Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 19 Freshmen start school

September 9st is the day when freshmen of high school report for duty, and the class teacher has to be busy from morning to night.

High school teachers would have an easier life if they didn't have to be class teachers.

Freshmen in the first year of high school will have a week of military training after school starts, starting on September 9rd and ending on September 3th. This means that teachers who are not class teachers do not have to go to work during this period. If they need to attend a meeting, they just have to clock in. They have a vacation from June 10st, when the third year of high school ends, to September 6th, which is equivalent to nearly three and a half months, almost half a year.

In fact, it’s not that the workload of class teachers is too heavy, but it’s mainly because they are always tied to the school and have no freedom.

The new student reception is located in the playground. Starting at 10 a.m., each class teacher is personally responsible for the admission of their class.

The playground was filled with banners and balloons warmly welcoming new students. Two rows of tables were placed in front of the podium, housing Class 1 to Class 20 of Grade . The sun was so hot that the school was reluctant to even put up sunshade tents for the class teachers.

At 8:30 in the morning, all the first-year class teachers held a meeting. Zhou Jing went to the meeting room with Yang Wenwen and other teachers.

"Xiao Zhou looks familiar. Teacher Yang, was he your student in high school?"

A female teacher in her thirties looked familiar to Zhou Jing.

"Yes, he was in my class from freshman to senior year."

Yang Wenwen nodded. She was very proud to have trained a student like Zhou Jing.

"Teacher Li teaches politics in our first-year class."

Zhou Jing remembered this teacher, who taught politics. Her name was Lee Hyo-ri and she was the head teacher of Class 1 and 2 of Senior High School.

"Yes, I remember you were the class monitor at that time. Time flies so fast. Teacher Yang's students have all become teachers now."

Lee Hyori remembered.

"When I was in high school, I thought Zhou Jing was a promising young man."

Zhou Jing's high school physics teacher Liu Tongxin patted Zhou Jing on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Teacher Liu has a keen eye for talent."

Zhou Jing thought that it was a shame for a 211 university student to be a high school teacher.

The only teachers Zhou Jing was familiar with among the present teachers were Yang Wenwen, his high school physics teacher Liu Tongxin, and the head teacher of Class 7 of Grade 1, Kou Ling. Kou Ling had never taught Zhou Jing. He was familiar with Kou Ling because she was young and beautiful. However, God opened a window for Kou Ling and closed a door at the same time. Kou Ling's height of more than 1.5 meters was her flaw.

When Kou Ling stands together with Zhou Jing, who is 1.8 meters tall, she is only as tall as Zhou Jing's shoulders. Because she is too short, Kou Ling has to wipe the blackboard many times during a class.

"Where in Qing County is Xiao Zhou's family from?"

Kou Ling is Zhou Jing's fellow villager, and her hometown is Qing County.

"My hometown is Yuanjiagou. Where is Teacher Kou?"

Zhou Jing's hometown is quite famous. The great man's "沁园春·雪" was written there.

"Zhezhen Dripping Cliff."

"You two are from the same hometown."

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There was nothing important about the meeting, it was just a mobilization meeting for new students to register.

"First, let me introduce a new member, Zhou Jing, Mr. Zhou. Some teachers should know him. He is a graduate of our school in 06. In 06, he was admitted to the Department of Mathematics of Tangdu Normal University with excellent grades. This year he came back to serve his alma mater and is now the head teacher of Class and of Senior High School. We are all seniors now, so please take good care of Mr. Zhou."

After everyone arrived, the Dean of Academic Affairs Gao Huaidong introduced Zhou Jing first.

This was an informal meeting and time was limited, so Zhou Jing was not allowed to speak.

The meeting officially began, and the Dean of Academic Affairs started talking a lot about welcoming students and parents with sincerity and enthusiasm, showing the best side to students and parents, and letting students and parents feel the excellent humanistic atmosphere of the Experimental Middle School. The teachers seemed to be listening very seriously, but in fact they didn't hear a word.

The teacher at this time is just like the students in a class meeting, he is bored but still pretends to be serious.

The meeting ended at 9:40. After the meeting, Zhou Jing and Yang Wenwen went to the playground together to prepare to receive new students to register.

The playground was very busy at this time. There were scattered students and parents lined up in front of each class registration desk. The boarding students had large and small packages placed beside them, and yellow urea bags for quilts could be seen everywhere. "Are you from Class 1 and 2 of Senior High School?"

Zhou Jing began to register the first student.

"Yes, hello, teacher."

The other party took out the admission letter and ID card.

"Hello, parents." Zhou Jing first greeted the middle-aged man in plain clothes next to the student, then took the admission letter and ID card to confirm the student's information, "Liu Lei, accommodation, right?"

The information that needs to be confirmed includes name, gender, home address, graduation school, and whether the photo on the admission letter is consistent with the ID card photo.

These days, there are cases of students replacing each other in the middle school entrance exam and in the high school entrance exam. This happens every year in the junior high school that Zhou Jing attends, but it is always something that the students on both sides have agreed on in advance.

Excellent junior high school students in the county do not need to take the high school entrance examination to apply to the county high school. The county high school will directly admit them and offer free tuition. Students who choose to be admitted to the county high school can take the exam for others, or sell their places to others after being admitted to other schools. This is generally a helpless choice for students from very poor families, who have no choice but to give up the opportunity to receive a better education.

"Correct."

The student named Liu Lei nodded.

"The dormitory is Room 413 in Building . The row of buildings across the street is the student apartment. Go to the dormitory building and get the bedsheets and dormitory keys from the building manager. After you settle in, go to the financial office in the administration building to pay the tuition and sign here."

After confirming the information, Zhou Jing took out the Class 2 roster and pointed to where the students signed in.

Liu Lei did as he was told, signed, pointed to the other information at the back and said, "Do I need to fill this in?"

"No, my last name is Zhou, and I'm your class teacher. You can contact me if you have any questions." Zhou Jing took the roster and ticked the "Notes" of the student, wrote his phone number on the student information receipt, and added: "Come to the classroom for a class meeting at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

There are signboards and a school map at the freshman reception desk, which mark all the information new students need to know.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhou. Can we go to the dormitory now?"

"Yes, the beds are divided into different places. There are numbers on the beds. You can choose a bed according to your number."

Reporting for freshmen in high school is not as complicated as reporting for university. You only need to register and confirm the information with the class teacher, and then go directly to the dormitory to settle down and pay the tuition.

After knowing that Zhou Jing was the head teacher, the students in Class 2's first reaction was that the head teacher was so young. However, they did not question Zhou Jing like the senior high school students. Fifteen or sixteen-year-old freshmen did not have the courage to question their high school teachers.

"Teacher, I don't have an admission letter. I transferred here after being admitted to No. 3 Middle School."

Then the next student stepped forward and said.

"Fang Jianbin, did you bring the admission letter from No. 3 Middle School?"

As a class teacher, Zhou Jing was somewhat prejudiced against transfer students. The school collected tuition fees from transfer students but did not give the class teacher a penny, unless the other party reached the score line of the Experimental Middle School. Zhou Jing had a prejudice in his heart, but he did not show it on the surface. Fang Jianbin's score in the high school entrance examination was 506, which at least reached the admission line.

"Bring it."

The student took out the notice and handed it to Zhou Jing.

After confirming that the information was correct, Zhou Jing asked him to sign.

"Zhou Jing, do you have any extra pens?"

A student's signature pen fell to the ground and broke when Yang Wenwen, the head teacher of Class 3, picked it up.

"Have."

Zhou Jing stood up and walked it over.

As soon as their children registered, some parents began to worry about them. Some said that their children had poor eyesight, some said that their children had poor grades in certain subjects and hoped that they would be arranged to sit next to their children who would complement each other when seating them. Some said that it was their first time living on campus and they hoped that Zhou Jing would take care of them. Parents with better conditions wanted to treat Zhou Jing to a meal.

What students and parents are most concerned about at the moment is seating.

As a class teacher, Zhou Jing must try to treat every student fairly. It is impossible to arrange a seat too close to the front for a tall student. At most, he can make minor adjustments for individual students. It is definitely impossible to take care of all 56 students in the class.

(End of this chapter)