Chapter 111: I’m Still Young
“Actually, one’s real academic strength will show after school officially starts,” someone said. “Our cla.s.smates from all over the country had different exam questions, and it is impossible to accurately do a ranking now. When we officially start school, in college courses, everything will be clear.”
“Yes, Beijing University’s high admission cutoff score and high requirements aren’t without reason. If your scores aren’t up to standards but you insist on enrolling, you wouldn’t understand the courses, and, in the end, you wouldn’t end up learning anything.” Someone nodded in agreement.
Lin f.u.xi looked at Tan Mo, who had already sat down.
She would like to see how capable Tan Mo was when she really started her studies at Beijing University.
After the other students introduced themselves, with Tan Mo’s photographic memory, she remembered all the students’ information.
At this time, Teacher Hong said, “We need to have a cla.s.s monitor now. Because everyone isn’t familiar with each other, there is no way to use the voting method. Those who want to be the cla.s.s monitor should stand up and introduce themselves. Not like you did just now, but. instead, speak about your past experiences of arranging cla.s.s activities in primary, middle, and high school.
“Our current cla.s.s monitor won’t be picked by grades. Of course, your grades are all very good, so you don’t need to use your grades to prove yourselves. The cla.s.s monitor will be responsible for conveying information about all kinds of school activities to you all, etc., and will be also responsible for organizing various activities. In fact, to put it bluntly, the cla.s.s monitor will be the butler of the cla.s.s and will be responsible for many things other than studying, so this isn’t a very easy position.” Teacher Hong smiled, “Everyone should think it through clearly. Those who feel that they are competent enough and have similar job experience can sign up at their own initiative.”
After Teacher Hong finished speaking, unexpectedly, all the students in the cla.s.s except Tan Mo stood up.
Tan Mo knew that, according to Teacher Hong, it sounded like the cla.s.s monitor had to be in charge of many things, but wouldn’t that be a chance to exercise one’s management abilities?
Besides, this was a cla.s.s monitor at Beijing University.
Moreover, for new students, this was probably the best opportunity to get information about various activities of the student council and the school.
The cla.s.s monitor didn’t sound like a useful position, but it is actually a stepping stone.
It would look good on one’s future resume.
It seems that after studying hard to get admitted to Beijing University, they now have to work hard to get a good job in the future.
Tan Mo shook her head while thinking that compared to them she was really unambitious.
She had her family, so she didn’t need to rely on these kind of things to move up the ladder.
But as well as that, she really couldn’t be bothered.
Wasn’t it much better to take things slow and easy?
Because everyone but Tan Mo stood up, Tan Mo seemed out of place.
Teacher Hong hadn’t expected everyone to be so enthusiastic.
She thought there would be two or three, four or five at most, and then they could choose based on each person’s experience.
Things had become difficult now.
“Tan Mo, are you not running for the election?” Teacher Hong felt that since there were already so many people, the addition of Tan Mo wouldn’t make a difference.
“No way, I’m still young.” Tan Mo had a cute expression on her face as she said, “I’m only 15 years old, so I don’t think I can lead these big brothers and sisters.”
The cla.s.smates who were called big brothers and sisters by Tan Mo: “…”
Although what Tan Mo had said was the truth, they still felt crushed.
They’d forgotten that in spite of being the top scorer on the college entrance examination, Tan Mo wasn’t all that outstanding since Beijing University had tons of top scorers on the college entrance examination after all. But the point was that she was only 15 years old!
Of course, Beijing University had many prodigies admitted at the age of 13 or 14.
But at least they weren’t in their cla.s.s.
They couldn’t help looking at Lin f.u.xi.
City B had an advantage in terms of the cutoff admission score, and the difficulty of their exam papers was really hard to gauge.
But she could get such a score when she was 15 years old…?
Lin f.u.xi had turned pale, and she bit her lip.
If she…if she had had the connections like Tan Mo, it wouldn’t have been impossible.
Her family’s financial conditions were limited, and their province’s educational resources were limited.
Under these limited conditions, she had been admitted to Beijing University. If she had been given a better environment, she wouldn’t have turned out any worse than Tan Mo.
“Since everyone is interested, it would take a long time for everyone to speak one by one.” Teacher Hong considered it for a while and said, “I might as well just choose a person.”
Her eyes glanced around among the cla.s.smates before she said, “Lin f.u.xi.”
Lin f.u.xi looked at Teacher Hong in surprise.
Everyone else sat down. Then Teacher Hong said, “Lin f.u.xi, please try to be the acting cla.s.s monitor first. The probation period is two months.”
Teacher Hong looked at the others and said, “Two months should be enough time for everyone to get to know each other. Then there will be more voting, and the cla.s.s monitor will be the one who gains the most votes. Because there is no ranking standard, I will use the scholars.h.i.+p as the standard. This time, there were only three full scholars.h.i.+ps given by Beijing University, and Lin f.u.xi got one of them.”
Ms. Hong knew that Tan Mo had also gotten a full scholars.h.i.+p.
But Tan Mo didn’t want to be the cla.s.s monitor, so Teacher Hong didn’t say anything.
“The full scholars.h.i.+p awarded by the school can be regarded as indirect proof that Lin f.u.xi is excellent enough,” Teacher Hong said.
There were still people who were dissatisfied, but when they heard this, they became convinced.
Capabilities spoke louder than words.
“Lin f.u.xi, you are that impressive?”
“There were only three places in total, which is equivalent to saying that Lin f.u.xi is in the top three in our cla.s.s.”
“The results of the college entrance examination cannot be used as a ranking standard because of the different versions of the exam papers, but a full scholars.h.i.+p indeed can.”
“Lin f.u.xi is the only one in our cla.s.s to receive a full scholars.h.i.+p?” Someone asked Lin f.u.xi directly, “Is that so?”
“I should be.” Lin f.u.xi didn’t know, but she guessed it.
If Tan Mo had one, she would have already said it.
If she didn’t say it, it meant she didn’t have it.
“She should be.” Someone a.n.a.lyzed, “There are only three places in total, so how could it be that all three were in our cla.s.s?”
“Yes, even two out of three seems impossible.”
Lin f.u.xi was feeling very smug at this time, and she couldn’t help but say, “I wonder if Tan Mo has it? She was the top scorer in City B.”
Someone murmured, “Getting a perfect score is useless since the school has its own criteria for judgment.”
“It seems that the perfect score pales in comparison to Lin f.u.xi’s score.”
“And Lin f.u.xi’s science exam questions were more difficult.”
“Lin f.u.xi, since you’re so good at science, why didn’t you major in science? Won’t our country be missing a future scientific talent?”
All of a sudden, everyone became uninterested in Tan Mo, the 15-year-old perfect scorer.
“Don’t compare me with Tan Mo. It’s not nice.” Lin f.u.xi whispered, “n.o.body would feel good after being outdone by others.”