Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 43 - 43 43 Unfathomable Depths

43: Chapter 43: Unfathomable Depths 43: Chapter 43: Unfathomable Depths As someone who has been there, Zhang Tiejun understands the mindset of those young teachers in Class 13; when you’re in your twenties or thirties, you’re ambitious.

No matter if he talks to these teachers or not, this issue will eventually blow up in the office, and the Vice Principal in charge of teaching will be the first to deal with it, but in the end, the buck will stop with him.

A middle school is not as big as a university.

Although most teachers who lead the less advanced classes do not have tenure, he indeed needs to consider their perspectives and find a way to reassure them at this time.

There’s no way around it, this era of the internet really seems to echo the old saying, “blessings and misfortunes come hand in hand.”

At the very least, if Qiao Yu actually makes it to the National Competition and becomes famous for it, his views would align with the Academic Affairs Office, and he really wouldn’t want the news of Qiao Yu staying in Class 13 in his third year to spread everywhere.

The reason can only be understood by those who know.

After Director Fan finished his report and left, Zhang Tiejun immediately picked up the phone to call Lan Jie.

This Teacher Lan, had mentioned on the phone that he found a promising student he wanted to show him, but after one call, there was no follow-up.

He even bumped into him at school the day before yesterday, just exchanged greetings, and said nothing.

If there hadn’t been a conflict between the Academic Affairs Office and the teachers of Class 13 over Qiao Yu’s transfer, this matter might not have reached his ears even today; he must criticize this.

“Hello, Principal Zhang, do you need something?”

“Xiao Lan, last time you called me, saying you’ve discovered a promising student in our school.

Is it that kid named Qiao Yu in the third year?” Zhang Tiejun directly asked.

“Oh?

You’ve heard about it too?

Well, the mock exam results are out, right?

Looks like he indeed did pretty well.”

“The results for the Rocket Class and Qiao Yu’s scores are out; the other classes’ scores are not, but that’s not the point.

You said you’d bring the kid for me to see last time, did you forget?

You know he’s in Class 13, why didn’t you mention it sooner?

If he stays in Class 13 all along and this gets out, it would be really awkward for the school!”

Zhang Tiejun mildly criticized.

“I understand, it’s mainly because Qiao Yu’s situation is quite unique.

I was planning on letting him take a gap year…

I didn’t expect him to do so well in other subjects as well.

He even got a perfect score on his essay.

Sigh, I was planning to wait for the results and then discuss with you how to proceed.”

Alright then, that explanation is not unreasonable, considering that as a principal, he is indeed quite busy with work usually.

So Zhang Tiejun couldn’t be bothered to dwell on these minor issues further and asked what he truly cared about: “Is he really that good at math?

Do you think he has a real shot at making the National Team?”

“Let me put it this way, Qiao Yu’s math level, I can’t gauge it with my current skills.

For questions that took me at least an hour to solve during the International Olympiad and training camps, he can pinpoint a solution in about ten minutes.”

This evaluation astonished Zhang Tiejun.

He elevated Lan Jie back then because he valued his ability to train students for the Olympiad.

Lan Jie did not disappoint him, historically training a student who outshone many from the Four Big schools, entered the provincial team, and represented Xingnan Province at the national competition.

Although he only won a bronze medal in the end, it was already a groundbreaking achievement for Railway First Middle School.

This student later applied for the strong base at Shuangdan University and was admitted smoothly.

Zhang Tiejun even remembers that year’s Xingnan Province competition was held at Shida Middle School, which gave him the satisfaction of his student snatching a provincial team spot right from famous schools; honestly, it felt really good.

This time might feel even better.

He vaguely remembers that Lan Jie had praised that student for having a solid foundation, a quick mind, and potential to win awards.

This time he evaluated that he couldn’t gauge Qiao Yu’s level due to his own limitations?

This is really a student who has a shot at winning a gold medal at the national level!

So when he spoke again, Zhang Tiejun directly asked, “Well, which school in our province is hosting the competition this year?”

“Changjun Middle School.”

“Oh, Changjun Middle School is good!

Here’s the plan: I’m going to have Qiao Yu transferred to the Rocket Class today since he was discovered by you, you must have a rapport with him.

If he has any reservations about this decision, you can help the Academic Affairs on that end work with him.”

Zhang Tiejun was a bit excited.

Not to mention making it to the final six-member National Team, even if Qiao Yu just makes it to the top sixty at the national level, he could directly secure a recommendation to Huaqing or Yanbei, achieving Xingtie First Middle School’s zero breakthrough to Qingbei, which would be a great accomplishment worth celebrating.

Thinking of this, Zhang Tiejun felt genuinely a bit emotional.

It’s the same Railway First Middle School, yet Xilin Railway First Middle School manages to have nearly forty or fifty students admitted to Qingbei every year, even more than the Four Big schools in Star City.

Over here in Star City, the Four Big and Five Small schools absorb the best students so heavily that it’s rare to see a Qingbei student, which feels quite frustrating when you think about it.

Now finally, there’s a chance to prove themselves.

Honestly, in Star City, for ordinary high schools that are not famous, it’s tough!

“This kid is quite independent-minded, how about you tell the Academic Affairs not to rush?

I’ll talk to him about this first?”

“Then I’ll make some arrangements on my end, and after you talk with the student, give me a call.

But the transfer needs to be completed today, and also make sure the kid isn’t resistant to the idea, anything he asks for can be discussed.”

“Alright, I’ll head over during the break.

Oh, by the way, something I’ve mentioned before, Qiao Yu’s family situation isn’t very good…”

…

Qiao Yu initially planned to find the good guy tomorrow afternoon during the Olympic math class, and by the way, discuss Zhou Shuang’s matter.

What he did not expect was that Lan Jie would take the initiative to find him in class, beckoning him over at the classroom door.

Was this telepathy?

Walking out of class, Lan Jie took Qiao Yu to a less crowded spot at the corner of the corridor, smiled, and said, “Qiao Yu, you were keeping quiet for so long, now you’ve amazed everyone with a single, brilliant achievement.

The Academic Affairs Office has noticed your performance in the mock exams, and the school wants to put you in Class One.

What do you think?”

“Class One?” Qiao Yu wasn’t too enthusiastic, as everyone knows Class One is the most tiring: “Teacher Lan, actually I spend my evenings self-studying at home, and it’s going quite well.”

“Principal Zhang himself said, if you join Class One, you can apply to skip night self-study sessions, and it’ll be approved.

It’s just switching classrooms for the regular daytime classes.

Any other requests you have can also be put forward, and the school will consider them as well,” Lan Jie explained.

If put this way, Qiao Yu sort of understood the school’s intention.

Actually, he wasn’t very averse to it; if the school had been reasonable like this earlier, he wouldn’t have had to work so hard to get into Class 13.

And isn’t this a coincidence?

“Well…

can I really ask for anything?” Qiao Yu questioned.

Lan Jie felt a headache coming on and quickly said, “As long as it’s within what the school can do.

It can’t be something excessive.

For instance, wanting to set up a for-profit tutoring class at school is definitely not possible!”

Qiao Yu thought the good guy was thinking way too much…

He’d be willing to earn money just by solving a few problems.

Tutoring class?

Forget it; solving problems and teaching others how to do them are two different things, the latter is obviously much more tiresome.