I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

It is something that is ubiquitous in daily life and is used throughout his career. But it has limited power and cannot change the situation when facing a group that is difficult to communicate with.

But at certain times, it contains unlimited power.

Ogasa Suzukiko is able to communicate well with students and does not have a closed heart. Judging from her current personality, she is not as stubborn as Shinohara's mother, who can't hear her daughter's voice at all.

Faced with such a teacher like Ogasa, Tetsufumi Hirakawa believes that even without any system, he is confident that the power of language can be deeply rooted in people's hearts.

It's time to show the power of language.

After entering the wind orchestra, they came in front of Mr. Ogasa who had been waiting for them.

Teacher Ogasa, who seemed to be in a daze and thinking about something, was suddenly awakened.

"Hey."

With a small cry, the female teacher stood up from her chair like a student, raised her head and looked at him. Then, as expected, her gold-framed glasses, which were too big for her small face, tilted.

The scene is a little bit funny.

"..."

"..."

"Teacher Pingchuan, you're back?"

As Mr. Ogasa spoke, he reached out his hand a little panickily to adjust the frame of his glasses - compared to the frame, his hand looked incredibly small.

"……Um."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt his train of thought interrupted by the scene before him.

I just said "hmm", and then I didn't know how to start again.

Teacher Ogasa, are you a bit of a naive person?

There is a saying that natural stupidity can overcome everything.

Feeling restrained and silent, Tetsufumi Hirakawa couldn't think of how to start the conversation for a moment.

So, Teacher Ogasa kept staring at him, her eyes behind the lenses flashing with confusion, until several seconds later, she stretched out her hand, raised it above her head, and waved it in front of him.

"Teacher Pingchuan, Teacher Pingchuan, are you still there?"

"……Here I am."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa had to reorganize his language.

"Mr. Ogasa, um...how should I put it, today I want to ask Mr. Ogasa about something."

"Um... Is it something difficult to talk about? Please tell me."

Ogasa Suzukiko showed an affirmative expression, saying "Don't worry, please tell me."

But the wording is not quite right.

"It's not that hard to talk about..."

"I want to ask about Shinohara-san."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa finally found his train of thought.

"Shinohara-san?"

Ogasa Suzukiko immediately turned her gaze to Shinohara Shiori who was standing beside her.

And Shinohara Shiori...this girl was also stunned for a moment and then cast her gaze on Hirakawa Tetsufumi.

"Is such that."

Ignoring the gaze, he spoke to himself.

"Shinohara ranked third in the final exam last semester."

"..."

From the corner of his eye, he could see that the girl Shinohara Shiori next to him wanted to speak, but after thinking about it, she chose not to interrupt him.

And Mr. Ogasa did not have the slightest doubt about this.

She listened carefully, then nodded approvingly: "Very good."

"Yeah, it's pretty good. But... after the results came out, Shinohara-san still found me."

"Eh?"

"Because she herself is not very satisfied with the result."

"I see...Shinohara-san is very motivated. That's great."

Mr. Ogasa continued to praise.

Then the frame slid down because of the nodding action, and she reached out to hold it.

"..."

"..."

After being distracted for a moment, Hirakawa Tetsufumi came to his senses and continued speaking.

"After Shinohara-san found me, I asked her why she was not satisfied."

"Hmm...why?"

"Yes, and why? She answered--"

At this time, Shinohara Shiori next to her suddenly interrupted.

“Because it can be better,” she said.

"Better?" Ogasa Suzukiko was puzzled. "Did you accidentally get a question wrong?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa smiled with satisfaction.

"No, what Shinohara-san meant by 'can be better' is——"

"If you study harder, you can do better." Shinohara Shiori continued to give an answer.

"..."

Teacher Ogasa in front of him glanced at Shinohara Shiori and said hesitantly.

"Well... it's better to do it in advance than to do it later... Sorry, Shinohara-san, I didn't mean to criticize you..."

"It's okay, Mr. Ogasa." Shinohara Shiori said, "It's because I didn't review well beforehand. It was too easy."

"This one……"

Ogasa Suzukiko adjusted the frame of the mirror with her little hands.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi spoke up: "Shinohara is right, it's too easy, and several other students came to me and told me about this problem."

"Hmm? Are there other students?"

"Yes." Tetsufumi Hirakawa nodded.

"Why...?"

He continued.

"I also want to know the answer to this phenomenon. So, after I reflected deeply on this issue, I decided to ask seniors who have more than ten years of teaching experience for advice."

"I asked them: Seniors, as a young teacher, I always feel that it is better to be more relaxed with students. I especially like to have harmonious conversations with students. However, some students said that this kind of relaxation has affected their review at the end of the semester. Why?"

"My seniors told me that there is nothing wrong with wanting to get closer to students, but as a teacher, your every move will affect them."

"Final exams are a time when students need to study hard, but if we take it easy like this... not every student will be affected, but there will definitely be a few weak-willed students who will be affected by this relaxed atmosphere and not study hard."

"I thought about it carefully later and felt that what these seniors said was very right. So, I thought about sharing the insights of these seniors with other teachers, hoping that they would not make the same mistake as me."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa finished the above long paragraph with a smile and slowly.

Chapter 43 Shinohara Shiori Musters Up Her Courage

Walking in the orange sunset light of the evening, the evening breeze blowing towards you, bringing you home.

A few residual sounds in the campus occasionally passed by my ears, faded away, and then suddenly sounded again after an unknown amount of time, sporadic.

At this moment, Tetsufumi Hirakawa was walking on the campus corridor in a very relaxed mood.

Because the problem regarding the wind orchestra has been temporarily solved and is coming to an end, I suddenly feel a lot less burdened.

What he said to Mr. Ogasa in the wind orchestra today was very tactful, but definitely very simple and clear, and this idea will definitely be conveyed.

Just like the article "Zou Ji's Advice to the King of Qi", today's story should be said to be "Hirakawa Tetsuwen's Advice to Ogasa Suzuki on His Strict Teaching".

Not bad.

Teacher Xiao Li should not be the kind of person who does not listen to advice, so next, we just need to wait for her to slowly change, and then...

"When the other famous wind-playing schools heard about this, they all came to Moriya. This is what they call winning on campus."

Just kidding.

Whether you can listen is one thing, whether you can do it is another.

Therefore, King Wei of Qi, who was able to accept "the advice of his ministers, and his court was crowded with people" and even "even though he wanted to speak, there was no one to offer", was still quite proactive.

For example, in the case of Ms. Ogasa, what she needs to change is her long-standing teaching style, and even her personal character which is closely related to it. I have to say it is a bit difficult.

But at least, we can rest assured about the wind orchestra in the short term. As for the final effect, it depends on the efforts of Mr. Ogasa in the future.

Please come on.

After cheering for Mr. Ogasa, who was nowhere to be found, Hirakawa Tetsufumi turned his attention to the man next to him, who was...

On the girl who was obviously troubled.

She walked absentmindedly with her head down, and even the sound of her footsteps revealed that she was a girl who was "I am worried about something."

It's normal to have something on your mind, but how should I put it...

Shinohara Shiori is quite straightforward when it comes to pointing out other people's mistakes - Tetsufumi Hirakawa will never forget the time a girl pointed out that he was lazy - but when it comes to expressing her own true thoughts, she is quite insincere.

However, this lack of frankness makes this young lady even more lovable.

The corners of Tetsufumi Hirakawa's mouth curled up because he thought of the crimson sunset when school was over last Monday.

But unfortunately, today's sunset is orange, not crimson.

However, when talking about the orange sunset, Tetsufumi Hirakawa thought of the word "guillotine".

If you want to ask why...

"Shinohara-san." On the quiet campus corridor, Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly chose to speak.

"..."

There was no response, the girl was probably distracted.

"Student Shinohara."

Called again.

Now there is a response.

"Hmm? Mr. Hirakawa?"

The girl finally raised her gaze from the intersecting footsteps on the ground and moved it to him, quickly replacing the vague thoughts in her eyes with doubt.

"Well... let me ask you a question." Tetsufumi Hirakawa said casually.

"Question...what?"

"Now when you think of the sunset, what do you think of?"

"?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa himself felt that his question was a bit too abrupt in this situation, but it was just a casual question and there was no need to delve into it.

"..."

Obviously, Shinohara Shiori was confused by this sudden question. After hesitating for a long time, she answered hesitantly.

"Brazzaville?"

"..."