Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Physical Education Exam
This last half semester, no, strictly speaking, there is only a little over three months between now and the mid-term exams. It is a time of desperation, a time when both students and teachers are fighting hard.
The countdown on the blackboard is decreasing day by day. The mountains went from being a dull brown to having specks of green, to being full of green, covered in all kinds of wild flowers, and then the flowers died off, and it was already May when the cicadas started chirping outside the window again.
Feng Yiping's height has shot up a bit more, and of course, he's still skinny. He has a somewhat delicate and graceful appearance. Wang Changning is about the same as Feng Yiping, tall and thin. Strangely, they themselves feel that there is a big difference, but some classmates say that they are growing more and more alike.
On average, he only sleeps less than six hours a day. During the day, he engages in intense mental work. Xiao Zhijie has finally lost a bit of weight, or rather, he has managed to maintain his weight. He hasn't gained any more weight, but just seems thinner because he has grown taller.
'I don't want to go anymore!' He slumped on the sofa, somewhat disheartened, and said to his two roommates. frёewebηovel.cѳm
'Well, I'm not doing very well either, right? What's the big deal? We've already planned to repeat the year, so we might as well study a bit now and feel more confident next year.' Wang Changning sat over and persuaded him.
'Come on, if you can't even handle this little setback, what will Zhang Qiuling think of you?'
After hearing this, Xiao Zhijie was finally dragged downstairs by Wang Changning, but he was still listless and had no energy along the way.
Shortly after the start of the evening study session, Wang Yumin walked in with a smile, leaning at an angle. She didn't look like her usual self either, with her hair down and her cheeks flushed. Before she even came over, a smell of alcohol came from her.
'You guys, give me some encouragement!' She pounded her fist on the desks of Feng Yiping, Zhang Qiuling, Huang Jingping, Tang Shaokang and Song Weize.
She then left, stumbling, and said, 'Just do your best!'
The whole thing started with the last mock exam organised by the school last week.
The exam was held together with the town's middle school, and was a practice for the entrance exam. Everything, from the questions to the exam arrangements, was geared towards the real thing.
The teachers from both schools finished marking the papers yesterday, and Feng Yiping was once again first, while Song Weize and Tang Shaokang were 10th and 11th, and Huang Jingping and Zhang Qiuling were actually tied with other students in 16th and 17th place respectively.
The teachers considered the admission rate of the county's No. 1 middle school in recent years to be 4-5%, which is considered appropriate. There are more than 300 students in the two schools combined, and those ranking in the top 15 still have good prospects.
Therefore, Feng Yiping, Song Weize and Tang Shaokang from Class 1 should have no problem. If Huang Jingping and Zhang Qiuling work hard, they may also be admitted.
If you do the math, there is almost a 6% admission rate for a class of 50 students, and it may even increase to 10%. In recent years, the average admission rate at Liangjiahe Middle School has been 3%.
These are all Wang Yumin's achievements! There is also Feng Yiping, a student who is certain to enter the city high school. At the end of the year, no one will compete with her for the outstanding student or advanced individual awards. And with that essay, she might even be able to be evaluated as a junior high school teacher at the secondary level at the end of the year.
The middle school entrance exam is a milestone for Feng Yiping and his classmates, and it is also a milestone for their homeroom teachers.
Having taught these students from first grade to third grade, they are just as nervous and anxious as the students are at this time. Both teachers and students are like a taut bow, waiting for the day of the entrance exam to arrive.
This exam is like a sudden shot in the arm for her, so she rarely drinks to relax a bit.
Xiao Zhijie and Wang Changning both did very poorly in the exam, both around the 20th percentile, basically hopeless. Thinking about the hard work they had put in over the past year, the little fat boy was inevitably a bit shocked and a bit disheartened.
On the 20th, they had their physical education exam.
As Feng Yiping remembered, the exam was held at the town middle school, along with two other middle schools from neighbouring towns. There were more than 600 people in total, so the exam was split into two days and groups due to space and invigilator constraints. Feng Yiping was in the first group on the first afternoon.
They were all randomly grouped, and there was not a single familiar classmate in his group of five. And to prevent interference, no one was allowed to enter the examination venue, so there were only two teachers and five students in the venue during the individual tests.
In the first two events, Feng Yiping scored full marks in the shot put and almost full marks in the 50-metre shuttle run. By the time it came to the last event, he was the last one to run, and his result was still just a little over one metre and two centimetres.
The few students who were preparing to leave were secretly happy to see this, at least they had scored a few points more than one of their competitors.
When he reached the door, Vice Principal Zhang, who was leading the group, and the director of teaching waved at him. Feng Yiping ran over, and the director of teaching said to him with a smile, 'Unify your answers. If any of your classmates ask, just say that you had a standing jump of 2.4 metres and a 50-metre time of 7 seconds.'
'Ah!' Feng Yiping was a little surprised. In that case, he had also scored full marks in these two events.
The school was helping him with his love life. It was true that it was a coincidence that he didn't have any acquaintances in the same group.
He had thought about paying someone to get him acquainted with someone, but there were too many uncertainties. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided against it.
He was also worried that someone he knew would be in the same group as him. If they reported him for cheating after he was admitted, that would be a big problem.
Such a situation could not be ruled out. After all, there were quite a few people who couldn't bear to see others do well.
Anyway, with his current grades, he won't be able to get into a city high school, so he'll have to go to the county's No. 1 high school. It's better not to cause any more trouble.
Haha, it turns out that the school has already made all the arrangements for him. He can rest assured now. The teachers who did this will definitely not be able to get away with it.
'Thank you, leaders, and thank you, school, for the arrangements,' Feng Yiping said sincerely.
'Haha, do well in the exam next month, and get into the city's No. 1 high school, and that will be the best way to thank the school,' Vice Principal Zhang said.
Fortunately, after returning to school, most of his classmates only asked him in passing, 'How did the exam go?' They didn't specifically ask him how much he scored, so he just generally responded with, 'It was okay.'
As the middle school entrance exam drew near, the students were liberated. They were no longer afraid of the teachers looking for trouble. A lot of things that had been hidden usually surfaced overnight.
The riverbank in front of the school became lively again. Many third-year male and female students frequented the area, such as Tang Shaokang and Ye Meng, who spent every evening together, and Song Weize, who openly walked with a girl surnamed Jiang from Class 2. Wen Hong was actually close to Zhou Liwei, the former class monitor.
Feng Yiping realised that he had underestimated these classmates, who were all so well-hidden.
However, there is nothing to do with the Three Musketeers. Wang Changning is similar to the original Feng Yiping in that he doesn't say much in front of people he doesn't know, and he basically has nothing to do with the female classmates in his class.
As for Xiao Zhijie, he doesn't have the guts to go public, and Zhang Qiuling doesn't approve either. As for Feng Yiping and Huang Jingping, they are still the same as before, friends above lovers.