Chapter 14 Everyone Welcomes Teacher Zhou
As August 8 approaches, senior high school students return to school one after another with a youthful spirit, and the deserted campus becomes lively.

Teachers also started to get into work mode.

Zhou Jing prepared for the lesson two days in advance and read through the compulsory mathematics textbook. Zhou Jing knew all the knowledge points clearly. As a teacher, the most important thing is to explain the knowledge points and ideas clearly so that students can understand them more easily.

On the 19th, the senior three teachers held a day-long meeting.

In the morning, the dean organized a meeting for all senior three teachers.

In addition to launching a round of review for senior high school students, the meeting also reviewed the school's college entrance examination situation over the past three years, and reported on the college entrance examination results of Yulin Middle School, No. 1 Middle School, and outstanding middle schools in the city's counties and districts this year. It analyzed whether Experimental Middle School had improved or regressed compared with Yulin Middle School and No. 1 Middle School, and compared vertically with the school over the past three years and horizontally with other schools, to see what impact it had on the recruitment of freshmen for the Experimental Middle School.

Finally, looking forward to the future, what goals should the Experimental Middle School achieve in the college entrance examination next year?

In the afternoon, there were meetings of the teaching and research groups of various subjects. Zhou Jing was a mathematics teacher, so he naturally attended the mathematics group meeting. The meeting was mainly to study the review plan for senior high school mathematics. Zhou Jing only focused on completing the required textbook during the supplementary class period.

The high school students have a hard time, and the teachers have a hard time too. It’s tiring even to stand in the hall for two consecutive classes.

Zhang Guifang had just finished teaching the senior year this year. Because Wang Yonghua had to take care of her pregnancy, the school asked Zhang Guifang to continue teaching the senior year. Zhang Guifang was probably not very willing to do so, so the Dean of Academic Affairs asked Zhou Jing to take her place and spend the summer vacation by herself.

As a newcomer, Zhou Jing knew that it was a clichéd meeting when he attended the meeting for the first time. Although this kind of meeting was boring and a waste of time, as an education base that was responsible for the future of thousands of children, this kind of formal meeting was indispensable.

After the meeting, the head teachers of Class 3-5 and Class 6 each gave Zhou Jing a class schedule for the supplementary lessons.

"On the 20th, Class will have the first and second math periods, and Class will have the fifth and sixth math periods in the afternoon."

Zhou Jing took note of his lessons, scheduled them for 8 a.m., and set an alarm on his phone for 7 a.m.

It was already late after the meeting, around three in the afternoon, and the teachers could go home if they had nothing else to do.

Zhou Jing printed out the statistics of accommodation situation of students in Class 5 and Class 5 of Senior High School and went to ask the Dean of Academic Affairs to sign it. Then he specially marked Feng Yuhua's name and wrote bed number . Bed number is the lower bunk next to the balcony and is close to the heater. It is on the side of the balcony door and window, so there is no wind when the door is opened. It is the best bed in the dormitory.

After finishing these, send the form to the dormitory management office.

The next morning at seven o'clock, the alarm clock rang and Zhou Jing got up on time. He took a deep sleep that would last the whole day. Then he washed his face, brushed his teeth, shaved, changed his clothes, and made himself clean and tidy.

Being only twenty-one years old, Zhou Jing didn't want to dress maturely like a greasy uncle, but he wanted to appear steady.

The upper body is a white T-shirt with a loose plaid casual shirt, the lower body is blue jeans and white sneakers. The simple and sunny style is matched with the short haircut he had two days ago, which makes him look sunny, handsome and energetic.

After standing in front of the mirror and fixing his hair and clothes, Zhou Jing put on his backpack, took his bicycle keys and headed for his room.

There is a laptop in the backpack. The school office is equipped with a desktop computer. Zhou Jing plans to put the laptop in the school dormitory and install a desktop computer in the rented house, but he is a bit short of money now.

Zhou Jing rode his bicycle, walking among the pedestrians and vehicles on the road in the morning breeze, feeling the early morning shift in the small town.

The cell phone rang. Zhou Jing held the handle with one hand and took out the phone with the other hand. It was his mother calling.

"Mom, what happened this morning?"

"It's okay. Aren't you officially going to work today? I was worried that you would be late on your first day."

"I'm already out."

"Remember not to be too serious with students. If you can manage some students, manage them. If you can't manage them, just let them fend for themselves."

"I know, I'm riding my bike, let's not talk about it for now."

The bus in front was blocking the road, so Zhou Jing slowly braked and stopped at the side of the road.

"Okay, stay safe."

"I know, hang up."

Putting away his phone, Zhou Jing looked behind him and saw a person riding a bicycle to overtake a bus. Halfway through overtaking, the bus started moving. Zhou Jing pressed the bell and continued to overtake. After overtaking, he changed lanes and returned to the non-motorized vehicle lane.

I am used to having breakfast around nine in the morning. I have no appetite after seven, and I feel very hungry if I don’t eat after two classes in a row.

Zhou Jing stopped at a breakfast shop on the way and ordered a bowl of tofu pudding and two steamed buns.

Zhou Jing arrived at school at 7:40 and went straight to the office. He got a glass of water from the water dispenser and sat down to prepare for class.

"Hey, where did this handsome guy come from?"

The young female teacher's eyes suddenly lit up when she saw Zhou Jing.

"Zhou Jing is the school's new math teacher. He graduated from high school in our school. He was admitted to Tangdu Normal University in 06 and came back early for internship." Another teacher introduced.

"Oh, I have some impression of you, Zhou Jing. Are you good at math?"

When Zhou Jing was in high school, he always ranked among the top in mathematics in every exam, and even the first place was commonplace. His name could not be unfamiliar to the teachers.

"It's just so-so. Teacher Pan was our goddess back then, and she's still as beautiful as ever."

Zhou Jing remembers this teacher, Pan Xiaoyan, who had a cute baby face and was liked by many boys.

"Xiao Zhou is so sweet."

Zhou Jing's words attracted the attention of the teachers in the office, who thought that the young man had a future.

"You're teaching senior high school right after your internship?"

Pan Xiaoyan was overjoyed by the young man's flattery.

"I will take over for Teacher Zhang Guifang for a few days and then officially start teaching the first grade."

"That's it!"

"Is Xiao Zhou nervous?"

Hu Hongdan, the head teacher of Class 6 of Grade 3, said with a smile.

"A little bit. There is a big difference between school classes and tutoring classes."

Zhou Jing said while reading a book.

"It's inevitable that the senior class students will be upset because of the change of teachers. Don't take it to heart. As a teacher, you have to get used to all kinds of students' emotions. As a teacher, you have to be a punching bag. You have to get used to students' disrespect and adapt to the leaders. If students don't study hard and don't do well in exams, the teacher will also be punished."

The young female teacher Pan Xiaoyan comforted Zhou Jing in advance.

"Uh."

Zhou Jing nodded and started to draft in his mind how to respond to students' questions in class later.

"If a son is not well-educated, it is the fault of the father. If a child is not well-educated, it is the laziness of the teacher. If you do other jobs, you will inevitably hear the leaders' comments. Just get used to it."

Hu Hongdan was worried that the young man's enthusiasm would be dampened just after starting work, so she tried to give him some advice in advance.

Zhou Jing is very open-minded. There is nothing that he doesn't understand for someone who has experienced the beatings of society.

There was a math class for Class 6 of Grade 3 at 8 o'clock. Hu Hongdan went to the classroom early to do ideological work for the students.

"It's torture again. It's torture for the senior high school students and the teachers too."

A female teacher in her thirties lamented.

My legs become weak after standing for two hours in a lecture. Two lectures a day means four hours in total. Just thinking about the fact that my winter vacation will be cut short until next June, I can’t even guarantee a weekend off. I feel hopeless.

"We are even more exhausted as class teachers. Every time I finish teaching senior high school students, I want to quit. My wife often says that she can only see me on weekends even though we live under the same roof."

The head teacher of Class 7 of Grade 3 felt the same way.

"I really admire you. I would rather retire without a promotion than be a class teacher."

"It's okay to be single, but it's really inconvenient to be a class teacher if you have a partner."

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Zhou Jing got to know the teachers better and finally realized their helplessness. He understood that being a teacher in school was not as easy as he had imagined.

When the bell rang, Zhou Jing went to the classroom with his books and water cup. The senior grade had an independent teaching building, and Class 6 of Senior Grade 3 was on the second floor. Zhou Jing came to the outside of the classroom and heard Hu Hongdan still talking inside. He stopped outside the door and waited.

"This is Teacher Zhou, welcome everyone."

Hu Hongdan concluded her speech with an introduction.

(End of this chapter)