“But I didn’t give up. I have worked a hundred times harder than anyone else. In the second month, I caught up with the class average. In the third month, I was already in the top ten of the class. By the end of the first semester, I got a perfect score for my English! Since then, my English results have always been in the top ten for the whole grade! I have once again proven with my actions that I’m not late!”
There was another round of thunderous applause and cheers. Compared with Natasha’s innate advantage, Sophia was indeed the real genius!
“At the age of fifteen, I enrolled into Riverdale High School with results of being in first place from my middle school. At school, I was exposed to chess for the first time. I wanted to learn, but I didn’t have any knowledge about it.
The hobby class teacher told me that it was too late for me to start learning chess at fifteen. But I didn’t give up and was the champion of the Bayside City’s Youth Chess Competition a year later.”
“Before I enrolled in university, I had no knowledge about any minority languages. However, in my first year of university, I obtained two minority languages’ certificates. Before this year, I was an art student. I had never once in my life been exposed to any knowledge on computers.
This year, I decided to learn computer programming, game design and app design. Look at me now, I have participated in the development of the app that you are now using to vote.”
“Colonel Sanders worked hard at the age of 27 and founded Kentucky Fried Chicken, Samuel L. Jackson wrote ‘Journey to the West’ when he was 50, Steve Carell became a successful comedian at the age of 42 and Betty White was only famous at the age of 51!”
The audience almost went frantic with their applause!
Compared to Natasha’s ‘I’m already seventeen and I’m running out of time’, it seemed like everyone preferred ‘I’m only twenty years old, so what if I was late?’
After all, not everyone would have had the same reputation like Natasha when they were seventeen!
The live comment section exploded.
‘I’m twenty and I’ve decided to start dancing!’
‘This junior is inspiring! She has just reignited my dream to work harder! I’m 21 and have decided not to waste my life anymore. I’m going to start studying medicine!’
‘I’m already in my third year but I hate my current major. From now onward, I’ve decided to enrol in my second major!’
“Oh my God! This app was actually designed by a junior who has only been into programming for a few months? This is so amazing; I support you!”
On the app, Sophia’s votes spiked like a rocket. In a blink of an eye, Natasha was pushed down from her number one spot, but her fan base was very powerful. The moment they noticed that something went wrong, they immediately caught up. Both contestants chased one another wildly on the ranking board.
Looking at the live comment section on the screen, Natasha was still scoffing. It seems like lies like this can be very useful to deceive those underachieving students!
Those who don’t work hard all love this kind of thing the most!
However, how will the judges be fooled?
While at the panel of judges, Michael did his best to clap for his wife. When he was finished, he immediately gave his wife a perfect score and simultaneously ensured to vote for her on the app—the account was being registered with the university’s student number. Each user would be able to vote once every ten minutes until the event ended. He used his former student number to register and vote.
The second round of public speaking came to an end. The scores given by the judges were all collected with the total being calculated for the contestants—from the ones by the panel and the online votes. The marks from the first round, which was the catwalk, would also be concurrently announced.
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