I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 11 Potential Career Crisis

The average score of the 150 students is around 520. Those with high scores can get into provincial key high schools, while those with low scores can only get into vocational high schools.

To outsiders, the quality of these students may seem uneven, but in Zhang Da'an's eyes, they are all high-quality students.

Even if the average score is over 400, let alone over 500, it proves that these students have a foundation; they just can't keep up with the original group's learning pace.

What they lack is time and efficiency constraints; that's all.

Compared to those students who were consistently in the top five of their class, they lacked more practice, more practice time, and the most basic self-discipline.

The vast majority of teenagers have problems with self-discipline. If they could be self-disciplined, 99% of them would have decent grades, and the vast majority of them would be quite stable. They wouldn't suddenly be in the top ten of their grade and then fall below the top two hundred. As long as the test questions are of a reasonable standard, their grades would fluctuate very steadily.

Therefore, Zhang Da'an needs to do three things: first, increase the amount and time of practice; second, match the intensity of learning with rest time; and third, improve in a targeted manner.

The third point is why there are small classrooms, so that different subjects can be reinforced separately.

If a student consistently scores above 110 on math tests, there's no need to focus on difficult or unusual problems; it's pointless. With the same amount of time and effort, improving a student's performance in a particular subject, from just passing to excellent, is the most cost-effective approach.

Having prepared numerous timetables and courseware before his rebirth, Zhang Da'an was surprisingly quick to get up to speed. The teachers from Dongweigang Middle School who came here to earn extra money weren't there to teach; their main job was as teaching assistants, handling tasks such as proofreading handouts and grading exams. Zhang Da'an didn't need to waste his time doing all that himself.

The first class came quickly. With air conditioning, electric fans, and ventilation fans, the large classroom was quite comfortable. Because of the tiered seating, there was no issue of not being able to hear or see.

In particular, Zhang Da'an also went to the multimedia department and specially acquired several second-hand Sanyo projectors. At that time, the second-hand price was eight thousand yuan, and it was difficult for ordinary people to find them in the second-hand electronics market. They were mostly circulated internally between schools and institutions.

Zhang Da'an gave an extra machine as a "service fee," and someone in the town government of Binjiang Town smuggled out the "obsolete goods."

Because they were willing to spend money, many local business owners noticed and started bringing over daily necessities from time to time after the first week.

Especially hardware and timber vendors, who have all kinds of mops, buckets, stools, and tables.

After two weeks, the effects of the quiz were already evident, and the students felt the intensity of the study. However, because they had to walk five kilometers to get home, take a bus, and then wait for a bus that ran every hour or so, it would take them three or four hours to get home.

So they can only spend their time at school.

Zhang Da'an bought twenty second-hand computers, installed Red Alert, and could play it. Those who ranked in the top forty in the test could enter and have some fun. There was also a screening room with thousands of discs to choose from. You could make a wish to watch whatever you wanted. Girls who didn't want to play games could also watch various classic movies.

When some parents objected, Zhang Da'an immediately processed their withdrawal from the class and refunded their money without any hesitation.

The result was that the parents who objected waited another week to see.

The reason for waiting another week is that some high schools in Shazhou City will conduct a test at the beginning of the school year to see the changes in test-taking performance.

Some parents managed to get their hands on these school exam papers and planned to have their children do them a week later.

After schools generally reopened in September, solar water heaters were installed on the roofs of the row of single-story dormitories. However, they still needed to be ventilated for two or three months. Zhang Da'an didn't plan to let the students move in right away. After the construction site's prefabricated houses were thickened and reinforced, the sound insulation was still quite good. The explanation to the parents was simple and easy to understand: for their health. No one would live in the new houses, it was that simple.

Parents who wanted to find fault with Zhang Da'an were completely speechless after their children finished some high school freshman exams; those who were unconvinced at that moment were now convinced.

The score difference is usually 20 points or more, and some students who are already at the level of provincial key high schools have also exceeded the average score of the "regular class" of national-level high schools.

The effects of self-discipline and targeted training are remarkable.

"Teacher Zhang, I noticed that my daughter Wang Lu's Chinese score seems to have dropped a little. Will that be a problem?"

"As long as the fluctuation doesn't exceed 10 points, there's no need to worry. Her main problem is that she can't grasp the concepts of chemistry. After watching a few chemistry experiment videos, she'll understand. Specifically, she can't understand solubility, which leads to a lot of questions being confusing. Now she's consistently scoring above 85 points, and within two months, consistently scoring above 90 points shouldn't be a problem."

"Teacher Zhang, I sent some test papers to my son Li Liwen a few days ago, and his grades have indeed improved. Thank you, Teacher Zhang. You are truly a capable teacher."

"I take what I eat seriously. I won't charge you a penny more than 30,000 yuan. From now until the Lunar New Year, except for the ten days around the New Year when we visit relatives, we'll still be here. Once February is over, it will be June in the blink of an eye. I'm not worried that they'll become wild after going home, but I want to improve our reputation and try to get our ranking within the top 1,000 in Shazhou City."

At this moment, Zhang Da'an was very confident. In fact, even without him, these students could have exceeded the passing score by simply relying on their own effective study time and self-discipline. It's just that he was more professional and had built up their confidence in taking the exam in advance.

With basic skills met and exam-taking confidence sufficient, getting into a regular high school is a natural and inevitable outcome.

Zhang Da'an deserves to be called "Teacher Zhang".

However, for Zhang Da'an, the high school entrance exam next year is not a problem; the real problem is how to continue running the "top scorer tutoring class".

With 150 students, the revenue is over 4 million. The first year may not be too difficult, but if the pass rate for provincial key high schools is over 90% next year, then we will definitely attract attention.

Actually, they're already being watched, but Zhang Zhengdong isn't just a figurehead; he can still make a move, so it's not a big problem. However, if revenue jumps from over four million to over ten million in one go, that's a different story.

There's a 100% chance someone will vie for the position of principal of Dongweigang Middle School, including the deputy director in charge of education in Binjiang Town...

As for Zhang Zhengdong and his old company commander, they were both old and incompetent, with surprisingly low competitiveness within the unit. Without any impressive "hard skills," they simply couldn't stop those who wanted a piece of the pie.

So Uncle Zhang was quite nervous, running around the city every few days, while Zhang Da'an was very calm. He was naturally confident that he could help his silly uncle get through this.

The method is quite simple.

If I become the top scorer in the high school entrance exam this year and the top scorer in the college entrance exam next year, the problem will be solved.

After all, "Teacher Zhang" is a student accompanying "Zhang An Education," but at the same time, he is also a member of the high school class at Dongweigang Middle School, and his student status can be verified.

(End of this chapter)