285: Chapter 285: Skipping classes for a year is no problem! Consider expulsion!

Chapter 285: Missing Class for a Year Is No Problem! Consider Expulsion!

Just then, the phone belonging to the girl holding it suddenly rang.

Seeing the caller ID, the girl quickly said, "Everyone quiet down, it's the counselor!"

The laughter in the dormitory quickly died down.

The girl answered the phone and called out in a somewhat flattering voice, "Teacher Liu?"

Teacher Liu: "Xiang Fangting, come to the conference room next to the Student Affairs Office at 4:30 PM!"

Hearing 'Student Affairs Office', Xiang Fangting's brow furrowed. "Teacher Liu, what am I going for?"

Teacher Liu: "The leaders and teachers from the Student Affairs Office want to have a talk with you!"

Xiang Fangting covered the microphone and hissed in a low voice, "Kong Xia, did you snitch on me again?"

Kong Xia: "No!"

Xiang Fangting didn't see any flaws in her expression, so she said coldly, "You better not have!"

She went back to the phone and asked in a flattering voice, "Teacher Liu, what do the Student Affairs teachers want to talk to me about? I've been behaving myself lately..."

Teacher Liu: "It seems a course instructor mentioned you were bullying Kong Xia... did you really bully her again?"

Xiang Fangting: "How is that possible? We're good friends, it was just playing around! Just a joke!"

Teacher Liu: "In any case, just be there on time. And you'd better behave, the Vice Principal seems to be going as well!"

Xiang Fangting: "Okay!"

Hanging up the phone, Xiang Fangting suddenly felt a bit unhappy; the slight thrill she got from messing with Kong Xia had vanished!

In the boys' dormitory, Zhou Liyun saw a call from his counselor, Lyu Wenjuan.

Very annoyed, he switched his phone to silent.

Not long after, Lyu Wenjuan knocked on the dormitory door.

The one who opened the door was Zhou Liyun's roommate, Zhang Kai.

"Teacher Lyu?"

"Is Zhou Liyun in the dorm?"

"He is!"

"..."

By the time Su Yang arrived at the conference room, it had already been set up.

The middle area was empty, with several desks facing it directly.

Song Xiang indicated that the students would stand in the middle while the other teachers sat opposite them.

It felt a bit like interrogating a prisoner... or the setup for a job interview at certain companies!

Su Yang: "Give them a seat."

"Alright!"

Song Xiang personally moved a chair to the center. "Chairman, I've had the counselors notify all those students in advance. The timing was arranged to avoid interfering with their normal class schedule as much as possible."

"Mm."

Su Yang nodded in satisfaction.

Although Song Xiang had made mistakes in the past, his competence was at least very reliable.

"Chairman, you sit in the middle!"

Song Xiang pointed to the chair in the center position.

It was a leather chair wiped clean, completely different from the other ordinary chairs in the conference room.

Sitting on it, Su Yang felt his backside was much more comfortable.

Then, Song Xiang's assistant brought over a stack of paper documents.

Su Yang glanced at them; they were all basic profiles of problem students, including violations of school rules.

Those with disciplinary records had them listed.

Finally, there were some notes on their family situations.

It was clear the preparation was quite thorough, for fear that Su Yang wouldn't know the students' backgrounds.

Before long, the three teachers from the Student Affairs Office arrived.

Su Yang briefly stated his requirements: the Student Affairs teachers would educate and advise the students as normal.

If he had an opinion, he would voice it!

Song Xiang and the other Academic Affairs teachers all nodded to show they understood.

They were also somewhat puzzled as to why Su Yang, the Chairman, would personally show up to talk to problem students.

They just assumed the Chairman was looking for something new and wanted to experience what it was like to be a teacher!

After all, the Chairman was also a young man!

As soon as it hit two o'clock, Vice Principal Song Xiang sat down on either side of Su Yang with the three Student Affairs teachers.

The problem students' counselors would also be observing.

Then, the first problem student walked in.

This student was tall and quite handsome.

Su Yang glanced at the file; it was an issue of a brawl on the basketball court.

This student before him had hit someone's brow bone so hard it required over ten stitches, and a sum of money was paid in compensation!

His father had personally come to the school to apologize to the Student Affairs teachers.

Coupled with the fact that the victim's parents didn't press charges, he had been given a serious warning!

The school was still quite strict when it came to fighting and brawling.

This student was also being very honest, with a good attitude toward admitting his fault.

Su Yang didn't say much throughout the process!

He boredly flipped to the second student, Zhou Liyun.

Zhou Liyun was a first-year freshman who had only behaved during military training; he had skipped every single remaining class!

"Lyu Wenjuan, did Zhou Liyun not come?"

Song Xiang asked Lyu Wenjuan, who was standing at the door, with some displeasure.

"I'll go to his dorm to call him!"

"Was he notified properly?"

Lyu Wenjuan said aggrievedly, "I personally went to the boys' dormitory to notify him!"

Su Yang frowned and asked, "Teacher Lyu, what's the situation with this Zhou Liyun?"

Facing Su Yang, Lyu Wenjuan lowered her head and said softly, "Chairman, Zhou Liyun mainly has an issue with his mindset..."

"Tell me about it."

"He doesn't really want to attend a vocational school; it seems his family forced him to come... he also seems dissatisfied with our school's high tuition fees," Lyu Wenjuan said softly. "I've been doing ideological work with him these past few days."

"You've done ideological work for over half a month and it's not working?"

Su Yang didn't care much about the issue of high tuition fees.

Yanhu Vocational School's fees weren't considered too high among private vocational schools; some majors were at most 15,000 a year!

There were vocational schools with tuition of 20,000 or even 100,000 a year.

Lyu Wenjuan silently lowered her head.

Looking at this young female teacher with an excessively high morality attribute, Su Yang remembered her profile.

She was a new hire this year and lacked experience.

"Mm."

Lyu Wenjuan nodded.

"Do his parents know?"

"They've been notified, but his parents can't do anything with him either!"

Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "Then let's advise him to withdraw."

Lyu Wenjuan called out softly, "Chairman!"

"Since he doesn't want to study, refund his tuition and let him go home," Su Yang said calmly. "If even the Student Affairs Office can't handle it, then there's no need to bother anymore."

"I can still try to persuade him some more!"

"No need. Staying here is just wasting his family's money; it's better to advise withdrawal now... if he leaves now, he can get more of a refund and can consider repeating a year to prepare for next year's Gaokao!" Su Yang said softly. "If he can get into a public junior college or university, the tuition will be cheaper."

Seeing that Lyu Wenjuan still looked a bit upset, Su Yang said, "You have quite a few students. It's better to put your limited energy into those who are more obedient and willing to learn."

"The Chairman is right!" Song Xiang followed Su Yang's lead. "Teacher Lyu, you've spent too much time on Zhou Liyun. In that time, you could have helped thirty ordinary students and understood their mental states."

"Teacher Lyu, if a group of people falls into the water, I will definitely save those who actively reach out to me for help first... understand?" Su Yang said in a somewhat harsh tone. "In the same amount of time, I can save more people!"

"I understand!"

Lyu Wenjuan nodded.

How could she not understand this logic?

She was just new to the job and felt a bit unwilling to give up!

Song Xiang said in a low voice, "Go and notify him."

The original school rules of Yanhu Vocational School stated that missing class for fifteen days or thirty class hours would result in expulsion.

No matter how you looked at it, Zhou Liyun met the requirements for mandatory withdrawal!

Yanhu Vocational School, boys' dormitory.

Zhang Kai was enjoying the air conditioning and playing a round of Honor of Kings. Then he glanced at the time, suddenly sat up, and said anxiously to Zhou Liyun, who was still lying down scrolling through short videos next to him, "Zhou Liyun, are you still not going to the Student Affairs Office?"

Zhou Liyun didn't even turn over. "Not going!"

"Aren't you afraid of disciplinary action?"

"It's just one disciplinary action!" Zhou Liyun said casually. "The school couldn't possibly expel me!"

"Really not afraid?"

"I've asked the upperclassmen; skipping class is fine!" Zhou Liyun said confidently. "There was a legend at this school before who skipped class for two years, stayed in internet cafes playing games every day, and the school still gave him a diploma in the end."

Zhang Kai couldn't help but give a thumbs up. "Impressive!"

Zhou Liyun felt a bit bored staying in the dorm. Thinking of that internet cafe near the school, he couldn't help but say, "How about we go to the internet cafe this afternoon?"

Zhang Kai: "There are still classes this afternoon!"

Zhou Liyun: "Those classes are boring. My treat!"

Looking at Zhou Liyun's expectant eyes, Zhang Kai hesitated and said, "Alright!"

Anyway, Zhou Liyun had been skipping class for a month and was fine.

It should be fine if he missed two periods!

Just then, there was a knock on the dormitory door.

Zhang Kai: "Who is it?"

"It's me, Teacher Lyu!"

Zhang Kai quickly put on his shirt and pulled open the door to see Lyu Wenjuan. "Teacher Lyu, why are you here?"

"Looking for Zhou Liyun. Is he here?"

"He is!"

Zhang Kai felt Lyu Wenjuan's expression was off; her eyes were red, as if she had been crying!

Lyu Wenjuan looked at Zhou Liyun, who was lying on the bed playing with his phone and ignoring her. "Zhou Liyun, come with me to handle the withdrawal procedures!"

Zhou Liyun's body stiffened, and he turned his head to look at Lyu Wenjuan in disbelief.

Next, the educational talks with problem students continued.

There were those who fought, those who brought restricted knives, those who committed theft, those who openly disrupted classroom order, those who were caught soliciting and taken to the police station, those who...

However, the vast majority of students' problems weren't that big; at least their attitudes toward admitting fault were good.

As long as their morality attributes weren't too outrageously low, Su Yang didn't mind giving them a chance.

Su Yang wouldn't re-process those who had already been disciplined.

For those who hadn't been processed or had been overlooked, Su Yang strictly proposed disciplinary requirements according to the old school rules.

The speed of processing these problem students was also lightning fast!

When a slightly chubby girl with a shy smile on her face entered the conference room, Su Yang's brow furrowed deeply.

As soon as this girl entered the conference room door, she bowed to Su Yang and the others, greeting them very politely:

"Hello, teachers!"

This action of hers gave all the teachers present a very good first impression of her!

Su Yang glanced at the information on the table—Xiang Fangting?

Next was the conversation phase; the Student Affairs teacher asked Xiang Fangting if she had bullied Kong Xia before.

Xiang Fangting stated that she had been immature before.

After the counselor's guidance, she had already reconciled with Kong Xia.

Her counselor, Teacher Liu, sitting in the observation area, also nodded.

Another Student Affairs teacher asked her why she had bullied Kong Xia in the classroom recently, even sticking chewing gum in her hair.

Xiang Fangting's expression changed for a moment, then she said it was a joke... and they had already reconciled!

And she stated she would definitely never do it again!

Seeing Xiang Fangting's sincere attitude in admitting her fault, the teachers felt it wasn't a big problem.

They gave her a lecture and let her leave!

In their eyes, this was just a trivial matter.

Song Xiang asked softly, "Chairman, the next one?"

"This one needs a detailed investigation!" Su Yang lightly tapped the table, drawing the attention of all the teachers. "Send someone to talk to Kong Xia and other students in the class. We need to understand the details. If there's an issue, then directly expel her or advise withdrawal!"