Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!-Chapter 476 - 475: Beaten Black and Blue

Balding Yang almost fainted from anger, realizing he was too nervous and a bit out of control.

Unexpectedly, such a small flaw was caught by Gu Xiaoqing.

"Humph, go on, let’s see how you defend yourself."

Gu Xiaoqing smiled and said, "Thank you, then I’ll continue."

"Please go ahead, Miss Gu."

The host said politely, also disliking this so-called professor quite a bit, wondering how he became an ’expert.’

"It’s actually very simple, how much time do our tutoring classes take up? Just two days a week, most students attend on Saturday, not Sunday; if they attend on Sunday, there are no classes on Saturday.

Honestly, most students only attend the tutoring class for one day; during the day, there are four classes in the morning, three hours in total, and at most two more hours in the afternoon, according to our education consultant’s judgment, the students have no energy left to study anymore. In total, that’s only five hours of serious study time."

The parents present also agreed.

"Now let’s compare with the school. Classes start at seven in the morning with early study, then classes begin at eight, continuing until twelve noon. In the afternoon, classes resume until self-study ends at eight or nine in the evening; after returning home, homework lasts at least until ten, sometimes until after eleven.

The time students spend at school, plus the time spent on homework, amounts to sixteen or seventeen hours a day. And this is every day; many students even have make-up classes at school on Saturdays. So, who exactly is adding to the students’ burden? Is it us, or is it the school? This is what’s most important!"

Clap clap clap!

Instantly, many parents in the audience applauded in agreement. Tutoring classes focus on just five hours, whereas school demands sixteen hours a day; it’s clear who’s really wearing the students out.

Balding Yang suddenly couldn’t sit still and shouted with a slight roar at Gu Xiaoqing, "You are slandering the real schools, you are slandering!"

"No, Professor Yang, this is the truth. Aren’t you, as a scholar, someone who does research, afraid to face the truth? Science first teaches us to face reality!"

"Well said!"

"Exactly, Miss Gu is speaking the truth; what is there to deny?"

Before Balding Yang could counter, parents were already loudly supporting Gu Xiaoqing. Indeed, a lot of what is reported nowadays differs significantly from reality. Even the weather forecasts on television are suspect, often contradicting the next day’s actual weather.

People need someone to speak the truth.

"Professor Yang, do you have children?"

Gu Xiaoqing suddenly asked.

"Me? Of course, I have!"

"Judging by your age, your child must be in elementary school, right?" Gu Xiaoqing continued.

Balding Yang felt uneasy, knowing continuing like this would only let the other party lead him around by the nose. He immediately retorted, "Do these questions have anything to do with reducing burdens?"

"You haven’t answered my question yet."

"I refuse to answer irrelevant questions," Balding Yang said with a rogue attitude, definitely not willing to let Gu Xiaoqing keep leading him.

Gu Xiaoqing smiled and pressed on, "What are you afraid of?"

"What am I afraid of? Are you kidding?"

"Then why don’t you answer my question?"

"Because you’re causing trouble for no reason."

Balding Yang decided to go all out against Gu Xiaoqing.

But he didn’t expect Gu Xiaoqing to stand up at this moment. Walking near the steps, she asked the parents in the audience, "May I ask, how many of you are parents? Please raise your hands so I can see, okay?"

Immediately, ninety-nine percent of the audience raised their hands.

"So, how many of your children are already in school?"

Very few in the audience put their hands down; most of their children were already in school.

"Well, has anyone measured how heavy your child’s school bag is? Some know how many books their child has to carry every day?"

Immediately, the parents present looked at each other.

After a while, a parent spoke up, "I weighed it, my child carries seven to eight kilos of books to school every day, and he’s only in fourth grade. He says someone else has an even heavier backpack than his."

Once someone started speaking, others immediately responded, "My child is in fifth grade, and every day he has to bring books for at least five or six subjects. Social studies, music, morality and ethics, science, not to mention supplementary courses, and English, Chinese, and math are mandatory. Even if there’s no Chinese class that day, the Chinese teacher might take up time for lessons, or dictations, or small quizzes during activity classes."

For a while, countless parents started talking all at once.

Indeed, sometimes even if there’s no particular class, to prevent class changes, students must bring books for that subject.

At this point, Balding Yang’s face had turned livid.

Gu Xiaoqing turned and asked Balding Yang with a smile, "Professor Yang, how many textbooks, workbooks, test papers, or English and Chinese newspapers does your child carry to school every day?"

"This..."

How could Balding Yang know? He only knew there were many, but he didn’t care about the specifics.

"As a researcher, I suppose you conduct investigations, right?"

"Uh... of course, of course, I’ve done some."

Naturally, Balding Yang couldn’t say he didn’t know; he was just there to criticize New Horizon.

"Then, do you know what students need to bring to New Horizon?"

"This..."

Balding Yang was suddenly at a loss; why would he know that? It’s not possible for him to know.

Guessing that Balding Yang didn’t know anything, Gu Xiaoqing turned to ask the parents in the audience, "Does anyone have children attending New Horizon? Can you come up and tell us?"

Immediately, a middle-aged woman came up and spoke loudly into the microphone, "New Horizon has its own materials, and every time my son only needs to bring his notebook; they provide the textbooks there. Moreover, every student has their own locker to store things, so they don’t need to bring them home."

Balding Yang sneered on the side, "What’s that supposed to mean? Judging student fatigue by weight? That’s simply a joke."

Gu Xiaoqing replied, "No, I’m just letting parents know where their tuition is going. For example, we have drinking fountains with free water, we have lockers for students to use. Our instructors compile their own materials, and we have some homework for students to do once a week, along with tutoring teachers for self-study who individually check and explain. We always emphasize that we are a service industry, aiming to let students study in the most efficient way, rather than repeatedly carrying heavy backpacks to and from school, learning knowledge they are already familiar with."

"In the end, New Horizon still can’t change the nature of being a business!"

Balding Yang accused Gu Xiaoqing.