For the sake of her reputation as an excellent teacher, Lianlian’s mother went home and gave her children extra lessons overnight.

Consolidate all the previous additional questions for the child and ask her to get them all correct.

That night, I stayed up until one o'clock in the morning.

During the exam the next day, Mother Lianlian almost fainted when she saw the additional questions:

【Please use one or a few sentences to describe the happy things you have encountered recently.】

This kind of open-ended questions was something Lian Lian’s mother had never seen on a first-grade elementary school test paper.

Not only are there no points, the answers are completely open-ended, and everyone's answer may be different.

After the monthly exam, the scores were announced.

The first place in the first grade and the class is still firmly occupied by Alice with perfect scores.

No matter which one takes second place, there is another person.

Min Lian, together with two other classmates, tied for third place in the class and did not enter the top ten in grade.

In their class, a large number of students scored around 80, concentrated in the middle, and many of them were tied.

The class score structure is an olive-shaped, quite normal distribution.

It shows that the teaching level of the school and teachers is not low, so that ordinary children who study hard can also receive the education they deserve.

Examinations are used to test the results of knowledge learning, but not to test whether children are excellent or not.

The teacher focused on interviewing the last few parents to rule out whether there were any factors at home that hindered their children's learning.

Both parties communicate and then encourage each other.

Of course, the main educational tasks these days actually fall on teachers.

Parents of children play the role of cooperating with teachers to provide support.

Education is a matter of one soul influencing another soul.

…

The parent who causes Min Lian's class teacher the most headache is actually Lian Lian's mother.

They are not only colleagues in a large office, but also the relationship between class teachers and parents.

Lian Lian's mother requires Min Lian to hit the first place and get perfect scores every time. In addition to the children, the class teacher has also been feeling the pressure for a long time.

But this time, she had to bite the bullet and interview Mother Lianlian:

"As for Min Lian, I hope to have a serious communication with you."

Mother Lianlian said perfunctorily for the sake of face:

"My Min Lian is excellent. There is nothing for you to worry about. I will educate her well. All you need to do is help me to improve the child's score."

The head teacher choked for a moment, thinking, this is the same rhetoric again, but she still insisted on saying it:

"That's exactly what I want to communicate with you."

Mother Lianlian looked embarrassed.

"I know you are doing this for Min Lian's own good, I don't deny this."

The head teacher was quite polite and communicated actively:

"But this child is controlled too strictly by you, which makes him extremely unconfident."

"I have a truth to tell you frankly. There is a difference in intelligence between people."

"Min Lian is just an ordinary child. You can't impose too many things on her, otherwise, no one will be happy."

Mother Lianlian was not happy about this statement. She would certainly not admit that her child was not smart enough.

"Look at the child's answers to the additional questions on the test paper -"

"I have a good friend, Alice, but I hate her because she has higher grades than me. I'm very sad."

"She is very nice and wants to be my friend. She said she won't hate me just because I got less marks than her."

"I hope my mother loves me as much as Alice does!"

When Mother Lianlian saw these words, her mind went blank!

After that, the head teacher said something else, but she didn't listen to a word.

Her face was burning with pain!

It is a failure as a mother and a failure as an educator.

But the painful thing is that she doesn't want to admit this failure now.

…

In the evening, she corrected her homework until very late.

When she got home, Min Lian was not at home. When she asked the child's grandmother, she said she had gone to play with Alice.

Mother Lianlian’s anger is rising!

Going outside Sara's small courtyard, Mother Lianlian knocked on the door. When she came in, she found several children playing with three big white dogs in the yard.

The laughter spread throughout the courtyard, which was the joy of children.

Mother Lianlian was stunned for a moment. In her impression, her girl had never had this side.

"Hey, Mother Lianlian is here, come in and sit down quickly!" Mrs. Si took the initiative to come up and receive her.

Mother Lianlian smiled politely and refused:

"Auntie, I won't go in. It's already nine o'clock, and Min Lian is still disturbing you at your house. I'm really sorry!"

"What's the point? It's rare for the children to have fun. The monthly exams are over and it's time to relax."

Mrs. Si didn't mean to say anything and stated the facts:

"The school didn't give them any homework, but they tried their best to let them have fun!"

Mother Lianlian was quite normal and replied politely:

"The school has no arrangements, so I give Min Lian extra homework every day. Otherwise, her grades will have declined to an unknown extent!"

After saying that, she turned back to look at her daughter and shouted:

"Min Lian, hurry up and go home to do your homework. I've been playing so much that I can't finish it. Don't sleep tonight!"

Several children had already felt the low pressure and were speechless.

Even the three white tiger cubs turned their heads and stared here.

Mother Lianlian’s soul was almost frightened away:

"Oh my god! Why are there three tigers!"

Mrs. Si was very calm, stopped the three white tiger cubs, and said:

"Mama Lianlian, come inside and sit down."

Mother Lianlian was frightened and followed her subconsciously.

The white tiger cub was naturally left outside and not allowed in, otherwise it would frighten Mother Lian Lian.

The three little ones scratched at the door for a long time and there was no response, so they stood up and leaned on the window, looking into the room, whining and begging to be let in.

Mrs. Si poured a glass of water for Mother Lianlian to calm down her shock, and chatted a few words about the white tiger cub:

"That was a little friend given to them by An An and Manman's grandfather."

“We started playing together when we were in Mosca, the Soviet Union, and the children couldn’t bear to part with them after we returned to China.”

"My great-grandpa is here, so I brought him here with me."

Mother Lianlian was so shocked that she couldn’t digest it!

She actually didn't know the details of the Si family.

After taking a closer look at Sara on the sofa, she probably recognized him:

"Are you Professor Sarah from the Soviet Union?"

"Well, it's me." Sarah smiled and nodded.

Mother Lianlian said subconsciously: "You are highly respected and an internationally renowned expert. No wonder you can educate a child like Alice who ranks first in the exams every time."

This time, the adult did not say anything, but Alice replied:

"Auntie, to be honest, the perfect score I got on the exam is not based on the knowledge my great-grandpa taught me."

She followed her younger siblings and called them that.

"I am not a child of this family, but I like this family very much. They all love me and I love them too."

This is something Lian Lian Mama never expected!

Xiao Ping'an, a chatty one, came out with Alice's test paper to show off:
To be continued...