I am your teacher

Author: Xue Yuanyuan
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Chapter 5, Scene 1: Wutong Middle School
The most striking feature of Wutong Middle School is the towering bronze eagle statue perched atop the school gate. It stands on one leg on the platform, the other extended forward, resembling a Kun Peng spreading its wings. It seems that with a light push, it could soar far away. Among the students, those who resemble eagles the most are Xiang Lingshi's classmates. When they enter the school, they are like eagles eager to land, quietly settling into their classrooms. When they leave, they have already spread their wings and fly much faster than this eagle that is always here, ready to take off. All the students want to be eagles soaring freely in the sky. But they can't, just like this eagle about to take off—whether at school or at home, one foot is always stuck to the platform, unable to fly. So, they hate the platform, wishing they could blow it up to soar freely to wherever they want. This is what makes Class 8 of Grade 11 different from other classes.
Recently, rumors have been spreading in the school that Class 8 of Grade 11 is the school's bully. Xiang Lingshi doesn't know how they became the school's bully. She only knows that after school, Ouyang Hao carries a soccer ball and runs out with a group of boys, shouting, "We want to play soccer in this school! We must unite a group of people to dominate the field. Otherwise, we won't be able to play here." As soon as they jump onto the field, they take over the entire pitch, and students from other classes don't even dare to touch the edge. A bit(7) daringly posted a poster: After seven classes, we will have a soccer match against Class 8 of Grade 11. The boys of Class 8 of Grade 11 receive the challenge and are all buzzing with excitement. Ouyang Hao is even more eager, waiting for this day to conquer the fortress of Class 7 of Grade 11. However, when the seventh class arrives, everyone looks downcast. Xiang Lingshi, full of questions, walks among them.
"What's wrong? What's wrong with you? You weren't so arrogant just now! All the top students in the school are in Class 7 of Grade 11, and they are not easy to deal with. You are also top students! They challenged you, daring to stir up trouble on the head of the dragon. They must have something to rely on." Jin Guo looks at Xiang Lingshi with a puzzled expression.
"So that's the case. Then isn't that just perfect? I told you, in Africa, on the banks of a river, animal researchers discovered a strange phenomenon. The gazelles on the east bank and the west bank are very different. The gazelles on the east bank are sickly, weak, and their population is declining, while the gazelles on the west bank are strong and their population is increasing. Why is there such a big difference?" Jin Guo asks with wide eyes.
So, the animal researchers captured ten gazelles from the west bank and moved them to the east bank, while they captured ten gazelles from the east bank and moved them to the west bank. The result was that the ten gazelles on the east bank quickly multiplied to fourteen, while the ten gazelles on the west bank were eaten by wolves seven times, leaving only three.
At this point, the animal researchers finally realized the truth—it was the wolves, the enemies of the gazelles, that made the gazelles on the west bank strong. On the west bank, a herd of gazelles had been living in a lush grassland in comfort, with no sense of competition, and as a result, they became lazy, unambitious, and even listless. One day, a few wolves appeared in the grassland, and this sudden enemy left them unprepared. They were easily defeated. Later, the remaining dozen or so gazelles