Setting academic performance aside, just the handwriting alone was enough to catch one’s eye.
Many students have sloppy handwriting, making it more difficult for teachers to grade assignments. When a student has nice handwriting, grading their work is like appreciating art; it has a more pleasant visual appeal.
After admiring Shen Mianmian’s handwriting for a moment, the focus shifted to the problems Shen Mianmian had solved.
Glancing at a few of the problems, they were all correct. Is this the work of a poor student?
Just from these questions, it didn’t seem like something a poor student would be able to do!
Shen Mianmian had almost finished the first page of her test, and the score for these questions alone added up to at least fifty points. Even if all the answers on the following pages were wrong, she could still score around sixty points.
In that case, her performance wasn’t very good, but it was a far cry from the bottom ranks they had been talking about.
Could he have mistaken the person?
Teacher Hu subconsciously looked at the name on the test paper, clearly written there were the three characters for Shen Mianmian — no mistake, it was Shen Mianmian.
Shen Mianmian hadn’t initially noticed Teacher Hu, nor that he was standing beside her, but as Teacher Hu remained there for quite some time, she eventually became aware of him. Seeing him staring at her test paper, dumbfounded, she couldn’t help but find it strange.
"Teacher Hu, why are you looking at my test paper like that?"
Hearing Shen Mianmian’s voice, the others also looked over.
Teacher Hu came back to his senses, slightly embarrassed by Shen Mianmian’s question, "It’s nothing, I was just taking a casual look. Continue with your test, do your best, and strive for a good score." Newest update provıded by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝙣𝙚𝙩
The last few words were completely uttered to cover his embarrassment, said on the spur of the moment.
But to Zhou Siyu, those words carried a different meaning. She secretly glared at Shen Mianmian’s back, thinking, when did that wretched girl become so close to Teacher Hu?
However, upon looking at the test paper, a hint of ridicule appeared in Zhou Siyu’s eyes. This year’s test was relatively difficult, and even she wasn’t sure how well she would score. She couldn’t believe Shen Mianmian would score above sixty points.
Over here, the vice-principal made his rounds and happened to meet Teacher Hu. He gestured towards Shen Mianmian with his chin and asked in a low voice, "Is that student up to something?"
’Up to something’ meant cheating.
But he naturally couldn’t voice such an accusation loudly without any evidence.
"No," Teacher Hu decisively shook his head and revealed his own doubts, "I mean, I heard she was poor in her studies, but the questions I’ve seen her answer were all correct."
"All correct?" The vice-principal expressed surprise, then a flicker of realization crossed his eyes, "She must have only done the questions she knew how to do, right?"
"That might be..." Teacher Hu nodded uncertainly, "It’s possible."
There was also the possibility that Shen Mianmian was strong in some subjects and weak in others, good at Chinese but poor in math.
It’s very common for students to be strong in some subjects and weak in others.
Unbeknownst to Shen Mianmian, her correct answers had already stirred some discussion among the invigilators.
She had answered the initial questions quite easily, but she struggled with the later ones. Chinese class isn’t like math class; Li Qiumei, who targeted her, had not made any special effort to teach her.
For instance, in class, whenever there was something Shen Mianmian didn’t understand, Li Qiumei would say, "Everyone else has got it, so why haven’t you? Are you not paying attention? I will explain again later; for now, be quiet and listen."
But she never actually took the time to explain it to Shen Mianmian again.
During Chinese class, there would be some fill-in-the-blank questions requiring recitation of the texts. Shen Mianmian never had the time to memorize them in the past, so naturally, she wouldn’t know the answers to these questions.