Chapter 278: Posing No Threat
Chapter 278: Chapter 278: Posing No Threat
The dean didn’t expect Su Zhaozhao to refuse so bluntly. He was stunned for a moment.
"But your English class doesn’t actually have an exam, so it’s not a particularly urgent situation. On the other hand, her Chinese class does have an exam, and she’s doing this hoping the students can get good scores on their midterms."
The dean of studies’ words didn’t move Su Zhaozhao.
Su Zhaozhao was just a little disappointed in him.
"Dean, I don’t think that’s the right way to look at it. The country is encouraging everyone to learn foreign languages and go international. As a global language, English will certainly become more and more important in the future. Besides, I already have few class periods, and there’s a lot of material to cover. If all my classes are given to Teacher Lin, I won’t be able to finish my curriculum."
Su Zhaozhao’s words also persuaded the dean of studies. He frowned and finally said, "Alright then, Teacher Su. I’ll go have a proper talk with Teacher Lin."
"I’ll leave it to you, then."
When Lin Siqian learned from the dean of studies that Su Zhaozhao had refused to swap classes, she let out a cold sneer.
’In that case, I’ll just have to pressure Su Zhaozhao through the parents.’
After all, she also lived in the dormitory assigned by the military district elementary school, which was very close to where the students lived.
She also made home visits. So, during these visits, Lin Siqian would try to get chummy with the parents while also telling them...
"Actually, our Jia Jie’s grades are quite good, but his Chinese has slipped a bit recently. The midterms are coming up soon, and it wouldn’t be good if his scores don’t improve."
"Then, Teacher, what should we do?"
The parents in the military district compound were, for the most part, quite forward-thinking. They all hoped their children would study hard and get into a good university in the future.
Hearing Lin Siqian’s words, Chen Jiajie’s mother became very anxious.
"I had originally planned to swap some classes with our school’s English teacher to give them some intensive lessons. But who would have thought? The English teacher wasn’t willing." Lin Siqian sighed as she said this.
"Oh, right. The English teacher at the military district elementary school is also a military wife. You probably know her, right? She doesn’t have any qualifications, and I have no idea how she got a teaching job at the school, let alone teaching English. Who knows if she’ll end up corrupting the children."
"Well..." Chen Jiajie’s mother, who had been very worried, fell into deep thought upon hearing what Lin Siqian said.
It was true that Lin Siqian was a good teacher. She was gentle, generous, and poised, and the children all liked her.
But Su Zhaozhao... her own child couldn’t stop praising Su Zhaozhao!
He even worked hard to memorize vocabulary words after coming home!
The fact that Su Zhaozhao was a teacher was known throughout the entire compound, as were her qualifications.
After the scene Gu Qingran had caused last time, no one doubted that Su Zhaozhao was formidable.
"Teacher Lin, I think Teacher Su is doing a great job, and English is very important too. Now that Teacher Su is giving the children a solid foundation, won’t it be much easier for them when they study English in high school? I don’t think there’s any need to swap classes, is there?"
Lin Siqian: "..."
’Su Zhaozhao actually has such a good reputation among the parents?’
’Even after I explicitly pointed out that Su Zhaozhao has no academic degree, they still don’t care?’
Next, Lin Siqian visited the homes of several other students. But after they heard she wanted to take over Su Zhaozhao’s classes, none of them supported her.
Lin Siqian was furious.
She had originally intended to use the parents to pressure Su Zhaozhao into giving her the classes for this period.
But to her surprise, this move didn’t work either!
Meanwhile, Su Zhaozhao also knew that Lin Siqian was making petty moves behind her back.
One of the students’ parents ran into her and told her about it.
"Teacher Su, it seems that Teacher Lin doesn’t like you very much. You should be careful."
Su Zhaozhao recognized her. It was a military wife from Building Three, who was usually quite warm and cheerful.
Her child was in the sixth grade this year.
Su Zhaozhao immediately smiled at her. "Thank you for the warning. I’ll be careful."
’It’s a good thing I’ve been working hard to improve my teaching skills lately.’
’Whenever I had free time, I would enter my ’space,’ pull out modern English teaching videos, and create my own set of lively, interesting, and engaging teaching templates.’
’I’ve helped the students here go from zero to one, making them love learning English right from the start.’
And they hadn’t let her efforts go to waste. Even though Chinese had an exam and English didn’t, they still chose her.
It was impossible not to be moved.
In just two short months, the students were already willing to choose her so firmly.
And what reason did she have not to choose them?
Xu Jiaxin somehow found out about this matter. She even said to Su Zhaozhao, "How about I pay someone to... take care of this Lin Siqian?"
Hearing Xu Jiaxin’s suggestion, Su Zhaozhao burst out laughing. "My dear young miss, there’s no need for that. Don’t dirty your hands over someone like her."
"But look at how she’s treating you!" Xu Jiaxin was very angry. "She’s just jealous of you, that’s why she deliberately tried to swap classes. Look, she didn’t try to get any of the other subjects."
"It’s fine. She won’t get what she wants anyway," Su Zhaozhao said.
’Honestly, I don’t get Lin Siqian. Does she really think that pushing my English class out will make me leave the school?’
Besides, this behavior of willingly taking on more classes, working herself to death just to squeeze out Su Zhaozhao’s class, was something Su Zhaozhao couldn’t quite understand.
’Is this what they call ’killing a thousand enemies at the cost of eight hundred of your own’?’
But to Su Zhaozhao, it made no difference.
Fortunately, this business with Lin Siqian was just a minor squall.
She probably became concerned about her own career and didn’t dare pull any more tricks.
After seeing that no one supported her actions, she ended up dejectedly swapping classes with the natural science teacher, while Su Zhaozhao continued to teach her classes on time every day.
After Xu Jiaxin and the others had been volunteer teaching here for a while, they also went back to their own school for classes.
Xu Jiaxin even said, "Zhaozhao, can I come back again during winter break? I like being with you."
"You should just be good and go home for winter break."
Su Zhaozhao really didn’t want Xu Jiaxin to bring Xu Jiaming along again.
Hearing this, Xu Jiaxin let out a deep sigh. "I know, you’re just scared of my brother!"
Su Zhaozhao smiled. "As long as you know."
"My brother is still thinking about you, but don’t worry. I promised you I wouldn’t tell him anything about you."
"I trust you!" Su Zhaozhao said with a grin.
The day before she left, Xu Jiaxin bought a huge pile of things for Su Zhaozhao.
Especially thick clothes.
"I knew you probably didn’t have time to prepare. The weather is going to get a lot colder, so I had someone buy these for you from a store in the city," Xu Jiaxin said.
Su Zhaozhao was quite touched. Xu Jiaxin was so thoughtful. The care she had shown her during this time hadn’t been in vain.
’Such a rich and considerate girl. Xu Ziyang really hit the jackpot.’
"Thank you." Su Zhaozhao also gave her a set of skincare products and a perfume set.
"I developed these myself. Give them a try."
"Wow, Zhaozhao, you’re amazing! You even know how to make skincare products!" Xu Jiaxin was astonished.
Su Zhaozhao said shamelessly, "Mhm, I just learned it from a book."