Time blinked forward to December, and today was Shilan Middle School's annual coming-of-age ceremony. Every year, the school prepared this ceremony for the senior students to celebrate their impending encounter with a major turning point in life: the college entrance examination.
It was not just students whose birthdays fell on this exact day who could attend; this was a celebration belonging to all senior students. Even if their birthdays weren't today, their coming of age was approaching regardless, whether a little sooner or a little later, so the seniors eagerly anticipated the arrival of this grand event.
This was also the final celebration Shilan Middle School offered to its senior students. Once this day passed, the intense and tedious college entrance exam review would officially begin. From then on, every Saturday would require remedial classes at school, and the weekend would shrink from two days down to one. All campus activities would suspend their access for seniors, and until graduation, their high school lives would consist of nothing but test papers and oceans of questions.
Chapter 82