Chapter 84: Chapter 84: It’s Ruined Just Like That
But after a while, Jiang Mianmian bowed her head again and seemed to be doing something else.
Meng Weidong frowned slightly, but he did not call her out by name.
His own child was about the same age as Jiang Mianmian, and he knew children of this age were at a time when their self-esteem was strong, especially girls.
If he criticized her in front of the whole class, he was afraid she might develop an aversion to school, but he also kept thinking about this issue.
So, after class, he went back to the office and looked for the homeroom teacher, Teacher Liu: “Teacher Liu, do you have a moment?”
“Yes, what’s the matter?” Teacher Liu pushed her glasses up and looked at Meng Weidong.
Meng Weidong said, “That student of yours, Jiang Mianmian, I’ve noticed her attention isn’t focused during class. Could it be that she’s too young to sit still?”
“Really? Jiang Mianmian is usually very well-behaved, and she listens attentively during class.” Teacher Liu revealed a look of surprise; she was very fond of Jiang Mianmian, a student who was both obedient and clever.
At these words, Meng Weidong’s brows knit together with worry, “Could it be she doesn’t like Chinese language? It’s also possible; many kids find Chinese very uninteresting.”
Ah, how beautiful Chinese is, with its characters, symbols, and language, all so captivating and enchanting.
“That shouldn’t be the case,” Teacher Liu consoled her colleague, “The next class is math. I’ll observe closely. Maybe there’s something going on at home today.”
At the beginning of the class, Teacher Liu saw Jiang Mianmian listening attentively and nodded in satisfaction. But not even five minutes had passed when Jiang Mianmian began to bow her head again.
Teacher Liu did not call her out but deliberately walked by her desk. Jiang Mianmian immediately lifted her head.
However, after Teacher Liu wrote a problem on the blackboard, she found Jiang Mianmian bowing her head again. This time, she had to believe Meng Weidong’s observation.
She couldn’t let such a promising student be ruined!
So, Teacher Liu approached and tapped on Jiang Mianmian’s desk quietly, signaling her to pay attention to the lesson.
After doing this three times, Teacher Liu was growing a bit angry. She said sternly, “Jiang Mianmian, come up here and solve these problems on the blackboard.”
She hadn’t planned to criticize Jiang Mianmian in front of the whole class; she just thought that a little admonishment might make her pay more attention if she couldn’t solve them.
Seated in the last row, Zhiwu saw his sister being called up by the teacher to solve the problems, and his face immediately showed sympathy.
It seems that being a smart student, favored by the teacher, is not so great after all; you get called up to answer questions every day!
Meanwhile, Jiang Mianmian had walked up to the podium, glanced at the problems, and then took the chalk to start writing briskly.
The problem-solving process was very smooth, leaving her classmates staring in amazement.
The teacher hadn’t even taught these problems yet!
Jiang Mianmian is truly so smart, that was the unanimous thought among her classmates at that moment.
Seeing Jiang Mianmian’s clear and simple approach to solving the problems, two of which were even simpler and easier to understand than her own planned methods, Teacher Liu immediately forgot her original intent and nodded with satisfaction, “Pay attention in class.”
“Yes,” Jiang Mianmian replied crisply, guessing that the teacher had noticed her inattention during the lesson.
Thus, for the rest of the class, she tried her best to listen to the teacher’s lecture.
But it was too simple, too dry, she already knew all this.
After enduring until the class was over, Teacher Liu walked over and tapped on her desk, saying, “Come to the office with me.”
Once in the office, Teacher Liu asked gently, “Jiang Mianmian, I’ve noticed you’ve been distracted during class. Can you tell me why?”