Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Because of Yan Han and Lin Jianlu’s pioneering selfless problem-solving model, the class atmosphere had become much more harmonious in recent days.
Many students, following along, had been inspired and become more open to answering questions, actively participating in lively discussions about knowledge and learning.
As this model gradually took hold, Yan Han’s workload decreased significantly.
For example, if he had already explained a similar problem to someone else but was asked again, the person who understood would explain it to the person who didn’t, eliminating the need for Yan Han to explain it again.
The homeroom teacher, seeing this flourishing situation, felt even more gratified. So she specifically praised Yan Han and Lin Jianlu during the class meeting, encouraging other students to learn from them.
“Helping others is also improving yourself,” the homeroom teacher said.
When she was handed over the class by the previous homeroom teacher, the teacher had mentioned this problem, saying that the students in the class were selfish and self-righteous, and that they were constantly scheming against each other. The previous homeroom teacher had mentioned this more than once, but to no avail.
Therefore, Teacher Wang thought this would be the biggest problem she would face after taking over the class.
After all, this distorted learning environment could actually affect grades.
Unexpectedly, such a thorny problem was solved by those two students in just a few days… She was right about them! They were good kids!
Yan Han and Lin Jianlu, who were praised extensively, not only gained the support of the homeroom teacher, but also gradually gained the support of other students. On the other hand, those students who occupied the top of the class in terms of grades and never answered other people’s questions seemed to be isolated.
Tang Hongbo, who sat in the front row of the class, was one of them.
His middle school entrance exam results were particularly outstanding, and he directly entered Class 9 in the first year of high school placement exam.
Unfortunately, it only lasted one semester. High school knowledge was far more difficult and extensive than middle school, and the methods used in middle school simply weren’t enough. Tang Hongbo failed the placement exam in the second semester of his first year of high school and was assigned to Class 10.
He then began to study diligently, trying to adapt to the intensity of high school, but whether it was due to a lack of ability or excessive psychological pressure, he still didn’t return to Class 9 in the placement exam.
He wasn’t the only one in a similar situation.
Since suddenly dropping to Class 10 last semester, the sudden increase in pressure caused Tang Hongbo’s temper to change, becoming extremely irritable. He never had the patience to look at other people’s questions and often refused to help outright.
Although he felt resentful about being squeezed out of Class 9, he had at least been in the best and most famous class in the entire school.
This made him look at the students in Class 10 with a sense of superiority, like a landlord looking down on peasants.
Because he was almost always the top student in the class, classmates couldn’t help but ask him questions. Sometimes, if he was in a good mood, he would answer them, but his attitude was usually extremely impatient. He treated answering even the smallest questions like bestowing a favor by a leader, expecting the person to be eternally grateful.
This was how the atmosphere in Class 10 initially arose.
These students knew they were causing resentment among others, but they didn’t care. In their minds, the other students were just there to highlight them.
How could an elephant care about the thoughts of ants?
Until Yan Han and Lin Jianlu came to the class, not only outshining the elephant but also treating the other ants equally, welcoming everyone…
The contrast was so stark that the other students knew who was good and who was bad, and gradually they only gravitated towards Yan Han and Lin Jianlu. As for the class’s original aloof top students?
Let them remain aloof.
Tang Hongbo had a very difficult time during this period.
He had thought he didn’t care what others thought of him and did things “entirely according to his own whims.”
It wasn’t until he was completely ignored and neglected by his classmates that he realized he had always enjoyed the attention others gave him when they asked him questions, and he had always hoped that they would fawn over him. The cautious way they asked him questions was his source of motivation, the root of his confidence that he could return to Class 9.
But now, all of that was gone.
Those who used to admire him were now barely managing not to ridicule him.
Looking at the crowded last row of the classroom after class, Tang Hongbo found himself unable to concentrate on his studies like before!
He felt terrible, knowing he had made a mistake but unwilling to lower himself and approach his classmates.
He remembered his coldness and mockery when others asked him questions.
He was afraid that if he went over, he would suffer the same humiliation.
Since going over was impossible, he secretly hoped that the last table would be the one to suffer.
Whatever the reason!
As long as he could stop the other students from idolizing and fawning over that table, as long as everything could return to its original state…
In just a few days, this feeling of being “neglected” and “ignored” distorted his thinking again. He began to transfer his hostility to Yan Han and Lin Jianlu.
What kind of nonsense was this about studying and progressing together? Did they think this was a charity?!
And the others were even following suit… How foolish!
Those top students have such high IQs; they can play all day and still get whatever scores they want. You guys are wasting your time on others; look at your own grades! Don’t you even want to stay in Class 10 anymore?!
No matter how much he thought and cursed in his heart, Tang Hongbo couldn’t say these words out loud.
But he was already unhappy, and then, at the first class meeting, the homeroom teacher brought up this matter as a key point, and even specifically praised the two at the last table…
This immediately made him even more dissatisfied with this young, inexperienced homeroom teacher.
He never thought this teacher was qualified to lead their class, and now the other party was openly holding a meeting to support this kind of question-and-answer session model…
He kept to himself and the two students in the last row, avoiding any conflict, but he had many opportunities to interact with the homeroom teacher.
A vengeful and venting mentality gradually caused him to lose control, even his gaze towards the teacher became filled with hatred.
However, Tang Hongbo had always been an introverted and honest student, and had never confronted a teacher directly before, so he was initially hesitant.
Until that person approached him…
Soon, the other students all had a feeling that those top-ranking, aloof academic achievers in their class were intentionally or unintentionally making things difficult for their new homeroom teacher, picking on her.
For example, they would suddenly interrupt her during class, arguing with the teacher about a point of knowledge, claiming they didn’t understand it.
The homeroom teacher seemed easygoing, but she could sense that these people were deliberately causing trouble. She wasn’t one to be easily bullied; she’d stand up to any argumentative student and sometimes debate until the end of class.
As for the other students, some already disliked this young homeroom teacher, and now that someone was leading the charge, others followed suit. Some simply stopped paying attention in math class, deliberately studying other subjects— and that was considered mild. Some students in the back rows even ate or played on their phones during class. Because there were so many, the homeroom teacher didn’t have the time or energy to contact their parents, and these students were quite brazen.
Privately, the young homeroom teacher, hurt by this hostility, had even cried more than once.
But there was really no way to deal with this widespread rebellion.
If she called all the parents in, there would always be those who thought their child was fine. When everyone communicated in the class group and saw so many parents being called in, they’d realize it was impossible for so many children to have problems; it must be the teacher’s fault.
She could go report this to the school through the grade head. Once or twice is fine, but if it happens too often, not only will the school think she’s incompetent, but the students will also look down on her even more.
The deep malice from her own students left Teacher Wang feeling lost and helpless. She had consulted with some veteran homeroom teachers, but their experiences varied, and none seemed applicable to the students in Class 10.
After all, it was a place where good students were concentrated. If it were said that students from Classes 17 and 18 openly resisting teachers in class, no one would doubt it, but students from Class 10 were disobedient?
How could that be!
This was probably the reaction of others when good students did something wrong.
She couldn’t complain. It wasn’t that she couldn’t handle these students, but as a teacher, she couldn’t do anything out of line, and more importantly, she wanted to lead by example. She wanted her students to genuinely support her and listen to her, so she could only endure it, stubbornly holding on until the other students changed their opinion of her.
She knew this was a hurdle in her career; if she got through it, everything would be fine; if she didn’t, she would have lost.
Knowing it in one’s heart is one thing, but having someone criticize and argue with whatever one says or does, and being ostracized by the entire class, is a feeling that not everyone can bear. In just two days, the homeroom teacher’s mental state was on the verge of collapse.
She thought she would have to endure this for a long time, but unexpectedly, this oppressive situation was instantly relieved because of one person in Friday’s math class.
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