Greetings, Mister Principal

Chapter 111: Nathan Fisher's Melancholy

Nathan Fisher had been having some trouble recently.

As the principal of the Steinen School of Magic, he had lost a lot of hair, but he faced more and more problems.

This magic academy named after the legendary mage His Excellency Lanchester Steinen belonged to the Mercury Balance. Nathan himself was also a member of the Mercury Balance, and his teacher was Frederick Demetrius.

As a fourth-ring mage, Nathan was actually one of the weaker students among the students of His Excellency Demetrius. Although his teacher had given him enough guidance, he had not been able to advance due to various reasons. And this kind of situation has lasted for ten years.

So Nathan eventually gave up the idea of advancing and decided to come to the Steinen School of Magic and became the principal here.

However, perhaps Nathan's original ability was inadequate. During his years as the principal, the school's rating had gradually declined. After the assessment last year, the original level five school fell to level 7, making Nathan become a laughing stock at Mercury Balance.

Gradually, the nickname "Useless Nathan" also became widespread, making him feel ashamed of himself.

On this day, Nathan sat in the office, looking at the transcript of the mock exams that had just ended, and sighed.

Fifty-two students of Steinen School of Magic took part in this mock exam, but fewer than ten were able to pass it, and the pass rate was less than 20%!

The students of Steinen School of Magic were not ordinary people. They were almost all the children of various mage families and the heirs of the nobles with status. Judging from the level of education and blood, they should be very talented students.

However, according to Nathan's survey, it was precisely because of this composition of students that the school enrollment rate had been sluggish.

The children of the nobles were not here to study magic seriously. All they needed was social and personal connections. The aristocratic education they had received since childhood had not made them learn magic easier, so only a few students could advance to a formal mage.

As for the children of mages, although their talents were acceptable, most of them did not obey the guidance of the teachers. Nathan himself was not as good as the parents of many of the students, so naturally, he had no confidence in asking these students to work hard.

More importantly, the school had gradually developed a trend of despising students with good grades. The top students in each test were not given flowers and applause, but ridicule and mockery. Many students would call them "nerds."

When Nathan was still an apprentice, the students weren't like that at all!

The students nowadays were really terrible.

Sighing again, Nathan was about to make a pot of coffee. Outside the window, an owl flew over, seeming to be holding something in its claws.

Nathan saw the black and white owl flying unsteadily towards his office. And then, with a bang, it hit the clean glass.

"It must be painful."

Nathan's mouth twitched. He opened the window, brought the shaking owl into the room, and removed the envelope from its claws.

Nathan recognized this owl. It was an old owl dedicated to the High-Level Magic Council. It had been in service for nearly ten years, and usually, only those high-ranking mages would use it to convey information.

Sure enough, the sender of this letter was Nathan's teacher, Frederick Demetrius.

His Excellency Demetrius first asked about his situation, and then told him that he had recently learned that the performance of the students of Steinen School of Magic had significantly worsened. And he had also heard of some reasons why it was so.

Seeing this, Nathan's heart shook. Finally, even his teacher was going to give up on him.

Nathan's hands trembled, but his strong willpower made him choose to continue reading.

"...I want to introduce you to a newcomer, Reiner Ian Gray. He has been managing Luna Nova Magical Academy very effectively. You can write to him. He has also developed a set of teaching guidance. I've taken a few glances at them and think they are quite good. So I decided to use your school for a trial. I will put you in charge of this. I hope it will improve school performance soon."

"Professor, professor, he didn't forget me?"

Nathan's panic at this time changed to warmth in his heart. He thought he had disappointed His Excellency Demetrius a long time ago, but he didn't expect that his teacher was still worried about his work.

Seeing the name of Reiner Ian Gray, Nathan smiled even more. No one inside the Mercury Balance did not know the name of Reiner Ian Gray. This rising star would surely become a certain high-level mage's student in the future and have a boundless future. Now his teacher asked him to go to Reiner, which was obviously paving the way for his future!

"Professor, thank you so much!"

Nathan was grateful, and immediately picked up the pen and wrote to Reiner Ian Gray.

Thanks to his Excellency Demetrius's reference, the other party responded quickly. Two days later, Nathan received a set of teaching materials such as "A Complete Explanation of Ian Gray's Teaching Material", "Ten Years of Magic Test" and "Five Years of Test and Three Years of Mock Exams". In the letter, Reiner introduced his school experience in detail, and said that if Nathan wanted to purchase these supplementary books in the future, he would give him a 20% discount.

After gathering the professors in the school to read them carefully, Nathan found that these supplementary booked were not difficult to compile and the knowledge required was not high, but this systematic classification method was very good, allowing students to build a knowledge tree in their brains, it was very easy for students to remember and review.

"...... Early self-study and evening self-study, class tests, weekly exams, monthly exams, study groups... uh, what is this break exercise?"

Nathan found that there were too many thoughts in Reiner Ian Gray's mind, but all kinds of thoughts had one main goal, which was to take exams.

"If you didn't do well in an exam, it means you didn't take enough exams."

"Read a book a hundred times, you will remember everything it wants to tell you."

"The examination room is the battlefield, and only those who go all out can survive."

Reiner's letter repeatedly emphasized the importance of taking exams, and his supplementary materials were mainly based on a large number of exams for knowledge points, and the weight of them made Nathan, who was accustomed to relaxing education, very shocked.

If it was implemented in accordance with Reiner's strategy, the students would definitely have a strong sense of resistance. They would find their parents to put pressure on the school. By that time, Nathan may not be able to keep his principal's position anymore. In the past few times, he simply told the students to review their studies at home, but he received a lot of complaints afterwards. Eventually, he gave up in the end. But this time, would the same thing happen again?

Nathan passed on this worry to his teacher. In the past, he always thought that His Excellency Demetrius didn't care about his situation, so he never bothered him with these trivial things, but now, since his teacher asked to manage the school well, then Nathan would naturally have a little more confidence.

His Excellency Demetrius's reply came in the evening. It was the same old owl, the same calm handwriting, but the content was very simple, only one sentence.

"If they are dissatisfied, let them come to me directly."