America: A Prodigy of Stereotypes

This is a "stereotype" that is strongly associated with the two attributes of physical constitution and vitality.

After organizing the attribute panel in his mind, Liqun cleared his head and went to sleep.

The effect of "The Better Child": Being better at everything than other people's children; excelling at everything regardless of their abilities. (Formerly known as "Other People's Child")

Around five o'clock in the morning, Liqun woke up.

Today is Monday, a school day.

He glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside table. How could he have woken up at five o'clock and not felt like he hadn't slept enough?

"Sleep better?"

"my God."

There's no need to guess; Li Qun knows in his heart that this is definitely a new trait brought to him by the new "stereotype."

Now that he was awake and had had enough sleep, Li Qun got dressed, sat down at his desk, and opened his textbook.

Most other students leave their textbooks in the lockers at school when they go home, but Li Qun is different. He brings several textbooks home every day to review or preview the content.

"In the last few weeks of this semester, as the semester draws to a close, I need to reflect on my experiences and prepare seriously for the final exams."

Li Qun was giving himself a psychological boost as he spoke.

For Aurora University students, the final exams are as terrifying as facing ten murderers.

At the end of each semester, Midtown High School mails report cards to each student's home to assess their academic ability. At the beginning of each academic year, students with different academic abilities are reassigned to different classes and teachers.

Coincidentally, the new school year starts in September of the second half of the year, so perhaps he, Peter, and Gwen will be in the same class next year.

Midtown High School encourages competition, unlike the gentler education found in other American public schools.

Chapter 45 Does anyone have end-of-term trauma syndrome?

"Students, put your workbooks in the upper left corner of your desks. I'm going to check your homework from last week."

"No one will use excuses like he left it at home or lost it, right?"

"I want to emphasize again that you should keep your workbooks safe, because your homework accounts for 30% of your semester grade. If you lose your workbook, I will consider that you do not have this 30% of your grade."

Li Qun placed his workbook on the upper left corner of the table, and John, the English teacher, began checking the homework assigned each day last week, starting with the student closest to him.

They have homework every day, which is usually checked once a week.

The homework was not difficult at all; Liqun couldn't think of anyone who couldn't complete these homework assignments that were as simple as breathing.

The teacher walked to Li Qun's seat, bent down and checked Li Qun's homework and textbook.

"very good."

The teacher marked Li Qun's homework with his pen, then turned around and checked Peter Parker's homework next to him.

Each class lasts fifty minutes, and Li Qun could tell that on Mondays, the teachers simply used checking homework to get through half the class time, and their mood hadn't returned to normal by the end of the weekend.

"Very good, everyone has finished. Now I announce that you have all received 30% of the grade for this semester's homework."

"There are still three weeks left in this semester. Let me see how many pages of new content we haven't finished learning in our textbooks."

"Hmm, five pages left."

"You can start preparing for the final exams now."

"To be completed in pairs..."

Li Qun and Peter exchanged a knowing glance; they had already formed a team.

English teacher John talked for a long time, and the final exam content was to have the students give a speech, with a time limit of about five minutes. The content of the speech was very free, but there were many requirements.

You should provide a speech script, clearly stating the core of the speech and its logical structure. If possible, you can also present it using slides.

With two people in a group and only one person giving the speech, there will inevitably be an uneven distribution of tasks. In some cases, someone in the group will do more than 70% of the work. But this is also John's way of "going easy" on his students. If they are not capable enough, they need to find someone stronger to rely on.

"Leon, Peter!!"

"Yes, teacher!"

Peter and Li Qun were startled; how did they suddenly get called on by the teacher?

“You two can’t be in a group,” John told them.

“Teacher John, why not?” Peter asked nervously.

"Because I'm tired of seeing you two working together as a team, and I want to see a new combination."

"You two were in the four-person group, and you were in the ten-person group. The group assignments you completed were the best in the class, so perfect that I was a little disappointed."

"Students, your chance has come!" John clapped his hands.

"Whether it's Lyon or Peter, you could grab either of them and they'd get a perfect score on the final exam."

After John finished speaking, he clapped his hands again, and his classmates excitedly joined in the applause.

Peter: "My God!"

Liqun: "My God!"

……

……

“Hey Rachel, if you want to be in my group, I’ll take care of the speech, but you’ll be the one to give the speech. That’s my basic requirement. The same goes for Peter.”

"I have speech phobia."

That's terrible.

Ten minutes after class ended, Li Qun and Peter rushed to the classroom for the next class, with several classmates following closely behind them.

"Peter, Peter, look at me!" The chubby boy tried hard to make his presence known to Peter, who hesitated whether to choose him.

As Fleiss watched Peter being surrounded by his classmates as he walked down the corridor, he wondered when Peter Parker had become so popular.

Mathematics, history, physics... teachers of each subject announced the content of the final exam in class. Walking in the corridor of the teaching building, you could hear other people discussing the final exam everywhere, which made Li Qun really feel the atmosphere of the end of the semester.

Final exams in math and science subjects are not as fancy as those in humanities subjects. They are just written exams, open-book exams, and calculators are allowed.

During lunchtime, Peter and Liqun finalized their English final exam group members. They couldn't keep squandering their classmates' enthusiasm.

Peter chose Carl, the chubby classmate who had first volunteered to him, while Li Qun chose Liz, a female classmate, for a simple reason: their body odor.

"What happened?"

Gwen sat down at the table, and Peter was chatting with someone other than the two of them.

"It's about the final exams. Peter and I could have easily gotten through them, but John gave us special attention."

As Li Qun explained, he went on to describe the Chinese food scene, which made Peter's groupmate, the chubby boy Carl, stare wide-eyed.

This trio is really going too far. How can they eat a Michelin-starred meal in the school cafeteria?

A table can seat four people. Usually, it's just Li Qun, Gwen, and Peter at the table, but today the chubby boy Carl is having lunch at the same table with them.

Karl brought a large portion of lunch, but it wasn't exactly lavish; the lunch that Li Qun and the other two ate was truly lavish.

"Are you a family?" Carl asked in surprise as he saw Peter, Li Qun, and Gwen sharing five dishes together.

“Yes, we are half-siblings,” Gwen said, and Peter and Liqun smiled.

“No wonder you guys are all so smart,” the chubby student, Karl, said, taking it seriously.

Carl took three donuts out of his food box and pushed them toward Li Qun and the others.

"What's going on?" Li Qun asked Karl.

"Can you give me one of the meatballs?" Karl asked, his mouth watering.

“Okay, I’ll give you my meatballs,” Li Qun said to Karl.

"Thank you!"

Li Qun placed the braised lion's head meatballs on Karl's bread, and Karl smiled happily.

“John’s arrangement is absolutely correct,” Gwen said.

“Gwen, I know what you mean. It’s very easy for boys to make friends with other boys, but it’s not so easy for girls,” Li Qun said to Gwen.

“Geniuses are always unconventional,” Gwen said casually.

“Gwen, my final exam group partner is over there.” Li Qun pointed to Liz, who was in a group of girls in the restaurant.

"What? Why did you choose a girl?" Gwen looked at Li Qun with disbelief.

“Because female classmates won’t hug and kiss me like male classmates do. You know, my nose is as sensitive as a dog’s,” Li Qun explained to Gwen.

"Liz is of mixed race; her mother is South Korean."

“That’s a good reason,” Gwen retorted.

Chapter 46 You're a Good Person

It was another day of the "Clean Plate Campaign." Li Qun carefully packed away the gleaming, completely empty insulated container, layer by layer. Peter helped Li Qun with his backpack as they prepared to leave the school cafeteria.

"Leon, do you have time after school?" Liz walked over and asked Li Qun.

“Of course we have time, but isn’t it too hasty to discuss the final exams right after school today?” Li Qun said to Liz.

“It’s not all about the final exams. Don’t you think we, as group partners, should get to know each other better?” Liz said to Li Qun with a smile.

Do you need it?

Li Qun looked at Liz.

"Don't you need it?"

Liz looked at Li Qun expectantly, then turned to look at her girlfriends.

Li Qun followed Liz's gaze and understood.

It wasn't Liz who wanted to understand herself, but rather she and her girlfriends who wanted to understand themselves.