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Chapter 977 Mathematics is too difficult

In October, the fourth entrance examination of the Academy of Sciences was underway, which had replaced the imperial examinations. The required examinations were literature and history, jurisprudence, mathematics, and science.Literature and history is the foundation of a nation's culture, and it must not be discarded. It is the most important and obscure subject, and requires a relatively deep foundation of Chinese studies.Since Jurisprudence, Mathematics, and Neo-Confucianism are new studies, the difficulty setting is relatively low, but as the number of people studying increases, the difficulty is also increasing year by year. This is also where Liu Rushi is more distressed.The difficulty is increasing, and the number of people competing is also increasing.

The capital is the largest examination room, and this is also the last entrance examination before the reform of the school system.The capital city was divided into several large examination rooms, and the examinations were conducted simultaneously.

Such a grand event alarmed the people of the whole city, and even the hawkers who usually yelled in the streets and alleys were much quieter, and did not dare to yell loudly, for fear of alarming the students in the examination room.Outside the examination room, there were still some ordinary people in coarse clothes anxiously waiting for their children to come out after the examination.They have already regarded the entrance examination of the Academy of Sciences as a glorious way for their children to embark on an official career. Although they do not know that there are so many departments in the Academy of Sciences, their children are likely to embark on the path of researchers, technical workers, etc., not necessarily becoming officials. .

In addition to ordinary people, there are also some rich and powerful upstarts who hired servants and carriages to wait outside. This is also the time to show their financial power.

Liu Rushi was in the third examination room, with a math paper in front of her.This is different from the previous requirement to do stereotyped essays. It is to solve equations based on application problems.

If such an equation could be easily solved by any middle school student in Chu Yun's time, it would seem a bit difficult for those who have not deliberately studied mathematics.

The two proctors went back and forth in the aisle, which made people feel even more nervous.

On both sides of the examination room, at the front and back, there are wooden chairs on which other invigilators sit, that is to say, there are six invigilators in one examination room.Two inspections, four in front, back, left, and right, the degree of strictness is unimaginable.

This tense atmosphere is also part of the screening mechanism, and coping with stress and tension is also a skill. There are countless emergencies in various positions, and it is difficult to be competent for many tasks without good psychological quality.

The examiner sitting at the front took out a pocket watch from his pocket. This new type of timekeeping tool is much better than an hourglass, etc. It can be accurate to the minute and second.

"It's time for the assessment, all students, please stop answering, sit in your respective seats, and don't act rashly until the examiner collects the answer sheet, otherwise it will be treated as cheating."

After the chief examiner announced the end, the two inspectors ordered everyone to stop answering, and began to collect the test papers.

Liu Rushi was sitting in his examination seat, looking at the last big question which was completely blank, his mind was buzzing.

It's over, I haven't done a whole big problem, and more than a year of preparation will go to waste.Liu Rushi was a little overwhelmed. She didn't expect that the math in the fourth year would be so difficult, and she didn't even have any ideas when facing the last big problem.

No matter how worried Liu Rushi was, the examiner still took the answer sheet away from her.

"Students can leave now. The results will be announced at the beginning of next month. Only those who pass the assessment will be announced. The rest of the students can come to ask about their own results. If you suspect that the examiner has made a big mistake, you can apply for a review. However, the possibility of mistakes is very small, because there will be two graders cross-grading, and a superior will review." The chief examiner said.

In order not to hurt the confidence of all the students, the mathematics one was put at the end. After this assessment is over, it is equivalent to the end of the entire assessment.

"Brother Xu, do you think this year's 'Mathematics' is quite difficult? Especially the last question, which involves the advanced knowledge of 'Calculus', my younger brother is so ignorant that he can't do anything."

"Isn't that right? The textbook puts the knowledge of calculus at the end of the book, which is difficult to understand. I haven't seen any research in the past three years. I thought that the person who wrote the question put it in the textbook as an interesting content. This year is the last big question. I am afraid that few people can answer it."

"The two-day assessment has finally come to an end. I think no matter how much you worry, it won't help. Why don't we go to Zuixianglou to drink to relieve the fatigue after two days."

When he came out of the examination room, there were many candidates around Liu Rushi talking about it.

They all have a big headache for the subject of "mathematics". Although there are mathematics works such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" in ancient times, which have involved preliminary calculus ideas, Pythagorean theorem, and one-variable equations, these knowledge are not included in stereotyped articles and Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism. The front is just heresy.

Liu Rushi didn't hear what the people around her said, she was still in shock and worried.

"Sister Liu!" Outside the examination room, Ella, Da Yuer, Xiao Xiuer and other people who were close to Liu Rushi had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Liu Rushi coming out, they waved to her.Goya was unable to come because of Army Academy training.

It was also the first time that Princess Sophia had seen such a grand selection and assessment.There is no such grand occasion in Britain, and there is even no concept of unified written examination selection.

"When have you been waiting outside?" Liu Rushi didn't expect that a few friends would be waiting outside, which moved her a little.At least she is no longer an unaccompanied orphan in the capital.

"The few of us are really worried, thinking that after your participation in the assessment is over, we will go home to celebrate." Ella said.

"Sister Ella, no matter what the result of this assessment is, I can no longer live in your courtyard. I have caused you a lot of trouble these days." Liu Rushi said after the assessment was over.

She is still living with Chen Yuanyuan in the courtyard that Chu Yun gave to Ella a few years ago, and they will stay there for two years.

"Anyway, I almost don't live there. If it's vacant, it's better to let my sister take care of it. Before you have your own job, don't mention moving out." Aila stopped Liu Rushi's thoughts.

"Just now I saw my sister, you were a little out of your mind, did something happen?" Da Yuer asked from the side.

Liu Rushi nodded: "The last big question in mathematics involves 'calculus', which is too difficult for me. I almost didn't make a move. I'm afraid I will miss the Academy of Sciences this time."

"Calculus? We also need to learn it in the medical department. It's really hard to understand when you first come into contact with it." Xiao Xiu'er is also in pain. Recently, she has to learn knowledge that is not available in this era.

"Why do doctors have to learn mathematics?" Liu Ru was puzzled.

"It is mainly used in the statistical analysis of drug and herbal tests to confirm the drug's elimination rate, dosage, and lethal rate."

(End of this chapter)