Traveling through 1980 to become a top student

Chapter 9

"We are learning three-dimensional geometry, so we might as well hold a competition. Anyway, after learning three-dimensional geometry, there will be a staged test. At that time, girls will be compared with boys. Calculate the average scores of girls and boys, and who will get the average score?" Whoever is tall wins."

Lin Jinglan explained the rules of the competition clearly.

"This is also something that promotes students' enthusiasm for learning. What do you think, Mr. Li?" Lin Jinglan asked.

Teacher Li's first reaction was that Lin Jinglan would definitely give a lecture to the girls, and a strong sense of worry suddenly rose in her heart.If Lin Jinglan gave the girls some advice, would the girls really do better than the boys?
However, he quickly suppressed the worries in his heart. Lin Jinglan can give lectures to girls, so why can't he give lectures to boys?No matter how good Lin Jinglan was, she was just a student who could do well in the exam, and most of the time when she gave others a lecture, she couldn't understand it.And he is an experienced teacher, if he is willing to teach the boys some small topics, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

And he just said that girls' spatial imagination is far inferior to boys, if he dare not even agree to this bet, wouldn't he be slapping himself in the face?
After thinking clearly, Teacher Li said, "Okay, I will do as you say." Teacher Li readily agreed.He sincerely believes that the gap between girls and boys in terms of spatial imagination is not 01:30. No matter how hard Lin Jinglan tries to help girls, girls will not be able to win this competition.

The students in the class looked different for a while.Some of the girls looked worried, while others looked full of anticipation.Most of the boys are full of disdain, and some have a leisurely attitude that has nothing to do with them.

Everyone thought that the matter of the competition was finalized, but they heard Lin Jinglan respectfully say to Teacher Li, "I'm very happy that you also agree with the competition I suggested, but teacher, would you like to ask the students for their opinions?"

Teacher Li didn't expect to ask for the opinions of his classmates at first, but after Lin Jinglan reminded him, he felt embarrassed to make up his own mind.

Teacher Li said, "If you want to participate in this competition, you can raise your hand. If you don't want to participate, just let it go. Let's compete with the boys and girls participating in the competition."

Immediately, most of the boys raised their hands, but none of the girls raised their hands yet.

Hong Ze, who raised his hand, poked Fang Yuntao, who was sitting in front of him and didn't raise his hand, with a pen, "Why didn't you raise it? Are you afraid that you can't compare with their girls?"

Fang Yuntao said lazily, "Competing with girls on solid geometry, what's the point of winning?" Fang Yuntao's voice was so loud that the whole class could hear it clearly, and several boys laughed along with him.

Hong Ze frowned.

The girls who were still watching from side to side, heard Fang Yuntao's words and the laughter of several boys, six of them raised their hands in a bang, and then seven hands were raised one after another, and there was no more movement after that.

There were 13 girls in the class, except for Lin Jinglan, there were [-] girls left. Thirteen raised their hands, and only four of them did not participate in the competition.

Teacher Li ordered Lin Jinglan to write down the names of the participants in the competition.While memorizing the names, Lin Jinglan discussed with Teacher Li, "If I win, I just ask Teacher Li to treat girls and boys equally from now on. If I lose, what do you think?"

"If you lose, please apologize to me in front of all the teachers and students in the school!" Teacher Li said, and told Lin Jinglan the request that Lin Jinglan had asked him.

Teacher Li hated Lin Jinglan who was against him everywhere. He wanted Lin Jinglan to apologize to him in front of everyone before being expelled from the school.

Now he feels that if he sees Lin Jinglan more, he will be so angry that he will live a few days less.How many classes of students he has taught, girls are not good at solid geometry, why do you have to challenge him when you come to Lin Jinglan?

Teacher Li secretly said to himself, there are still two remaining in the three exams.Next time, the next exam must make her fail the full score!Then get the hell out!

Lin Jinglan made a bet with Teacher Li again, it was really not to make things difficult for Teacher Li, or to save face for herself.

She felt that if she didn't do something, the girls in the class might really be ruined by Teacher Li in mathematics.Furthermore, the ruin of mathematics may be the ruin of the college entrance examination, and the ruin of the college entrance examination. In this era, the trajectory of life may be different for a lifetime.

Lin Jinglan thought she was not the Virgin Mary, but she couldn't turn a blind eye to such things.

She will definitely win this bet, and she will definitely help the girls in the class regain their confidence in three-dimensional geometry, and even confidence in all aspects, so that they can truly believe that they are no worse than boys.

She now has a great plan in mind.

Are there gender differences in spatial imagination?According to Lin Jinglan's memory, her answer is - existence.

Women's spatial imagination does seem to be a little worse than men's.

In her previous life, Lin Jinglan had read literature on this topic by chance. She remembered that there was no definitive conclusion on this issue. Some research results were different, while others were not.Generally speaking, those who think there are differences account for the majority.

This is not Lin Jinglan's professional field, and she doesn't want to get too entangled in this issue.Let's assume that the majority of the research results are correct, women's spatial imagination is really worse than men's.

Lin Jinglan is still confident of winning this bet.Because the gap is definitely not that big!

She knows the research results, but she knows more about the practical examples around her.In her previous life, she studied all the way. She studied solid geometry in high school and engineering graphics in college. The grades of girls in the class were no worse than boys. Differences between men and women in spatial imagination.

Even if the natural ability of women in this area is really worse than that of men.On the subject of college difficulty, the difference between men and women can't be shown. Now such a simple high school subject, can it show the gap?

Absolutely not.

Teacher Li also vowed that there is only one reason why the girls in the previous years are not good at solid geometry-the reason why they are not good at three-dimensional geometry is these remarks!
It's not because they can't, that's why we say they can't.

It's because they say they can't do it, and they really can't do it.

Lin Jinglan took a deep breath, thinking of this reversal of cause and effect, her eyes turned red with anger.

But now if girls want to learn solid geometry well, there is only one thing to do, and that is to make them really believe that they are as good as boys!

However, in the short-term competition, Lin Jinglan had already made up her mind——

She decided to tell a little lie in a short time, so that the students in the class, not only the girls but also the boys, believed that the spatial imagination of girls was better than boys!
This has a positive effect on girls, and a negative effect on boys. With the superimposition of the two psychological inducements, she doesn't believe that the girls in the class can't pass the exam for boys!
But how to make the whole class believe her is really a big problem.Regardless of whether Teacher Li is a teacher or she is a student, what Teacher Li said must be more convincing.In this environment, it is already a consensus that boys have better spatial imagination than girls.

...although it's probably true.

Imagine that from childhood to adulthood, the parents of the students in the class, and every teacher, instilled this concept in the students, and no matter the students, teachers, or parents believed in it.

And it will take her a day or two to completely change this concept!

One can imagine how difficult it is.

But Lin Jinglan already has an idea—her system space will probably come in handy for the first time!

...If she used it as a self-study room in the past, it doesn't count.

Lin Jinglan was gearing up, she thought that the system space would not be fully utilized until she was in college.Lin Jinglan is very excited to be able to use it to do something meaningful now.

After the evening self-study, Lin Jinglan called all the girls who participated in the competition to her dormitory and had a small meeting.

Facing the worried faces, Lin Jinglan deeply felt that she had a heavy burden on her shoulders—they had no confidence that they could learn solid geometry better than boys.

Lin Jinglan made her voice firm and convincing, "I made this bet today not against Teacher Li at all, but to prove that girls can also learn solid geometry well."

"I'm not impulsive. In fact, girls' spatial imagination is better than boys'!"

The girls all stared round with disbelieving expressions on their faces.

"How is it possible? The three-dimensional geometry of the girls I know is far inferior to that of boys. How can girls' spatial imagination be better than boys?" Gu Panpan asked first.

Lin Jinglan's tone was firm, "Girls are not good at three-dimensional geometry, in fact, it's not because of poor spatial imagination, but because—"

"Because I've been telling you that you can't do it in your ears all the time, and you also believe that you can't do it."

"If someone keeps telling you that girls are inferior to boys in Chinese and English, do you dare to say that your Chinese and English are worse than boys now?"

Seeing that the girls still looked hesitant, Lin Jinglan smiled, "After listening to what I said, everyone must have the confidence to win. I will make a long story short, just two points."

"First, I said that girls have good spatial imagination. I'm not talking nonsense. I saw a collection of research literature by chance before. There are many papers in it, written by professors from all over the world. Girls have stronger spatial imagination. , is a recognized fact in the world today. In the past two days, I went home to find that collection and show it to you."

"Second, I will do my best to help you learn solid geometry well. I have some experience in mathematics. It is obvious to all that I got full marks in the two mathematics exams. If you trust me, I can spare time every day to help you give lectures. Who If you have any questions, you can always ask me.”

"Let's set up a study group. From tomorrow until the end of the male and female competition, we will learn together and make progress together. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)