Traveling through 1980 to become a top student

Chapter 12

Zhao Yumei wrinkled her face, "I didn't finish the penultimate question, and I ran out of time for the last question, so I didn't finish it."

Lin Jinglan asked, "What about the others?"

Zhao Yumei said, "Other things have been written, so there shouldn't be many mistakes. Solid geometry has a lot of proofs. If you can prove it, you can't go wrong. A few calculations are quite simple."

Lin Jinglan was relieved, Zhao Yumei's level was considered average among girls, if she answered like this, Lin Jinglan guessed that all the girls did well in the exam.

Zhao Yumei kept sighing, "I spent too much time on the penultimate question. If I can't do it, I should give up and do the last question. I can do the last question, but I don't have time."

Gu Panpan snorted coldly, "I can't do one, and I can get 85 points in the exam without finishing one, and I still sigh. How much more do you want to take? Why didn't I know that you are so good at math."

Zhao Yumei was taken aback when she heard that.Most of the time, she couldn't even get 85 points in the math test, and [-] points was a number that she couldn't even imagine.But now, if she hadn't heard Gu Panpan's words, she would still be annoyed that she didn't do well in the exam.

Now that I think about it, why did she not do well in the exam?She has never done so well in the exam!
Zhao Yumei was stunned, when did she have such high demands on herself?Even if she couldn't do a single question, she was very annoyed. In the past, she didn't know how to do half of the questions on the paper, and she took it for granted.

But now that she got 85 points in the test, she still sincerely feels that she can do better in the test.

Zhao Yumei held Lin Jinglan's hand tightly, "Jinglan, it's great that I know you." Zhao Yumei lowered her head to hide her red eyes.

Because of Lin Jinglan, Zhao Yumei felt that her life might be completely different.It's not just that she can get a few more points in the math test, she can do things that she didn't dare to think about before, so she dares to pursue more now, and she pursues it with confidence.

Lin Jinglan didn't see Zhao Yumei's teary eyes, but just shook her hand and said with a smile, "It's great that I know you too."

Gu Panpan saw Zhao Yumei's abnormality sharply, but she didn't say anything, she lowered her head and walked silently beside Lin Jinglan.

Teacher Li walked into the classroom holding the corrected math paper, and the eyes of the whole class shot at him.

Teacher Li coughed and said, "Everyone did well in this exam. It seems that the competition between boys and girls has indeed promoted the enthusiasm for learning."

Everyone impatiently listened to Teacher Li's cliché, and waited anxiously for Teacher Li to reveal whether it was the boy or the girl who won.One after another stared fixedly at Mr. Li, almost burning him to pieces.

"In this test, the average score of boys is 71 points."

The boys breathed a sigh of relief. The average score was 11 points higher than the passing line, which is definitely a high score.There has never been a math test with such a high average score before, and an average score of 60 is not bad.Of course, the average score of boys has not been calculated separately before, and the average score of the whole class is calculated together.Many boys thought triumphantly that it was girls who lowered the average score in the past.

Teacher Li continued, "The average score of girls—"

"80 points."

As soon as Teacher Li finished speaking, the whole class exploded.

Both boys and girls suspect that they have heard wrong.

In the previous math test, even the first graders could hardly score 80 points...but now the average score of girls can reach 80 points!
This means that about half of the girls scored higher than 80 points!There is absolutely no way for anyone to take the test with a score of [-] or [-], which is normal in their minds, otherwise the average score will never reach [-].

Since Lin Jinglan came to their class this semester, too many things happened beyond their comprehension.Everyone was surprised that Lin Jinglan got a perfect score in the exam.But now that Lin Jinglan has helped the girls raise their average score to 80 points in a short period of time, everyone is not only surprised, but also suspects that they are dreaming!
This is something that no math teacher in the whole school can do...

The boys thought more, and they knew in their hearts that the average score of the boys reached 71 points, thanks to Lin Jinglan.If it wasn't for Lin Jinglan's willingness to help them explain the questions and ask other girls to help them explain the questions, they would not be able to grasp many things.

All of a sudden, the whole class looked at Lin Jinglan, their eyes were full of enthusiasm, and they thought in unison in their hearts that as long as Lin Jinglan was willing to help them, it would not be difficult to get a few more points in the college entrance examination!
Lin Jinglan is like a ladder to the sky, standing in front of the threshold of the university that was originally unreachable in their eyes.

The average score of 80 points is 71 points higher than the average score of 9 points, and Lin Jinglan also contributed to the average score of 71 for boys.This time, Lin Jinglan won the bet with Teacher Li without any suspense.

From correcting the papers to calculating the average score, Mr. Li was overwhelmed by the shock.For the three-dimensional geometry paper, two girls scored more than 80 points, several girls scored more than 70 points, the rest were all in the 60s, and only one scored more than [-] points.And Lin Jinglan, of course, got full marks.

All the girls passed!And the average score is as high as 80!

Among the students he taught in the past, the girls' three-dimensional geometry was completely messed up. Let alone an [-] in the test, an [-] is not bad.

Teacher Li couldn't figure it out, was it because Lin Jinglan was too good at lecturing, or...was he really wrong before?

Just like what Lin Jinglan said, girls can learn solid geometry better than boys, but it is because he and people around him said that girls can't do it, so they really can't do it?
Teacher Li's feelings are difficult to distinguish. If it is true what Lin Jinglan said, then he will be sorry to too many girls.

The get out of class bell rings.Lin Jinglan stood up, "I have to admit one thing to everyone."

Teacher Li stopped when he was about to go out, and all the students looked at Lin Jinglan.

"Before, in order to help girls win this competition against boys, to prove that girls can learn solid geometry well, and to prove that the words of teachers and people around them will have a great impact—"

"I told a lie."

"I said that girls' spatial imagination is better than boys, and I showed you the papers in the booklet. In fact, my words and the booklet are fake."

"On the whole, men's spatial imagination is better than women's. Now that the game is over, I have to tell everyone the truth."

Everyone was stunned.

After a long silence, Gu Panpan tremblingly took out the thesis booklet, "You say it's fake?"

Lin Jinglan nodded, "Yes. I found this booklet to be printed by a printing company. The article that everyone has read, saying that girls have better spatial imagination than boys, was written by myself."

Gu Panpan quickly turned to the paper, "You printed the brochure? You wrote the paper? How is that possible!"

Fang Yuntao yelled, "Lin Jinglan, are you lying to us now?"

The whole class still has a look of disbelief.

Lin Jinglan sighed, "To be honest, no one believes it anymore. Fortunately, I made preparations. Turn to page 97 of the brochure and look in the middle of the third line. I inserted a few words in the middle of this paper."

Gu Panpan quickly turned to page 97, opened his eyes wide to search carefully, and read aloud, "The book written by Lin Jinglan..." The voice suddenly increased, "written by Lin Jinglan?"

Lin Jinglan nodded, "I believe it now, don't you?"

The whole class looked dull, and Lin Jinglan always gave them shocks again and again, each time being more exaggerated.The paper was full of new words they didn't know, and long sentences with complex structures. It took them a lot of effort to understand the general meaning of the paper. The girls were already surprised by Lin Jinglan's fluent translation. Heaven and man.

And now Lin Jinglan told them...that English paper was written by herself!
Fang Yuntao came back to his senses and shouted, "You lied to us in order to win the game! How can this be considered a girl's win? If you hadn't convinced all the boys and girls in the class that girls' spatial imagination is better, the boys would definitely pass the exam." Taller than a girl!"

"You... You delay boys' learning of solid geometry like this, can you afford it?" Fang Yuntao questioned.

Lin Jinglan pursed her lips, "Did I delay the boys' study of solid geometry? Even if I delay you, it will only delay about thirty boys in the class, a total of one month, right?"

"What about those remarks before? How many girls' lives have been delayed?"

"Boys who feel that I have delayed your grades can come to me to help you make up lessons. As long as you are willing to do what I ask, I promise to help you make up until you feel that I will not delay you anymore!" Lin Jinglan said in an unhappy tone.

"If I don't do anything, the girls in our class will definitely believe the nonsense that those girls can't learn solid geometry, and then they will be a mess. I can't just sit back and watch."

Teacher Li stood at the door in a daze, no longer thinking about the "nonsense" in Lin Jinglan's mouth, referring to what he said.Facing Lin Jinglan who showed his sharpness, what he felt for the first time was not disgust, but admiration.

He was really convinced.

He was wrong before, Teacher Li thought guiltily, he delayed too many students, no, not only him, too many teachers made the same mistakes as him.

In this match, Lin Jinglan made her see too many things clearly.He had to report the game to the principal from the beginning to the end, and then let the principal convey it to the teachers—to let everyone know that what they had been doing was wrong all along.

Teacher Li smiled wryly, hoping that it is not too late to make up for it.

What Lin Jinglan said made Fang Yuntao speechless. Many people in the class cast dissatisfied glances at Fang Yuntao, including many boys.

Lin Jinglan decided to sprinkle a handful of chicken soup for the last time, took a deep breath, and said, "So boys, come on! You are born with an advantage in solid geometry, and if you work harder, you will definitely be able to learn well."

"Girls, I'm actually telling this lie for you. It's to make you all believe and remember that even in areas where you are born with a disadvantage, you can do great things through your own efforts. The natural gap is really not as good as yours. It’s so big in your imagination, no matter how many people tell you that you are not good, you can’t even feel that you are not good.”

"No matter how many years later, when someone tells you that you can't do it, I hope you can all think of the hard work you have done in learning solid geometry in the past month, remember the test results this time, and firmly believe that you can do it."

(End of this chapter)