In the Class 9 classroom, parents looked at each other and whispered.
"Let's do the test paper?"
"This Teacher Xu is really interesting."
"This is not the first time we have held a parent-teacher meeting. It is the first time I have asked parents to do test papers right from the start."
"Although I have joined the group, this is the first time that Teacher Xu and I have met."
"Me too. The two of us are usually very busy with work and basically don't have time to take care of our children's studies. Later I heard that this kid was assigned to a class for poor students. I almost broke his legs."
"Hey, when the children arrive at school, the school should take care of them. If they don't learn well, isn't that the teacher's responsibility?"
"There were two parent-teacher meetings last semester, two different head teachers, and ten different teachers. This semester, the head teachers and teachers have been changed again. We parents can't even remember who is who."
"They say Zhenzhong is the best high school in our central and southern regions, but in the end it's just like that."
"As my children get older, they tend to be more disobedient. Whenever I tell them about their studies, they will be dismissive. However, I seem to have done well in the midterm exam this time."
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While the parents were discussing in low voices, they still took out the test papers from the drawers of their respective desks.
When they saw the content on the test paper, the parents were stunned again.
The test paper is not complicated.
Or rather simple and clear.
There are four questions in total.
Question 1: Please write down the names of your child’s best classmates in the class (no limit to the number of students).
Question 2: Please write down your child’s past or current interests and hobbies (no limit to the number).
Question 3: Please write down your child’s past or current dreams and expectations.
Question 4: Please write down the time and reason for the last long talk with your child.
Four simple questions.
But it made the parents who were whispering frowned.
The classroom of Class 9 fell into a rare silence.
Are you saying that Xu Jie is making things difficult for these parents?
That's certainly impossible to say.
After all, these four questions are all related to your own children.
How can this be considered making things difficult?
But among the 43 parents in the entire classroom, only a few actually started to answer the question.
Everyone is an adult.
Most parents can understand Teacher Xu's intention immediately.
But it's one thing to understand something, but it's another thing to be able to answer it.
Xu Jie stood on the podium, looked at the parents with different expressions in the classroom, and said with added jealousy:
"Parents, it doesn't matter if you can't answer the question. You can hand in a blank paper."
Listen, is this what the head teacher said?
Hand in blank?
Don’t you even know who your child’s best friend is?
Don’t you even know your children’s interests and hobbies?
Don’t you even know what your children’s dreams are?
Where should parents put their face?
Xu Jie's words are not very harmful, but extremely insulting.
This is also a parent-teacher meeting.
If it had been normal, I might have been pointed out and scolded by some parents.
In the classroom, parents began to answer questions one after another.
Some people couldn't answer the questions, so they had to write them down.
Some parents think that these answers may not be seen by their children anyway.
Anyway, even Teacher Xu standing on the podium may not necessarily know the answers to these questions.
After about seven or eight minutes, the parents in the classroom stopped writing one after another.
The parents who had finished answering began to whisper again.
"I don't know what this Teacher Xu is doing?"
"Obviously you want to give us parents a slap in the face, right?"
"It can't be said that these questions are not so much making things difficult for us as they are awakening us."
"Everyone is usually very busy. It is common for children to lack care and education."
"I feel helpless when I think about it. I don't even know who my boy's good friends are in the class."
"Hey, why am I not?"
"I know my daughter's dreams when she was a child, but now? I haven't had a good communication with her for a long time."
…
Not all parents sneer at this.
A small number of parents were concerned about Teacher Xu's unexpected assessment and actually began to reflect on it.
Of course.
Just like Director Qin said to Xu Jie.
The parents of the students are all middle-aged people in their 40s.
If it is grandparents, they are older.
Are you trying to change the minds of parents with such a set of test papers that look like child's play?
That's nothing more than a fool's dream.
Seeing that the classroom was noisy again, Xu Jie smiled and said:
"Parents, this test paper shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"
"Actually, you don't have to hand in the paper. The answer to this paper is on the first page of the Chinese textbook on your desk."
"Everyone can read it out by themselves and check the answers."
As soon as Xu Jie finished speaking, rustling sounds came to mind in the classroom.
That was the sound of parents starting to turn over textbooks.
"My best classmate in the class is Han Xiaochen. Of course, the whole class is my good friend."
"I have many hobbies and interests. I like singing, dancing, and rap..."
"My dream used to be to be a scientist, now my dream is to be a people's teacher."
"My parents never had a long talk with me. They would only scold and reprimand me."
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When parents answered their own questions, many did not take it seriously.
But when they turned to their children's answers.
Many people's heartstrings were touched.
Especially the last question, in fact, most parents of Class 9 did not answer it.
If they communicate effectively with their children on a regular basis, can these children form such a class for poor students?
Xu Jie stood on the podium, saw the parents starting to answer the questions, and said with a smile:
"I am the head teacher of Class 9. It is my responsibility to help the children grow and cultivate them into talents."
"But in this process, I also hope that I can get the support of the majority of parents."
"The reason why parents are asked to take such a test paper right from the beginning is not to make things difficult for everyone."
"I just want to say something to parents, if you don't even understand your children at all, you don't have effective communication with each other."
"Then their probability of becoming talented is probably slightly higher than winning the lottery."
"I believe that most parents here have a reason or excuse that is enough to support themselves."
"Either I'm too busy at work."
"Either the child is too naughty and unable to communicate."
"Either the child never talks to me about things at school."
"But no matter what the reason is, it cannot be an excuse for our lack of education for our children."
"Many parents will definitely say that since their children are in the hands of Zhenzhong and the teachers, then we should be the ones doing the education."
"That's right. Later, I will announce the results of this midterm exam for all the students in our class."
"I will let everyone see the efforts made by our school."
"But before that, I want to let parents take a look, who knows your children best?"