"So soon, won't the results be out by Friday? That's so much hard work for the Chinese teacher!" He Lele whispered to Wang Muman, feeling a bit nervous and uncertain about her exam scores.
Wang Muman shook her head, thinking to herself: only her brother ever appeared in the parent group chat. Her father never joined, and only her brother attended parent-teacher meetings. When would her father ever come to a parent-teacher meeting? He was so busy, he probably wouldn't have such an opportunity.
Her originally calm face suddenly fell. She could only numb herself by doing homework. xxs壹贰
During the Friday evening study session, Teacher Xu placed the ranking list with Shi Kai and arranged the matters related to tomorrow's parent-teacher meeting.
He Lele was excited and immediately asked Li Wei to get a copy for her. As soon as He Lele got the list, she quickly looked for Wang Muman's name.
"I say, the three of you, can you consider me a little? Give others a chance!" He Lele was helpless because the rankings seemed to have hardly changed for the three of them.
"Also, handsome little brother, how could you let that second place go?"
Yan Cheng turned his head to glance at He Lele, then turned back.
"Xiao Le, you can't predict how others will perform in exams, you can't just let them have it," Wang Muman told He Lele to look at her own results.
"Not bad, at least I've improved a few places."
"Of course, I crammed at the last minute, I worked hard!" He Lele proudly lifted her head.
Wang Muman took the ranking list and compared it with her own scores. She was surprised by the significant gap between the top two and herself. Looking at it, she could only say that Geography had slipped again, but luckily Chinese had pulled it up a bit. She hadn't expected Chinese to be the one to shine this time; her Chinese had always been average, not outstanding.
When she thought about her Geography, it was probably because she had relaxed a bit. She always thought her answers were correct, but the reasons were always so bizarre.
The gap between the top two was very small, only three points, but it was a lot to her. In the second year of high school, they would be splitting into arts and sciences anyway, so Geography wouldn't be a subject holding her back anymore.
"Manman, don't worry about your grades anymore, how am I supposed to live?" He Lele saw Wang Muman's pensive look and knew she was analyzing. She handed the list to Yan Cheng and whispered, "Handsome little brother, I'm counting on you, good luck!"
The parent-teacher meeting was scheduled for 8:30 in the morning. The students were ushered into the large south hall to listen to a lecture on fraud prevention.
Teacher Xu asked the class monitor to stay behind and instructed Yan Cheng to maintain discipline during the lecture. At the parent-teacher meeting, Teacher Xu first had the parents review their children's academic performance in various stages, ranking arts and science students separately.
Wang Mujin sat in her seat and looked at the table. She could only say it seemed undeserved; first in science, fifth in arts. She herself wasn't that good back then. Truly, the student surpassed the teacher.
"Dear parents, the main topic today is discussing the division into arts and sciences. This matter concerns your children's future. You should consider your children's interests and academic performance and discuss it with them." Teacher Xu began showing the PPT, explaining several examples of subject selection and methods for discussion.
The parent-teacher meeting lasted half a day and concluded at noon. After the lecture, the teachers allowed each class to study independently and leave only after the parent-teacher meeting ended. He Lele, holding Wang Muman's hand, returned to the front of the classroom. He Lele stood on tiptoe, trying to peek inside.
Inside, several parents were gathered around Teacher Xu, while a few other parents were talking in groups.