Other classes looked on, inexplicably feeling a bit envious.
Other teachers watched, and they too inexplicably felt envious.
Some teachers even started to reflect whether they were not doing enough. Some students also began to reflect, wondering if they too should ask their teachers questions, since the teachers didn't seem to be ferocious beasts... And so, the atmosphere in other classes was somewhat uplifted as well.
Even the principal praised Class 9 during the flag-raising ceremony.
Before they knew it, the first monthly exam of the third year of high school had arrived. Because it was the first one, even though the papers were set by the school itself, it was taken very seriously. The students were randomly assigned different exam halls for a two-day exam, with the same duration as the college entrance exam.
The procedures during the exam were also the same as those of the official college entrance exam.