The headteacher's words left many boys unconvinced.
Some troublemakers immediately protested: "Teacher, you're being too much. How can you compare us to Class 12? Do you think we could possibly score lower than those slackers in Class 12?"
The headteacher was almost amused by his anger, smacking the desk with a book: "I'm being too much? You're the ones being too much. Getting more and more relaxed by the day, do I need to wind you up tight? And saying you can't compare with Class 12, what about Class 12? Those slackers have made obvious progress this exam, but what about you…"
He slapped the test papers again: "In this midterm exam, the top scorer of the grade is a student from Class 12, scoring 858 points, 858! That's practically a perfect score in every subject. Had it not been for the nitpicking and deduction of two points on the essay, they would have had a real perfect score. But you all…"
