I teach kendo in Tokyo

When Kotori Yu Kenta returned to the office after his first class, he saw Teacher Tanaka frowning.

"What's wrong, Teacher Tanaka?" Kotori Yukita asked in confusion, "Didn't you just take a quiz in Class B? What was the result?"

"The result..." Teacher Tanaka raised his head and glanced at Kotori Yu, his eyes blurred, as if he had just witnessed some indescribable horror, so his sanity was temporarily lost.

This made Kotori Yu Kenta feel even more strange, so he asked: "How did Kiryu-kun behave?"

"He..." Teacher Tanaka pushed up his reading glasses. After all, he was approaching retirement age and was the oldest teacher in the school. "He used calculus to solve the questions I asked."

The high school mathematics that I have learned all my life is to dismantle many knowledge points of calculus and throw them into various problem-solving ideas, but there is no systematic summary.

What's more, Kazuma finished college and studied advanced mathematics for two years.

So when I see questions that can apply advanced mathematics knowledge, I use them out of habit.

Mathematics is just like riding a bicycle. Once you truly understand it, it is difficult to completely forget it. Even if you forget it temporarily, you will remember it soon after thinking about it.

Although Kotori Yu Kenta is an English teacher, we usually work in the same office, and Mr. Tanaka is at the table next to him, so he is familiar with some mathematics teaching content. He was shocked when he heard this.

Although Japan had not yet begun to implement liberal education in 1980, there were still many contents that were not covered in normal school teaching.

This is determined by Japan’s higher education system.

Starting from high school, Japan has adopted the method of each school setting its own examination questions, and this system has been directly used in university admissions.

Depending on the school and subject that students want to apply for, the exam content they need to prepare for is completely different.

For the same law school entrance examination, the contents of the University of Tokyo and Waseda University examinations are very different.

Prestigious private schools like Keio University even require students who take the Department of Comprehensive Policy to write policy essays based on the topics on the spot.

Therefore, even in 1980 when liberal education was not implemented, Japanese high school education generally only taught students the knowledge required to graduate from high school.

The biggest difference from the later relaxed era is that after the implementation of relaxed education, the 100-point passing line in most schools was lowered to 30 points.

Of course, another difference is that in 1980, high school teachers would be responsible for setting up a small school after determining which university a student wanted to attend, while various "advancing schools" with the main goal of getting into higher education would organize senior high school students to participate in national Mock exams, comprehensive assessment of students' academic ability and targeted guidance - in the relaxed era, these are things that cram schools only do, and ordinary schools don't do them at all.

If you want to receive this kind of education in the relaxed era, just pay to go to a cram school.

Fortunately, we are no longer in the relaxed era, otherwise Kazuma would not have the money to go to cram schools, and schools like the University of Tokyo would not even think about it.

All in all, Mr. Tanaka never taught the calculus content that Kazuma used in this quiz.

"Where did he learn this knowledge?" Teacher Tanaka asked Kotori Yu Kenta with a confused look on his face.

Xiaoniao You spread his hands and said, "It's a cram school. Only cram schools can teach him these things. He can't be self-taught, right?"

In fact, it comes from past life memories - of course no one would think in this direction.

"He is really preparing to take the entrance examination to the University of Tokyo." Teacher Tanaka scratched his head. He had already started to go bald at this age, and now he only had a few hairs on his head to support the scene.

"But his family's financial situation is probably not very good. Where does he get the money to go to cram school?" Teacher Tanaka turned to look at Teacher Xiaoniaoyou.

The latter spread his hands: "Perhaps, there is a relative who happens to be studying at Dongda University? Or... a social worker sent by the district office?"

In this era, Japan began to imitate the West in establishing a social work system, but the effect was limited and did not help solve the increasingly serious problem of "street friends" (that is, homeless people).

Teacher Tanaka was noncommittal and looked down at the test paper again.

"So, how many points did he get?" Xiaoniao You asked.

"98 points is the highest score this time." Teacher Tanaka replied, "When I wrote the questions, I kept thinking about the University of Tokyo, so I deviated a little in the direction of the self-study questions of the University of Tokyo, so many of the usual deviations were not worth it. Students with low scores have failed to complete many questions."

Xiaotiao Yu was shocked: "Then...isn't it outrageous that Kiryu-san got 98 points?"

"That's why I lamented that he is really serious about getting admitted to the University of Tokyo." Teacher Tanaka suddenly laughed, "Think about it carefully, isn't this a good thing? Even if you can't get admitted to the University of Tokyo, you can Students from relatively good private universities are also a thing that adds glory to the school."

As he said that, he pulled out the thickest book from the row of books in front of him: "Let me make a list of reference books for him that he can use to take the Dongda University exam."

Teacher Kotori Yu also suddenly realized: "It makes sense, then I will also check the English test questions of the University of Tokyo in previous exams."

"Just do it!"

As soon as Teacher Tanaka finished speaking, other teachers came in with teaching materials. Upon hearing their words, they asked in confusion: "What should I do?"

"Ah, Kiryu-san from Class B seems to really want to get admitted to the University of Tokyo. He has even studied calculus." Teacher Tanaka replied.

"Really?" The teacher who just came in looked surprised, "Is it that Kiryu?"

Teacher Kotori Yu had a dark look on his face: "Yes, it's the Kiryu who despised my pronunciation yesterday."

"Really? His ranking is not high. Is there really any hope of getting admitted to the University of Tokyo?"

"There is hope." Teacher Tanaka lowered his head to write the reference book for Kiryu and said without raising his head, "But the specific percentage of hope depends on the national simulation after the return of the Golden Week. But I think we should encourage him now, At that time, we will look at the national rankings and decide which school is better for him to go to.”

The teacher who just came in praised: "That's a good thing, our school has not had a student from the University of Tokyo for several years."

Because Japanese National Universities like to hold admissions exams on the same day, candidates make their choice the moment they decide to apply, and there is no possibility of choosing another school as a guarantee, so everyone always tends to apply for the school they are most confident about.

Therefore, even if it is a strong school like North Gurashi, it is normal for someone who has not gone to Tokyo University for many years.

While the three teachers were chatting, Teacher Tachibana, the homeroom teacher of Class B, also came in. As soon as Teacher Tanaka saw him coming in, he immediately called out to him: "Teacher Tachibana, you haven't dismissed Kiryu Kazuma's request for investigation, have you?"

"Not yet, but I plan to use the student guidance room to have a good talk with him today." Teacher Tachibana said, "What's wrong? Did he commit a crime?"

"No, no! We think he might really want to take the exam, and it seems like he still has a slight chance of passing it."

Teacher Tachibana's mouth opened wide: "Is it true or not?"

"It's really true. Look, this is the quiz I took today. He got the highest score, ten points higher than the second place!"

Teacher Tachibana immediately went over and took the test paper handed over by Teacher Tanaka.

One is from Kazuma Kiryu, with a score of 98, and the other is from Yoichi Yamada, with a score of 88.

Teacher Tachibana didn't speak for a long time, and then he raised his head and asked Teacher Tanaka, who was older than him: "Then should I change my strategy and support him to get into Tokyo University?"

"I'll support him now and see where his final grades go. Anyway, we won't be able to decide which school to apply for until after the National College Entrance Examination next year." Teacher Tanaka suggested.

Teacher Tachibana nodded: "Okay, let's do it."

"By the way, I've made a reference list for him here. It's about mathematics. You can hand it over to him when you interview him later." Teacher Tanaka tore off the sheet from his notebook that had about six or seven entries written on it. Paper, give it to Mr. Tachibana.

"Wait for me!" Teacher Xiaoniaoyou shouted, "I'll be one too."

At this time, Mr. Nakajo, who teaches Chinese, also came in. When he saw this scene, he asked doubtfully: "What are you talking about, so enthusiastically?"

So Mr. Tanaka once again took on the task of explaining.

After hearing this, Mr. Nakajo clapped his hands: "Okay! Let me make a list of books too. To be honest, it's been a long time since I met a student who really wants to get into the University of Tokyo. It's been a long time."