“Class A generally performed well this time. There was only one student who performed out of her usual standards. Plus, one of our students, Emily, got first place this time.”
Hearing this, the principal nodded. “Do you have anything to say, Emily?”
Hearing the principal calling her name, Emily straightened her back and stood up, then said humbly, “This final exam was generally more difficult than last time, so it is understandable for that student to perform worse. I will continue to work hard without being arrogant.” There was a hidden meaning behind Emily’s words.
The students all sighed in awe after hearing her words.
“Emily is such a nice girl. She was not affected by that painting competition at all.”
“Yeah. She even got first place in the whole year.”
“Haha, wasn’t Janet acting all snobby? Why did she get only 200 points in the test this time?”
Emily raised her head proudly while listening to the compliments given to her by her classmates. She knew that Janet was just lucky to get good results last time. She wasn’t so lucky this time, so she messed up in the exam!
Hearing the comments from the crowd, the headmaster’s face darkened. He sneered and said, “A lesson can be learnt from the results of this final exam. Getting first place once does not mean that you will always be first.” The head teachers all lowered their heads, while the principal continued, “We’ll stream students according to their results. There will be 30 students in each class, so students will be streamed into Class A to Class F.”
As soon as the principal said this, there was a huge commotion in the meeting room.
“My ranking is 15th, so I can still stay in Class A. This is great!”
“I’m rank 40th this time, so I have to go to Class B.”
“I’m ranked 170th this time, so I have to go to Class F.”
Abby looked down at her transcript, bit her lip and asked, “Janet, what is your ranking?”
Janet woke up from her drowsy state and said blankly, “I’m 172nd.”
Gordon looked at Janet in shock. “Janet, why are you ranked so low?”
“Because I didn’t do well in the exam!” Janet didn’t care at all.
“Did you not read the school’s bulletin board? Our grades and rankings are on it,” Abby said.
Gordon shook his head.
Abby hugged Janet suddenly, grazing her round cheek against her arm. “I’m in the same class as you. I’m ranked 165th.” Fortunately, she was still in the same class as Janet because otherwise, she would be so bored in class.
Meanwhile, Gordon looked down at his third place ranking thoughtfully.
…
At the teacher’s office, Lilian was humming a song joyfully. She didn’t expect that Janet would score only 200 points in the final exam. She finally didn’t have to teach Janet anymore.
Seeing this, other teachers couldn’t help but jokingly said, “Miss Lilian, you seem to be in a good mood.”
Hearing this, Lilian raised her head and puffed out her chest. Her good mood was self-evident.
Meanwhile, other teachers frowned. “The student from Miss Lilian’s class is the first in the whole year again, and her least favorite student got two hundred points in the exam and was assigned to Class F. How can she be in a bad mood?”
“By the way, why did Emily score so well this time?”
“Her grades have always been good, but I didn’t expect her to be in such a good mental state after all that has happened.”
“Actually, most humans are vain. Everyone who paints and writes these days plagiarizes in some form or another! It’s a common thing.”
“Well, Miss Lilian was the one who taught Emily well.”
“That’s true. Everyone can see how good Miss Lilian is at teaching.”
“It seems that the scholarship for the college entrance examination this time will be scored by someone from Class A again.”
Miss Lilian looked smug. Of course! The students from Class A get the highest score for the college entrance examination every year! She then proudly said, “Emily is smart and keen to learn, so she should take the credit. I do take a liking to her!”
The other head teachers all continued to chatter joyfully. However, the head teacher of Class F was in a depressed mood in the corner. Not only did she have to teach the worst students every year, but Janet was also assigned to her class this time. The thought of the incident relating to Jennifer made her hair stand on end. She didn’t expect her students to get good results in the remaining three months. She just hoped that they would at least stay out of trouble.
