Chapter 114: Eucharist
Chapter 114: Eucharist
Although the words of this parent, who looks to be in his thirties, are a bit hurtful, they are also true. After all, his starting point is to want his child to have a deskmate who can help each other.
Mother Li opened her mouth and wanted to say a few words to help Gu Lu, but since it was about grades, she couldn't be generous to others.
No wonder Gu Yuan wanted to give him tutoring, she thought.
"Qi Caiwei's composition has always been a disadvantage. Although she only lost 5 points in this monthly exam, she performed above her level. I looked at her high school entrance exam results. She only scored 42 points out of a full points for composition." Teacher Gao said, "But Gu Lu's composition is very well written."
Let me put it this way... In Qi's mother's mind, the best candidates for her daughter's desk mate are Lu Yi or Li Guyuan. The former ranks first in the class in comprehensive grades, while the latter is excellent in liberal arts.
"The composition is very good?" Mother Qi's tone was mixed with doubt.
"There are three major essay competitions for college students in China: the Ye Shengtao Cup, the Bing Xin Cup, and the New Concept. The New Concept is attended by both high school and college students."
Teacher Gao introduced, "Gu Lu easily entered the semi-finals of the Bing Xin Cup, but did not go to the semi-finals due to time constraints. He won the first prize in the national composition competition of the Ye Shengtao Cup and was recommended by the school."
"We have many levels of specialty awards in No. 8 Middle School, and the highest full-award level is 3,000 yuan. This requires students to achieve relatively high specialty achievements. For example, classmate Lu Ping is a track and field athlete. He set a 100-meter record for middle school students in Fog City and won the full-award specialty award in sports." Teacher Gao used a classmate in the class as an example.
The teacher did not mention that Gu Lu was the first person in Fog City to win the first prize in the National Leaf Cup. Perhaps she felt that this matter was a bit embarrassing for Fog City's education.
"And Gu Lu also received the full amount of the Arts Specialty Award."
As soon as Teacher Gao finished speaking, the parents started to talk quietly, and everyone in the class focused their eyes on Gu Lu. Who would have thought that the student who was holding a parent-teacher meeting for him would have such a brilliant record!
According to the head teacher's words, he could win both the Bing Xin Cup and the Ye Cup, but due to time conflicts, he chose the Ye Cup and won the first prize in the country. Winning the award is as easy as drinking water!
"Regarding this seat adjustment, if Qi Caiwei's parents have any opinions, I can make further adjustments as appropriate." Teacher Gao said, "There are actually quite a few students in the class who need to be urged to improve their writing."
There was a hint of resistance in the head teacher's words, and it was obvious that she did not like the somewhat overbearing tone of Qi's mother.
"No, no, Caiwei's composition is not good. I'm sorry to trouble Teacher Gao. He has good intentions." Mother Qi immediately changed her words and smiled at the student beside her. For her, this was a signal of apology and reconciliation to the child.
If it was Qi Caiwei, she would have immediately come forward to talk to him, but - Gu Lu pretended not to see it and turned his head slightly to the opposite direction, leaving half of the back of his head exposed to Qi's mother.
Gu Lu could understand Mother Qi's painstaking efforts for her daughter, but understanding did not mean having no emotions. Anyway, he would not indulge her.
No parents asked any questions about the seat adjustment. Lu Yi's father wanted to ask something, but no one else spoke. Lu's father hesitated for a long time and finally let the question drop.
The next item of discussion was about study. Teacher Gao's topic was mainly aimed at day students. The lights in the dormitory are turned off uniformly at school. Day students should not stay up late when they go home, otherwise they will not get enough sleep and fall asleep in class.
Regarding this issue - there are so many homework assignments every day. If you don’t do them during breaks and evening self-study, you will really have to stay up late at home.
But most parents don’t consider whether homework is stressful, because other students can finish it, so why can’t you? This makes sense…
Teacher Gao arranged everything in an orderly manner. This is what the old class teacher does. He makes sufficient preparations behind the scenes and then pushes forward at a steady pace.
"Basically, I have answered most of my questions. The rest of the time will be left to teachers of other subjects. Gu Lu will go to Class 5 to call Teacher Lu." Teacher Gao said that parents must meet with teachers of various subjects at the parent-teacher meeting, and at most the head teacher will take a little more time.
"No problem." Gu Lu stood up and walked out.
Mr. Lu, the mathematics teacher, is responsible for teaching two classes, and the entire first grade is attending parent-teacher conferences, so the schedules must be staggered.
Why not separate classes? Gu Lu guessed that it was because outsiders were not allowed to enter the school normally, and it would be more troublesome for school security if they were divided into batches.
"Teacher Gao, I'd like to ask, our Tian Xiao isn't spinning the pen anymore, right?" Tian's mother asked during a short break.
"No more." said Teacher Gao.
"That's good. There are so many things you can do at home. You just hide in your room every day and do nothing serious." said Tian's mother.
Gu Lu left the classroom, and many classmates were waiting at the door. "What's going on inside?" "Did Teacher Gao complain?" "Is my mom saying something weird?" "It's so cool to hold a parent-teacher meeting for myself"...
The students were divided into two groups, half were feeling uneasy, while the other half were having fun during the parent-teacher conference. In fact, they were more worried, thinking that if they didn't play now, they would never have another chance - it was a doomsday carnival.
Facts have proved that even if you have excellent grades, you will still worry because you don’t know what the teacher will say.
"So, what is this? Solving the problem from the root, you can't envy it." Gu Lu quickly responded to the students' questions, "Specifically, it is relatively harmonious, and the teacher didn't complain."
After saying this, Gu Lu walked out of the encirclement and trotted to Class 5 to inform Teacher Lu.
Teacher Lu was talking about mathematical thinking, saying things like "Don't stop doing exercises", "There are no shortcuts in math, just do more exercises", "Memorizing by rote is useless, you have to apply it flexibly", etc.
It sounds a bit contradictory, but it is actually not. The summary is "master the formulas and practice more questions."
"Okay, I'll be there right away." Teacher Lu responded.
Then Teacher Lu followed Gu Lu to Class 10.
The atmosphere at the first parent-teacher meeting of the first year of high school was quite good, which may be because the innovation class is quite special.
The parent-teacher conference is over and it’s a conversation between the children and their parents.
"Why don't you change your clothes before coming back? Coming to the parent-teacher meeting like this is very disrespectful to the teachers and other parents." Dou Ke's voice came out in a suppressed but somewhat angry tone.
……
Gu Lu left in a hurry. Firstly, he had no habit of eavesdropping, and secondly, he didn't like listening to these things.
"Be careful at school. We are from other places. Don't cause trouble. No one will help us if something happens." Lu Yi's parents also talked about their own social experience.
Many parents also approached Gu Lu: "Please help our child, he is not good at writing", "Come to our house when you have time, I see how good your relationship with our Lu Ping is", "You are so good, you are good at writing, it must be easy and happy to win the grand slam of the three major writing competitions"...
At this parent-teacher meeting, Gu Lu's image in the parents' minds became much taller.
After returning home, Gu Lu opened his computer mailbox and looked at the editor's reply, falling into deep thought. The manuscripts he submitted to "Sprout" were "Moonstone" and "Yesterday's Park".
The wonderfulness of the latter story has been mentioned many times, and according to Gu Lu's personal aesthetic standards, the former is not inferior to the best story of 2005.
In a story like this, the character logic and story logic are poor?
It’s not to say that the works you draw will be flawless, but “Moonstone” and “Yesterday’s Park” are story-driven, so it’s understandable that the characters are weak.
But the selling point of the story, "story logic", is problematic, which Gu Lu finds difficult to understand.
"First of all, I only modified the minor details of these two short stories, which did not affect the core of the story at all."
“So the first type of work was rejected because there was something wrong with it. It could be that ‘The Sprout’ is of a higher standard and we don’t like it…” Gu Lu judged that this shouldn’t be the case.
"The second possibility is that there is something wrong with the author...but I haven't offended anyone."
(End of this chapter)