Shadow of Deep Space

Chapter 29 The cruel reality

Even Chen Tong didn't say anything and just stood quietly against the wall.

But at this time Mingke gritted his teeth and spoke to Tang.

"Teacher, I don't want to give up. I think we can give it a try."

"Forget it. Even if you have confidence, I don't have confidence."

"No, teacher, I have great confidence in you. After all, you are also a graduate of the Imperial Court Academy's external school, and you will definitely be able to lead us to pass the exam."

"Um, I graduated from the Imperial Court Academy's external school, but how do I put it?"

Tang Yan was a little embarrassed for a moment. He was too embarrassed to say that he was the last one in the Imperial Court School. Moreover, a big reason why he was admitted was because he was from the Third City, but he moved to the Thirteenth District because his family fell into poverty.

Su Ming also looked at Tang Yan with some surprise. He didn't expect that the teacher actually graduated from a school outside the Royal Court Academy.

"Teacher, you can do it!"

Mingke said confidently.

"Yup!"

Zhao Ran and others also echoed.

Tang Yan sighed and didn't say anything else. He just stood up and walked into the house, then took out a stack of papers.

He slapped the paper on the table and spoke calmly.

"This is the comprehensive test paper from last year's city exam. You can all do it."

Mingke and the others were stunned, then they all stood up, took a test paper, and quietly found a corner to do the questions.

Su Ming also took a paper and found a seat on the ground. He first glanced at the paper as a whole. Compared with the usual test papers, this one was much bigger, with 20 pages, and various types of questions were printed on it.

He looked at the total score on the paper, which was 300 points.

Su Ming was also eager to try, and he also wanted to see how many points he could get, so he started to write the test paper carefully.

Tang Yan sat on the sofa, watching the students do their homework quietly.

Five hours passed in the blink of an eye, and Su Ming had already finished the last one. But it was very painful for him to do it, because the knowledge in his mind was really too limited. Many questions were so confusing that he couldn't even guess them!
For example, the third-to-last question is about the eleventh system architecture reorganization in the history of the old federation. What challenges did it encounter, how did it fail in the end, and how would you have avoided it if it were you?

For this question, Su Ming only remembered the year, month, and day of the incident and the general information of the initiator. He had no idea about the specific content. How should he answer?

The most annoying thing is that this type of questions are different every year. The Old Federation has such a long history, and there are too many major events that have happened. Many things are only recorded in a few records in history books. If you want to understand them, you have to look up the literature specifically.

Therefore, this requires a very high level of knowledge reserve from students. If Su Ming is given enough time, these would not matter, but what he lacks most now is time.

Tang Yan looked at the time displayed on his mobile phone, waited patiently for another half an hour and then said.

"carry out an assignment!"

Su Ming and others stopped writing and handed the papers to Tang Yan.

Tang Yan immediately began to mark the papers, and everyone gathered around him, curious about how many points he would get.

The first paper to be graded was Chen Tong's. Tang Yan kept ticking and crossing out the paper, and soon gave a score of 129.

Chen Tong looked at the result and his face looked very bad.

Tang Yan continued to mark the papers, and soon the results came out one by one: Zhao Ran 103, Cheng Ran 72, and Ming Ke 141.

"Wow, you're so tall, squad leader!"

Zhao Ran and others exclaimed in amazement.

"No."

Mingke was very dissatisfied with this.

At this time, Tang Yan picked up Su Ming's paper and started to correct it. Su Ming's heart was slightly lifted, and he was very curious about how well he would score. However, looking at the crosses one by one, his heart suddenly sank. The final results came out, and Su Ming scored 92 points!
"Not bad, Su Ming has made great progress."

Tang Yan looked at the final score, raised his head and praised Su Ming, you know, this is the comprehensive paper of the city exam. Judging from Su Ming's previous results, he could do well to get 60 or 70.

"Yeah, keep it up!"

Mingke and others praised it.

Su Ming also smiled bitterly. He had only just reached this point. However, he had improved by 20 points in just a few days, which was indeed not bad.

At this time, Tang Yan coughed, signaling everyone to be quiet, and everyone immediately quieted down.

Then Tang Yan said with a serious expression.

"You have seen the results, right? Now let me tell you the details. First of all, why don't I recommend you to apply for Royal Court Academy? That's because the Royal Court Academy's internal school comprehensive test is 300 points, the admission score requirement is 290 points, and the secondary subject is 100 points, so the requirement is 90 points or more! Although the external school is more relaxed, the comprehensive test also requires more than 250 points, and the secondary subject requires 60 points. You can compare the results yourself."

After these words were spoken, Mingke, who had the best grades, fell silent, and the others were even more desperate.

"No, how can you get such a high score? Who can pass it?"

Cheng Ran complained unhappily.

"People from the Three Cities can do it. Their internal school requirements only require 280 points and 80 points, while external schools only require 200 points and 50 points."

Tang Yan explained to everyone.

When Su Ming heard this, he looked at Tang Yan with a very interesting expression. Could it be that Teacher Tang was from Sancheng before?
"No way, this is not fair. Why did they reduce so many points? Their resources are better than ours."

Cheng Ran couldn't help but complain.

Tang Yan sighed and said to everyone.

"As you know, each region of the old federation has a high degree of autonomy. Of course, they will give priority to their own people. There is nothing to say about this. In short, you should face reality now and set your sights on ordinary senior colleges. In this way, not only will the score line be low, but the requirements for secondary subjects will also not be high. Don't despise ordinary senior colleges. As long as you are admitted to ordinary senior colleges, you can extend your life for four years and avoid drawing red or black tickets. Moreover, after graduation, you can try to apply for civil service or federal key enterprises, or develop other industries, and the future is promising!"

"Uh-huh."

After hearing Tang Yan's words, Zhao Ran and others' gloomy expressions brightened up.

At this time Chen Tong suddenly spoke.

"Teacher, you are right, but the scary thing is that I can't even get into an ordinary senior college. If I remember correctly, the minimum score requirement for an ordinary senior college is 150 points."

"Ah, it's so high, then aren't we quite different?"

Zhao Ran and others all had bitter faces.

"Don't be discouraged. Why don't you just apply to schools in the three cities? You can apply to the higher education college in District 120. You only need 120 points. If you work hard, most people can still get points."

Tang Yan explained to everyone.

"Teacher, residents of the three cities also need 120 points to apply for their regular colleges and universities?"

Cheng Ran asked after a moment of hesitation.

"Yes."

Tang Yan nodded and replied.

"Oh, I'm so envious. With 120 points, you can go to the surface college."

Wang Chi and others said enviously.

"What's there to be envious of? If they want to apply to the high school in District 150, they will also need points."

Tang Yan coughed to comfort everyone.

(End of this chapter)