"Of course," the homeroom teacher affirmed with a nod, then threw a glance at the students gasping below, including Mengmeng, "Just these few words—can’t you memorize them?"
Just these few words?
Mengmeng and the others were instantly frustrated.
Please, that’s nearly seven to eight hundred words!
"Put some heart into it. You know how many oath-taking ceremonies you’ll have in your life? I will check each of you. Those who can’t recite it will face the plank!" the homeroom teacher hastily added, fearing the students weren’t taking it seriously.
Because at that time, each class would recite their oath, and if they didn’t do it well, who knew how they might be ridiculed.
"Now, there’s only a week left until the hundred-day oath-taking ceremony. How to memorize..." Luo Mengmeng couldn’t help but sigh softly.
The homeroom teacher really knew they were not quick learners, yet still chose such a long pledge for them.
"What’s wrong? Looking all gloomy?" Gu Zhihan, who had returned to his seat after distributing papers, noticed the little girl frowning and couldn’t help but gently tap her arm with his pen.
Luo Mengmeng, shaking her pledge papers, sighed, "So many, I’m worried I won’t remember them."
"..." At this, Gu Zhihan’s mouth twitched. If it had been a math problem, he might have been able to help, but memorization was a test of individual memory, and he really couldn’t help even if he wanted to.
So he could only comfort her, "Believe in yourself—you’re the smartest! You can definitely memorize it!"
Luo Mengmeng couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him.
Those words were practically no different from saying nothing.
Then she added, "Actually, I’m more worried about this affecting my study time than about not remembering the pledge."
Compared to the pledge, she still felt that studying was more important.
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhihan pondered for a moment before saying, "How about this—every day when we go to and from school, we’ll recite the oath together. This way, it can reinforce it in our memories and won’t affect our study time."
So, for that week, whether going to school or coming home, countless passersby could always hear two high school students in blue and white uniforms reciting the following words—
"We, the entire class and teachers of Senior Three, Class Ten, once again swear that starting today we shall become new students, for our studies we can give our heads and spill our blood, for our studies we can hit the wall and not turn back, for our studies we can climb mountains and cross seas of fire, for our studies we can..."
"For every additional point on the university entrance exam, we conquer an athletic field’s worth of people, two points a city’s population, three points a province, ten points the entire nation!"
There we go, another kid driven mad by the college entrance exam.
A week later, the hundred-day oath-taking ceremony arrived as scheduled.
That day, all the senior third-year students and teachers had to attend the ceremony in the school’s auditorium.
"Ladies and gentlemen, teachers, and students, good morning. Today, we are here to hold the grand hundred-day oath-taking ceremony, aiming to boost morale and encourage everyone to give their best effort, striving to make the most of these hundred days..." On and on it went.
The school principal began his impassioned speech from the podium.
After he finished, it was time for the students’ pledges.
One class after another took their oath.
Soon, it was time for Mengmeng’s Senior Three, Class Three.