SHT Chapter 34

Extraordinary people don't necessarily have to excel in academics, but they must have a special skill to live. Well said.
Katherine looked at Edward, with a peculiar brilliance shining in her beautiful eyes.

'So this is his way of teaching.' In her heart, she couldn't help but admire Edward a bit. Easy to say, difficult to do.

Katherine knew that many teachers actually wanted to implement a differentiated teaching approach. However, it is often hard to achieve in reality.

Firstly, with a class of fifty to sixty students, just getting to know all their personalities and preferences would take up a lot of time and energy.

Moreover, in most high schools, especially prestigious ones like Horizon High School, academic performance always comes first. This is indisputable and understandable.

After all, getting into a good university is almost every student and parent's wish and hope. Except for athletes and art students, no one would waste their three years of high school on hobbies that don't lead to a visible future. This essentially makes it almost impossible to implement differentiated teaching on a large scale.

In reality, so-called differentiated teaching is more of a resource allocation based on academic performance disparities. Students with good grades can receive more care and attention from teachers and schools.

Students with poor grades, on the other hand, are neglected, abandoned, left to their own devices. This kind of differentiation often exacerbates the decline of these "poor students."


"Edward Sir, I was wrong to blame you. I'm really sorry." Katherine smiled apologetically, "How about I treat you to lunch to apologize?" She adjusted her hair and extended an invitation to Edward.

She was curious about this handsome man in front of her and wanted to know more about him. Once a woman becomes curious about a man, it's easy for her to show interest. But she was someone who dared to love and hate, not thinking too much about it.

After all, she just had a slight fondness for Edward now, far from love at first sight.

"Sure. Then I'll thank Katherine Ma'am for your generosity first." Edward said with a smile. When a beauty invites him, he has no reason to refuse. He's not a monk.

"Katherine Ma'am, have you noticed that the students in Class 9 seem to be more serious in class than before?" Accepting Katherine's invitation, Edward asked with a smile. Katherine recalled the situation during class today.

It seems like it is. When she used to teach Class 9, having around ten to twenty students who listened attentively was already pretty good. But during this morning's math class, almost all the students in the class were listening very attentively.

She nodded in approval and praised, "Edward Sir, you really have a way with your class. These troublesome students in Class 9 are actually behaving and paying attention in my class under your guidance."

With that, she even gave Edward a thumbs up. After resolving their differences, the two of them chatted a lot until the bell rang for class, and they realized how quickly time had passed.

For the third class of the morning, Edward had to teach PE to Class 7 of grade 11. So he quickly left his office and left for the class with Katherine.

Since the school had just started, it was relatively rare for academic teachers to occupy PE classes. Cases like Glen, a PE teacher who left work at lightning speed on the first day of work like yesterday, were unlikely to happen often.

When Edward reached the class 7 room he saw students waiting there eagerly waiting for him. He entered the class and students greeted him. "So students get ready to meet me on the ground in five minutes." Edward said and all the students left the class to change into their tracksuit.

Soon students reached the ground where Edward was waiting for them. Edward briefly warmed up Class 7 of grade 11 students with some exercises and then let them have free activities.

"Yay."

"Woohoo."

"Edward Sir is so nice. He let us have free activities so quickly."

"Let's go, play ball."

"Let's go, hurry up."

Class 7, like Class 9, is also a liberal arts class. But their grades are significantly better than the students in Class 9. In grade 11 of high school liberal arts classes, their average grades can rank in the top three.

But when it comes to liking PE, it doesn't matter if they have good grades or not. As long as they are students, there are few who don't like PE classes.

After Edward announced free activities, they scattered around the playground like wild horses, having fun in every corner.

The physical education assessments in high school are mostly just going through the motions and are not very strict.

Based on this, Edward decided that when teaching PE to Classes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, he would try to incorporate more free activities.

In grade 11 of high school, there are two PE classes per week. Compared to other academic classes, it's quite less.

This is all he can do. Edward's gaze swept over the students of Class 7. The talent information of each student caught his eye.

Name: Liam Darko

Age: 17 Years

Height: 166 cm

Weight: 62 kg

Talents: Language (Good), Mathematics (Excellent), English (Good), History (Good), Geography (Excellent), Politics (Average)... High jump (Good), Piano (Excellent)...

Mentality: Good

Real World Effectiveness: 10%

Name: Caleb Flynn

Age: 17 Years

Height: 170 cm

Weight: 64 kg

Talents: Language(Good), Mathematics (Good), English (Good), History (Excellent), Geography (Excellent), Politics (Good)... Basketball (Good), Investment (Excellent)...

Mentality: Average

Real World Effectiveness: 0%

Name: Kai Rylan

Age: 17 Years

Height: 168 cm

Weight: 53 kg

Talents: Language (Excellent), Mathematics (Good), English (Good), History (Excellent), Geography (Good), Politics (Excellent)... Dancing (Excellent), Gymnastics (Excellent)...

Mentality: Good

Real World Effectiveness: 10%

Edward looked at their talent information and compared it with his own students.

In terms of academic talent, the average level of Class 7 students is indeed higher than that of Class 9 students.

This is undeniable.

Having talent, studying well, being praised, being more motivated, leading to better learning. After forming this continuous cycle, the path of learning becomes smooth. The students of Class 7 are like this.

No talent, poor academic performance, criticism, becoming more lazy, leading to worse learning. After forming this vicious cycle, the path of learning becomes blocked. Most students in Class 9 are like this.

Of course, there are exceptions like Jamie.

Despite having outstanding academic talent, due to family conditions and significant emotional setbacks, he ended up in Class 9 of grade 11.

But individuals like him are rare and should be treated as special cases. Edward realized that there are quite a few special students in his own class who need to be treated as exceptions.

Jamie, Keith, Mike, Austin, Miles. It seems like they are all exceptions.

A class composed entirely of special cases, no wonder no academic teacher is willing to be the homeroom teacher for this class.

After the third class ended, Edward had just returned to his office and hadn't even sat down when he received a call from Principal Thomas. He was asked to come to the principal's office.