Chapter 89 She Relied On Hard Work
William thought for a moment. “How are you going to prove that you have what it takes to be the top scorer in the state this year?”
Cameron replied calmly, “If you’re willing, I can easily prove it.”
William made up his mind. “Alright, I’ll give you the chance.”
A few minutes later, some of the best teachers in Langford Academy gathered in the principal’s office.
The math teacher, Josh, and the head teacher, Brody, immediately recognized Cameron. Brody was also Cameron’s physics teacher.
Teachers who taught the honors classes were, without a doubt, the most excellent, and they were somewhat familiar with Cameron.
“Cameron, what are you doing here?” Brody, who had been looking down, brightened up the moment he saw Cameron.
Cameron smiled. “I told you I’d be back, Mr. Graham.”
“Mr. Drake, what’s going on here?” The other teachers were a bit confused.
William said, “Did you bring the test paper I asked for?”
“Of course,” the teacher answered in unison.
“Give it to him.” William pointed to Cameron.
Curious, one of the teachers handed over the test paper to Cameron. As William requested, it was the most challenging SAT paper from previous years.
“Please have a seat, everyone. Once he’s finished, you’ll grade the paper right away,” William added.
The teachers blinked in confusion, wondering why they needed to grade the paper immediately. Although they didn’t know what William was up to, they sat quietly on the nearby sofa.
Cameron picked up the test paper and began working on it with a pen. Since it was just a practice test, she decided to start with the Math section.
From a distance, Josh stared at Cameron’s test paper, his expression impossible to describe.
Cameron scored 360 points in the Math section of the practice test. Josh had remembered that so clearly because it was the lowest score in the entire class.
Of course, compared to the points Cameron had scored before, 360 was a huge improvement. But compared to the students in the honors class, it was still terrible.
Less than half an hour later, Cameron finished the Math section. She got up and handed it to Josh. “Mr. Grant, please grade
it.”
“Alright.” Josh nodded, assuming Cameron had probably just scribbled something down–she’d finished it in only thirty
minutes.
However, as he graded each question, a surprised and happy expression gradually appeared on his face.
Cameron then moved on to the Reading and Writing section. She worked quickly, finishing the first module in just 15 minutes–leaving the teachers visibly stunned.
Cameron continued with the second module, as Brody watched her nervously, just as he had from the start.
Once Cameron finished, she handed the paper to a nearby teacher. When the teacher was about to grade it, Josh suddenly exclaimed, “Full marks! Full marks! The highest score on the Math section of this test was 780. Cameron, you achieved a perfect score.”
Josh had already finished grading, but he couldn’t believe a student who was considered a poor performer could score full marks.
So he had double–checked everything, looking for any mistake that could deduct a point, but couldn’t find anything wrong.
Math was already hard, and getting a perfect score was simply unbelievable.
Josh looked at Cameron like she was some sort of hidden treasure. “Cameron, how did you score so low before? Was it intentional? You were hiding your skills all along, huh? You’re even more of a genius than Elijah.”
Cameron was speechless, thinking, ‘I’m hardly a genius. While it’s true that math requires some talent, just practicing a problem once doesn’t guarantee you’ll solve it again.
‘Even if you practice it ten times, you still might not get it right next time. But if you practice it a thousand times–or ten thousand–you’ll get it eventually.”
Cameron’s current proficiency came from the years of studying in countless worlds. It was a gradual process. She had
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Chapter 89 She Relied On Hard Work
studied for centuries, so these questions were a piece of cake. She relied not on talent, but on hard work.
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