ayanokoji in class 1 b

part 7

Hirata pov

Chiyabashira-sensei entered the classroom, looking at the students in surprise. Everyone was clearly anxious, holding their breath in anticipation of the test results.

"Sensei. We were told the results would be announced today, but when?"

"There's no need to get so worked up, Hirata. You should have passed easily enough."

"So when will the results be released?"

Well, if you want, now is as good a time as any. If we waited to do it after class, we wouldn't have enough time for other procedures."What do you mean by that?"

"Don't be nervous. I'll tell you now."
She taped up a large sheet of white paper with everyone's names and test scores on it.Honestly, I'm impressed. I didn't think you'd get such good scores. Lots of students tied with perfect scores in math, Japanese, and social studies. More than ten of you, actually."

Some of the students whooped with joy and delight when they saw the 100 ranked on the results sheet. However, some were not smiling. The only note that really mattered was Sudou's score in English. Because Sudou-kun said he was bad at English

We saw Sudou's test scores. He had scored sixty points in four of the five major subjects, which was considerably high. He had obtained thirty-nine points in English.Yeah!" Sudou jumped up and yelled in joy. Ike and Yamauchi stood up and cheered as well. No red line was found on the results sheet.We show you, sensei! When we really do our best, we can do anything!" Ike sported a smug and confident look.

Yes, I admit that. You all did very well. However—"
Chiyabashira-sensei held a red pen in her hand.

Sudou unintentionally let out a "Huh?"

She drew a red line right above Sudou's name.W-what is that? What does that mean?"

"You failed, Sudou."

Hey? You are lying, right? Don't give me that shit! Why did I fail?" he yelled.
Sudou, you failed the English test. That's all."

"Fuck me! I got thirty-two points! I passed!"

When did someone say that thirty-two points was a passing grade?"

""No, no. You said so, sensei! Right, everyone?" Ike yelled.

"Say what you want, it won't matter. This is the undeniable truth. You had to get at least a 40 to pass the midterm. In other words, you were only missing one point. You were so close."

"F-forty?! You never told us about this! I won't accept it!"
Should I tell you how we determine the passing grade?"

Chiyabashira-sensei wrote a simple formula on the board: 79.6 divided by 2 equals 39.8.

"We set a passing grade for each individual class, just like we did for the last test. We calculated that number by dividing the average score by two. That's how we arrived at our answer." In other words, any value of 39.8 or less was considered a failure.

"I provided proof that you failed. That's all."

"No way... So... Is that

Does that mean I'm going to be kicked out?"

"Although your time here was short, you fought valiantly. You will be required to fill out a withdrawal form after lucky break but you will need to have a legal guardian present when you do so. I'll contact them for you."

Sensei left the class

Sudo was standing in disbelief

Sudo: my dream is gonna get crush just because I fall a sleep fuck