Chapter 128

Afterwards, the head teacher introduced the school rules of Gumang Middle School, allowing Fu Ying to understand the situation in greater detail. At Gumang, a flag-raising ceremony was held every Monday morning, while morning exercises took place on other days. Currently, first-year high school students attended classes five days a week, but starting in the second year, this would increase to six days, with evening self-study sessions on both Friday and Sunday nights. Morning reading started at 7:20, classes dismissed at noon at 12:00, afternoon classes resumed at 2:20 PM, and the school day ended at 5:00 PM. A monthly exam was held at the end of every month to rank the entire school. Students whose final exam scores were too poor at the end of each semester would be transferred to regular classes, and students would be divided into arts and sciences streams starting in the second year. The head teacher also mentioned that school uniforms must be worn every day, appearance and grooming would be inspected, and during the flag-raising ceremony in particular, every class would tally the number of students not wearing their uniforms. There were also rules stating that girls were not allowed to wear makeup or ear studs, and boys were not allowed to wear slippers—regulations that were pretty much standard across all schools.