The existence of the duty group leader and the point deduction system sowhat liberated the class monitor.
The class monitor no longer had to constantly watch over the class discipline, allowing him to focus on his studies or other matters.
Usually, when he had to leave for etings, he would worry about the class getting rowdy.
Now it was different; he had a little assistant, which made him feel more at ease when attending etings.
He was called out by the class monitor from the neighboring class for a eting.
After being away for nearly a lesson, he didn't return directly to the classroom upon his return but went to the office to find the Class Teacher first.
The two huddled together, whispering for over half an hour before the class monitor and the Class Teacher returned to the classroom, one after the other, with docunts in hand.
As usual, the Class Teacher tapped on the podium to gather the students' attention before speaking, "There's sothing I need to tell everyone. Please put aside your work for a mont. The class monitor just attended a eting, and here's what it was about: We all know there's a short National Day holiday coming up in early October. Our school is planning to hold a sports et before the National Day break. The class monitor went out earlier for matters related to the sports et. Everyone should try to sign up and strive to achieve good results in the sports et to bring honor to our class."
Shi Li wasn't particularly interested in the sports et; to be precise, she wasn't interested in sports at all.
Hearing about the sports et, she knew it was sothing that wouldn't concern her much, so she quietly lowered her head and continued reading.
Most of the students were similar to Shi Li, not interested in the sports et itself but more excited about the prospect of no classes and endless eating during the event.
Only a small portion of students showed interest in participating in the sports et, eagerly asking the class monitor for the list of events for this year's et.
The students' reactions were all within the class monitor's expectations, as this wasn't the first ti organizing a sports et.
The class monitor asked the students who wanted to see the event list to be patient, assuring them they would get to see it soon.
He then announced, "Bringing glory to our class is sothing that should be rewarded. I've discussed with the teacher, and this ti, students who participate in the sports et and achieve good results will have the opportunity to earn bonus points for their group."
The ntion of bonus points imdiately piqued the students' interest.
Seeing the gleam in the students' eyes, the class monitor quickly dangled the enticing carrot, "First place in the sports et will earn 2 points, second place 1.5 points, third place 1 point, and fourth or fifth place will earn 0.5 points."
These bonus points were substantial; a first place in the sports et could be worth more than several first places in individual subject tests.
However, the top-performing students didn't express dissatisfaction or complain about unfairness. Firstly, the sports et was an annual event, while there were ten exams a year, so they couldn't be compared.
Secondly, they didn't lack points, but other students in the class desperately needed them, many already in negative points. It would be best if they could balance their accounts through this sports et.
As for so groups easily gaining points through the sports et and potentially reversing their scores to enter the top-ranking groups, well, that would be their own capability.
After this policy incentive, the students' enthusiasm soared.
When it ca ti to sign up, it seed as if they wanted to perform a triathlon at the sports et.
Sign-ups were organized by groups, and the class monitor spent a long ti processing these registrations.
So students signed up for at least three events, while others went as far as five events.
With limited events available, every event had three to five students already signed up.
Each class only had one slot per event, and it wasn't possible to make an exception for their class to allow five students to participate in one event.
Looking at the long list of nas for each event, the class monitor reiterated, "Because there's only one slot for each event, we'll use a competitive selection process. Before school ends today, we'll go to the playground to exercise a bit and select the top two students for each event. These two will be each other's substitutes. Barring any special circumstances where one student is unwell, we'll choose the student with the best performance right before the sports et to participate."
Shi Li stroked her chin and thought silently, [I wonder if there will be a situation where soone wants to participate in the sports et but isn't skilled enough, so they secretly drug the other person to harm them]
Everyone else: You're too dramatic! How many lodramatic novels have you read? Why do you always assu that in a situation where two people are chosen, one will definitely try to harm the other? Can't we just be one big happy family?
The class monitor pretended not to hear Shi Li's inner thoughts and calmly answered questions from other classmates.
Soone asked him, "Four people from our group signed up for the 4x400m mixed relay. If we get first place, does that an each of us will get two points?" The thought of earning eight points for one event seed delightful.
Other groups had similar plans and were waiting for the class monitor's answer.
The class monitor looked at everyone with a sowhat helpless smile and asked in return, "What do you think?"
The tone suggested it wasn't possible, but the student grinned and said, "I guess it should be okay, right?"
The class monitor smiled and said, "No, it's not. The maximum points for a single event is two points. In the situation you described, your group would ultimately receive two points, which would be divided among the four of you, giving each person 0.5 points. That's still not a small amount."
Indeed, the points weren't insignificant, but it didn't seem fair. The sa points that one person could earn by winning first place now required four people's efforts to achieve.
If all four group mbers could win first place in different events, they could earn a total of eight points, which was four tis the amount.
Everyone wasn't foolish; once they realized that group events would only earn two points, no one wanted to participate anymore.
Students flocked to the class monitor to remove their nas from team events.
The class monitor asked the students to return to their studies while he went back to his seat to organize the list of participants for various events and prepare to take the students to the sports field for trials soon.
After organizing all the groups, the class monitor frowned; no one had signed up for the 4x400m mixed relay.
He stood at the podium and tried to drum up interest for a while, even stating that cross-group participation was allowed and the points earned could be divided among the four participants.
He then looked towards the students who had signed up for the 400m event, asking if they wanted to participate, but was t with unanimous refusal.
Then his gaze turned to the only group that hadn't signed up for any sports events. Noticing that the group mbers were all tall with long legs, they looked like they had explosive athletic potential.
More importantly, this group currently held the top spot on the points leaderboard, probably making them the four people in the class who cared least about points.
So he spoke up:
"Shi Li, your group mbers have long legs and feet, and look extrely adept at sports. How about the 4x400m mixed relay? Your group has two boys and two girls, making you perfect candidates for the mixed relay team."
Shi Li: Who said that having long legs and arms ans you're definitely good at sports?!
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