Chapter 95
The students sat through a couple more tests in the following two days. Each time, Lily turned in her paper within 20 minutes. The teachers sighed helplessly when they saw her papers. They all thought, “This kid is a lost cause!”
After the tests, the teachers went to work. The results were out the next Tuesday.
The first lesson on Tuesday was John’s math class. He entered the classroom with the macked test papers and a list of class grades.
He placed the papers on the table and picked up the list. with a smile, he announced, “t see an improvement in your scores overall. Anya Mosley has come in first. She scored 733 in math. Her total score across the subjects is 1350, which places her at the 200th place in 12th grade.”
Despite that, Anya collected her test papers with a crestfallen look, which attracted Lily’s attention Lily asked, “What’s wrong?”
*At 1431, I came in 200th in the entire 12th grade. I guess I
I’Enever get into the Unversity of Bridgeport.” Anya seemed really moody. She had been pouring in efforts to get into the University of Bridgeport, but given her test scores, that goal seemed unattainable now…
“Do you want to attend the University of Bridgeport Lily questioned with curiosity.
“Yeah. That’s one of the best universities in the country. If I graduate from there, I’ll get a better job…” Anya slumped on her desk. “Too bad I’ll never make it to that university.”
Lily watched on without a word. Meanwhile, the other students groaned when they learned about Anya’s scores.
Someone remarked, “If Anya is at the top of our class but ranks 200th in the 12th grade, what about the rest of us?”
“We’re doomed. With my scores, I think I’ll be ranked Booth or lower.”
John tapped on his table to silence the students.
After the students stopped talking, John patiently comforted them, “Please don’t be too upset about your s scores. You guys did well this time, and Lily Brooks is a shining example. “She made many mistakes, but she got this one complex question right. She’s one of the five students in the 12th grade to get it right.”
He added, “You guys are smart, just practice more, and you’ll find the test easy.” He then beamed at Lily, saying, “Lily, can you walk us through this question that you got right? John’s intention was to set up Lily as a good example for her classmates as well as encourage her to be more proactive in her studies. To his dismay, she rose from her seat and drawled, “I cheated.”
The Class 18 students were rendered speechless. They had nothing but respect for Lily, one of the first openly admit to the teacher about cheating on her test.
John’s lips twitched from shock. He awkwardly stroked his head before saying, “Um… Take a seat for now. I’ll teach you how to solve the question.”
At this point, he was clueless about how best to handle Lily. He also worried for her future.
The lessons after were boring because all the teachers ever did was distribute the papers and walk the students through the questions
Loid arrived to pick tilly up from school as usual.
Shannon left her class late because of the test. Knowing that she wasn’t allowed to take Loid’s car home, she did not bother to leave the school with Lily.
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