Chapter 148 Final Grades and Teacher Wen's Message
After the final exams, I had a good rest for two days, and on January 15th, I went back to school to attend the final ceremony.
It is called a ceremony, but in fact it is just a final summary meeting as usual.
The most important thing is to come and get the evaluation manual and winter vacation homework, and a general cleaning of the whole school is also indispensable.
Like usual, Fang Wei, Cai Ling, Zhi Yi and A Sheng rode their bikes to school together.
This year's Spring Festival is particularly early. New Year's Eve is on January 23rd, which is only a week away from the Chinese New Year.
When you arrive in the town, you can already feel the New Year atmosphere. The streets and alleys are full of people setting up stalls to sell New Year goods. The stalls and shops selling clothes are also experiencing their busiest business. The barber shops are often packed. From time to time, you can hear the sound of firecrackers, accompanied by laughter. These are all primary school students who had their holidays early and are using firecrackers to blow up dog bowls, ant holes, or fight wars.
Liu Zhiyi had never seen such a bustle in a big city. Suddenly, a cannon was heard somewhere, and her shoulders trembled. She might even be startled accidentally. She was overwhelmed by the various New Year goods being sold in the streets and alleys.
"It's still a week away from the New Year, and it's already so lively!" Liu Zhiyi exclaimed.
"Yes! Zhiyi, isn't it like this in the city?" Xu Cailing was curious.
"You can't use fireworks in the city... and the New Year's Day is even quieter than usual. My dad said it's because many people have gone back to their hometowns."
"Ha! Then this place should be the so-called hometown!"
"Yes, I come back every New Year."
"Zhiyi, have you ever played with firecrackers?"
"No... I don't dare to play..."
"Ah?! Don't be afraid! It's fun! Let's go buy a few boxes and play together!"
"...You're already in junior high school, and you're still playing?" Fang Wei looked at Cai Ling and A Sheng who were excited. They were still the same as when they were little, and they looked excited when they heard about playing with fireworks.
"What's wrong with being a junior high school student? It's not like they play every day!"
Xu Cailing thought for a moment and asked again, "By the way, have you bought new clothes and shoes for the New Year?"
"not yet."
"Then let's find some time to go buy it together!"
"Okay."
The four of them made this agreement.
You always have to buy new clothes for the Chinese New Year. There is no online shopping these days, so you have to go to town to buy new clothes. In addition to new clothes, you also have to buy new shoes and get a haircut. These are Chinese New Year rituals that have been around since childhood.
……
At eight o'clock in the morning, Fang Wei and his three companions arrived at school on time.
Today is the end-of-term ceremony, and the four of them did not bring their school bags.
When I arrived at the class, it was bustling with activity. Most of the students had already arrived and were either playing and chatting, or surrounding Teacher Wen to check their grades.
The results of the final exam are out, and Class 2 once again performed very well. Wen Susu is all smiles, looking very happy.
Seeing Fang Wei and three others coming into the classroom, Wen Susu, who was standing on the podium, waved at them with a smile.
"You four did really well on this final exam!"
"Teacher Wen, how much is it? How much is mine?" Xu Cailing couldn't wait.
"Cai Ling did very well in the exam! She improved even more than in the midterm exam! She scored 542 points this time!"
Wen Susu handed her Xu Cailing's student evaluation manual.
The so-called student evaluation manual, whose full name is "Student Comprehensive Quality Evaluation Manual", looks like a small red hardcover booklet. The first page is the student's personal information, such as name, gender, photo, date of birth, place of origin, address, contact number, etc. After the second page is the evaluation of various qualities, including each student's junior high school stage, from the first to the third grade of junior high school, the grades and rankings of each subject in each semester, as well as the teacher's evaluation and message.
This is something that brings back a lot of memories. After I entered high school, I no longer had this little red notebook. Many primary and secondary schools also gradually stopped using it and replaced it with report cards.
Xu Cailing took the little red notebook that belonged to her, and Fang Wei, Liu Zhiyi and A Sheng also leaned over to take a look.
Turn to the results page:
语文98分、数学78分、英语76分、历史72分、政治70分、地理74分、生物74分，总分542分，班级排名13名，年级排名39名！
Whether in terms of total score or class ranking and grade ranking, Cailing has made a lot of progress compared to the midterm exam!
After seeing her final exam results, Xu Cailing finally felt relieved. She could now enjoy her winter vacation and New Year's Eve comfortably!
On the back page of the score sheet, there is a handwritten comment from Wen Susu:
[Cai Ling, you are a smart and clever child. You have shown extraordinary talent and enthusiasm in sports, and have won many honors for yourself and the class. In terms of academics, your persistence and hard work have also brought you great progress! The teacher likes your straightforward character and your spirit of daring to think, speak, ask and do. I hope you can keep your original intention and persist in your efforts. Whether it is study or sports, the teacher believes that you will achieve outstanding results that will surprise everyone! Come on! ——Wen Susu]
Compared to the transcript, this personally written comment from Wen Susu was perhaps what moved Xu Cailing the most.
She read very slowly and carefully, and felt a warm current flowing through her heart. In the past, teachers’ messages to her would only be one sentence at most, nothing like Teacher Wen who wrote so much with all his heart!
Like Cailing, the other students who received the student handbooks did not know when Teacher Wen started writing these messages, and how many nights he spent writing these heartfelt words to everyone in the class...
Words of affirmation, expectations, and hopes flowed out from the tip of the pen, forming evaluations and earnest words of advice to the classmates.
"Teacher Wen..."
"Cai Ling, keep going!"
"Yeah! I'll do my best! I definitely won't let Teacher Wen down!"
Xu Cailing nodded vigorously.
Wen Susu smiled. It really took her a lot of time and effort to write comments and messages for her classmates. When the end of the semester was approaching, she had no free time during the day and could only start writing after work and returning to the dormitory at night. When she carefully wrote down the names of her classmates, their appearance appeared in front of her, their daily performance, the interesting things they said, the meaningful things they did, what they were particularly good at, what they needed to improve, etc. Before writing, I always felt that I would forget the words; after writing, these words came out naturally, and most of them were positive comments.
Coming to such a remote island to teach, Wen Susu didn't ask for much. She just hoped that the boys and girls in her class would accept themselves, build up their self-confidence, and go out to see the wider world in the future.
This was her original intention, and the thing that had the greatest self-recognition value for her.
"Asheng did well in the exam this time, you have made progress!"
As Wen Susu spoke, she found A Sheng's red student handbook and handed it to him.
The four of them put their heads together and looked at it.
语文86分、数学62分、英语68分、历史70分、政治66分、地理72分、生物69分，总分493分，班级排名26名，年级排名82名！
Maybe this score still won't get him into high school, but compared to himself, Asheng is in the top 100 in his grade for the first time! He's made some progress compared to the midterm exam!
[Yuansheng, you are positive, sunny, straightforward, cheerful, and have a strong sense of collective honor. You can always bring joy to your classmates. Your progress and efforts in study are seen by the teacher, and we are also proud of you! I hope you can be more down-to-earth and serious, find a study method that suits you, and have the courage to ask questions to teachers and classmates. Keep working hard and strive to meet a better self! Come on! ——Wen Susu]
Looking at Teacher Wen's comments and message, Ah Sheng touched the back of his head and chuckled, feeling both touched and shy. Seeing Fang Wei and the other two standing around looking at it, he blushed and closed the notebook, not wanting to show it to them.
Finally, it was Fang Wei and Liu Zhiyi’s student handbooks. Wen Susu handed them both their red books.
Fang Wei was not in a hurry to look at his own, but came over to look at Liu Zhiyi's with Cailing and Asheng first.
If Cai Ling's results are considered good and A Sheng's results are considered acceptable, then Liu Zhiyi's results are impeccable.
The gorgeous numbers under each subject looked like the outrageous values of the big boss in the game -
语文118分、数学119分、英语120分、历史100分、政治97分、地理98分、生物98分，总分750分！
The girl's delicate thumb tightly blocked the class ranking and grade ranking. It can be said that when she saw the scores, even she couldn't help but feel a little excited, but she was a little timid and still didn't dare to look at the ranking!
"Zhi Yi!! 750 points!! Are you a monster?!"
"Zhiyi got the highest score in Chinese this time, and her composition also got full marks! She did very well!" Wen Susu praised.
"Quickly check the rankings. Quickly check the rankings." Fang Wei urged her hurriedly.
Liu Zhiyi rolled her eyes at him. What a bad guy! He obviously had his own little notebook but he didn't read it. He had to read hers first! Bullying!
"You, just look after your own affairs."
"No, I want to see yours first!"
"..."
Perhaps only the two of them can do such a thing as knowing their own ranking just by looking at the other's ranking.
Fang Wei was not in a hurry, but Liu Zhiyi was impatient. In the end, he slid his delicate thumb gently across the ranking column like playing poker, revealing his last trump card -
"Second in the class! Second in the grade!!" Xu Cailing shouted.
“┗|｀O′|┛Ouch~~”
Liu Zhiyi couldn't help but let out a cry, and was so angry that she acted like a little girl. She elbowed Fang Wei, who was laughing beside her, twice in embarrassment.
"You're still laughing! Look at yours! Look at yours!"
Liu Zhiyi moved very quickly and snatched Fang Wei's notebook. She wanted to see how many points he had gotten in the exam.
Fang Wei's record is as brilliant as ever.
语文115分、数学120分、英语120分、历史99分、政治98分、地理100分、生物100分，总分752分！班级排名第一！年级排名第一！
Mad! Mad!
I thought I could turn the tables and become the master, but in the end I was pushed down by him again!
It would have been better if she hadn't seen the result. After seeing it, the girl became even more depressed! And Fang Wei smiled even more happily!
"Two points! That was a close call! Fortunately, I'm one step ahead! Hahahaha..."
Compared to the nine-point gap in the midterm exam, the two-point gap now is really too close!
Liu Zhiyi was somewhat unwilling to accept the defeat to Fang Wei again, but she was not depressed. In fact, in terms of pure scores, she had improved compared to last time and finally entered the same score range as Fang Wei.
When the score reaches above 750, it is no longer a simple competition of learning foundation, but more of a competition of carefulness and a bit of luck. The fact that Fang Wei scored two points less than last time does not mean that he has regressed. As long as he does not fall below this range, it is just a normal fluctuation.
"Look how smug he is! Zhiyi, I support you in killing him next time!" Xu Cailing said from the side.
"Ok!"
After looking at the scores and rankings, Liu Zhiyi and Fang Wei also read Teacher Wen’s comments and messages to each other.
First it was Liu Zhiyi's, because she had also looked at theirs, and seeing Fang Wei and the other two all came over to look at her out of curiosity, she couldn't hide it anymore.
Turning to the page of comments, I still saw Wen Susu's neat and beautiful pen handwriting:
[Student Zhiyi, you are a quiet, gentle and talented girl. Despite the challenges in life, you have never stopped your persistence and hard work in learning. Instead, you have shown a more tenacious spirit in the face of adversity. Your grades have always been at the top of the class, which not only reflects your personal ability, but also shows your courage in the face of difficulties. No matter what difficulties you encounter, please remember that the teacher will always be your solid backing. A better tomorrow is waving to you. I hope you will meet a better self. Come on! ——Wen Susu]
This is really a very thoughtful evaluation and message.
Both of them are from Shanghai, but came here for different reasons. Liu Zhiyi knows that although Teacher Wen has never mentioned those things in front of her, he has always paid attention to her and taken care of her.
She really feels lucky to have met such a teacher and good friends like Fang Wei, Cai Ling and A Sheng.
After reading Liu Zhiyi's review, the four of them read Fang Wei's review:
[Fang Wei, Fang Wei, my class monitor, you have done an excellent job in class management this semester! The teacher is very satisfied! You are an amazing teenager. Youth is your age and maturity is your quality. No matter in which aspect, you have great potential. I believe that in your future study and life, you will perform even better. You must be the best! ——Wen Susu]
Fang Wei raised his head and looked at Wen Susu who was distributing student handbooks to other students at the podium.
Wen Susu also noticed his gaze, smiled with a smile on her face, and gave him a thumbs up.
"Do well next semester!"
"Roger that!"
Fang Wei responded loudly and also laughed.
(End of this chapter)
