Chapter 822 Getting better
From the day when the tutoring started, the friends stopped playing around. Every morning, in every corner of the courtyard, one could hear the friends reciting texts from their Chinese textbooks.
Wang Zhan still follows the routine of two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon. This is the time he studies with his friends. The rest of the time, he reads the books he wants to read. Recently, he has been interested in history and geography books. Of course, I am not referring to the superficial knowledge learned in elementary school, but the more profound ancient rare books.
The learning atmosphere at home also affected the three younger ones. No matter whether it was Wang Li or Erya Xiaopang, they all studied the first and second grade primary school textbooks very seriously like everyone else. Sometimes they even pestered Wang Zhan to teach them English. Among his friends, only He Yushui knew that Wang Zhan could speak English and had been learning it for several years. She also started to learn a foreign language this year, but she learned Russian, which was the suggestion given to her by Teacher Yang.
Wang Zhan was also learning Russian, but his spoken Russian was not very good. Later on, he seldom spoke Russian. He even told He Yushui seriously that he was a real man from Beijing and could not speak those words with rolled tongues, which made He Yushui roll her eyes in anger.
Now, the friends only go back to their homes on Sundays. Gradually, they have adapted to this dormitory-like life. Studying as their common goal has become the main part of this courtyard.
During this period, Qi Dasheng and the director came back several times, but when he saw that they were all nervously reviewing in their respective rooms after school, Qi Dasheng decided not to drink in the yard anymore. He moved directly to the dormitory of the police station to keep Director Li company.
But Wang Zhan also has a strict rule, which is that study time must be controlled before 9 o'clock in the evening and go to bed on time at 10 o'clock.
Several friends still listen to Wang Zhan very much, and so does He Yushui. Not to mention Wang Li, she must have fallen asleep at nine o'clock.
In this way, several friends gradually got into the right state, their learning efficiency increased, and their academic performance improved day by day.
As their class teacher, Teacher Yang now has a deep understanding of this. In May, the school organized a mock exam, and several of them were among the top ten in the grade, which impressed their classmates and students of the same grade.
During the last two months of the sprint stage, many students in the class used the breaks between classes and the lunch break to ask them for help on the parts they didn't know, and even the old friends became little teachers.
Da Laotie is really hardworking. It takes him ten times as much time and effort as others to memorize a text. But even so, he persisted because he was determined to go to the same school as Wang Zhan.
But for some reason, this brother also has an advantage, that is, he is good at mathematics. Wang Zhan couldn't understand this and began to attribute it to talent. Later, the brother's father came to see them and told them about his family's situation. Since the brother's grandfather's generation, there was a fitter technician. There were a lot of things in the family, all kinds of rulers and tools. Since childhood, they grew up with micrometers in their hands. Do you think they can be bad at mathematics?
Xiaowu has changed a lot during this period. He is not so jumpy anymore, he has worked hard in his studies, and most importantly, he has changed his habit of being distracted. In the past, Xiaowu would think about math and his mind would wander, and he would remember nothing. Now it is different, especially when he goes home and sees his pregnant mother, Xiaowu has become sensible and knows to give the delicious food to his mother first. These changes have surprised Xiaowu's parents.
One day at the end of June, Principal Ren and his wife came to visit the little ones, bringing two boxes of malted milk and a big silver carp. Principal Ren knew all about the little ones' performance.
In fact, what Wang Zhan didn’t know was that shortly after the start of the school year, Principal Ren and Teacher Yang visited the homes of Xiaowu and his four brothers, mainly to mobilize the parents to fully support this study group.
Of course, they also went to the Jiaodaokou Police Station and looked for Qi Dasheng. Qi Dasheng promised to take good care of the logistics for the little ones.
This is also the main reason why, apart from Aunt Sun who buys them food and groceries every day, no one comes to disturb them. Otherwise, given Xiao Wu Niang's personality, she would probably come every two days. There is still a month before the junior high school entrance examination. The little ones have already been shaped. The last month is just for practice and to fill in the gaps. That's why Principal Ren brought Mrs. Ren to the door.
Several people were very happy to see the principal, and they welcomed the principal and his wife into the main room. Wang Zhan asked them to sit down, He Yushui went to make tea, and Xiaowu went to the warehouse to get some dried fruits.
After working for a while, Principal Ren quickly called them to stop and told them to stop working as they would not be staying for long this time.
Several people sat together, listening to Principal Ren's teachings. Even Wang Li and her two little ones stopped making any noise and sat obediently at the small square table in front of the fireplace, pretending to read picture books, but they were always listening to the noise coming from the eight-immortals table.
Principal Ren took a sip of tea, then looked at the few people with a smile and said, "My wife and I are here to cheer you up, to encourage you, and to urge you. Don't slack off in the last month."
Several people nodded heavily, and Principal Ren continued, "There is one more thing I have to ask you. Do you know why I support your way of learning so much?"
Several people looked at each other and shook their heads. Wang Zhan lowered his head and thought for a while. He had guessed something, but he didn't know whether it was right or not.
Principal Ren said, "Actually, I am also trying this. Don't be angry if I tell you guys that. At the beginning, I noticed Wang Zhan's tentative learning style. He wanted you to make progress together. But when you first entered senior primary school, everyone's grades were different. Do you admit this?"
Everyone nodded, especially Xiaowu and Da Laotie, who nodded heavily.
Principal Ren continued, "Maybe only a few of you know that Wang Zhan is not good at studying and taking exams, right, Wang Zhan?"
Wang Zhan smiled embarrassedly, as if acknowledging this fact.
Principal Ren said, "At that time, the only one who could catch up with Wang Zhan was Fei Qing. But I didn't expect that in the second semester of the first year of senior primary school, he also learned from Wang Zhan and learned to hide his shortcomings. The two of them should be the top two in the entire grade. To be honest, He Yushui and Xiao Si's grades at that time were only in the upper middle level, far worse than their current rankings."
Xiao Si was very clear about his own abilities. At that time, he did work hard and was indeed smart, but it was probably because of his wrong learning method that he failed.
He Yushui was unable to concentrate on her studies due to family matters and was delayed. They deeply agreed with what Principal Ren said.
(End of this chapter)
From the day when the tutoring started, the friends stopped playing around. Every morning, in every corner of the courtyard, one could hear the friends reciting texts from their Chinese textbooks.
Wang Zhan still follows the routine of two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon. This is the time he studies with his friends. The rest of the time, he reads the books he wants to read. Recently, he has been interested in history and geography books. Of course, I am not referring to the superficial knowledge learned in elementary school, but the more profound ancient rare books.
The learning atmosphere at home also affected the three younger ones. No matter whether it was Wang Li or Erya Xiaopang, they all studied the first and second grade primary school textbooks very seriously like everyone else. Sometimes they even pestered Wang Zhan to teach them English. Among his friends, only He Yushui knew that Wang Zhan could speak English and had been learning it for several years. She also started to learn a foreign language this year, but she learned Russian, which was the suggestion given to her by Teacher Yang.
Wang Zhan was also learning Russian, but his spoken Russian was not very good. Later on, he seldom spoke Russian. He even told He Yushui seriously that he was a real man from Beijing and could not speak those words with rolled tongues, which made He Yushui roll her eyes in anger.
Now, the friends only go back to their homes on Sundays. Gradually, they have adapted to this dormitory-like life. Studying as their common goal has become the main part of this courtyard.
During this period, Qi Dasheng and the director came back several times, but when he saw that they were all nervously reviewing in their respective rooms after school, Qi Dasheng decided not to drink in the yard anymore. He moved directly to the dormitory of the police station to keep Director Li company.
But Wang Zhan also has a strict rule, which is that study time must be controlled before 9 o'clock in the evening and go to bed on time at 10 o'clock.
Several friends still listen to Wang Zhan very much, and so does He Yushui. Not to mention Wang Li, she must have fallen asleep at nine o'clock.
In this way, several friends gradually got into the right state, their learning efficiency increased, and their academic performance improved day by day.
As their class teacher, Teacher Yang now has a deep understanding of this. In May, the school organized a mock exam, and several of them were among the top ten in the grade, which impressed their classmates and students of the same grade.
During the last two months of the sprint stage, many students in the class used the breaks between classes and the lunch break to ask them for help on the parts they didn't know, and even the old friends became little teachers.
Da Laotie is really hardworking. It takes him ten times as much time and effort as others to memorize a text. But even so, he persisted because he was determined to go to the same school as Wang Zhan.
But for some reason, this brother also has an advantage, that is, he is good at mathematics. Wang Zhan couldn't understand this and began to attribute it to talent. Later, the brother's father came to see them and told them about his family's situation. Since the brother's grandfather's generation, there was a fitter technician. There were a lot of things in the family, all kinds of rulers and tools. Since childhood, they grew up with micrometers in their hands. Do you think they can be bad at mathematics?
Xiaowu has changed a lot during this period. He is not so jumpy anymore, he has worked hard in his studies, and most importantly, he has changed his habit of being distracted. In the past, Xiaowu would think about math and his mind would wander, and he would remember nothing. Now it is different, especially when he goes home and sees his pregnant mother, Xiaowu has become sensible and knows to give the delicious food to his mother first. These changes have surprised Xiaowu's parents.
One day at the end of June, Principal Ren and his wife came to visit the little ones, bringing two boxes of malted milk and a big silver carp. Principal Ren knew all about the little ones' performance.
In fact, what Wang Zhan didn’t know was that shortly after the start of the school year, Principal Ren and Teacher Yang visited the homes of Xiaowu and his four brothers, mainly to mobilize the parents to fully support this study group.
Of course, they also went to the Jiaodaokou Police Station and looked for Qi Dasheng. Qi Dasheng promised to take good care of the logistics for the little ones.
This is also the main reason why, apart from Aunt Sun who buys them food and groceries every day, no one comes to disturb them. Otherwise, given Xiao Wu Niang's personality, she would probably come every two days. There is still a month before the junior high school entrance examination. The little ones have already been shaped. The last month is just for practice and to fill in the gaps. That's why Principal Ren brought Mrs. Ren to the door.
Several people were very happy to see the principal, and they welcomed the principal and his wife into the main room. Wang Zhan asked them to sit down, He Yushui went to make tea, and Xiaowu went to the warehouse to get some dried fruits.
After working for a while, Principal Ren quickly called them to stop and told them to stop working as they would not be staying for long this time.
Several people sat together, listening to Principal Ren's teachings. Even Wang Li and her two little ones stopped making any noise and sat obediently at the small square table in front of the fireplace, pretending to read picture books, but they were always listening to the noise coming from the eight-immortals table.
Principal Ren took a sip of tea, then looked at the few people with a smile and said, "My wife and I are here to cheer you up, to encourage you, and to urge you. Don't slack off in the last month."
Several people nodded heavily, and Principal Ren continued, "There is one more thing I have to ask you. Do you know why I support your way of learning so much?"
Several people looked at each other and shook their heads. Wang Zhan lowered his head and thought for a while. He had guessed something, but he didn't know whether it was right or not.
Principal Ren said, "Actually, I am also trying this. Don't be angry if I tell you guys that. At the beginning, I noticed Wang Zhan's tentative learning style. He wanted you to make progress together. But when you first entered senior primary school, everyone's grades were different. Do you admit this?"
Everyone nodded, especially Xiaowu and Da Laotie, who nodded heavily.
Principal Ren continued, "Maybe only a few of you know that Wang Zhan is not good at studying and taking exams, right, Wang Zhan?"
Wang Zhan smiled embarrassedly, as if acknowledging this fact.
Principal Ren said, "At that time, the only one who could catch up with Wang Zhan was Fei Qing. But I didn't expect that in the second semester of the first year of senior primary school, he also learned from Wang Zhan and learned to hide his shortcomings. The two of them should be the top two in the entire grade. To be honest, He Yushui and Xiao Si's grades at that time were only in the upper middle level, far worse than their current rankings."
Xiao Si was very clear about his own abilities. At that time, he did work hard and was indeed smart, but it was probably because of his wrong learning method that he failed.
He Yushui was unable to concentrate on her studies due to family matters and was delayed. They deeply agreed with what Principal Ren said.
(End of this chapter)
