Parent-Teacher Meeting

The leader wouldn’t consider others’ situations, but he would consider his own political achievements.

After thinking it over, the vice-principal decided Zhou Yining couldn’t leave.

He softened his tone, smiled at Zhou Yining, and said,

“You know, Teacher Cao has been teaching for decades, it’s not easy.

How about this, you two each take a step back.

I’ll have him come over and apologize to you privately later, and next semester I’ll assign another teacher to take over your class’s English, and let Teacher Cao teach the first year of high school.

Do you think that’s okay?”

Zhou Yining nodded, “Sure, then I’ll have to trouble you, Principal.”
“No trouble at all.

Of course, Zhou Yining, can you not consider transferring schools?

Our high school is a public high school, so we can’t promise you bonuses or anything like that,

But I’ll take the initiative to talk to the cafeteria and add two thousand to your meal card every month, which means your school meals will be free for the next year.

Would that be okay with you?” the vice-principal added.
“Okay, then thank you,” Zhou Yining said, looking at the vice-principal.

“Good, then I’ll call them now.

You go to the card charging place and charge your card first, then come back, and I’ll have Teacher Cao come over later.”

“Okay,” Zhou Yining nodded in agreement.

She left the vice-principal’s office and headed to the meal card charging place.

The auntie in charge asked for Zhou Yining’s name and student ID, and immediately added two thousand to her card, also reminding her,

“Student, remember to come back when school starts in September, and you can continue to charge.”

“Okay, thank you,” Zhou Yining said, taking the meal card and thanking the auntie.

Meanwhile, in the vice-principal’s office, Teacher Cao was already there.

“Lao Cao, you’re an old-timer at the school.

This time, it was indeed your fault.

You wrongly accused Zhou Yining of cheating, and then didn’t even apologize, which led to all these messy things afterwards.

I’m not asking you to apologize publicly, I’m giving you enough face.

Apologize to her privately later, and next semester you’ll directly teach the newly enrolled first-year students, so you don’t have to teach Zhou Yining anymore, saving you from being at odds with each other,” the vice-principal said.

“Principal, just for one student? You want me to apologize to her?” Teacher Cao was shocked.

“Do you know that besides English, Zhou Yining is number one in the city in all other subjects?

Several private schools have already set their sights on her.

Our school has such a good seed, we can’t let other schools poach her.

As an old employee, you have to understand me.

The top scorer in the college entrance exam is very important to our school.

This year’s top scorer was from Yinghua Private.

If they steal the limelight again next year, where will No. 1 High School’s face go?

It’s settled then, you must apologize today,” the vice-principal’s attitude became firm.

Teacher Cao was upset, but wanting to stay at the school, he didn’t dare to really offend the leader, so he had to endure it.

“Okay, I’ll apologize to her, but I’m doing it for your sake.”

“It doesn’t matter whose sake you’re doing it for, the bottom line is that this matter must be resolved here today.

Sit down and wait a while, Zhou Yining will be here soon,” the vice-principal said.

“Alright,” Teacher Cao sat down directly.

Although he was unhappy in his heart, there was nothing he could do.

Besides, he didn’t really want to teach the third year of high school anyway.

This could even be considered a blessing in disguise, directly going down to teach the first year.

Before long, there was a knock on the office door.

“Come in,” the vice-principal said.

Zhou Yining turned the doorknob and entered the office.

Teacher Cao stood up reluctantly when he saw her come in.

Seeing the vice-principal staring at him, he gritted his teeth and endured it, saying, “What happened before was my fault.

I shouldn’t have accused you of cheating without asking.

I solemnly apologize to you here, I’m sorry, Zhou Yining.”
Zhou Yining’s lips curled up.

She looked at Teacher Cao with satisfaction, “Okay, then let’s consider this matter over.”

“That’s right, let’s consider this matter resolved today.

Yining, go back and study hard, I’ll have a few words with Teacher Cao alone,” the vice-principal said to Zhou Yining.

Zhou Yining nodded and turned to leave the office.

This was already a good result.

Not having to see Teacher Cao next semester, Zhou Yining was in a great mood.

Back in class, Zhou Yining was shocked to see a blackboard full of homework.

There was a lot of homework for each subject, with workbooks and test papers, making her head spin.

Helpless, Zhou Yining took a picture of the blackboard with her phone.

Looking at the pile of test papers on her desk, she really didn’t want to do them.

Rolling up the test papers and workbooks and putting them away, Zhou Yining felt a little better.

The students in the class were also restless, wishing the vacation would start immediately.

“So annoying, why did they leave so much homework?

What kind of vacation is this?”

“Yeah, and we have parent-teacher conferences this afternoon, I really want to die.”

“Ahhh, when will the college entrance exam be?

I really can’t hold on anymore.”

The teachers also knew this, so they simply arranged self-study for the last class.

Zhou Yining seized the self-study time and began frantically writing test papers.

Chen Yitong was still talking on the podium, “I just received a notice from the school that you all have to come to school this afternoon to thoroughly clean the playground and the hallways of the teaching building to prepare for the vacation.”

As soon as these words came out, the class was in an uproar.

“Oh my god, I’m so done.”

“The point is that we’ll also run into parents coming to the parent-teacher conference, I’m crying.”

“Me too.”

Chen Yitong sighed, “Alright, it’s the last big cleaning before the vacation, everyone bear with it.”

Around two o’clock in the afternoon, parents gradually arrived at Class 19, while the students were basically outside picking up trash and cleaning the playground.

Zhao Xiuna came to Class 19, asked the class monitor at the door, and found Zhou Yining’s seat to sit down.

She nervously gripped her hands.

In the past, her daughter’s grades were always bad, making her lose face.

This time, she felt that her daughter had become rebellious, and her academic performance might be even worse, so she was very unsure.

Soon, the homeroom teacher came over with the report cards.
Chen Yitong first said a few polite words before continuing,

“This time, the first place in our class ranked 18th in the grade, a big improvement.

I want to especially commend Zhou Yining.

Except for English, her scores in other subjects are the highest in the entire grade.

I hope the students in the class can learn from her.

I’ll have the class monitor distribute the report cards so that the parents can have a clear idea.”

Zhao Xiuna was shocked.

She wondered if she had heard wrong.

When she got Zhou Yining’s report card, she gasped.

Math 150, Chinese 148, Liberal Arts 295, English 89, total score 682.
Zhao Xiuna rubbed her eyes, still not believing it.

She raised her hand and asked, “Teacher, are you sure there’s no mistake?

My Yining, really scored 682 points?”

Chen Yitong smiled and nodded,

“Really, the difficulty of this final exam is higher than the previous college entrance examination papers.

It’s already very rare for Zhou Yining to get such a score.”

Zhao Xiuna held Zhou Yining’s score, her face full of joy, “That’s great, that’s really great.”

For the next hour, Chen Yitong was basically talking about the arrangements for the vacation, and also urged the parents that the children would soon be in the third year of high school, and they had to give their children the greatest support.

When the parent-teacher conference was over, the students who were cleaning outside had also mostly dispersed.

Zhao Xiuna’s mind was still buzzing.

She still didn’t believe that Zhou Yining could get the first place in the class.

Chen Yitong thought for a while and called out to Zhao Xiuna, “Zhou Yining’s mother, wait a moment, I have something to tell you.”

Zhao Xiuna hurried over.

She asked nervously, “Teacher, did my Yining cause trouble at school?”

Chen Yitong frowned slightly, remembering Zhou Yining’s father that she had seen at the police station, and understood.

It seemed that Zhou Yining suffered more at home than she had thought.

“No, Zhou Yining has been performing well at school.

Her Chinese score is very outstanding this time, and she has obtained the qualification to participate in training, which is in five days.

If she passes the training, she can participate in the provincial competition.

This is a good opportunity, and you parents must support her.

The child is very motivated now, and you parents must not hold her back,” Chen Yitong instructed.

“Okay, okay, don’t worry, we will definitely support her, but is the training fee very expensive?”

Zhao Xiuna thought for a while and asked.

“The training is free, but you must not stop her from going,” Chen Yitong reminded again.

“Teacher, don’t worry, we will definitely cooperate with her fully.”

After saying a few more words, Zhao Xiuna left with a dazed mind.

Participating in training was something that only good students could do.

When did her daughter study so well?

She still found it incredible.

Zhao Xiuna was still not at ease and thought of asking the students.

She randomly grabbed a student who came into the class to pack up and asked,

“Student, can auntie ask you, how are Zhou Yining’s grades in your class?”

The person she stopped happened to be Tian Xue.

No one in her family came to the parent-teacher conference for her, so she was coming back to pack up.

“Her studies used to be average, but she has been studying very well in the past month or two.

She also did well on the last monthly exam.

Auntie, I’m her good friend Tian Xue.”

“Oh, her grades are so good?

She has changed so much, and she didn’t tell her mother about it,”

Zhao Xiuna sighed.

Tian Xue nodded, “She is a little different from before, but it’s also good.

Now the teachers and students like her very much.

Auntie, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go in and pack up.”

“Tian Xue, right?

Can I add you as a contact?

Yining is too rebellious now, and she doesn’t tell us anything at home.

Can you do that?” Zhao Xiuna took out her phone.

Tian Xue thought for a while, her eyes behind her glasses blinking, and nodded, “Okay.”

She gave a string of numbers to Zhao Xiuna, and Zhao Xiuna called back,

“Student Tian, if Yining gets into trouble at school, remember to tell me.

She doesn’t tell us anything now.”

“I’ll try my best, Auntie.

If there’s nothing else, I’ll go first,”

Tian Xue said, and went into the class to pack up.

Zhou Yining also returned home at this time.

Zhou Jiaming’s door was tightly closed, but there were bursts of swearing coming from inside, as if Zhou Jiaming was playing computer games.

Zhou Yining ignored him and went straight back to her small bed to rest.