Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 46 - 46 46 Middle School Exams Contract Signing

46: Chapter 46 Middle School Exams Contract Signing 46: Chapter 46 Middle School Exams Contract Signing For most students, the concept of a middle school contract is unfamiliar.

It’s mainly a method for schools to secure outstanding students, generally after the second mock exam.

From the school’s perspective, signing a middle school contract is naturally more advantageous than disadvantageous.

After all, who wouldn’t want to secure excellent student sources in advance?

In fact, after the first unified mock exam organized by Star City, many students from the Railway First Middle School’s Rocket Class and Advanced Class have already signed with their preferred high schools.

Essentially, it means asking students to directly secure their top choice after the middle school exams.

Some students have even been notified over the weekend to participate in exams organized internally by prestigious schools.

If their exam performance is outstanding, they will also sign with these schools.

With this operation, as long as the middle school exam scores meet the standard, the school will directly recruit the students.

For those who are particularly excellent in certain aspects, even if their scores are slightly below the school’s set threshold, the school will still recruit them or promise scholarships and placement in focus classes.

Railway First Middle School’s high school department often targets students from the middle school department, hoping to retain those moderately outstanding middle school students, such as the mid-performing students from the Advanced Class.

There’s no other way; the top students from the Rocket and Advanced Classes — the school doesn’t want to sign them, but they can’t get past the parents.

After all, those students aim for the Four Big and Five Small, at least to attend the remaining A-level high schools.

Railway First Middle School is just a B-level high school that hasn’t produced a Qingbei graduate in recent years, so it’s not a preferred choice.

Actually, the so-called middle school contract has no legal validity.

Neither schools nor students can breach it.

It’s just that schools are in a dominant position.

If a student’s middle school exam performance is not good, they can overturn previous promises.

But for most students and their parents, due to information asymmetry, they think they have already signed a contract.

Even if they achieve excellent scores, they will habitually fill in the previously agreed choices when reporting preferences, which is a pure gain for many schools.

For students with significant subject bias or other strong talents, some prestigious schools will use special methods to recruit them, such as special entrance agreements.

In Star City, for good high schools’ independent admissions, middle school exam scores account for only 70%, and the school’s independent admission assessment accounts for 30%.

Of course, those prestigious schools that don’t worry about student sources are also very cautious with external contracts.

Unless there’s truly exceptional talent, they won’t sign such guaranteed recruitment contracts.

This is also why Yuan Yuan always feels that the timing of Qiao Yu’s discovery was just right.

If Qiao Yu had been discovered in the second year of middle school, and if Qiao Yu had even scored above seventy in History and Geography, all prestigious schools would have had their eyes on Qiao Yu, leaving no room for Railway First Middle School.

From the school’s perspective, especially from Zhang Tiejun’s perspective, even though Qiao Yu hasn’t been targeted by prestigious schools yet, he can’t let down his guard.

There are so many B-level high schools — what if, after the middle school exams, news of Qiao Yu gets out and is snatched by other shameless schools?

In recent years during the college entrance exam season, topics about competing for outstanding student sources were often monopolized by Qing and Bei universities.

After all, these two universities have star quality in Huaxia, but other schools are just as fiercely competitive.

From the fifth and sixth grades of elementary school, those students who perform excellently are targeted early on by famous middle schools within their jurisdictions.

This is also why Principal Zhang Tiejun has always doubted the existence of undiscovered genius students in the current environment where top students are viewed as a KPI in the education system.

It can only be said that Qiao Yu really hid himself too well!

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“Finished reading?

How is it?

Still acceptable?” Zhang Tiejun said with a big smile.

Qiao Yu had of course seen the principal before.

During the internal welcoming ceremony when entering school, this uncle spoke on the podium.

The gist was to encourage everyone to make good use of the three years of middle school study and the old talk of wishing everyone success without much novelty.

He also occasionally appears during Monday morning flag-raising ceremonies.

However, most of the time, this principal uncle is all serious, and it’s Qiao Yu’s first time seeing this eye-disappearing smiley appearance today.

“Finished reading, I think there are no problems.” Qiao Yu replied politely.

The conditions given in the contract were indeed nice.

Although there weren’t material rewards, the waiver of all miscellaneous fees during high school and regular support from the school showed full sincerity.

Certainly, fees in this B-level public high school aren’t much, only eight hundred each semester.

But if adding in the rewards for participating and winning gold medals in the Olympic Competition and entering the national training team and going to international competitions, it’s different.

In total, there are four hundred thousand written into this agreement.

It’s just that this four hundred thousand needs Qiao Yu to strive for, and how much he can eventually get depends on his performance.

“As long as you think it’s okay.

If there’s any issue, Teacher Lan could explain it to you.

Additionally, considering your family situation, we won’t trouble your mom to come to the school.

Instead, Teacher Lan will accompany you home to explain this agreement to your mom, and then both of you can sign it.”

Zhang Tiejun continued smiling warmly.

“Huh?

Uh…

does it need to be this formal?

Is this agreement really binding?” Qiao Yu asked with some surprise.

Principal Zhang’s smile gradually vanished, and Lan Jie couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

“Ahem, Qiao Yu, why do you think the agreement is not binding?

Did someone tell you something?” Principal Zhang asked, holding back.

Qiao Yu shook his head, thought for a moment, and then offered an explanation: “In statistics, there’s often this term called the rule of thumb.

It doesn’t have strict mathematical formulas but is considered largely correct based on experience.

Our teachers emphasized several times about the middle school exam: if the admission score line is not reached, there’s no possibility of record adjustment.

So theoretically, if my score doesn’t meet the scoreline, the school can’t admit me through other means.

In other words, this agreement isn’t very binding on the school.

According to the general principle of equivalent rights and responsibilities, it shouldn’t be too binding on me either, right?”

Zhang Tiejun glanced at Lan Jie, who looked innocent, feeling a headache coming on.

Fortunately, Lan Jie quickly spoke up with a mix of amusement and helplessness: “No, Qiao Yu, this agreement is important.

If you feel the school can’t fulfill its promise after stamping it, they’ll keep a copy for you!

Just think, if you truly achieve good results in the national mathematics competition, the school would be afraid you might publicize it if they don’t honor promised commitments, wouldn’t they?

Therefore, this agreement definitely binds the school.

As for the clause about not guaranteeing admission, it’s because, based on your second mock exam results, we don’t need to worry about whether your scores can pass the line.

Besides, the range of current school independent admissions is limited to art…”

Qiao Yu nodded and then looked at Lan Jie: “Oh, I see, then let’s go to my house together.”

Though he said it like that, the two adults really couldn’t see this little fellow’s true intentions.