The teachers in the office subconsciously tilted their bodies towards the source of the sound.
"It's because I've been bothered by a question for a long time."
"What's the question?" Teacher Lin's eyes lit up. As long as she could find the crux of the problem, it would be fine. "Don't be afraid, speak up boldly."
"It's just..." The little one scratched his head. "Teacher, is our Class i a remedial class?"
Pfff—
The Chinese teacher who was drinking tea next to him cracked up instantly.
Wha-, what class?
Teacher Lin: ??
"Ruochu, do you feel like the learning pace is too slow?"
"Huh?" Ruochu was shocked.
To analyze the above dialogue, it basically goes:
Ji Ruochu: Teacher, is our class a remedial class? (I've never seen such an advanced remedial class!)
Teacher: !! You think the pace is too slow?! (Shocked! This child actually suspects she's in a remedial class because the teaching pace is too slow?!)
Ruochu shocked: Ah?! (Do you know what you're talking about? Is this pace slow?!)
Today's edition of the "Guess What I'm Thinking" game achievement unlocked ✔️
Conclusion: The tacit understanding between this teacher and student is 0.
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Fortunately, after some "effective" communication, the teacher and student both understood each other's meaning.
"Is Ruochu worried that the knowledge she is currently learning is not suitable for her age group?"
Although she felt it was a bit absurd that such a young child would have such a strong sense of order, Teacher Lin still asked.
Ji Ruochu nodded, "I've learned so much knowledge these past few days that I won't learn until much later, so I'm concerned."
What she was more concerned about was actually the rapidly advancing pace of learning. She wondered how long she could endure it.
This concern turned into apprehension after she learned that everyone in Class i except her were original child prodigies.
Unlike her, the other children truly mastered the knowledge when learning it for the first time. That's why they were real geniuses.
Whereas she was just a fake genius who happened to get the answers early through dumb luck.
"How did Ruochu know that the knowledge being taught now is actually taught much later?"
As far as she knew, the Ji couple had never hired academic tutors for this child.
This was also why the teachers unanimously believed this child was a genius. They had never seen a child with such high aptitude.
"Because I already went through it at home last year."
...
The office instantly fell silent.
"When Ruochu says she already went through the material, does that mean from first grade...?"
"To sixth grade," Ji Ruochu supplemented.
In other words, I'm not really that smart, I just learned it all in advance.
But in the ears of the teachers, it sounded like: In one year, she self-studied all the courses from elementary school on her own.
What does this indicate?
What does this indicate!!!
In that moment, it is no exaggeration to say that the hearts of all the teachers in the office surged.
But Teacher Lin soon noticed that Ruochu's expression seemed off. On the child's face, it seemed she saw distress.
But...what was she distressed about?
Distressed that she learned too fast?
Distressed that she learned too much?
Teacher Lin did not understand.
"What is Ruochu worried about?" she asked.
"..." Ji Ruochu did not know what to say, because she discovered that the more she said, the more excited the teachers seemed to get.
And this was obviously not her intention. Ji Ruochu paused, then switched to another approach:
"Teacher, I'm actually not that smart, I just learned some knowledge earlier that the other kids haven't learned yet."
As soon as she finished speaking, the gaze of the teachers in the room changed again.
So, so humble!
Is this the self-cultivation of a genius?
"..." After teaching for many years, this was also Teacher Lin's first time encountering such a humble child.
She gently patted the little one's hair, "But as far as the teachers know, all the students in Class i have been preparing to enroll since the age of three. The lessons they take at home are no less than what they have now."
So do not doubt your own ability.
Not only Class i, but all the children in elementary schools in Beijing have entered elite education models since the age of three, even if it's not tedious academic learning.
Their families also arranged early cultivation of learning habits and other extracurricular lessons.
To tell the truth, Ji Ruochu was actually the one who studied the least.
Because this child, doted on by both the Ji and Ling families, was the only one in the class who had never formally studied cultural courses.
Clearly, for this child, all anyone hoped was that she could be happy.
The Ji family did not need her to marry for connections when she grew up, nor did Ji Mochen and his wife need her to bring glory to the family.
These two big families simply wished wholeheartedly for the child to be free and unrestrained, unencumbered by the elite education model that was the default expectation of the circle they lived in.
To be honest, a child raised with so much doting would usually grow up to be somewhat spoiled and overbearing.
Yet Ji Ruochu didn't fit either trait at all. She was like a perfect child made in heaven.
"But they didn't learn up to sixth grade."
The perfect child Ji Ruochu still felt like she had an unfair head start.
"But...they didn't learn sixth grade knowledge, not because they didn't study, but because they didn't have enough time to study." They don't absorb knowledge as efficiently as you.
In other words, they haven't learned much, not because they don't want to learn, but because they can't learn it yet.
Ji Ruochu fell silent. She understood what the teacher meant, but clearly the other party didn't understand her.
In her previous life, as a child who grew up in an orphanage, she was indeed somewhat more outstanding compared to ordinary people. She could get scholarships while working her way through school.
But...it was only a little better.
She knew she wasn't a genius, and knew the gap between herself and geniuses.
Even though she could now tower over a group of kids, she was also well aware that it was only a matter of time before she was caught up with.
That feeling...was like even though she was holding the answers to the next few major exams, she was still worried—when those answers were all used up, how would she fare?
The next Blessing?
