Chapter 261: Chapter 261 Recruitment Slogans
Sheng Tang thanked her once again.
Mrs. Gu advised her to study hard and reminded her to keep warm on her way to and from school, as the weather was cold.
Jiang Baocu noticed that Sheng Tang was always looking at her phone.
At this moment, the afternoon class bell rang.
Jiang Baocu gave Sheng Tang a poke.
Sheng Tang hurriedly turned off her phone, put it in her pocket, and sat up straight, ready for class.
Before class started, the homeroom teacher would usually say a few off-topic things and make any announcements.
She first talked about the upcoming final exams.
"...Before moving up to senior year, there will be a batch of direct-entry opportunities to overseas universities. Although there will be interviews, your grades this sophomore year are crucial for qualifying for those interviews.
This final exam is different from any of your previous exams, including those in freshman year. You need to take it seriously. Of course, if you cheat, all your qualifications will be revoked," the homeroom teacher stated.
Sheng Tang had no plans to go abroad and wasn’t interested in these "direct-entry" opportunities.
During the midterm exams, she had jumped fifty places and was considering how many places it would be appropriate to rise for the final exams.
"Getting into the top thirty in the whole school should do," Sheng Tang thought to herself.
She planned to use her midterm scores for comparison and then consider how many points she needed for each subject.
She still didn’t plan to show all her abilities.
It wasn’t the right time yet.
Gradual progress was more convincing and wouldn’t invite unnecessary suspicion. There was still a year left until graduation.
She started to daydream a bit.
Then, Jiang Baocu poked her again. Only Jiang Baocu could tell that Sheng Tang was daydreaming at the moment.
The homeroom teacher continued, "The deadline is next Friday. Please cooperate actively, and try to make sure everyone participates. I will keep track, and it will count towards your continuous assessment score..."
Sheng Tang thought, "High school students need continuous assessment scores?"
What did the teacher just say?
She was utterly confused and decided to ask Jiang Baocu after class.
Jiang Baocu knew she hadn’t heard a thing.
Finally, after class, they started whispering.
"...It’s about warning signs for the lawn. The school will be redoing the lawn next semester and is looking for new signs to remind everyone not to step on it," Jiang Baocu explained.
So the school was publicly soliciting new "Keep off the grass" signs.
The school was worried that students wouldn’t be willing to participate, so they made each homeroom teacher treat it as an extracurricular activity.
Every year, during the final exams, Huishi High School, just like other high schools, awarded certificates to outstanding students; but Huishi was wealthier, providing not only certificates but also cash prizes.
"Outstanding student" evaluations used continuous assessment scores as a primary factor, but teachers would also consider other aspects of performance.
They even had a trendy term for continuous assessment scores, calling them "everyday scores."
These everyday scores didn’t count towards the final grades like in university but were a general evaluation by the teachers and didn’t affect college admissions.
Sheng Tang frowned slightly, "Why stir up things when the final exams are so close?"
Jiang Baocu asked, "Are you that afraid of the final exams?"
Of course, Sheng Tang was afraid.
If she used her normal abilities, she wouldn’t have anything to worry about.
But she deliberately suppressed herself, which required a balance — not too poor, but not too good either.
Besides, although she had an exceptionally good memory, to the point of eidetic memory, learning wasn’t just about rote memorization; some concepts also required thorough understanding.
She also had a weakness in math.
"I just want to do a bit better," Sheng Tang said.
Jiang Baocu responded with an "Oh."
Sheng Tang then asked, "If they need the signs next semester, why not wait until then to collect them?"