Chapter 58 Your P.E. Teacher Is Sick Again Today

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Chapter 58: Your P.E. Teacher Is Sick Again Today

Inside a certain gymnasium,

Today, the physical education teachers from all the key high schools in the province had gathered here. While they were puzzled by the summons, each of them held their own private speculations.

"The document was issued just yesterday. From now on, there will be two P.E. classes a day, and rumor has it that there will be a strict crackdown on any phenomenon of P.E. classes being encroached upon. Moving forward, whether it's the Chinese teacher, the mathematics teacher, or even the English teacher, none of them will be allowed to occupy our class periods anymore!" Zhang Yunbai said happily.

Hearing this, many of the P.E. teachers turned their heads toward the source of the voice.

She was a very young, exceptionally pretty, and remarkably well-proportioned athletic beauty.

This was quite normal. The younger generation nowadays had access to too many ways of maintaining their physique, and as a P.E. teacher, working out was an indispensable daily routine for Zhang Yunbai.

Coupled with adequate nutrition and a tall stature, she naturally possessed a vibrant, athletic charm. Therefore, the moment she spoke, she instantly attracted the gazes of numerous P.E. teachers.

"Hehe, little Zhang, you're just too young."

"Indeed, you're overthinking it. Regulations are one thing, and enforcement is quite another. I'll bet anything that at most, they'll put on two P.E. classes a day during the initial stage just to cope with inspections. Once the spotlight blows over, it'll go right back to the same old routine: 'Your P.E. teacher fell ill today and won't be coming, so we're having math instead!'"

"Hahaha, we P.E. teachers are either genuinely sick or 'forced' to be sick. We work out every day and teach the kids sports, yet we supposedly suffer from chronic illnesses year-round. We're used to it by now!"

"What if it turns out to be true?" Zhang Yunbai asked weakly.

"If it turns out to be true, it would mean that the importance of physical education has finally reached the point where it can stand shoulder to shoulder with the three major core subjects of Chinese, mathematics, and English. In that case, physical education should be added to the National College Entrance Examination, and only when the P.E. score reaches one hundred and fifty points will its importance truly match that of Chinese, math, and foreign languages! Otherwise, everything else is just empty talk!"

"That's right. No matter how loudly every policy and every regulation is shouted from the rooftops, you just have to look at whether P.E. is included in the entrance examination."

"Facts have proven that it is not!"

"Exactly, it never has been. Our P.E. classes have always been unloved by both mother and father—like stepchildren. Yet every year, the slogans shouted to the heavens are deafening, talking about the healthy growth of the younger generation and doing it for posterity, while actual implementation is virtually nonexistent."

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"I reckon this time it's just another slogan-shouting exercise, a mere charade to make things look more convincing."

"Correct. Little Zhang, you only became a P.E. teacher last year, so you don't know the ropes yet. It's completely normal to truly believe it when encountering something like this for the first time. All of us went through that phase."

Moments later, Wu Bei walked in with a stern expression.

When the P.E. teachers caught sight of Wu Bei's attire, they instantly realized that this time, they might actually be playing for keeps.

For at this moment, Wu Bei was dressed in full military uniform, with a handgun holstered at his waist! Walking in alongside him was an entire squad of soldiers clad in military uniform.

"Everyone, I am already aware of your concerns. I can tell you quite responsibly that this time, the authorities above have made a firm resolve. Starting next year, physical education will be added as a new subject in the college entrance examination."

Hearing this, Zhang Yunbai frowned and raised her right hand: "But that wouldn't be fair."

"The most important principle of the college entrance examination is fairness, and how well a student scores in P.E. largely depends on their family background. Those with well-off families eat meat every day, enjoy adequate nutrition, and can even afford private tutors. Meanwhile, those from ordinary family backgrounds can't afford private tutors, nor can they even eat properly. Why should they be forced to compete with children from wealthy families?"

"Although I am a P.E. teacher and hope the school pays attention to physical education—and even more so, that the children stay healthy—this is no reason for the P.E. curriculum to undermine the fairness of the college entrance examination!"

"Indeed! Once physical education is actually factored into the score, won't it just become so-called well-rounded education? Playing the violin is considered a talent, building model airplanes is considered a talent, but why aren't transplanting rice seedlings, farming, or feeding pigs considered talents?" an elderly, rural-born teacher countered bluntly.

"That's right. Even though we're just P.E. teachers, we can still tell right from wrong on basic principles. If P.E. really starts counting toward the score, it would be far too unfair. If even the college entrance examination isn't fair, I daren't imagine what kind of society we'll end up with in the future."

Listening to everyone's worries, Wu Bei smiled and shook his head: "You've misunderstood."

"Adding physical education to the college entrance examination does not mean a total score of one hundred points or any other numerical grade. Rather, it means a student's state of health will determine whether they are qualified to take the college entrance examination at all."

"Next year's physical education evaluation will primarily assess whether the students perform the new-era calisthenics according to standard. As long as they can complete a full set of the new-era calisthenics within the stipulated time, they will be qualified to sit for the college entrance examination."

"And if they can perform it smoothly with very few mistakes, they will be qualified to enter a key university. In the past, getting into a key university just required a high enough score, but this time, you must also be able to fluidly execute this set of new-era calisthenics!"

"In other words, the exam questions for the physical education test are published in advance. As long as your movements meet the standard, you can take the college entrance examination. If your movements are fluid and your academic score is high enough, you can attend a key university."

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Executing a complete set of movements flawlessly is what qualifies as meeting the standard!

Is this difficult? It's not difficult; truly, it's not difficult at all. It's just calisthenics—who doesn't know how to do them?

As for fluency, as long as the school can genuinely guarantee two P.E. classes every day and daily practice, it isn't hard either.

When all is said and done, the first set of mimetic boxing differed very little from calisthenics, save for being slightly more profound and interconnected with the second set of mimetic boxing. But fundamentally speaking, anyone could practice it without much of a threshold. (The second set and beyond possessed certain implicit thresholds, while the third set had a relatively high barrier to entry.)

"To ensure that nutritional levels remain sufficient, the relevant departments have specially formulated supportive policies to subsidize school cafeterias, thereby guaranteeing that all high school students receive two nutritious meals a day, providing them with enough nutrition to practice our new-generation calisthenics!"

"To guarantee the implementation of two P.E. classes a day, task forces will be stationed in various regions. If a P.E. class is encroached upon once, the principal will receive a disciplinary demerit; if encroached upon twice, the principal will be demoted while retaining their post; and if encroached upon three times, the principal will be removed from office immediately!"

"This time, you don't need to worry about P.E. classes being usurped anymore, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yunbai nodded repeatedly while feeling utterly astonished internally. Such a massive stroke of policy must mean that some major event of which she was unaware had taken place; otherwise, it would simply be impossible.

Immediately afterward, Zhang Yunbai thought of what had happened two days prior, right after New Year's Day.

That day, she happened to walk past a multicolored rainbow and had even spent a little while jumping and playing inside it.

As a result, after taking a shower that very day, a massive amount of dead skin had peeled off her body, leaving her skin much fairer and more tender, while her physical fitness had undergone a remarkable improvement.

When she woke up the next morning, somehow, an inch-long precious sword had appeared right in her embrace—the kind that she couldn't throw away no matter what...

(End of this chapter)
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