After a whole day of military training, even though the intensity wasn't high, the students were exhausted both physically and mentally.
It was a tradition at Shancheng No. 2 High School that regardless of whether you were a day student or not, everyone had to stay at school for evening self-study until nine o'clock before going home. This was one of the reasons for the school's high college entrance rate.
As freshmen who hadn't officially started classes yet, naturally there was no homework to speak of; the time was simply for previewing lessons. With no teacher in the classroom, the students soon started chattering away.
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