Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

Seeing Zhou Min's tearful appearance, Teacher Gong frowned and said, "This is the first time. Just write me a letter of self-criticism. If this happens again, I will report it to the college. As for what punishment the school will give, that's not up to me."

"Okay, I promise to complete the task." Although Zhou Min didn't want to write a self-criticism at all, the psychological comparison with the previous ones made her feel that writing a self-criticism was a good choice.

Looking at Zhou Min's suddenly bright smile, Teacher Gong began to reflect on whether the punishment she had given was too lenient. Would this still have any educational effect?

He secretly resolved that if he found Zhou Min making a similar mistake again, he would punish her more severely to teach her a lesson.

"Did you bring your phone? Add me on QQ and I'll add you to the college group."

"Teacher, please wait a moment." Zhou Min had rushed out and hadn't had time to put her phone away. Now she hurriedly ran back to her dormitory to get it.

Looking at Zhou Min's hurried figure, Teacher Gong couldn't help but smile, which softened his facial features and made him look even more handsome.

But that smile was fleeting and quickly disappeared. He lowered his head again and looked intently at the manuscript in his hand.

When Zhou Min returned with her phone, she found that Teacher Gong was looking at her personal file. Zhou Min had never seen her personal file before, and she was very curious about what would be written in it.

Just as she curiously leaned closer, ready to take a peek, Teacher Gong pulled the documents away again, leaving Zhou Min standing there dejectedly.

"695xxx," Teacher Gong said to Zhou Min seriously as she read out a string of numbers.

Zhou Min was stunned for a moment before realizing that Teacher Gong had given her a QQ number. Zhou Min quickly opened her phone, entered the teacher's QQ number, and added her.

Fortunately, Zhou Min had a remarkable memory; otherwise, she would have asked the teacher again. However, looking at Teacher Gong's serious and cold expression, Zhou Min really didn't have the courage to ask him to repeat himself a second time.

After seeing that Zhou Min had added his QQ account, Teacher Gong clicked "accept" and then directly added Zhou Min to three groups.

As Teacher Gong added Zhou Min to the group, he said, "These three groups are your class group, your major group, and your college group. Any announcements will be made in these groups, so please pay attention to the group messages."

After pausing, Teacher Gong continued, "Having participated in competitions, you should understand that there is no limit to knowledge. I don't want you to waste your time on these trivial things; it only wastes the country's educational resources." With that, he turned and left.

As Zhou Min watched Teacher Gong's departing figure, she felt a little embarrassed and a little sad.

Teacher Gong's original intention in saying these words was probably simply that he didn't want to see a student with a bright future wasted by the allure of the world.

However, it stirred up Zhou Min's inner regret. Zhou Min had been a top student since childhood, especially in science subjects. No matter how difficult the test was, she could often get full marks.

Because of the praise from those around her, and because of her own pride and arrogance, Zhou Min enjoyed the vanity of being able to crush those around her without even studying.

However, after entering university, I discovered that I had very poor self-discipline. My high school classmates, whose grades were far inferior to mine, advanced through postgraduate and doctoral entrance exams and entered the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Zhou Min, who aspired to be a scientist since childhood, only spent four years at a prestigious university, even though she passed every exam without any major mishaps and even gained admission to a postgraduate program.

However, Zhou Min knew that her heart was no longer in studying, and that she was only able to pass the exam smoothly because she was efficient in her studies and did a good job of cramming at the last minute.

However, scientific research requires solid professional skills, which I do not meet at all.

Completely disappointed in herself, Zhou Min had no desire to waste any more time at school, so she gave up her postgraduate studies and chose to work.

Zhou Min's first job was doing scientific research in the research institute of a foreign-funded enterprise. When she first started working, she was determined to turn over a new leaf, work hard, and make a name for herself.

However, after working for a while, I realized that undergraduates could only play the role of menial tasks in research institutes.

Zhou Min had considered pursuing a master's degree, but after buying the exam materials and flipping through them a few times, she gave up.

First, Zhou Min didn't have that much time and energy to review. Second, Zhou Min's undergraduate school was also very good, ranking among the top 20 universities in the country. The school she was recommended for postgraduate studies was also her own university. Therefore, Zhou Min was unwilling to work so hard to review for the postgraduate entrance examination, only to end up being admitted to a worse university for postgraduate studies.

However, Zhou Min lacked confidence in getting into a top university. Having always found everything easy, she was utterly intimidated by the prospect of such a difficult opportunity.

She couldn't bring herself to give without expecting anything in return, and time slipped away as Zhou Min struggled with her indecision. After she got married and had children, she had even less energy to think about these issues.

Whenever the night was quiet and still, whenever Zhou Min thought about her past ideals, she could only sigh inwardly. She was ashamed to share this feeling with anyone, not even Chen Sheng, with whom she had never discussed her ideals.

And aren't Teacher Gong's two sentences just a reflection of his past life? A person who wasted educational resources in a daze.

When Zhou Min walked into the dormitory with a heavy heart and sat down, she was still thinking about the regrets and resentment of her previous life.

Seeing Zhou Min's dejected appearance, the other three in the dormitory also stopped talking.

"Zhou Min, are you alright?" Mao Yating came over and asked with concern.

"It's nothing." Zhou Min snapped out of her thoughts, turned on her computer, and silently began uninstalling the game she had just downloaded.

At that moment, she made up her mind that she must study hard, cherish her time, and not let her life continue to be filled with regrets.

"Ah, why did you uninstall the game?" Mao Yating asked in surprise when she saw Zhou Min's actions.

"I don't plan to play anymore."

"Did you remove it because the teacher found out? That can't be right. The teacher only comes to check the dorms at the beginning of the semester; they don't usually come."

“Yes, I don’t care if the teacher sees me,” Jiang Fei quickly echoed Mao Yating.

"Did you get criticized by a teacher in your college?" Feng Pinling was also curious about what had happened.

"Hmm." Zhou Min didn't want to explain too much, so she just gave a perfunctory answer.

"Your teachers are too strict! We're in college now, don't we even have the freedom to play games?" Mao Yating muttered.

"It can't be that strict, can it? School hasn't officially started yet!" Feng Pinling wasn't very confident either. In her previous life, playing games in the dorm was a common thing in college, and there were even game companies that held offline e-sports competitions at their school.

Why is this university so strict? Is this the difference between a good school and a bad school? But her university in her previous life wasn't bad either; it could be considered one of the top 20 universities in the country.

Feng Pinling, who had initially doubted Zhou Min's mental resilience and was making a mountain out of a molehill, completely exploded when she passed by Zhou Min after washing up that evening and saw her writing a "Letter of Self-Criticism".