24. Commonality of Class B Students!
On the phone, Director Kanda, word by word, informed Aragaki Shun of the resolutions discussed by the board of directors.
There was a lot of content, but to summarize, it was nothing more than: during Sakayanagi Arisu's enrollment at Advanced Nurturing High, Chairman Sakayanagi was not allowed to participate in the formulation of exam rules, the execution of the exam process, and the grading of exam results for all exams involving first-year students.
And as a trade-off, for all future exams involving first-year students, if a student failed or directly withdrew from an exam due to physical reasons, the school should provide more appropriate punishment, rather than directly expelling them.
After all, he was the chairman.
Advanced Nurturing High School was established starting with his father.
Basic face still needed to be given.
Therefore, Aragaki Shun could also understand the latter part of the deal.
Anyway, this rule applied to all students.
Allowing the school to eliminate a type of exam that could lead to expulsion was also a good thing for Class B.
Through his exchanges with senior students these past few days, he already knew that in this school, failing certain exams would lead to expulsion.
He had already planned to have Class B start making up for their respective deficiencies once the board of directors' resolution came down.
Now that the chairman had removed the hidden danger of expulsion due to physical fitness, Class B could then prioritize investing resources in improving academic ability.
After all, according to the seniors, at Advanced Nurturing High, as long as a student failed one subject in the mid-term or final exams, they would be forced to withdraw from school.
"...Regarding the above resolutions, does Shun-kun still have any doubts?"
After verbally stating the content discussed by the board of directors, Director Kanda's gentle inquiry came through the phone again.
The meaning was obvious: if there was anything else he wanted to ask, he should ask now.
There wouldn't be such a suitable opportunity again later.
However, Advanced Nurturing High School monitored all internal mobile phone and internet communications.
Asking overly sensitive questions would also violate school rules.
So, Aragaki Shun had to grasp this balance himself.
Therefore, after some thought, the young man just asked with some curiosity what the ostensible reason was for him being assigned to Class B.
Aragaki Shun felt his personality was alright, his abilities, thanks to cheating, were also considered excellent, and he hadn't caused any trouble in the past.
So, what reason did Advanced Nurturing High have for assigning him to Class B?
"Cough cough~ Regarding this, the reason given by the chairman was actually that bullying incident you were involved in during junior high."
"So it was that incident. If you hadn't mentioned it, I'd almost forgotten..."
Aragaki Shun was utterly speechless.
In Japan, school bullying was not a rare phenomenon.
When Aragaki Shun was young, due to his personality, he couldn't play well with other children, and as a result, he was inexplicably antagonized by a group of elementary and junior high students.
Those things, when they ganged up, wanted to bully him, but they were often beaten by him in return and then behaved.
The incident in junior high, in his view, was a similar situation.
At most, it was because those delinquents were too unlikable, coupled with the teacher's inaction, Aragaki Shun was a bit heavy-handed, and also used some of his family's connections, directly leading to several students dropping out and one teacher being dismissed.
But according to the school's announcement, in that incident, he was acting in self-defense the entire time.
Not making the other party pay compensation was already considered kind-hearted.
Such a trivial matter that he hadn't even taken to heart, unexpectedly became the reason Advanced Nurturing High assigned him to Class B.
"I'm very curious, in the chairman's mind, how exactly should I have handled this matter to be considered qualified? Or perhaps, Advanced Nurturing High already has a perfect solution for school bullying?"
"Hahaha~ That's a very good question. I suggest you find an opportunity to ask that fellow in person."
"Forget it. I'm very satisfied with all the students in Class B. As long as there's appropriate compensation, let the matter of class assignment pass."
This wasn't Aragaki Shun speaking falsely.
After a week of getting along, he was truly extremely satisfied with his classmates.
Although sometimes these people would always look for him, Kanzaki, or Ichinose when they encountered problems, appearing somewhat lacking in initiative, the key was that they were obedient!
Most of the tasks Aragaki Shun assigned, as long as they were reasonable, the members of Class B would complete them without a second word, and absolutely no unnecessary complaints.
Such hardworking and uncomplaining subordinates, Aragaki Shun said, give me as many as you have.
The Class A guys, even if their general abilities were stronger, couldn't compare to Class B's cohesion and obedience in his eyes.
"Class B students are indeed the easiest to integrate. However, they often lack initiative, are easily influenced by the external atmosphere, have no ideas of their own, and their abilities are mostly good but not outstanding. If the leader is not excellent, leading such a group of people forward can be quite arduous."
Director Kanda stated the common characteristics of Class B students on the other end of the phone.
Aragaki Shun compared them one by one with his own classmates and found that most Class B members fit the other party's evaluation.
One could only say that the school deliberately assigned this type of person to Class B.
"Isn't this very good?" Aragaki Shun said with a smile.
"I consider myself quite outstanding, so if they are influenced by me, it shouldn't be a bad thing, right!"
Strong obedience, able to unite and cooperate, hardworking and uncomplaining... these traits were all perfectly suitable in Aragaki Shun's eyes.
On this basis, other personality flaws were not flaws.
As for abilities not being outstanding enough, they could grow slowly.
"Judging from the situation of the past dozen or so batches of students, Class B's upper and lower limits have the largest span among the four classes. If the leader is excellent, they can easily lead Class B to surpass Class A. If the leader is unqualified, the class influenced by them falling to Class D is also normal."
"The school is also looking forward to seeing where Class B will go under Shun-kun's leadership."
The easiest class to integrate, conversely, was the class whose strength and style were entirely dependent on its leader.
If the leader was a wolf, the entire Class B would be a wolf pack.
If the leader was a sheep, the entire Class B would be devoured by other classes.
The leader of Third Year Class B lacked initiative, so the entire class was suppressed by Horikita Manabu's A Class.
But Nagumo Miyabi of the original Second Year Class B was extremely aggressive, yet in just one year, he managed to kick down the original Second Year Class A.
I wonder what style the future Year 1 Class B will have?
"Alright, if we talk any longer, Chairman Sakayanagi will turn around and reprimand me for favoritism."
It was unknown what happened on the other side, but in short, the conversation was coming to an end.
"Finally, regarding the compensation issue, the items you and Kanzaki Ryuuji purchased separately do comply with school regulations. The board of directors has already approved it."
"As for Kouenji Rokusuke's conditions, the board of directors only agreed that, provided no student reports it, they will not investigate his transactions with senior students."
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