The school's three-day military training came to an end, and the new students officially welcomed their junior high school life.
The biggest difference in studying between junior high and elementary school was the addition of monthly exams and rankings. Elementary school only had three subjects—Chinese, math, and English—and since it was a time for children to let loose and embrace their nature, nobody bothered to create grade-wide rankings that would pressure the students.
Junior high was different, however. As the final stage of the nine-year compulsory education, advancing to high school depended entirely on personal grades. Whether one could get into a high school and what kind of high school depended on everyone's ranking in the city. How could they manage without any pressure?
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