tenth year of teaching

Chapter 17 Midterm
In mid-to-late October, the midterm exam is approaching.

This is the first large-scale exam after entering the school as a freshman. Compared with the students, these newly graduated young teachers seem to be more nervous.

In fact, since the last birthday incident, Class 12 has been called out by the grade many times.Most of them were due to students' disciplinary violations, lateness, slow gathering for exercises, poor hygiene... The pressure on Chu Xia gradually increased. She could feel that Song Xiaoqiang seemed to be targeting her, but she didn't know why?There are indeed many quantitative problems in the key 12 classes. For example, if you are late, you will be deducted 5 points for each person. If there are two people in a week, you will be ranked last.Zhang Yan and Li Hai were still experts at being late. Even though they had been educated many times, it didn't work at all. Chu Xia couldn't just go to the men's dormitory to pick them out. Asking parents was also a method, but she just didn't want to use it easily.

In her mind, if you can explain things clearly to students, don’t ask parents. If you can’t explain clearly, asking parents is useless.

In early summer, I always remember what Teacher Ren said, that the school pays more attention to teaching results.Therefore, I wake up early and stay late at night. When I have time, I stay in class and watch the students study. Class 12’s class quantification is at the bottom. What if the results are still at the bottom?She couldn't imagine it.

The students are also gradually infected by the teacher's nervousness, and most of them will seize the time to review, and even ask the teacher to ask some questions when they have time.But Li Hai and others are still the same. The habits they have developed over the years cannot be changed in a few days or months. Besides, they don't think there is anything wrong with this.

Chu Xia looked at Zhang Yan who seemed to have changed. Since having Sun Xiaolei, he seemed to have calmed down a little and was not so sharp.Sometimes I would even see Sun Xiaolei accompanying Zhang Yan to do homework after class. Chu Xia thought this was a good thing. Although there were some rumors, she still adopted a tolerant attitude and did not interfere.

11月3-4日进行期中考试，两天8科。从早上7：00就开始考，科目排的让人喘不过气来。

The students are in different poses. After a stressful day of exams, their lips are pale and horrible, and their cheeks are pink after a day of sleep. For seventeen or eighteen years old, high school will always be a hell for some people and a paradise for others.

For high school teachers, exams mean non-stop intense work again, including invigilation, grading, data, analysis, coaching, talking, and error correction.
After the exam was completed on the 4th, Liao Ping, Li Xiaofeng, and Chu Xia worked overtime to grade the papers.For the sake of fairness, students are arranged in the examination room in order of their high school entrance examination results, and the answer sheets for each session are bound with seals and cover paper, covering the students' basic information.

After dinner, the three of them would sit across from each other and grade the papers. Sometimes they would find something that was done well, and the three of them would pass it around and comment.

After a while, Liao Ping discovered something.She lowered her voice and said to them, "Hey, look." As she said that, she inserted a pen between the two sealing nails and pried it up slightly.When Chu Xia and Li Xiaofeng took a look, they could vaguely see the class.

"You're pretty good, you can even spot this!" Li Xiaofeng said expressionlessly.

"Such a big BUG, ​​I found it after just a few flips." Liao Ping continued.

The three of them were young after all, and when they found the test paper with better answers, they couldn't help but lift it up to see which class they were in.While everyone was talking and laughing while marking papers, they secretly began to compare in their hearts.There was the sound of a car driving in outside the window, headlights sweeping across the office windows.The three of them raised their heads curiously, "Who is coming so late?" Just as they were curious, the car stalled.A man got out of the car and turned around and entered the office building.After a while, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in," Liao Ping shouted. She turned around and blinked at the two of them and asked, "Who is it? It's so late."The door was pushed open, and An Lei walked in with a cool breath of night.Chu Xia sat facing the window, turned around and saw An Lei, a little surprised.They haven't seen each other for more than a month. An Lei was sent to study abroad by the school. The two of them only occasionally sent messages and made phone calls, which were mostly about school matters.

An Lei walked to Chu Xia's side, picked up a stack of papers, and looked at them. "Why are you approving it so late?"

"Yes, senior brother, we are working very hard!" Liao Ping said with a smile.

"Very good, very good, keep working hard!" An Lei smiled back.

"Why are you coming to school so late?"

"The training class in my city has just ended. I came back to pick up something." An Lei replied casually.

"Hey, you came to see us just after you came back. Senior brother is so considerate!"

"You are the poor one. I see the lights are still on in your house, so I stopped by to take a look. Okay, you guys go get busy and don't be too late. The school generally requires that you only need to grade the papers within three days after the exam."

"Okay, as ordered, senior brother!" Liao Ping gave an exaggerated salute.

An Lei turned around with a smile and walked out, seemingly casually sweeping Chu Xia's arm.She turned her head and watched An Lei leave with some doubts.

After a while, the phone rang.Chu Xia picked it up and read, "Don't look through student information casually, especially in front of other teachers."The impact is bad!If the leader finds out, your performance will be compromised. '

Chu Xia typed a few words to explain that it was Liao Ping who discovered it, and everyone read it.When I pressed send, I stopped and thought about undoing it a little bit, and finally I just sent "Okay, thank you!" '

She didn't add senior brother as usual. For some reason, she felt more and more uncomfortable when she heard Liao Ping calling him senior brother in a slightly coquettish tone.It seems that anyone can call it that name, but I feel so boring when I call it it.

This little thought diluted the joy of meeting An Lei at first sight.

Liao Ping had other thoughts. After reading the paper, she picked up her phone and sent a message.

"An Lei came back at 8:30 tonight. He just walked around the office and didn't see him talking to Chu Xia deliberately. It doesn't look like Chu Xia knew it in advance. After saying a few words, he left in three or four minutes. He said he was coming back to pick up something."

It was already ten o'clock when Guan Min received the message. She looked at the dozens of words on the screen and read them several times.Close the phone and lie on the bed silently thinking about something.

Li Xiaofeng was a little absent-minded. When she returned to the dormitory after reading the papers, she received a call from her sister, asking how long she would have to persist to obtain the BJ City household registration.As soon as I got it, I quit my job and went to the city to help my sister run a travel agency business. I bought a house for her and provided an apartment-style house with full-time cleaning to ensure her satisfaction.

Lao Zhang didn't care about grading at all. The senior high school teacher went home to cook and take care of the children after get off work. She was happy to put it off day by day.At this time, I was lying on the bed in the dormitory, cracking melon seeds and reading a novel. It was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and I was still cooking potatoes and beans on the induction cooker. The rice had been steamed long ago and allowed to cool.

Life is full of things. Everyone has different pursuits and lifestyles, and the paths they take are naturally different.

(End of this chapter)