mentioned it during a group report.
So they had been diligently preparing for the past few months.
“It’s good that you remember.” Wei Ziqin nodded with a smile. “The ‘academic assessment’ that Director Qi mentioned just now is actually this exchange meeting.”
“But what you don’t know is that this assessment is essentially a disguised final exam. Your final grade, to some extent, is related to it. Plus, it’s an assessment conducted by teachers crossing departments, so most advisors pay a lot of attention to it.”
Luo An’s eyes widened. “……”
No wonder Director Qi had spoken so detailedly just now, covering everything from the content to the production of the presentation and the explanation on the day itself. It was exceptionally detailed.
So that was the reason…
The teachers are too devious!
The final exam alone takes half their life, and they still have to come up with this move?
“Senior Brother, what did you mean by being nagged by the teachers just now?”
“That’s the key! Because the audience for this report will be other postgraduate tutors in the department. Plus, this assessment is organized by the teachers themselves, so they can find fault very easily…” Wei Ziqin spoke meaningfully, leaving Luo An stunned.
“Senior Brother, your description… sounds so much like our postgraduate re-examination…”
He was starting to get nervous.
Wei Ziqin nodded, “It’s not similar, it *is* the same!”
“And it’s even more difficult than your re-examination!”
“During the re-examination, the experienced ones assessed you according to the rules. But this assessment is different!”
“The teachers don’t follow the rules! They directly exert their hidden strengths, pushing students to their limits…”
“……They want to see if you’ve improved, and at the same time, they want to critique their colleagues… In short, they won’t hold back.”
“……Senior Brother, don’t scare me!”
“I… I have a weak heart… I can’t take it…” Luo An, who had been sitting upright, now looked no different from Mo Yaya earlier, and could only be said to be exactly the same.
“Junior Disciple Luo An~”
“It’s not that Senior Sister isn’t reminding you, but hurry up and prepare recently!” Seeing Luo An’s state, Mo Yaya beside him kindly reached out to comfort him.
“……”
This reminder is worse than no reminder at all!
He wondered if it was too late to drop out now?
He was probably the only one in their department who thought about graduation right after enrolling.
“Senior Sister… is it too late to ask for help now?”
Dropping out was impossible!
Now, he could only ask for help…
And currently, the only experienced people he knew were the two in front of him, so… Luo An could only look pleadingly at his senior brother and senior sister.
Wei Ziqin, “……”
“Junior Disciple… we are also powerless to help…” Mo Yaya waved her hand.
It wasn’t that they wouldn’t help, but the content was different. They were now facing the same situation as first-year postgraduates.
“Senior Brother~” Luo An looked at Wei Ziqin.
“Junior Disciple! Heaven will bestow a great mission upon…”
As soon as Wei Ziqin finished this sentence, Luo An understood.
“……Alright.”
He’d better brace himself for a fortnight of hard work and late nights.
“Qiu Xi, it seems we can only fight side by side!”
Qiu Xi, “……”
But she really didn’t want to… stay up late!