Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 30: That’s How Strong It Is

"If that’s indeed the case, it can be understood that in this article, the father is just a vessel, so what’s being commemorated is not the father, but fatherly love."

Xing Yuandi succinctly evaluated, then casually flipped through the essay and started looking at Qiao Yu’s other questions.

Yuan Yuan was taken aback, then felt a bit emotional. That’s a good evaluation; why hadn’t she thought of it?

Considering it from another direction elevates the theme quite a bit.

However, she didn’t echo anything at the moment, just quietly watching him flip through Qiao Yu’s paper.

Actually, getting Qiao Yu’s paper was more about showing off a bit. Even Yuan Yuan herself felt Qiao Yu’s language scores had little to do with her.

"Hmm, this reading comprehension is also done quite well. It’s just the understanding of the first literary piece where the third question’s answer has some minor flaws; this child’s thoughts are still a bit too extreme. The other questions are done well, especially the classical Chinese comprehension."

Yuan Yuan was grinning from ear to ear and finally couldn’t help but ask, "Do you think Qiao Yu’s essay can get full marks?"

Xing Yuandi did not answer directly but seriously read through the entire paper before looking at Yuan Yuan, nodding earnestly, and saying, "My opinion is that the main essay can get full marks, the short essay is expressed very completely, deduct 1 point at most, reading comprehension should deduct 1 point, all other questions are correct.

But considering this is a mock exam, deduct 3 points for his handwriting and paper organization! It should be specially noted why these three points are deducted. During the collective marking of the high school entrance exam, teachers don’t have our patience to decipher what he wrote. Remind him to practice his handwriting more during this period!"

Yuan Yuan smiled broadly and quickly said, "Yes, yes, I think so too. 3 points are too few; deducting 5 points for the paper would be normal. The child clearly has the ability but writes so carelessly in a mock exam; he needs a warning."

Xing Yuandi also laughed and said, "Alright, his essay, if we take out the last sentence, would actually be quite suitable as a model essay for this exam, but it involves some very private matters. You should ask him if he’s willing. Also, I feel this child has a deep understanding of reading comprehension questions."

After finishing, this senior language teacher hesitated for a moment before continuing, "While you’re at it, ask him if he’s willing to take a self-study period after this mock exam to share his insights on reading comprehension, the way to approach questions, etc., with the classes I’m teaching."

"Ah? Let Qiao Yu teach these to the Rocket Class students? That’s not very suitable, is it..."

Although she said that, the smile on her face couldn’t be concealed.

Of course, Xing Yuandi hesitated for this reason as well. Having a student from Class 13 come to the Rocket Class to share reading comprehension experiences would indeed raise eyebrows. However, considering Qiao Yu is always hanging out in Class 13 and yet can produce such an answer paper, he must have unique insights into language exam strategies.

If Qiao Yu is willing to share his experiences with everyone before the high school entrance exam, it will undoubtedly benefit those fast-class students.

Some students may feel frustrated, but Xing Yuandi still trusts the self-regulation ability of those who can enter the Rocket and Advanced Classes.

"There’s nothing wrong with it; it’s a school tradition for excellent students to share their study and exam experiences. There shouldn’t be differences based on class," Xing Yuandi said with a smile.

Anyway, he only asked Qiao Yu to share within the classes he taught. Despite being the head of the grade group, he wouldn’t make decisions for other classes’ language teachers.

"Alright, I’ll go ask Qiao Yu later," Yuan Yuan said seriously, collecting her smile.

Actually, she could understand that Mr. Xing asking Qiao Yu to share his problem-solving experience in the Rocket Class would make him bear some pressure and even admired this senior teacher’s dedication to enhancing students’ high school entrance scores.

"Let me know once you get the news, so I can arrange the time."

"Sure."

...

Returning to the office and putting Qiao Yu’s paper back in place, Yuan Yuan immediately went to Class 13’s classroom.

It was as chaotic as usual, and no one was checking answers.

Fortunately, when she appeared at the door, the noisy chatter immediately quieted down a bit.

However, Yuan Yuan didn’t pay attention to these; she first looked at Qiao Yu’s seat. Good, he seemed to be doing his work.

"Qiao Yu, come out for a bit."

This time, when the homeroom teacher called Qiao Yu out, no one felt sorry for the guy. Old Yuan calling others usually didn’t mean good news, but calling Qiao Yu wasn’t the same.

Zhou Shuang looked enviously at the calm Qiao Yu.

Others might not know how quickly Qiao Yu answers questions, but he, his desk mate, knew very well. In just three or two moves, he finished the paper and then lay down to sleep.

Even though the desks were slightly separated during the exam to ensure it wasn’t easy to cheat with desk mates, having Qiao Yu right next to him, not taking the exam seriously, naturally made Zhou Shuang clearly see Qiao Yu’s performance.

To be honest, Zhou Shuang’s mindset was quite unbalanced these past two days.

In the past, they were all poor students, but now that Qiao Yu suddenly rose up, he remained as he was, which made his mood very complicated.

Maybe there was some happiness for Qiao Yu, but more of it was confusion about the future, and he even started to doubt the comments from vocational school graduates in the small video app comment sections.

"What’s so good about public high school? You can’t learn anything real. Our vocational school is where you learn real skills."

"There are so many university graduates who can’t find jobs. It’s no big deal; vocational schools actually teach you how to get employed!"

...

Reading many comments like these made him start to believe them a bit.

Self-deception is no more than this.

...

Qiao Yu didn’t know that his desk mate was already in a mental turmoil under his influence and had even begun to doubt life; he was actually troubled too.

Since he decided to take exams seriously, the homeroom teacher’s look at him changed, like a monster seeing Tang monk’s meat. If you add that face full of gossip, it was even more helpless.

"Qiao Yu, your essay in this exam was thought to be worthy of full marks even by the language department head; is it true your father went abroad?"

"Uh, well... As long as the essay is on topic, doesn’t it matter how you write it? Actually, I made it all up. During the Tomb-Sweeping Festival, my mom and I just went to sweep the graves of my grandpa and grandma," Qiao Yu replied shyly.

"You made it up?"

Yuan Yuan was a bit surprised but didn’t ask more, instead getting to the point: "The Rocket Class language teacher, who is also our language department head Mr. Xing, said your essay could serve as a model. He also hopes that during self-study, you could spare some time to go to Class One and Two to share your thoughts on reading comprehension. Would you like to?"

"No problem," Qiao Yu replied confidently, which surprised Yuan Yuan.

This kid suddenly agreed so easily?!