Chang Le's confusion didn't last long.
During class, the test papers were distributed one by one, and Chang Le found the answer to his inner question—hanging.
Chinese, multiple-choice questions 35 points, all correct.
English, multiple-choice questions 115 points, all correct.
Mathematics, multiple-choice questions 60 points, all correct, plus 5 points from writing down 5 solutions and copying the questions.
The teacher graded the papers very rigorously, even writing down a few solutions and copying a question could earn points.
Comprehensive, multiple-choice questions 140 points, all correct.
The answers were self-evident and clear at a glance.
Chang Le inwardly exclaimed: What's there to worry about? Don't be discouraged, just keep at it!
After two math classes.
During break time, when it was time for radio exercises, Chang Le was called to the grade-level office.
The math teacher was a middle-aged woman named Liu Fang.
Liu Fang asked him, "Chang Le, do you have any opinions about me as your teacher?"
Chang Le said, "How could that be? I've always respected you, Teacher Liu."
Liu Fang didn't believe him. "Respect? Is that how you respect me? You got 60 points on the math test's multiple-choice questions, and then you wrote 5 solutions for the 90-point applied questions? Let me tell you, your score directly brought down the class average by several points."
Chang Le was speechless.
Liu Fang pressed on, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Chang Le explained with a forced smile, "Um, Teacher Liu, to tell you the truth. I don't know what happened either. In the days leading up to the exam, my mind was blank, as if I had forgotten all the knowledge I had learned before."
Liu Fang was astonished. "You forgot everything overnight? But how did you get all the multiple-choice questions right? Only 10 students in the entire class got all the multiple-choice questions correct."
Chang Le said, "Teacher Liu, I just guessed, it was all luck."
Liu Fang said, "Nonsense, you got all of them right by luck? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"
Chang Le smiled wryly. "Teacher, I know you don't believe me, but it's true. I have no reason to deceive you, deceiving you would be deceiving myself."
Liu Fang looked at Chang Le's sincere and handsome face, not like he was lying.
"Alright, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. So what are you going to do now? There's less than 8 months left, are you just going to give up on math?" Liu Fang said.
"Teacher Liu, how could I give up? I've been trying to make up for lost time by reviewing the material from the first and second years of high school." Chang Le immediately shook his head and said.
"Reviewing from scratch?" Liu Fang shook her head. "That would take too much time and be inefficient. Wait a moment."
Liu Fang looked through her cabinet and pulled out a thick workbook.
The cover and title page of the workbook were quite worn, but overall it was well-preserved.
"Take this with you. The exercises in this workbook are typical questions that I've compiled, covering all the key points of high school math..."
"I'll explain it to you..." Liu Fang opened the workbook and said:
"You see, the black text here is the question, the red text is the solution process, and the blue text is the explanation and analysis, including understanding the formulas involved in the solution process..."
"The ones with asterisks, I don't recommend you to look at, those are difficult and advanced questions. Since you said you forgot everything overnight and need to start over, it's important to focus on the basics."
"Also, I want to remind you. This workbook is just pointing you in a direction, you'll need a lot of practice outside of this to consolidate your knowledge."
"As long as you master the basic types of questions in this workbook, getting a perfect score on the college entrance exam shouldn't be a problem."
Chang Le took the workbook as if it were a treasure, and sincerely thanked Liu Fang:
"Thank you, Teacher, I will definitely make good use of it and not let down your help and expectations."
"Thank me for what? I'm not your teacher. Go on, good luck! I hope you make progress in the next monthly exam."
"Okay, I will!"
After Chang Le left, Liu Fang shook her head and asked her colleagues in the office.
"Do you guys think Chang Le's story is true or is he trying to fool me? Have you ever seen anything like this? Why does it seem so mysterious to me? Forgetting everything overnight, but why did he specifically forget math?"
"Hehe, Teacher Liu, did you forget? We've seen this kind of situation before in the past two years."
"Oh? What happened?"
"At that time, there was a girl who had a similar situation. She excelled in other subjects but always failed in English, so she was very nervous. A few days before the college entrance exam, somehow she forgot all the English knowledge she had learned, and the English test was a complete mess."
"What happened later?"
"Well, this girl was very introverted. Although she reached the undergraduate admission line, she didn't meet her own expectations. Out of frustration, she secretly climbed onto the roof of her house intending to jump off, but fortunately, the neighbors noticed and stopped her."
"After some persuasion, this girl decided to repeat a year. After repeating for a year, she performed normally and got into a 211 university."
"Oh... I think I vaguely remember that. It seems there are indeed such incidents."
"Exactly, the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen. What's that called?"
"Murphy's Law!" another male teacher said.
"Yes, exactly. This Chang Le student probably isn't very good at math, right?"
"Not really, but he manages to pass the exams every time. By the way, do you think he might?"
"Might what? Jump...?"
"Yeah, I'm worried about that."
"He probably won't. Boys generally have much stronger psychological resilience than girls. Plus, although he took a big step back in math this time, his Chinese, English, and comprehensive scores all took a big step forward, offsetting each other and advancing his ranking."
"That makes sense."
"And... isn't this kid's dad Chang Xueqin?"
"Yes, that's him."
"They say that every cloud has a silver lining. I heard his dad is going to be the county governor."
"Who did you hear that from?"
"Who I heard it from is none of your business, anyway, it's already been researched."
"Oh... this isn't just hearsay, I've heard it too."
"You see, Mrs. Liu, it's probably close to the mark. From all angles, there's really no need for Chang Le to go down this path."
"Let's hope so. I don't care what position his dad holds, his math scores still need to improve. Otherwise, while other subjects are improving, if my subject keeps declining, and declining this much, others might think my teaching methods are wrong."
"Haha..."
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Chang Le returned to the classroom, and the morning exercises ended. When Yuan Jiacheng saw Chang Le on the stairs, he asked, "Why did Mrs. Liu call you over? Did you get scolded?"
"Scolded? How could that be? Mrs. Liu thinks I have great potential to explore and encouraged me to keep going."
"Yeah, from 60 points to 150 points, there's a potential space of 90 points in between. I can't do that, I only have a potential of over 30 points."
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