Chapter 5: Monthly Exam Rankings

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From Dong Chao's perspective, Xu You answering questions at double speed must have seemed a bit crazy.

After all, answering at twice the normal speed would definitely make one appear somewhat abnormal.

Fortunately, everyone's attention was focused on their test papers.

Aside from Dong Chao, no one noticed Xu You.

Otherwise, it would have been difficult to explain.

Xu You took a moment to glance at the system interface.

To his surprise, after just two classes, his academic level had already changed.

[Physics: 62→64↑]

"Did it improve by two points so quickly?" Xu You wondered.

At this rate, after a few dozen more classes, his physics could reach the level of a perfect score on the college entrance examination.

But soon, Xu You realized something.

His foundation was actually solid; it was just that the integration of knowledge was not smooth.

Through deep learning and thinking in one class, Xu You successfully connected various pieces of knowledge.

Moreover, mechanics is the foundation of all high school physics.

The later parts, including electric fields, magnetic fields, and gases, are all closely related to mechanics.

Therefore, mastering mechanics has such a significant impact on the overall level of physics.

Improvements in academic level won't always be this smooth after this.

The last two classes in the afternoon were Chinese language classes.

After considering, Xu You decided not to engage in deep learning mode.

It wasn't because he was worried about his abnormal state being noticed by classmates.

Simply listening to the class wouldn't reveal any abnormal state.

Rather, Xu You felt that using deep learning mode in Chinese language class was somewhat wasteful.

After all, he only had six hours of deep learning time each day, and it seemed better to focus on science subjects.

When the class bell rang, the Chinese language teacher and class advisor, Liu Yanli, entered Classroom 2-6.

In addition to teaching materials, Liu Yanli was holding a stack of printed papers.

"The monthly exam rankings are out!"

The students with sharp eyes immediately recognized what Liu Yanli was holding.

This instantly woke everyone up, and they looked forward to the final rankings.

Liu Yanli walked to the center of the podium and said solemnly:

"I was planning to announce this during the study period, but you wouldn't be able to concentrate on your classes if I didn't. Let's use half of this period for the announcement and discuss a few things. Then, I'll take up half of the study period later."

No one objected to Liu Yanli's words.

After all, the rankings were out, and who wouldn't want to know their position as soon as possible?

"I will only announce the class and grade rankings for now. After class, the class monitor will post the rankings on the wall, and you can look at your specific scores and find the gaps."

Under the eager eyes of the students, Liu Yanli began announcing the monthly exam rankings.

"Lu Zhiyao, 1st in class, 1st in grade."

Hearing Lu Zhiyao's ranking, the class let out a moderate gasp of surprise.

Some students were not shocked by Lu Zhiyao's ranking.

To them, this had become the norm.

Since Lu Zhiyao transferred to this school, she had almost always occupied the first place in the grade.

Lu Zhiyao, upon hearing her ranking, showed no change in expression.

She didn't even lift her head, just silently working on her own problems, as if she hadn't heard the outside world.

As for Lu Zhiyao, actually, all the students in Class 6 didn't know much about her.

They only heard she transferred from the city's best Provincial Experimental High School.

Why she transferred from the Provincial Experimental to this school and didn't move to the top class was unclear to the classmates.

Lu Zhiyao also rarely spoke to other students, preferring to study quietly on her own.

In fact, Lu Zhiyao had been granted a special privilege by every teacher to not follow the lessons and study on her own.

As each ranking was announced,

There were joys and sorrows.

Every exam would see some students' rankings rise and others fall.

Regardless of the outcome, it would cause emotional fluctuations among the students, making it hard to concentrate on class.

"Xu You, 9th in class, 228th in grade."

Upon hearing his results, Xu You clenched his fist.

Indeed, it was still so ordinary.

As usual, Xu You's performance remained stable within the top 10 of his class.

But there was no breakthrough.

When he performed slightly better, Xu You could occasionally make it into the top 200 of the grade.

Even if he did worse, he wouldn't fall beyond the 300th position.

With such rankings, Xu You wouldn't have trouble getting into a first-tier university for the college entrance examination.

If he performed a bit better, a 211 university

 was not out of reach.

But beyond that, there was hardly any room for improvement.

Such a level, in the eyes of other students, might still be considered not bad.

But for Xu You, it was far from his goal.

When he first entered high school, Xu You had set a goal to get into a 985 key university.

After all, Xu You's parents were graduates of key universities.

In that era, getting into a key university was much harder than it is now.

Yet, despite Xu You's parents not putting any pressure on him regarding his grades,

Xu You himself was very dissatisfied with his performance.

This had always left Xu You in a somewhat despondent state.

When the classmates heard Xu You's ranking, the previous discussions about Xu You's perfect score in a minor test turned negative.

As expected, Xu You was only capable of scoring high in minor tests, but not in major exams.

Lu Zhiyao, upon hearing Xu You's ranking, even shifted her gaze slightly.

The sense of defeat she felt from being surpassed by Xu You in a minor test had finally vanished.

"Who doesn't eat dumplings during the New Year?"

After reading the entire class's rankings, Liu Yanli handed the list to the class monitor.

"After class, everyone take a look at the score gaps, reflect on them. Then, set a goal for the end-of-term, write it on a sticker, and we'll all stick it on the goal wall tomorrow."

Like every exam before, Liu Yanli once again asked each student to set a goal for the next exam to serve as motivation.

"Lastly, there's one more thing. I originally didn't want to mention it, as it's irrelevant for most students. But the principal insisted that every student should be aware, so I'll mention it."

Hearing Liu Yanli's vague words, the students were curious about what it was.

"You all know, the country holds various academic competitions every year, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science."

"But for most students, these competitions are very distant."

"For our school, aside from the Olympiad class, there are rarely students capable of participating in competitions."

"They mostly start preparing for the competitions from the first year of high school, or even from middle school."

"The registration for this year's academic subjects is about to begin."

"In principle, we require that students' scores in each subject reach 90% of the full mark to qualify for competition registration."

"The qualifications for registration will be based on the scores of this term's finals, which will be held jointly with several key high schools in the province, covering all high school examination points."

(End of Chapter)