The homeroom teacher held the attendance register and said, "Introduce yourself! Does this name have any meaning?"
All the other students sat down, only Susie was still standing and replied, "This is the name my mom gave me..."
She loved the name.
"Susie is a girl's name meaning lily and is of English origin. The name Susie is a shortened form of the name Susan or Suzanne. Susan comes from the Hebrew name Shoshannah, which means 'lily' or 'rose'. The name became popular in English-speaking countries in the 19th century and has remained a common name ever since."
"My mother said she hopes I can grow up to be as beautiful as flower..."
At first, the noisy students couldn't help but exclaim when they heard the meaning behind Susie's name.
This was their first time knowing it.
Only the head teacher nodded slightly, a barely noticeable smirk playing at the corner of his mouth, and then nodded as a matter of routine, "Very well, please have a seat!"
Parents nowadays have experienced the era of those unpleasant names, so when naming their own children, they would choose some pleasant names.
Especially urban parents, this aspect is more evident.
So many times, just by the name, one can tell a child's social background. Of course, it's not absolute, but it mostly applies to parents nowadays.
And names like Susie...
The class teacher felt that she could probably guess what kind of family she came from.
At the beginning of the school year, she would conduct a home survey for students, asking simple questions to understand their situations.
If she didn't remember it wrong, Susie's grandmother said that they had just come to the county town to buy a house.
The class teacher casually put down the attendance register and picked up a book, saying, "Alright, let's start the class now."
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Susie felt a bit strange, looking at this homeroom teacher with an indescribable feeling.
She sat down and quickly started the class. The homeroom teacher taught literature, and Susie had already started learning literature with Hamza. So, she quickly understood what the teacher taught after listening to it once.
Susie thought to herself, "It seems like Hamza taught in a more interesting way, and he would even quote scriptures to tell her stories."
But on second thought, it's normal. After all, my older brother and uncles also said that not every child is like her, who can understand allusions at such a young age.
"Susie!" the homeroom teacher suddenly called out to her.
Susie quickly came to her senses and stood up, saying, "Teacher!"
The head teacher's face showed displeasure.
This student did not come to class for a semester, and it was heard that he was taking a leave of absence to study at home.
Are you still not paying attention in class and getting distracted?
Last semester, she worked hard to bring the whole class up, and she didn't want the new students to hold them back!
"Susie, stand up and read a few words on the blackboard!"
Susie looked at the blackboard and read earnestly, "mountains, orchards, fields, lush green..."
The head teacher was somewhat surprised that they all pronounced it correctly, fluently and accurately.
She couldn't find any fault and could only say unhappily, "Sit down, don't be distracted in class, focus on listening to the lesson!"
The well-behaved baby Susie, who had just arrived at school, nodded quickly.
Little did they know, the appearance of being so honest had a different meaning in the eyes of the class teacher.
Soon it was time for class to end. The homeroom teacher didn't pay much attention to Susie and didn't have the students come up to formally introduce themselves like they did at the beginning of the new semester. Then, the teacher left the classroom.
As soon as the teacher left, the mischievous boy started misbehaving again, gathering around Susie's desk and teasing her by repeatedly saying "big sweet potato".
Susie was very angry and said, "Stop calling! It's very rude!"
Male classmate: "Sweet potato is angry, blah blah blah!"
Susie stared at him and said, "If you do that again, I will tell my brother!"
Wade worried about Susie and immediately came over as soon as class ended.
With him were Hamza, Zion, and Lucy.
As soon as class ended, I sprinted 100 meters to my sister's classroom.
The result was that Susie said, "If you keep doing this, I will tell my brother," while the little boy opposite her was being silly and calling her "Big Potato" with her classmates, laughing and joking.
Wade's temper flared up in an instant!
He worked hard to protect his sister, but someone actually bullied her?!
Did you ask him if his brother agreed?!
Without hesitation, Wade rushed into the classroom. However, Lucy was even faster than him. In just a few steps, she darted past him. She was always quick to take action and speak her mind. She reached out her hand directly and forcefully pushed the male classmate aside!
He cursed loudly, "You're such a big sweet potato! Your whole family is a big sweet potato!"
"You dare to bully my sister, are you looking for death?"
Lucy was fierce and intimidating, and being older than the first graders, she immediately scared Susie's other classmates quite a bit.
Although Wade was angry, he had originally intended to come up and teach that male classmate a lesson, and make him apologize to Susie. He didn't plan on getting physical.
Who knew that the male classmate who was pushed away was also fierce in nature, he fell to the ground and cried, but while crying, he rushed up and fought with Lucy.
Lucy and the little boy fought fiercely, and Hamza Wade couldn't intervene, even though he wanted to. Wade even wanted to quickly pull Lucy away first, but in the chaos, he ended up getting slapped by Lucy.
At this moment, a loud shout rang out, "What are you doing?!"
Susie's homeroom teacher came, very annoyed.
Not only did people fight in the class, but it also caused a chaotic scene, and several classes nearby came over to watch.
She had just gone to the bathroom!
You should know that she managed for a whole semester last term and there was never any fighting involved.
Just as Susie arrived today, there was already a fight happening!