Shen Nuo Fei, You're Just a Little Sister

Raise the national flag, sing the national anthem, and sing the school song.

Second-year students delivered a speech under the national flag, warmly welcoming the first-year students.

Finally, the principal gave a summary.

The simple yet sophisticated opening ceremony concluded successfully.

Parents left, students returned to their classrooms, and the playground of Second Experimental Primary School returned to tranquility.

All three morning classes in Class 1(2) are Chinese classes because their homeroom teacher, Yang Xiuqin, is also a Chinese teacher.

There are 44 students in the class. The seating chart has been arranged, and the students take their seats according to their assigned numbers under the guidance of Teacher Yang.

Boys sat with boys, and girls sat with girls; they all matched up perfectly.

Shen Nuo Fei and Xu Silin are truly destined to be together; they were assigned to the same desk.

Both girls were quite happy. Xu Silin said, "Shen Nuo Fei, let's be best friends for life."

Shen Nuo Fei cherished this friendship very much. She nodded emphatically, "Yes, Xu Silin, let's be best friends for life and never be apart!"

Teacher Yang spent two class periods explaining the school rules and regulations, and then had each student introduce themselves.

Shen Nuo Fei is the youngest; she's a younger sister.

Teacher Yang showed great care for Shen Nuo Fei's younger sister, after all, Nuofei was one or two years younger than the other students in the class.

During recess, Teacher Yang asked Shen Nuo Fei, "All the students eat in the cafeteria at noon. Can you eat by yourself?"

Shen Nuo Fei said with absolute confidence, "Sure, I'm a great eater!"

As expected, Shen Nuo Fei managed to take care of herself during lunch, finishing the largest portion of food in the shortest amount of time.

Not all first-year students integrate into the new environment as well as Shen Nuo Fei. There was a boy in Class 1(2) who had just turned 6 years old. He was very nervous from early morning and seemed unable to adapt to the new environment.

The boy sat at the table, but instead of eating, he started sobbing.

Teacher Yang asked the boy what happened.

The boy said he wanted to go home.

Teacher Yang Xiuqin sneered to herself: Second Experimental Primary School, is it a place you can come and go as you please?

If it were in kindergarten, the teacher would definitely feed them.

But at Second Experimental Primary School, the teachers are very strict. You're all primary school students now. Do you think six- or seven-year-old primary school students still need to be fed?

We must cultivate independence in primary school students; a strong youth makes a strong nation.

You're not going to eat, are you?

Okay, then you don't eat it.

Waaaaah...

The boy was still crying.

After a while, he ran out of energy to cry, so he ate all his food himself.

The morning and noon classes focus on standardized learning, habit formation, and the development of independence.

In the afternoon, the students of Class 1(2) had their first real-life combat exercise.

Math class.

The math teacher proceeded directly into the math teaching session.

First, we count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...

Then we compare sizes: 2 and 4, which is bigger?

Which is smaller, 5 or 9?

Please name a number greater than 10.

And some basic conceptual knowledge: what's the difference between five and the fifth?

Which one is a triangle, and which one is a rectangle?

These are the most basic mathematical concepts that students learn in kindergarten and are tested on during job interviews.

The math teacher spent 20 minutes reviewing kindergarten math concepts before beginning advanced instruction. "We'll start learning addition. Addition is adding two or more numbers together to form another number. 1 + 1 equals 2, which everyone learned in kindergarten. So, what is 1 + 2?"

Students: "3!"

"Correct!"

What about 2+4?

"6!"

"3+6?"

"9!"

The students have a solid foundation in mathematics and know addition up to ten by heart.

This was expected by the math teacher, whose focus today was on addition of numbers greater than ten.

In a typical elementary school, if a math teacher can teach students addition and subtraction within 20 in the first semester of first grade, then the task is considered accomplished.

But in a place like Second Experimental Primary School, where elites gather, math teachers teach the rules of addition operations for numbers greater than ten in the very first lesson.

Therefore, this primary school has produced outstanding students like Huang Yuexi. In fourth grade, she participated in the Spring Festival Cup Mathematics Competition and won an award. In sixth grade, she participated in the American Mathematics Competition and even entered the top 5% globally.

So-called geniuses are not only genuinely intelligent, but also have a solid foundation in their knowledge.

Actually, most children these days are quite smart. Whether or not a smart child can be nurtured into an outstanding genius depends on educational resources.

"Before I teach you addition above ten, I'll give you a test. I'll give you a few questions, and you can do them mentally. Raise your hand if you know them," the math teacher said, then quickly recited a string of numbers. "What is 8 + 7?"

Brush!

Swish!

Several students raised their hands.

It can be seen that if the sum of the two numbers is greater than 10, the number of students in the class who can calculate the result is greatly reduced.

Math teacher. "Shi Qinghui, you speak."

Shi Qinghui: "8 + 7 equals 15!"

"Correct."

"Keep asking questions, what about 9+6?"

"It also equals 15!"

"8+9?"

"17!"

"12+7?"

"Well..."

Shi Qinghui is quick and accurate at adding single-digit numbers, but she gets stuck when two-digit numbers appear on the left side of the equals sign.

This was also within the math teacher's expectations. He smiled and still praised Shi Qinghui.

"12 + 7 equals 19".

Suddenly, a crisp female voice rang out; it was Shen Nuo Fei.

"Shen Nuo Fei?" The math teacher looked at Nuofei, the youngest student in the class. As a math teacher who graduated from the Mathematics Department of a teachers' college, he knew Shen Nuo Fei's parents very well.

Most teachers at Second Experimental Primary School know who Shen Nuo Fei's parents are.

No matter how powerful your parents are or how well-connected your family is, once you get into Second Experimental Primary School, you still have to abide by its various rules and teaching system. After all, it's the children who are studying, not their parents.

The math teacher reviewed Shen Nuo Fei's entrance interview report, which showed that Shen Nuo Fei's math skills had reached the level of addition and subtraction within 50.

The math teacher's teaching plan was to teach all the students in the class addition and subtraction within 50 during the first semester of first grade.

If the data is accurate, then Shen Nuo Fei has already reached the level of a first-grade student at the end of the first semester in the field of addition and subtraction.

It must be admitted that the mathematician's daughter had already mastered a high level of mathematics before starting primary school.

The math teacher didn't find this strange at all; it was a perfectly normal thing. He also had a daughter who was in second grade this year. With his extra tutoring, his daughter's math skills had reached a third-grade level, and she was preparing to register for the Spring Festival Cup Math Competition next year.

"That's right, 12 + 7 equals 19." The math teacher nodded to Shen Nuo Fei and then asked, "So, Shen Nuo Fei, what is 34 + 28?"

Ah?

Wow?

Mwah?

The students in the class fell into deep thought. Math Teacher Yuan was too harsh; she actually asked Nophie such a difficult question.

It was 12+7 just now, and now it's 34+28!

Xu Silin couldn't help but feel worried for her deskmate Shen Nuo Fei.

Shen Nuo Fei gave the answer in a very short time, "34 + 28 equals 62".

Sure enough, her mental arithmetic skills in addition and subtraction have surpassed the level of the first semester of first grade, and have even reached the level of the second half of the second semester of first grade!

The most extreme speculation is that Shen Nuo Fei, who is only 5 years old, has already reached the level of a second-grade student in the first semester on her first day of school!

Teacher Yuan nodded and said, "Correct! Shen Nuo Fei calculated quickly and accurately; she deserves praise."

"Hehe~" Shen Nuo Fei was quite happy. After all, children always like to hear praise from their teachers.

Teacher Yuan stopped asking Shen Nuo Fei questions, as doing so in class would waste other students' study time.

Teacher Yuan's teaching then entered a routine operating mode. According to the lesson plan, he explained to most students "how to calculate the sum of a single-digit number and a two-digit number".