Chapter 131: Chapter 131 Zhaozhao in the Clouds, This Feeling Sent to Zhaozhao
“Here she comes!” someone exclaimed.
The homeroom teacher walked in with a figure from the doorway.
“Let me introduce to you all, this is the new transfer student.” Xu Caiyun finished speaking, then turned to Shen Zhaozhao and said, “Why don’t you introduce yourself to everyone?”
Shen Zhaozhao smiled warmly at everyone below and said, “Hello, my name is Shen Zhaozhao, Zhaozhao as in ‘Zhaozhao amid the clouds and the moon’, the Zhaozhao that conveys this very sentiment.”
As soon as her voice fell, a wave of commotion erupted from below.
Those who clapped, clapped, those who whistled, whistled, those who knocked on their desks, knocked on their desks; the classroom was a noisy scene.
“Damn, the girl looks pretty too!”
Zhou Huaiyu looked incredulously at the figure on the podium and said, “Wasn’t it said that she transferred from a small county town?” He had thought she would be some unsophisticated country bumpkin.
Gu Chengzhou glanced at him and commented, “What era are we in? Nowadays, some small county towns are more developed than some big cities.” Besides, it wasn’t just that girl who had transferred from a small county town; hadn’t he already encountered that long ago?
“Alright, quiet down now!” Xu Caiyun tapped on the desk and said to Shen Zhaozhao, “You can find an empty seat for yourself first! We’ll adjust the seating after the first round of diagnostic tests are over.”
Shen Zhaozhao looked around and noticed there were only two empty seats in the class, one next to Sheng Chuyi and another farther away from him.
Without any hesitation, Shen Zhaozhao walked toward the seat that was farther away.
Sheng Chuyi, who had been keeping his head down working on problems, only looked up when the homeroom teacher asked Shen Zhaozhao to pick a seat. Seeing her move, his eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously.
Her new deskmate was a girl with thick bangs and chunky black-framed glasses. The lenses were very thick, probably around seven or eight hundred degrees in prescription. She seemed very quiet and merely nodded faintly at Shen Zhaozhao when she sat down.
“Today is the first day of school, and to check whether you’ve been slacking off during the holidays, to spot and fill in the gaps, and to better plan the teaching progress, we’re going to do a diagnostic test,” Xu Caiyun adjusted her glasses and told everyone from the podium.
There was an instant outcry from below.
Shen Zhaozhao herself had the expression of someone who had just been struck by lightning.
An exam on the first day of school, what kind of devilish school was this?
“Alright, there are only 646 days left until the college entrance exam, and I hope each one of you will be spirited and give it your all,” the homeroom teacher finished speaking and started distributing the test papers.
Seeing Shen Zhaozhao with a look as if frosted eggplants, her new deskmate hesitated for a moment before whispering to her, “Our Jiu Middle School is a private school. The teaching here is quite strict, and exams are the norm. You’ll get used to it after a while?”
Jiu Middle School is a privately-run school directly under the jurisdiction of the Education Bureau, comprising primary, junior high, and senior high sections.
The primary and junior high sections offer nine-year consistent education. Apart from the high tuition fees, students must also pass the school’s selection to attend.
As for the senior high section, other than a portion who get promoted directly from the junior section, most are admitted through early recruitment.
The rate of admissions into first-tier universities is at 95% each year, with the remaining 5% being rich kids who get in through money and connections.
Of course, these people often opt to study abroad in the end.
Such a high rate of admission into top-tier universities is not only due to student quality but also to the school’s teaching quality and methods.
Like exams, for instance.
Here, they are as ordinary as a meal at home.
Shen Zhaozhao knew it was impossible to be accustomed to this, but she also realized that this place was probably going to be a world of top performers. Lying low might no longer be an option in the future.