Chapter 295: If You Don’t Leave, I Won’t Abandon ⑧
It turned out that Nie Qiu received the special invitation from Phillips Exeter Academy because the organizer of the previous Mathematics League program wanted to gain some exposure and paid for Nie Qiu to study there. Otherwise, there would be no such special invitation. America is so far away, how could it pay so much attention to matters in other countries? There are so many programs, how could it focus on a small educational program suitable for children who like to study? That’s it. Therefore, when the media caught wind of this, the organizers undoubtedly fanned the flames from behind the scenes.
The consequence of fanning the flames was naturally that the national television station also reported on this matter. Nowadays, most people play on computers and mobile phones. To compete for ratings, various television stations are doing their best. There are so many entertainment singing and talent shows. Of course, if young people really want to watch television, movies, or programs, they will watch them online directly, so why would they watch them on TV? Therefore, most people who watch television are older. People like Nie Qiu, who are positive and upward-looking, are very much liked by older people, who also enjoy watching such programs.
So, such reports continued for several days, and even the Mathematics League program was replayed on the main channel and children’s channel of the national television station.
When the Principal received the special invitation letter from Phillips Exeter Academy, he had thought that his school would attract the attention of the city and even provincial media, but he did not expect that even national media would rush to report on this matter! Along with it, A City Senior High School’s exposure rate greatly increased, and its reputation also soared.
The management of A City Senior High School also knew how to act. After a meeting and discussion, they quickly prepared a large red envelope of sixty thousand yuan for Nie Qiu, calling it her scholarship, to reward her excellent performance at school.
In reality, Nie Qiu’s performance at school over the past three years was not outstanding, but so what? Winning the Mathematics League championship was real, and changing the destiny of the slowest class of this cohort was real, wasn’t it?
In the history of this school, the slowest class could be grateful if one person could get into an ordinary high school each year. But look at this cohort. Twenty people from this cohort’s slowest class got into key high schools, and twelve people got into Provincial Key Provincial No. 1 High School! Except for Nie Qiu, who did not participate in the Senior High School Entrance Examination, and another classmate who did not participate because she was going to vocational school, everyone else in the class got into high school. The enrollment rate for the entire class was 100%! It was almost comparable to the grades of the fast class, Class 2, of this cohort.
Although Nie Qiu did not achieve much in her first two years of schooling, her excellent performance was undeniable. When teachers were interviewed by reporters, they praised Nie Qiu one after another. One said she studied diligently, another said she had good relationships with her classmates. In the teachers’ mouths, Nie Qiu became a model student who excelled in both character and scholarship, was united with her classmates, and respected her teachers and elders, almost as if she were about to be awarded a model student certificate.
Of course, some classmates from Class 5, out of jealousy, brought up the incident where Class 10 fought with Class 5 for Nie Qiu. However, the media would not report on this matter, and moreover, a little inquiry would reveal the love-hate relationship between Class 5 and Class 10.
When the news of Nie Qiu going to an American school spread among the first and second-year students, the third-year students had already received admission letters from other schools.
Upon hearing that Nie Qiu was going abroad, Huang Yan, Li Kai, and others were shocked. They apologized to the classmates they were supposed to meet and rushed to the hospital. By the time they arrived at the hospital, the doctor said Nie Qiu had already been discharged.
