Chapter 132 – Preparations Before the Exam
I decided to do the best I can on the midterm exams.
The difficulty of this matter is probably equivalent to a macho man trying to dress girly.
Mathematics, Language, English, History, Geography, Biology, Politics, Physics, Chemistry… You are not mistaken, a total of nine courses, ten fingers are almost not enough.
According to usual, Chemistry should have only been taught in the third year, but when it came to us, I don’t know what the local education committee was thinking. They actually distributed second year chemistry teaching materials. Although the material was very basic, it still gave the students a lot of burden.
I don’t have any hope for the liberal arts.
I have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters, I can’t remember dates for History, I want to vomit when I see politics, don’t even mention English, I can’t even distinguish between kiss me and kill me.
I can kind of deal with biology, which is a subject that is not really a science nor liberal arts.
Because I loved to watch the animal world when I was younger, biology books covered with illustrations were basically an extra-curricular reading for me. Although there were still a lot of things to memorize, luckily I had some interest and inadvertently remembered test points such as “Artiodactyla“.
But it is impossible to make a turn around with only a dabbler’s knowledge of biology.
My main point of attack is the three traditional sciences: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.
Especially Physics.
My biggest advantage is that Dad taught astrophysics when he was a lecturer at university.
When we used to live in a building complex, my home was full of physics magazines and popular science books, from children’s science books to the most advanced theoretical physics.
For a little boy who was obsessed with airplanes, cannons, and robots, these illustrated books were very cool.
In particular, a few thick and heavy textbooks on the history of science and technology in the former Soviet Union. It actually talked about satellites that can emit lasers, as well as nuclear submarines that were built on the premise of destroying all mankind.
Basically, I read these books as fairy tale books. If I didn’t understand, I would ask my dad.
Therefore, my physics level far exceeds the level of junior high school students, such as “double stars”, “white dwarfs”, “black holes”, which are very unfamiliar concepts for junior high school students. If someone was willing to listen to me, I can talk non-stop without taking a breather.
Dad once said that if I can get into the top ten in the class, he would let me pick any H thing I want from the store. This is not impossible.
First of all, our class has a total of 35 people (the original 34 people plus Xiao Qin), the top ten results only has to be better than the other 23.
Secondly, if the science questions are particularly difficult, my chances increases drastically.
However, my best result so far is still the 17th. I can’t get higher, can’t go lower, and many people suspect that I only reached it by cheating.
Only Dad believes that I have not cheated because he did not ask me to get excellent grades. He is perfectly content as long as I fight less and don’t get hurt.
I might as well work a bit harder for this mid-term exam, and give the old man an unexpected surprise.
It would be too cruel to my father if he had to hold my appalling transcript while being ridiculed by Auntie Ren.
After eating dinner, I told my father for the first time: I have to review before the exam, lower the volume if you are going to watch AV.
Dad was reading the latest issue of Global Science while drinking coffee. After he heard me, he raised his head in surprise.
“Xiao Lin, did you do something that would let me down?”
“No, no! What are you guessing at! I just thought that I might have regrets if I’ve never worked hard while I’m a student! So I’ll put in a bit of work… If the mid-term exam result is good, won’t you look a bit better when you go to the parent-teacher conference?”
“That’s also true.”
Dad was easily fooled by me and continued to read his science magazine.
Poor dad, hopefully when the time comes, my transcript can withstand the poisonous tongue of Auntie Ren.
The midterm exam was scheduled on April 18th, 19th, and the 20th, three consecutive days, followed closely by the weekend.
Approaching the exam, the learning atmosphere in the class was a little thicker. Xiao Qin’s number of conversations with me was significantly reduced during class, and I often see her with her head buried in books.
This is more right, learning is a student’s duty. If you don’t study and only think about me and you all the time, when will the great goal of the Chinese be realized?
If China can’t unify the world, then Chinese can’t be the universal language. With my English grades, how would I communicate with all the different people in the world?
Therefore, in order so I don’t have to continue to memorize English in the future, please be sure to study hard for the rise of China!
During self-study class, the usual constant speakers closed their mouths. From my position, it was a field of silence.
I went to the class leader to be excused to the bathroom, and in front of the class, she just said coldly, “Go.”
When I left from the back door and passed by the class leader’s seat, she didn’t look back, she only added another sentence: “No smoking in secret!”
Who smokes! In order not to damage the respiratory function of my lungs, in order to reach a higher level of martial arts, I have never dared to smoke! The smell of smoke on my body is from people who often smokes in the stalls next to me. When I am squatting, the smell inadvertently gets stuck on me!
I spent a few minutes to finish my bowel movements. When I came out of the washroom, I met the number one loyal dog glasses bro in the hallway.
He looked serious and didn’t seem to see who was in front of him. He was thinking about a problem with his head down.
He’s already been suppressed in class for half a day, and finally came out to the bathroom for some relief, yet he still has this atmosphere. I even felt uncomfortable for him.
So I raised my hand to say hello to him:
“Hey, isn’t this loyal dog classmate?”
When he looked up and saw that it was me, his face immediately changed and he became aggressive.
“You’re the damn loyal dog! I have a name!”
“Oh, then may I ask loyal dog classmate for your name?”
“My surname is Niu, I’m Niu ShiLi!”
To be honest, I’m regretting that I provoked him when my left hand can’t be used.
I used to say that he is a fierce person, it was not only because he dared to speak back to me.
This guy is actually quite annoying to deal with.
I said that I am the tallest person in the class, right? This statement is a bit of an overstatement. If Niu ShiLi did not have a bit of a hunchback, the title of tallest in the class would belong to him.
Don’t look at him wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, looking like a model student, his body is very robust. If I belonged to the group that’s inherently weak, but relied on perseverance and hard work to obtain a muscular body, then he is naturally talented, with a body-like a cow.
Have you seen Superman? Superman’s secret identity as a journalist, Clark Kent, also wears a pair of thick glasses, but isn’t there a god defying body under his suit?
Niu ShiLi is kind of like that. If we only look at arm wrestling, I will lose to him six or seven times out of ten.
But when it comes to a fight, he can’t beat me.
There is a saying in the martial arts world: one brave, two power, three kung fu.
The meaning is that during a fight, courage comes first, strength is second, and the third is kung fu and skill.
For example, if an ant fights with an elephant, regardless of your kung fu skills, you will be trampled to death.
But if two ants fight, most likely the ant who knows kung fu will win.
Then let’s change the ant’s opponent back to the elephant, but this time the elephant is a coward, the ant hasn’t even started, but the elephants covers his eyes, lays on the ground and screams “Don’t hit my face”.
That’s why courage is first, it does not only apply to fighting, but also in many other places.
Niu ShiLi is not a coward, he’s actually one who has backbone among the good students, but he lacks fighting experience. If he really gets into a fight, he will still suffer.
For example, if you threw a punch, an experienced person like me can control their strength. I can give the opponent a black eye without damaging their cornea, but Niu ShiLi will be worried that he might cause his opponent to go blind and that will tie up his hands and feet.
Therefore, according to my estimation, although Niu ShiLi has more strength compared to me and Li ErLeng, but in an actual fight, don’t even mention me, Li ErLeng, who does not care about the other person’s life or death, can make him suffer big losses.
However, this is just a fight in the general sense. If it is replaced by a battle of life or death, the result would be difficult to determine.
As the number one loyal dog of the class leader Shu Sha, as a good student representative who is not afraid of me, Niu ShiLi has always disliked me.
Since the start of the physics class, Niu ShiLi has had a new bone to pick with me.
Niu ShiLi has never gotten lower than top 5 in the class examination results, and he is the physics class representative of the 2-3 class.
However, in repeated physics examinations, especially in the recent class quizzes, my score has always been one or two points higher than him, making him second in the class in physics. He couldn’t understand why and it has made him depressed in this point.
Other students also felt how can a weak student get such good grades in physics, that it was definitely not my own strength, it was an unanimous consensus that I copied Niu ShiLi classmate.
The question is how would I copy so that I can score higher than the person I copied from?
It would be a bother to explain it to them, and even if I tried to explain, they will not stand by my side.
Because I didn’t answer questions actively in physics class, because I never did my homework. I only scored high on exams, so everyone decided that I had excellent eyesight, and I could see the Niu ShiLi classmate’s exam papers.
What kind of reasoning is that! Other than physics, Niu ShiLi has better scores in every subject. If I can copy him, why not copy it all!
In addition, Shu Sha is the person with the best eyesight in the class!
Speaking of cheating on the exam, a few days ago in physics class, Xiao Qin was sweating when looking at the exam. I felt that she was pitiful so I kicked her table legs and suggested that she could copy my answers, but she didn’t copy.
Although my generosity made her very happy, she thought for a long time, and finally shook her head. It seems that although she was grateful for my kindness, she doesn’t want to trouble me.
When the results came out, Xiao Qin was the only person in the class who failed, and was scolded by the teacher.
What a one-track mind! On the left is me, on the right is Niu ShiLi, sandwiched between the two students with the highest physics scores in the class, but she still failed!?
“Hey, during this midterm, I will not lose to you in Physics again!”
Niu ShiLi announced to me solemnly.
I wanted to laugh, but in the end, I didn’t laugh.
Does Niu ShiLi not doubt that I am cheating? It sounds like two martial arts masters want to determine the final victor in a righteous manner.
Although it’s immature, but I will tentatively respond to your challenge.
“Okay, let’s work hard.”
If we both try our best in the physics exam, we can at least contribute by improving the average score of the class.
Our class teacher, teacher Yu, is not only unable to control the students, but is also mistreated in the faculty and staff office. Because of the bad reputations of 2-3 class, he has been ridiculed.
If we’re able to get rid of the fate that the average grade of our class would always be in last place. It should give the teacher some breathing space, and the class leader, Shu Sha should feel gratified too.
Of course, I am just dreaming, we just added a new recruit, Xiao Qin. She’s great at liberal arts but terrible at the sciences, she might drag down the class like me.
I had to tackle a difficult job before I took the exam. I used the break and gave Xiao Qin a quick lesson in the sciences, especially physics.
After all, we’re childhood friends, shouldn’t it be normal to do this kind of thing?
When Xiao Qin was listening to the chapter on gravity, and when I drew the gravity diagram on paper, she actually had tears in her eyes.
“Ye Lin classmate, although I didn’t understand it at all, but I was so touched boo hoo hoo ~~~”
What is there to be touched about! However, if you can’t understand even such a simple question, as a student, you should be crying from shame!