Chapter 197: Everything is Simple and Beautiful ②
At this moment, Nie Qiu stood on the lectern, wrote a sentence on the blackboard, and then smiled at the people in the classroom.
Because today was an exam, many classmates thought they wouldn’t have to come to school at six in the morning, and Nie Qiu hadn’t specifically notified them, so there weren’t many people in the class. However, there were still classmates in the classroom. Due to the habit formed by their routine, those who woke up early, finished breakfast, and were too nervous to find anything to do, had already arrived at school early.
But they hadn’t expected Nie Qiu to arrive at school so early either. They looked at the English written on the blackboard. Although they couldn’t understand what it said, they had studied English for three years, and could understand simple words like ‘Day’. This sentence must be related to yesterday, today, and tomorrow. As expected, while they were thinking this, Nie Qiu spoke, “The meaning of this English sentence is, give yourself a hope every day, don’t sigh for yesterday, don’t worry about tomorrow, just for a better today.”
Nie Qiu smiled, “After the exam, this semester will be over, and after the exam, we will know if our efforts will be rewarded. I believe that no matter how you perform in the exam, you will all be much better than last semester, and I also believe that with such a reward, we will work harder next semester. In another semester, you will all go your separate ways. I hope you can all cherish the present and enjoy every moment.”
Nie Qiu said this while standing on the lectern. More and more people in the class arrived and stood in the classroom watching Nie Qiu.
“After next semester, each of us, some may continue to study, some may enter society to work, and some may go to vocational school. But what I hope most is that you can still be in the same school, talking and chatting, and striving for tomorrow together. There are thousands upon thousands of people in the world, and our class of fifty people came together like this. Even if we quarreled and hated each other, looking back years later, we would still feel that this was a precious memory.”
“With this feeling, everyone relax and face today’s exam well. We have put in the effort, and it’s enough to do our best.” Nie Qiu smiled and put down the chalk in her hand. “It’s enough to do your best, don’t force yourself, don’t be discouraged by bad grades, because our starting point was already later than those in the fast class. As long as we make progress, it’s fine.”
“Nie Qiu is right, no matter what, you don’t have to force yourselves.” Teacher Yang also walked into the classroom, smiled at Nie Qiu, and patted her shoulder. “Remember, no matter how you perform in the exam, teachers will support you. I also believe that you will definitely be better than last year, better day by day, better month by month, better semester by semester, better year by year, as long as you strive to study and live.”
“I know everyone is very much looking forward to this exam, but also very nervous.” It was for this reason that he came to school so early. Seeing so many classmates in the classroom, he knew he had come to the right place. He was used to his routine, and when his biological alarm clock rang, he couldn’t help but wake up. Moreover, the classmates had been studying diligently for more than three months, and they would also be very eager to know if they had made any progress. With an anticipation and nervousness they hadn’t felt since entering junior high school, he had come to comfort them. He wanted to tell these students not to be nervous, and that it was enough to do their best. But he didn’t expect Nie Qiu to beat him to it. This girl, since she was discharged from the hospital after being ill, had repeatedly brought him unexpected surprises. “You will all do well on the exam!”
“We will definitely do well on the exam!” Zhang Haiyang put down the stationery he needed for the exam, such as pens, and shouted loudly with a smile. Although he was dating Huang Yan, Huang Yan was Nie Qiu’s good friend, so every day he and Huang Yan were together, Huang Yan would supervise him doing homework and workbooks. They also had their own agreement. With such study, he didn’t believe he would be worse than last semester.
As soon as Zhang Haiyang’s roar came out, the classmates in the class resonated and shouted loudly: “We will definitely do well on the exam!” Yes! They had worked hard, there was no reason they wouldn’t do better than last semester. It was only the first semester, and during the holiday, they could study the previous knowledge well. They believed that in the next semester, if they worked hard, they would do even better. So… why be nervous?
Teacher Yang smiled with satisfaction and began to explain the exam matters, which included how to find their exam rooms and the importance of writing their names, class, and student numbers. Although this had been said before the holiday before the exam, as the homeroom teacher, this was something that had to be emphasized again and again every semester.
After saying this, Teacher Yang left the classroom.
The discipline committee member took attendance and organized all the classmates in the class to wait for the morning broadcast to announce the flag raising ceremony. It would inevitably involve school leaders giving some encouraging words. Every class in the school walked to the sports field in an orderly manner, but almost everyone was restless, some due to exam nervousness, and some due to the approaching holiday.
After the principal said some perfunctory official words and some things to pay attention to during the exam, he said, “The scholarship for this semester is slightly different from last year’s. Last year, the first place in each grade of our school received a scholarship of 5,000 yuan and exemption from all tuition and miscellaneous fees. The top ten students were all exempted from all tuition and miscellaneous fees. This year, our scholarship is still 5,000 yuan, and tuition and miscellaneous fees are still waived for the top ten students. However, for students who rank in the top five in the city in each grade, the school will award an additional scholarship of 5,000 yuan.”
A City High School is called a high school for a reason, and it’s not without reason that many people want to send their children to this school. At least this school’s enrollment rate is among the best in the city. However, the previous batch of graduating students seemed to be fewer than the previous batch. Last year, over 180 students were admitted to the provincial key provincial No. 1 High School, while this year, only over 150 students were admitted to the provincial key provincial No. 1 High School. It’s no wonder the school came up with such measures to motivate students. All the students in the fast classes started to get ready, and even the students in Class 10, the worst in the entire grade, couldn’t help but get ready. Nie Qiu also couldn’t help but look forward to the exam arriving soon.
To be honest, the money wasn’t much, but compared to the money she earned secretly and didn’t dare to let Nie Aifang know about, this reward money would definitely be a great help to their family. At least… at least Nie Aifang wouldn’t have to work so hard every day to save money for her to study.
Another point is that for every student, a scholarship… it sounds so good to say it out loud.
