After returning to the classroom, Lu Yanhe thought about this incident from time to time.
Is it possible that Su Su will become their history teacher?
Soon, "Little Smart" Zhou Ziyu also brought this news to the class.
As soon as he finished speaking, most of the girls in the class rioted.
A group of people were as excited as if they had won the lottery - of course, to them, this matter might really be as exciting as winning the lottery.
We also have a history class today, in the first period in the afternoon.
Many students were originally worried about having to face Yin Xiangyu again this afternoon. They were very annoyed and didn’t want to face her. But now they found out that it was possible to just replace her, and they felt refreshed instantly.
Only Zheng Meiqi expressed her concern rationally.
"He's so young, he has no experience teaching senior high school students, right? If he takes over our class now, can he help us improve our grades?"
Zhou Ziyu immediately said, "Don't worry. Su Su was recruited from our school at great expense. He holds a bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree in history from Zhenhua University. He previously taught at a high school in Jiangguang, where he only taught one class. However, two of his classes produced students who were among the top one thousandth in the province in history. His record is outstanding. I heard he's just here for a temporary stint at our school. He's incredibly talented."
When Zhou Ziyu said this, everyone was shocked.
What does it mean to be in the top 10,000th of the province in a single subject? The concept is that even if your total score is not enough to get you admitted to a certain university, you can still be admitted to the corresponding major of that university based on your score in the top 10,000th of the province in a single subject.
After hearing what Zhou Ziyu said, Lu Yanhe realized that what she said to him in the morning was neither overconfidence nor childishness, but that she was capable enough.
“…”
"If it is really Teacher Su who teaches history to our class, then wouldn't we make a fortune?" Chen Yi's eyes lit up.
As the only top student in the class who is in a close competition with Linyu in the rankings, Chen Yi's weakness is history. She happens to have a history teacher like Yin Xiangyu, and she has had enough of it.
Zheng Meiqi, who was following them, also had a look of surprise on her face.
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After class in the morning, everyone went to the cafeteria to eat with anticipation, waiting for the history class in the afternoon.
Lu Yanhe and Li Pengfei sat down. They planned to wait until the cafeteria was less crowded and the current rush had passed before going.
The cell phone suddenly rang.
Lu Yanhe took a look and found that it was Jiang Yuqian replying to the message he sent that morning.
Jiang Yuqian: Come on, work hard.
Just six simple words.
However, Jiang Yuqian had replied, but Zhou Pingan had not.
Lu Yanhe thought, is Zhou Ping'an going to pretend to be dead and not come back?
Based on his understanding of Zhou Pingan, Zhou Pingan is definitely not willing to sign him to this play. The problem now is that Director Luo Yuzhong chose him, but Zhou Pingan doesn't want him to act. Let's see how to handle this situation.
Lu Yanhe didn't plan to just wait around. If he did, Zhou Ping'an would probably ruin the deal. But how could he convince Luo Yuzhong to give him the role?
Lu Yanhe had to plan carefully. Even though he didn't know much about the entertainment industry, he knew that a role in a famous director's new play could be a lifeline for him who had nothing now when he was at his wit's end.
Jiang Yuqian told him that the filming of this drama would definitely start in the second half of next year, by which time he would have finished the college entrance examination.
He had to find a way to let Luo Yuzhong know as soon as possible that he really wanted to play this role and would do it no matter what. Otherwise, if Zhou Pingan interfered and ruined the whole thing, he would have nowhere to complain.
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Generally speaking, at the beginning of the first class in the afternoon, most students have just woken up from a nap, their eyes are still sleepy, there are red marks on their faces from lying on the desks for a long time, and their heads are as dizzy as if they were covered with paste.
But today is different.
Almost all the students were curious and went to see if the person walking into the classroom was the legendary new teacher.
So, when the man in a suit appeared from the corridor outside the classroom, before he even entered the classroom, a cheer broke out in the classroom that almost blew the ceiling off.
He was brought to the classroom by Liu Qin.
After he walked into the classroom, the cheers that had just subsided rang out again.
A surprised smile appeared on Su Su's face.
Liu Qin also smiled, but suppressed her smile with her hand, signaling everyone to be more reserved. Then, she said, "For some well-known reasons, the school has arranged a new history teacher for our class, Su Su. Teacher Su holds a bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree from Zhenhua University. He once taught two students at Jiangguang who were among the top one thousandth of the province in history. Everyone should cherish Teacher Su. If you have any questions or need help, please ask this great teacher for help."
The whole class cheered for the third time.
It was not until this time that Su Su had time to say his first sentence.
"Hi, everyone, I'm Su Su. In the next three hundred days, you can trust me and follow me, and the college entrance examination will be no big deal." Su Su said.
"Oh—" Li Cui's eyes widened as she asked, "Teacher Su, is there any hope for a failing student like me?"
Su Su raised the corner of his mouth, smiled brightly, and said: "Why ask if there is any hope at this time? Let's try our best."
The whole class burst into laughter.
Su Su's style exceeded everyone's expectations.
I didn't expect that Teacher Su would tease the students and joke with everyone right from the start.
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In the first class that Su Su taught, he did not start lecturing directly, but instead talked about how history should be tested in the college entrance examination.
"History is actually just one story after another, but history exams are not like that," Su Su said straight to the point. "Everyone memorizes historical facts and dates, which is the foundation. But the exam doesn't test the exact historical facts, but the position of each small historical fact in the long river of history. So, to do well in the history exam, memorizing every knowledge point is not the key. The key is to understand why this historical period happened. The three words 'why' are the key to doing well in the history exam."
"Let's take a simple example: Why did the An-Shi Rebellion break out in the Tang Dynasty? Why did the Song Dynasty become a period of commercial prosperity? Why did the Qing Dynasty launch a massive literary inquisition?" Su Su said. "It's hard to predict the future, but we can summarize the past. Summarizing means reasoning and exploring patterns and developments from various historical facts. This is also a favorite approach and key focus in the college entrance examination."
When Su Su talked about this, he exuded an aura of high spirits, confidence and composure, which attracted every student to listen.
Lu Yanhe also had a new understanding as if he had suddenly been enlightened.
"So, many science students say that history is just rote memorization. But those of you who have taken these exams will know that if you could get a high score just by rote memorization, then perfect scores would be everywhere." Su Su laughed. "Learn to ask why a historical period happened, reflect on history, and summarize its patterns. Then you will understand history and no longer have to fear exams."
Su Su is really a teacher with great charisma.
He is very confident in his profession and says that he can do anything with ease.
The class passed in a flash, and when everyone was still listening with great interest, the bell rang.
Su Su clapped his hands and said, "That's all for today. Starting tomorrow, I'll take you through high school history from the beginning. As I said, trust me and follow my pace. Those with a good foundation will learn problem-solving thinking, and those with a weak foundation will lay a solid foundation. Three hundred days is more than enough time."
Everyone started to applaud spontaneously.
There was thunderous applause.
Su Su left.
A group of people stared at each other.
Li Cui stood up and said in shock, "This guy is quite awesome."
"He's worthy of being admitted to Zhenhua and being able to train two geniuses who are among the top one in ten thousand in the province. This one class has brought me more improvement than the past two years." Mei Ping said.
Su Su shocked everyone so much that almost everyone couldn't help but talk about it.
Lu Yanhe himself had gained a lot. He had always been a bit lost in history, listening to audio lessons, reading books, and even looking at the "Zizhi Tongjian," but it was always fragmented and chaotic, unable to fit together. Su Su's three words, "Why?", were like a knock on the head, waking him up.
Ask yourself this question about all historical events: Why did it happen?
These fragments are strung together along with these whys.
You are really good at it.
-
However, the more popular Su Su became with the students in Class 3, the more unhappy Yin Xiangyu became.
The joint letter from Class 3 was a great humiliation to her.
She now regretted rushing to Class 3 and scolding those students last night. She single-handedly made the matter known to the whole school, and everyone ended up laughing at her.
But now that things have come to this, she has no regrets.
Yin Xiangyu could only secretly curse the students in Class 3 for failing the exam.
We must never allow students in Class 3 to surpass those in Class 4 in the subject of history.
Otherwise, doesn’t it really mean that there is something wrong with her teaching?
Yin Xiangyu was thinking about this when Su Su, who had just finished class, opened the door and returned to the office.
"Oh, Xiao Su is back from class." Another female teacher asked with a smile on her face.
Of course they were happy when a young and handsome man came to the office.
Except Yin Xiangyu.
"I'm back."
"Xiao Su met the students from Class 3? How did you feel?" someone else asked.
Yin Xiangyu stared at her laptop screen, as if she didn't care about their conversation at all, but in fact she was listening carefully.
Su Su glanced at Yin Xiangyu, who was sitting in the innermost room, smiled, and said, "This is our first meeting, so I can't say I have any feelings for you. You're just a bunch of ordinary students, but you're quite enthusiastic towards me."
"Of course I'm enthusiastic." The person who answered paused after saying this, as if realizing that this statement might make Yin Xiangyu unhappy, and then made up for it, "After all, here comes such a young and handsome teacher."
Su Su smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Stop teasing me."
"Xiao Su, you really need to be careful. You are so young and handsome, there must be female students who are attracted to you. Don't do anything that violates the principles." Yin Xiangyu said sarcastically.
"Haha." Su Su said immediately, "Teacher Yin, please don't joke with me like this. It would be bad if someone took it seriously."
-
There are disputes everywhere.
However, after the incident with Xu Zijun, Hong Zhixing and the change of teacher, the atmosphere among Class 3 has become better than before, and there is a real sense of unity as if they are all pulled together.
Not before.
But there are still a few people who affect unity.
One was Chu Saiying. When it came to Chu Saiying and Xu Zijun, most people still sided with Xu Zijun. It couldn't be helped; they were both students. Compared to other things, this recommendation was earned by Xu Zijun through his own academic performance, while Chu Saiying earned it later, having paid for it. The same thing, but the respect she received was different. But since Chu Saiying returned, she had been very quiet, sitting at her desk reading every day, no longer looking down on others.
The other was Luo Zicheng. He had refused to sign the joint letter, leaving him as the only one from Class 3 who hadn't signed, even though Chu Saiying had already done so. While no one said it out loud, they were pushing him away in their hearts. They were already far away, and now they didn't even want to say a word to him, feeling they weren't on the same page.
Luo Zicheng felt unhappy and excluded, but he no longer blamed himself for the situation, and he knew why everyone was "ignoring" him.
If he had known that Yin Xiangyu would really be replaced, he would have signed the joint letter.
Luo Zicheng doesn't want to be ostracized by his classmates.
But in the current situation, he couldn't think of any good way to resolve it.
He has never figured out a way to bridge the gap between him and his classmates.
Luo Zicheng could never understand why he was unpopular and disrespected by his classmates.
He is just a little more sober and rational than everyone else. Does he have to be as stupid as everyone else to win their favor?
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And along with the new history teacher comes the National Day holiday.
Even for high school seniors, the National Day holiday is still a holiday they can enjoy.
Every teacher is afraid that students will play around during this holiday and not read books.
Therefore, a lot of homework is assigned in almost every subject.
It’s all test papers, you need to practice questions.
Wailing sounds were heard everywhere.
Lu Yanhe didn't feel much about it, since he had no plans to go anywhere else anyway.
It is very hard to practice questions and prepare for the exam, but as someone who has experienced it once, he has become accustomed to it and knows that the end is actually not far away. This boring and tedious preparation time will eventually pass.
Li Pengfei asked Lu Yanhe if he wanted to come to school to study together during the National Day holiday.
Lu Yanhe said, "I'm too lazy to go back and forth, so I'll just stay at home."
Li Pengfei sighed and said, "I feel like if I were to stay home alone, I wouldn't be able to control myself. Why can't I just sit still?"
Lu Yanhe thought for a moment after hearing this and said, "Then I can come to school to study, but I'll definitely use my phone to live stream it."
"Live broadcast." Li Pengfei's eyes lit up when he saw Lu Yanhe agreed. "I'll have the driver pick you up, and someone will even bring us lunch. Oh, you're such a good friend!"
Jiang Haitian was surprised when he heard what Li Pengfei said.
"Fuck, Brother Fei, when did you become so fond of studying? You even came here to study during the National Day holiday?"
"That's called striving for self-respect," Li Pengfei said proudly. "I'm telling you, I don't have any other goals. This is just one small one: to surpass that idiot Luo Zicheng and show him that his lousy grades are nothing to be proud of in front of me."
-
On Friday, the day school was over, the whole floor was happier than usual.
Although high school seniors are destined not to go out and play during the National Day holiday, it is still better than getting up early and returning home late every day. They can sleep in at home and eat meals cooked by their parents without having to squeeze into the smelly and unpalatable cafeteria.
Because we are on holiday as soon as school is over in the afternoon, not many people attend the evening self-study class.
When Lu Yanhe and Li Pengfei came back from dinner, only one-third of the people were left in the classroom.
Li Pengfei said, "We have to study for the next seven days anyway, so why not just take a break tonight?"
"I suggest you don't make such excuses for yourself. Tomorrow after tomorrow, how many tomorrows do you have to surpass Luo Zicheng? There are only three hundred days left until the college entrance examination." Lu Yanhe said.
Li Pengfei: "Yeah, alright, let's try our best."
Lu Yanhe shook his head speechlessly.
Sure enough, by the time of evening self-study, there were only a dozen people left in the classroom.
The others were picked up one after another by their parents who had just gotten off work.
Lu Yanhe did a set of math test papers in the evening, and then began to review what Su Su had taught in class in the past few days.
Su Su is really a history teacher who doesn't play by the rules.
He turned the class into a lecture hall, the kind where questions could be asked at any time.
It is not a random check on whether students know the answer, but a question is asked about a certain historical event.
"What kinds of reasons do you think there are for this kind of thing?"
The core of what Su Su talked about was actually still the same things about exams, political factors, economic factors, cultural factors, etc., but he completely changed the way he approached it. He turned the class into a process of deciphering problems with the students, which in turn stimulated everyone's enthusiasm for participation.
By the time Lu Yanhe finished organizing his notes, the first evening self-study get out of class had already ended.
Li Pengfei raised his hands, stretched, and yawned, as if he was extremely tired.
"I'm so awesome, Lao Lu, I actually memorized all the knowledge points in this chapter of politics." Li Pengfei said.
Li Pengfei is now majoring in politics and geography.
Because the political exam questions were the most routine, they were the easiest for him to improve his score, while geography was a task that Teacher Lin had specifically assigned him, and he had to improve his score by ten points compared to the previous exam.
With Li Pengfei's foundation, there is no need to study all subjects at the same time - after all, he is very weak in each subject, but the college entrance examination looks at the total score, so he should focus on the subject that is easy to get a score in.
Lu Yanhe gave him a thumbs up and said, "Awesome."
Li Pengfei smiled and said, "This is worth celebrating. Let's go to the canteen and have a drink."
-
Linyu and Chen Qin also put down their pens and started chatting.
"Li Pengfei actually changed his personality following Lu Yanhe's lead and started studying. Lu Yanhe is awesome." Chen Qin sighed as he watched the two men leave the classroom from the back door.
Lin Yu said, “If you want to get someone who doesn’t want to study to start reading, you have to find them some goals other than studying that can only be achieved through reading.”
“This target is hard to find.”
"But for Li Pengfei, there's already one in our class." Lin Yu laughed. "Alas, the independent enrollment exam will begin in a month, and I haven't decided which school to apply to yet. I'm so confused."
Chen Qin: "Me too. It's a headache. Different schools have different requirements. But I really don't want to sign an agreement that says I'll be admitted to that school as long as I meet the first-tier admission line. I've worked so hard for so long, and if my luck turns around and I get into Yuming or Zhenhua, but I can't because of this agreement, I'll regret it for the rest of my life."
"Yeah." Lin Yu nodded. "I think so too. I've already made up my mind. I won't apply to a school that requires me to sign this kind of agreement."
Chen Qin thought for a moment and said, "I don't think anyone in our class would choose this kind of school."
"Everyone has their own considerations, so let's not worry about what others choose." After Lin Yu finished speaking, she suddenly saw Xu Zijun pick up the water cup and stand up to get water at the back of the classroom. She realized that the topic she had just talked about might hurt Xu Zijun, who had already lost his qualifications, so she winked at Chen Qin, asking him to stop talking.
Chen Qin nodded knowingly and lowered his voice, saying, "I really hope Chu Saiying won't pass the independent enrollment and won't be qualified."
Linyu said, "Anyway, they've already been accepted into a prestigious Ivy League school in the United States and have many options. Unlike us, they're not limited to just taking the college entrance exam."
Chen Qin scratched his head and said, "Then I'll try my best to give our children more choices in the future."
Linyu never expected that Chen Qin would suddenly say "our child".
She widened her eyes and looked at Chen Qin in surprise.
Chen Qin also reacted immediately.
He looked at Linyu's cheeks which suddenly turned red, coughed violently twice, and hurriedly reached for the water cup.
"I'm going to drink some water too."
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Only eighteen years old, a child...
Chen Qin came back to his senses and cursed himself in his heart as an idiot.
Which girl would want to hear such words at this age!
At this time, Zhou Ziyu, who was also staying in the classroom for evening self-study, suddenly appeared beside him silently, also holding a cup in her hand.
"Gao, brother, we are still single, and you are already thinking about your future children."
Zhou Ziyu glanced at him dimly, whispered, and gave him a thumbs-up.
Chen Qin took a deep breath and said, "Get lost."
Zhou Ziyu's gloomy expression suddenly became colorful and she walked away laughing.
Chen Qin: “…”
Now that Zhou Ziyu, the big mouth, knows about this, will the whole class know that he said this to Linyu?
He wanted to bang his head against the wall and knock himself unconscious.
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Although it was already holiday, those who remained in the classroom still started the second evening study session according to the bell.
As soon as the bell rang, the classroom became quiet and no one spoke anymore.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but Lu Yanhe was concentrating on doing the questions when he suddenly felt a figure standing next to him. He was startled and looked up, only to find that it was Liu Qin.
She was standing between him and Li Pengfei, watching what they were doing.
Liu Qin smiled at him and left.
Just this one smile made Lu Yanhe feel warm in his heart.
After going through so many things, I can’t say that the results are all satisfactory, but they are the best results that can be obtained.
And the most important thing is that he met teachers like Liu Qin and Lao Chen, and classmates like Lin Yu and Li Pengfei here.
September is about to pass, and Lu Yanhe is becoming more and more familiar with this world and the life here.
This is no longer someone else's world or someone else's life.
Lu Yanhe lowered his head again and picked up the pen. At this moment, he felt an unprecedented sense of peace in his heart.
Whatever happens, keep going.
No matter where you are, keep going.
No matter what the future holds, keep going.