Chapter 194
Before the Spring Festival was over, the senior students reported to school.
Their studies became busier and busier every day, and every day, in addition to dealing with all kinds of homework, they were preparing for all kinds of big and small weekly and monthly exams, as well as mock exams and joint exams organized by various middle schools or the city.
The numbers on the small blackboard behind each classroom in the senior year change once a day, strikingly and brutally letting everyone realize that the day of the college entrance exam is getting closer and closer every day.
The fireworks from the Spring Festival still seem to be fresh in our minds, and the 100-day pledge assembly in March, as well as another annual Bar Mitzvah, arrive in the blink of an eye.
Quite a few things actually happened during this time, and the most shocking one was that one of the students had a mental breakdown due to the stress of studying.
It was a female student, from the second class next door, her grades were in the upper middle class, she was quiet looking, she didn’t talk much on weekdays, and only bored with her studies.
Several times, Ji Yu passed by her window, can see her buried in study, thick lenses reflecting the light, can clearly see that it is filled with dense formulas.
One night, when all was quiet, a scream suddenly came from some girls’ dormitory, “Ah–I’m not studying anymore.”
By the time the teachers arrived, the girl was singing and dancing, and I heard that she had been in such an uproar all night that several people in her dormitory couldn’t sleep properly.
The next day, a parent came to the school to collect the person, at first a week’s leave, a month later directly to do the suspension.
According to a well-informed person, the girl always giggled when she got home, saying that she got into a famous school, but if someone said the word “college entrance exam” in her ear, she would immediately cry, laugh, and make a lot of noise, and couldn’t calm down at all.
Chi Yu and Yan Qimai heard, sighing, exchanged a few words of opinion, but can only be so, because they are also one of the millions of college entrance examination army, they have the same pressure, and the status quo can not be changed, can only be transformed into pressure into motivation.
Because of this incident, the school specially took several classes, invited a psychologist to give psychological counseling classes, for fear that similar cases will occur again.
It was in such a tense and urgent atmosphere, ushered in the 100-day pledge assembly as well as the Bar Mitzvah.
Ji Yu’s grades were as stable as ever, and he was once again chosen as the student representative to speak on stage.
In the auditorium, students dressed in various colors of traditional costumes gathered under the stage, and behind them were some of the parents who had come first to observe.
At the request of the school, Ji Yu was still wearing her blue and white school uniform, with a high ponytail, and calmly walked to the front of the podium, first thanking the host before taking the microphone and slowly speaking.
“Hello everyone, I’m Ji Yu from the senior class, and I’m honored to be able to speak on stage as the student representative for this time.”
“Today is a special day, we are here to hold a solemn and grand eighteen year old rite of passage and a hundred day pledge assembly ……”
Many teachers still remembered that last year today, Ling Yuan gave a speech as the outstanding student representative, and his performance was perfect, the teenager won the applause of all the teachers and students present by virtue of a superior appearance and his own excellent speech skills.
Ji Yu, as this year’s student representative, would naturally be taken out for comparison, but this comparison revealed that the girl’s performance did not lose at all, and even appeared to be very empathetic with her impeccable smile and sweet voice.
Ji Yu did not bring a draft to go up, the whole speech off-script, articulate, pleasant voice, three minutes of time, a stumble are not, fluent and smooth.
The girl with a sweet smile, and finally said in the conclusion:
“Fodder horses and soldiers, dare to express the ambition of the clouds; sharpening and sharpening the sword, vowing to honor the ambition of the sea.”
“Students, please cherish one hundred days, let us work together to strive for excellence, striving to forge ahead, so that the flying dream in June to open wings. May we ride the east wind up, rocking up to 90,000 miles; may we hold the pen as a sword, leaving no regrets to write a book.”
“Finally, I wish students good results in the college entrance examination. My speech is over, thank you all!”
Ji Yu bowed and handed the microphone back to the host.
The whole script was written by herself, when she wrote it, her heart was also pounding, ten years of hard study, will end up in the examination room after a hundred days to see the real chapter.
At the end of Ji Yu’s speech, there was thunderous applause on the stage, and her blood was pounding.
The host took over the microphone and said with a smile, “Thank you, Mr. Ji Yu, for your wonderful speech. Students, time, ah, like a silent song, we all remember, they have been in how hot in the sweat, had how to bury their heads under the lamp hard reading, yes, after the spring plowing and summer plowing, we finally ushered in the harvest season after a hundred days ……”
The host turned the tables, “Do you remember last year today, our seniors have also stood in this place solemn oath to meet their college entrance examination. And today, the school is honored to invite a mysterious guest to come to the scene to encourage us. Below, let’s welcome our previous senior, Ling Yuan, the top science provincial student, to give us a speech with a warm round of applause.”
The entire room was in an uproar, and the gazes of the entire grade gathered on the boy who walked calmly towards the front of the podium.
From the moment Ling Yuan stepped onto the stage, Ji Yu’s gaze never moved away.
This morning, they had contacted each other, and not a single bit of information had come out about him coming back to give a speech.
Seeing him now was as much of a surprise as hitting the jackpot with a golden egg.
The boy seemed to be born to be the center of attention under the spotlight, with his outstanding appearance and inherent reserved temperament, the moment he opened his mouth, he set the atmosphere of the whole room ablaze.
“Hello classmates, I’m Ling Yuan.”
The boy’s voice was magnetically deep and nice, “Today, I’m very happy to be able to stand here and share my study tips and experiences with you all.”
“There are still a hundred days to go before your college entrance exams, I believe that everyone holds a hint of nervousness and awe towards the college entrance exams, in fact, I was just like you guys at first.”
The crowd was surprised, never imagining that he would say this.
Ling Yuan laughed, “You guys must be thinking, you’re a top science provincial scholar, how can you have the nerve to say such things? If even you are nervous, then how can others live?”
The stage erupted in laughter.
Ling Yuan raised an eyebrow, “Actually, I’m also a human being, not a god. Hard work, hard effort, hard work, I’m doing it just like everyone else. Cleaners sweeping the streets by moonlight at two in the morning, night shift bus drivers just turning in at five in the morning, I’ve seen these scenes countless times in my three years in high school.”
“There might still be people who say, Ling Yuan, your family is so well off, even if you lie flat and swing for the fences, you’ll still have a family fortune to inherit when you go home, so why work so hard to make yourself suffer?”
“I’m not pretending to be noble, nor am I showing off my wealth, I’m standing here to tell you that in front of the college entrance exam, everyone’s chances are equal, but if you don’t make an effort, then the scales will be tilted to the side that makes the effort.”
“Even if you are gifted, if you don’t have the sweat you put in later in life, your talent will be buried.”
“Students, there are still a hundred days to the college entrance examination, this hundred days, we can’t do too many things, or consolidate knowledge, or check the gaps, but there is one thing that must be done, that is to adjust our mentality.”