Chapter 12 Mr. Riley Provoked His Nephew - Vote for Your Aunt!
Chapter 12 Mr. Riley Provoked His Nephew - Vote for Your Aunt!
"This is an email that the principal just forwarded to me," Sophia tapped on the table and said.
"Someone sent a letter to the principal and the education bureau, iming that you''re not following
the curriculum, being extremely irresponsible, and not assigning homework, which misleads the
students."
Adeline felt speechless all of a sudden.
"Ms. Adams, it''s true that I don''t assign a lot of homework, and there have been one or two
instances where I didn''t give any. But there are reasons for that. For example, after a test, if there''s
no new material to teach that day, I let the kids rx a bit. Besides, I don''t want them to face
excessive academic pressure."
As Adeline defended himself, Sophia''s face turned somewhat stern. "Reducing the academic
burden is indeed our educational philosophy now. However, Ms. Burton, youck experience and
should learn from other teachers. Homework is a process of reinforcing knowledge. Are you saying
that students shouldn''t have any homework?"
"Ms. Adams I do assign homework. It''s just that many assignments arepleted during reading
ss.
Vocabries and practice exercises are strictly kept within 45 minutes.
Bypleting the assignments at school, the students can review independently at home, and
parents don''t have to apany them. Isn''t that better?"
Listening to Adeline''s exnation, Sophia became increasingly impatient. "Why don''t you just
assign them more homework? Why go through all this exnation?"
After being a dean for so many years, it was the first time she encountered a new teacher who
wouldn''t do as she said!
Adeline also felt frustrated, but she maintained a calm tone and said, "Ms. Adams, I''m afraid of
giving them too much homework and then having parents fileints against me again."
Sophia felt that Adeline was being argumentative, and her face turnedpletely cold. She issued
a direct order, "Anyway, go to the parents'' group and exin this matter to everyone. Learn from
other teachers, assign homework with some variation, like independent assignments or holistic
development... You must assign homework, but don''t give people any grounds to criticize you!"
Reluctantly, under the weight of the pressure from higher authorities, Adeline replied, "Alright."
Sophia''s expression eased slightly as she continued, "Also, there''s an online poll for outstanding
teachers in the district. Itsts for a week, and you need to mobilize your colleagues, friends, and
rtives to vote for you.
Currently, the teacher from the neighboring Prodiff Elementary School has surpassed you. You need
to figure out a solution quickly. We can''t let our school lose our reputation."
"Alright, I understand," Adeline replied with a heavy sigh, then left Sophia''s office.
Returning to her seat, she felt somewhat gloomy.
Melissa had been waiting for her and exploded with anger after learning the reason why Sophia
called her to the office.
"Why are these parents like this? The government wants to reduce the burden on students, but
parents want to add pressure. It''s like teachers are caught in the middle! We can''t please both
sides!"
Adeline pulled Melissa''s hand and said, "Shh, let''s not talk about it."
"It''s just ridiculous!" Melissa rolled her eyes.
"Regarding the parents'' issue, I''ll exin it in the group. What bothers me now is the voting matter."
Helplessly, Adeline smiled and said, "I never thought that as a teacher now, I would have to learn
how to campaign."
Melissa was also annoyed by it. But when it came to the workce, there was nothing they could
do. She quickly shared the link on social media.
"Hey, everyone! Number 5 is a beautiful teacher from our school, my bestie. Please help vote for
her! Each person can vote three times a day! Let''s go all out!"
After posting, Melissa forwarded it to several chat groups, asking everyone for help with the votes.
Seeing that Melissa took the initiative to campaign for her, Adeline felt embarrassed not to do the
same. She sent messages to a few close friends on WhatsApp and casually included one to Curtis.
But as soon as she sent it, Adeline felt awkward and quickly retracted the message.
Little did she know that Curtis replied in seconds, "?"
Adeline bit her lip.
What was up with this guy? How did he notice so quickly?
Was he just ying with his phone at the right time?
Watching Adeline awkwardly editing and deleting exnations in the chat box, Melissa couldn''t take
it anymore and snatched the phone.
"So, this is Logan''s uncle?"
Adeline nodded.
Without hesitation, Melissa resent the link to Curtis and then pressed the voice message button.
"I''m Adeline''s bestie, Melissa. Let me tell you, your wife is currently participating in the district
teacherpetition and needs votes. She''s about to lose to the second-ce contender! I''m asking
you, are you willing to help with this favor? Quickly rally the people around you to vote."
N?velDrama.Org owns ? this.
As the voice message ended, Adeline hastily grabbed the phone back and gave Melissa an
annoyed look, "Melissa, he''s our elder. You can''t speak to him like that."
"I don''t care if he''s an elder or not! Right now, he''s your husband, and we''re on the same level! And
if he wants to be the husband of my bestie, he should at least let me see if he''s qualified."
Melissa pulled a chair and plopped down in a carefree manner.
Touched by her actions, Adeline hugged Melissa. "You''re the best to me."
No one treated Adeline like how Melissa did, even her family.
Melissa proudly raised her head, "Of course! Being besties means a lifetimemitment!"
Ding!
Curtis replied.
Melissa signaled to Adeline to quickly check her WhatsApp.
Adeline felt a bit nervous, unsure if Curtis would find her annoying.
In her impression, Curtis was a serious elder, a powerful person who handled billion-dor projects
effortlessly.
During previous gatherings at the Riley family, she could only nod from a distance and never dared
to speak to him.
She didn''t know if he would consider their campaigning behavior childish.
As she tapped on the phone screen, Adeline saw a concise reply on the chat page.
"Would definitelyplete the mission!"
Adeline breathed a sigh of relief and showed the chat page to Melissa.
Melissa nced at it and snorted, "Talk is cheap! The key is to see how he acts! Passing my test
won''t be that easy."
She didn''t even think highly of Logan!
In Melissa''s perception, no one was worthy of Adeline.
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On the other side, Curtis''s brows furrowed slightly after receiving the forwarded link.
Steffen, who was beside him, nced at him discreetly, "?"
A major project?
Thest one that made Mr. Riley furrow his brow was years ago!
After carefully reviewing the entire linked page, Curtis immediately forwarded it, "Number 5, vote!
Three votes per person per day! Not voting means disrespecting me."
The content was concise and in line with Curtis''s style, but it had a significant impact.
Soon after he posted, over three hundred people liked it.
Everyone hurriedly voted for Number 5 and leftments below Curtis''s post.
"Voted."
"Voted three times, wille back tomorrow! Would definitelyplete the mission!"
"Mr. Riley, Esther, the ountant from World Trade Center, has already voted thrice."
"Mr. Riley, I''m Ethan from Savory Food Industry, and I''ve voted three times."
...
After posting the dynamic, Curtis also forwarded the link to several close friend groups.
"Number 5, my wife, three votes per person per day! No cking off!"
Tagging Max and Owen, "Your whole family, servants, and everyone in thepany should vote!"
Max, "..."
Owen, "..."
Immediately after, Curtis forwarded it to a few rtives.
He forwarded to old Mr. Riley.
Pausing for a moment, Curtis squinted his eyes. Finally, he forwarded the link to Logan.
"Number 5, vote for your aunt."