Training the Heavens

Chapter 38 First Lesson
Today is the last afternoon for freshmen to register. All departments of Pujiang College are distributing textbooks. There are many people and many things to do, which has caused many small problems. Only the Chinese Language major distributed the textbooks neatly and efficiently. This made Ke Wanwei very satisfied. It seems that this class monitor was chosen correctly.

In the evening, the whole class went to the classroom for a freshman meeting. Ke Wanwei introduced the history of Pujiang College to everyone and talked about the issues that should be paid attention to in college, such as studying hard, not falling in love, etc.

Then he asked each student to make a brief self-introduction and get to know everyone. Gao Jialin paid close attention to this process. After they finished introducing themselves, Gao Jialin had basically memorized their names and some more obvious characteristics.

Recognizing people is also an important quality for public officials, and he has always done very well in this regard.

Finally, when it came time to decide on the candidates for class leaders, he directly nominated Gao Jialin to be the monitor, and the students had no objection to this.

Almost all the boys had met Gao Jialin before, and many girls also got to know him while distributing textbooks. They had a good impression of this well-spoken classmate and naturally had no objection.

Ke Wanwei assigned the remaining positions to the student with the best college entrance examination score in the class. The position of League Secretary was given to the only student party member in the class. Students were allowed to nominate themselves for the positions of Arts and Culture Committee Member and Sports Committee Member. Anyone who was interested in taking on this position would go on stage and talk about how he would perform his duties if he took office. Then the whole class would vote by show of hands, and it would be passed if more than half of them voted.

Ma Chuanjie, who shared the same dormitory, became the arts and cultural committee member because his mother was a middle school music teacher. He had been learning musical instruments from his mother since he was a child. He could play the piano, guitar, and trumpet quite well, so he was just the right person to be the arts and cultural committee member.

Study committee member Song Yalan is a shy girl wearing glasses. League branch secretary Luo Xuemei is just the opposite. She is extroverted and generous, has short hair that reaches her ears, and looks very capable.

Before the meeting ended, Ke Wanwei made one final announcement. "At the end of this month, each department will be holding a welcome party. As usual, we freshmen will have to come up with a few performances. If anyone has special talents, please contact Gao Jialin, Luo Xuemei, or Ma Chuanjie to sign up! The department student union will also contact you when the time comes, so you must complete this task well!"

Hey, you can pay attention to this matter. As a civil servant in the central government agency, you may not be able to do other things, but you are very good at organizing meetings. If you handle it well, you can show off in front of all the teachers and students in the department. Gao Jialin quickly took note of this matter.

After returning to the dormitory, some roommates immediately took out their textbooks and began to preview tomorrow's lessons; others lowered their voices and chatted enthusiastically about several of the more eye-catching girls in the class. Even though Ke Wanwei repeatedly emphasized that they were not allowed to fall in love while at school, a young man of eighteen or nineteen was at the age when he was full of yearning for the opposite sex, so how could he suppress his desire?

Ma Chuanjie was worried, "Jialin, what do you think I should perform?"

"Don't make a decision in a hurry. Wait a couple of days to see what programs other students have signed up for, so as to avoid overlap. Anyway, you can play several instruments, so there will always be opportunities for you to show your talents! Oh, by the way, is it difficult to learn guitar? Would you like to teach me?" Gao Jialin felt that music was also a very useful skill. Since there was plenty of free time in college, this was a perfect opportunity to learn it.

"Can you teach me too?" Yang Zhengtai poked his head out from under the covers. He thought boys who played guitar were very handsome. If he could learn it himself, he would definitely attract the attention of girls.

"Sure, I'll teach you when I bring my guitar home next time!" Ma Chuanjie agreed readily.

At 10:30 in the evening, the lights in the dormitory were turned off on time, and the roommates went to bed one after another, waiting for the first class of the next day with great anticipation.

After lying down for a while, Gao Jialin got out of bed to go to the toilet. He saw that there were still students in the corridor reading seriously under the dim light. He was really impressed. Perhaps it was because of this spirit that the country could achieve such rapid development in the future?
The next morning, everyone found the classroom according to the timetable they received yesterday. After entering, a student asked Gao Jialin in confusion, "Class monitor, how do we assign seats? Do we need to line up first?" "Pfft!" Several students who had already sat down in advance burst into laughter.

Gao Jialin didn't laugh, but explained gently, "University is different from middle school. There are no fixed classrooms or fixed seats. You can just sit in any empty seat. If you come early, you can sit in the front, but if you come late, you can only sit in the back!"

"Oh, by the way, you can just call me Gao Jialin from now on, no need to call me squad leader all the time!" Gao Jialin added that there is no need to mention positions in such occasions.

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Many students suddenly realized it. It was the first time they knew about this kind of thing.

Gao Jialin chose a seat in the corner of the front row, from where he could see the performance of the whole class. If he found that any student had difficulty reading the blackboard or listening to the lecture during class later, it meant that they had some problems with their vision or hearing. In this way, he could find a way to reserve a few seats in the middle of the front row for them.

The students took their seats one after another, chatting loudly, their eyes full of curiosity and longing for college life.

At nine in the morning, a bespectacled, forty-something male teacher walked into the classroom and wrote his name on the blackboard. "My name is Liu Yujia. I'm from Chongqing, Sichuan. I graduated from the Chinese Department of East China Normal University. This semester, I'll be teaching you the course 'Literary Appreciation.'"

"Literary appreciation refers to the process of aesthetically appreciating, savoring, and evaluating literary works. I will select some excellent literary works to teach you how to appreciate them. So, before you take my class, you must read the relevant literary works in advance so that you can understand them during class!"

"Okay, I've finished my self-introduction. Why don't you introduce yourselves? Let's get to know each other first! Let's start with this classmate!" Teacher Liu stretched out his hand and pointed at Gao Jialin.

"Hello, teacher. My name is Gao Jialin, and I'm from Kuanzhou County, Yinxia District, Shaanxi Province!"

"Oh, you are Gao Jialin." The teacher nodded, obviously having heard of his name a long time ago.

After more than 40 students finished their introductions, half the class was over. Liu Yujia officially began the class. He took out a newspaper and unfolded it. "Today, I will start with this article by Gao Jialin published in the National Education Newspaper to show you how to appreciate literature!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the students looked at him in unison, and the scorching heat in their eyes was enough to melt Gao Jialin.

Gao Jialin was also stunned. Uh, no, the first class in college is actually to study my article?

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(End of this chapter)