The students of Class 212 made an intriguing discovery.
Today, Teacher Su was wearing a small necklace. Although it was subtle, with only the chain visible, it added a touch of elegance to her appearance.
Su Qi didn't think much of it. She wore this necklace mainly because earlier that morning, the "hooligan" Sister Bai Miao had told her she would check during the broadcast whether she was wearing it.
Although Sister Bai Miao hadn't mentioned the consequences of not wearing it, sometimes the unknown is the most frightening.
Besides, the small necklace wasn't too conspicuous; it could be hidden under her clothes. Since it didn't affect her image, Su Qi decided to wear it around her neck.
As the 7 o'clock bell for morning reading rang,
Su Qi, as the homeroom teacher of Class 212, naturally had to arrange some coursework for the students. She was well-prepared for this.
However, before that, Su Qi noticed an additional student in Class 212.
Having seen the class roster, Su Qi knew this student. His name was Song Yu, and he had been absent for half a month due to illness.
But it hadn't been half a month yet—had he really recovered?
"Song Yu, are you feeling better now?"
Hearing the new homeroom teacher's gentle voice and melodious youthful tone, Song Yu looked at Teacher Su's beautiful face, which maintained a teacher's dignified demeanor.
He felt as if he were dreaming—how could this homeroom teacher be so ethereal?
"I'm fine, Teacher Su," Song Yu hurriedly answered.
In truth, Song Yu hadn't been ill at all. He had used illness as an excuse because the previous homeroom teacher, Huang Xiaokou, always looked at him with prejudice. Being in a rebellious phase, Song Yu had come up with this excuse.
Teacher Huang, who never liked looking at him anyway, had naturally approved it.
"That's good. If you feel unwell in the future, please let me know in advance. After all, your health is the most important, understand?"
After speaking, Su Qi gestured for him to sit down.
She then signaled the students to start reading while she picked up a piece of chalk and began writing and drawing on the blackboard.
When they saw Teacher Su at the podium seemingly drawing, everyone turned their attention to her.
As a professional painter, Su Qi had no trouble with simple sketches.
Soon, everyone saw four stick figures appear on the blackboard.
On the left were two male students wearing sunglasses, with a sloppily written test paper between them marked 100 points. One was saying "Awesome," and the other "Impressive."
On the right were two female students, their test papers neatly and meticulously written, but surprisingly marked 80 points.
The speech bubble from the girl on the left read: "Although you did perfectly, sorry, you can only get 80 points."
Teacher Su finished her sketch and turned her gaze from the blackboard to the students of Class 212 below. Seeing everyone's eyes fixed on the blackboard, Su Qi said, "After checking last week's evening physics test papers, I found situations like this depicted on the blackboard."
Hearing Teacher Su's words, the students of Class 212 found this method of expression, though somewhat exaggerated, incredibly interesting.
Then they heard Teacher Su on the podium say, "To prevent this from happening again, how about we play a blind box game?"
Although they didn't know what Teacher Su had up her sleeve, the mysterious-sounding "blind box" certainly caught the students' attention.
Su Qi then began to explain the game rules, saying, "We have 25 people in our class. Because Xiao Xiaoxiao is too adorable, the teacher has reserved her as my little desk mate. Any objections?"
Hearing Teacher Su praise her from the podium, Xiao Xiaoxiao once again performed her classic ostrich head-hiding move.
From the podium, Su Qi noticed that even her little desk mate's delicate, translucent earlobes had turned pink. What an adorable little girl.
The other students could understand Teacher Su's decision.
After all, compared to others, Xiao Xiaoxiao couldn't participate in normal physical activities, and with her introverted personality, interacting with her would be challenging.
So no one raised any objections to Teacher Su's proposal.
Seeing no dissent, Su Qi continued to explain the blind box game rules.
"With the remaining 24 people, we have 10 girls and 14 boys, so I've prepared this blind box!"
As she spoke, Su Qi pulled out a simple blind box from beneath the podium.
Seeing "Male" written on the left side of the box and "Female" on the right,
The students of Class 212 would have to be fools not to guess Teacher Su's next move.
It was simply about pairing boys and girls as desk mates, wasn't it?
Wang Ying strongly objected to the idea of mixed-gender seating and immediately raised her hand to ask, "Teacher Su, why do I have to sit with a boy?"
After Wang Ying asked this question, many other students nodded in agreement.
Su Qi had, of course, considered this issue.
In a typical high school class, especially for teenagers just beginning to explore romance, when boys and girls are most attracted to each other, this seating arrangement would be taboo.
But Class 212 was different. Through her observations last week, Su Qi had noticed severe gender segregation in this class.
The problem's seriousness was evident from how boys and girls grouped separately during breaks, not interacting with each other.
The reason for this situation was quite simple.
Many students in Class 212 came from divorced families. Quite a few had given up on studying after becoming part of single-parent households.
The failure of their parents' love had a significant impact on the children.
Additionally, with today's internet algorithms, when feeling down, they would often come across toxic advice from self-proclaimed relationship experts or lists of traits of "scumbag" men or women in short videos.
The combination of these two factors led to severe polarization between boys and girls in Class 212. Su Qi could sense a hint of discomfort even when they answered questions.
As the homeroom teacher, Su Qi naturally wanted to avoid this distorted interaction pattern.
After all, a class is a unit that should be united.
Moreover, she needed to establish healthy gender perspectives for her students. They couldn't generalize based on a few individuals or incidents.
To address this issue, Su Qi thought of increasing interaction and mutual understanding between the students in their daily lives. After some consideration, Su Qi said to Wang Ying, "I don't intend to force you to sit with boys, but rather to allow your strengths to complement each other. You should know that there are significant differences between boys and girls, for example..."
Su Qi used the persona of her former roommate, Han Yixing, to improve the image of male students in the eyes of the girls.
Employing the same tactic, she used her wife Zijin's virtuous and gentle persona to enhance the girls' image in the boys' minds.
Of course, if she only highlighted the positive aspects, it might spark romantic elements, which wouldn't do.
So afterward, Su Qi listed some bad habits of her roommates Wang Dongxu and Wu Wei.
She also described some scenarios from other girls' dorms that Gu Panpan had mentioned.
The students of Class 212, hearing Teacher Su vividly describe the strengths and weaknesses of both genders,
Felt that having a female teacher who could understand both perspectives was fantastic. Her portrayal of the issues was very relatable.
Although Su Qi's approach was akin to giving candy before a slap,
It must be said that because the two positive examples she cited were somewhat idealized,
The students of Class 212, while still feeling some resistance, didn't raise any further objections.
Seeing that no one else was raising their hand, Su Qi continued to announce the rules.
"Next, I'll ask questions for everyone to answer. Since we have fewer girls in the class, if a girl answers correctly, she'll immediately get a chance to draw from the blind box.
Boys will need to answer two questions correctly to draw from the blind box.
By the way, from a probability standpoint, drawing earlier might be better! And a friendly reminder—no returns or exchanges!"