Chapter 71 Acapable teacher produces a capable student.
This event was held by the medical faculty, while Dr. Wale was chosen as the main spokesperson. He
gave the lecture like a ss. His audiences behaved carefully like the students. So in the end, when it
came to Q&A session, almost no one dared to throw a question at him.
"Does anyone have questions about my speech?" Dr. Wale put on a straight face and said unhappily,
"When I was your age, my teachers would be chased after by me and then bombarded by my
questions for I was afraid that they might have not enough time to answer all the questions."
Audiences became even quieter after Dr. Wale mentioned this experience.
Alex and Pearl exchanged a tacit look and giggled
It wasmon knowledge Dr. Wale liked to ask quizzes. Whoever was unable to answer his question
would be scolded. So, who would dare to ask him questions now? The more they argued with him, the
more scoldings they might get.
Dead silence took over the whole meeting room. It was so quiet here that one could probably hear the
sound of a small pin falling to the ground.
"Ahem... Do you really have no questions to ask?" Pearl faked a cough. She then adjusted her
microphone to the right position, saying, "Dr. Wale, these students must be way better than we were.
So they don''t have any questions about today''s topic now."
Dr. Wale''s face obviously showed his displeasure.
Nathan Morgan, the head of the medical faculty, broke out in a cold sweat for her words as he stood
next to Pearl.
Pearl looked around at the audience and continued, "Well, if you don''t have any academic questions
for Dr. Wale, you could ask him some casual questions. Like, you can start by asking him how to cook
pork ribs."
Everyone was taken aback.
But Pearl remained calm. "The pigs are all well-fed in our sciencebs. What dishes can be made from
which of their body parts is a whole new knowledge. I know the best soy-braised pork should use
the streaky pork as the main ingredients. By the way, how we should cut the meat ordingly is also a
hard knowledge too."
Alex faked a cough besides Pearl. He knew every pair of ears under the stage could hear him clearly,
but he still pretended to lower his voice to whisper to her, "Pearl, stop talking this. I am afraid Dr. Wale
will find out your truth. You know, the one which you ate all of his pigs those days."
As soon as Alex finished his words, students in the auditoriums could no longer hold theirughter.
One studentughed first, the next followed. Soon, it became a domino effect that everyone began to
After a while, Dr. Wale coughed twice, loudly enough for everyone to hear him. The students soon
pursed their lips. Once again, no one dared make any sound.
Dr. Wale then said, "Why do you teach them such rubbish?"
Pearl replied confidently, "I had done the experiments with the pig at that time. And we can not just let it
go to waste. In fact, it''s Mrs. Harrison''s that cooked the pork ribs for us for I knew nothing about
cooking back then. Besides, Dr. Wale, I''m sure you had your fair share of it too, right?"
"You sure are very reasonable," Dr. Wale''s words were full of sarcasm.
"Yep, it''s very reasonable."
Again the whole room was taken over by students'' hystericalughs. They wondered who she was that
had the guts to argue with Dr. Wale. No one had ever seen people talking with Dr. Wale like this
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before. The room became lively again.
"Do you know who is she? When did she graduate? She is so interesting, isn''t she?"
"I heard she''s Dr. Wale''s prized student, who''s our senior by ten years."
"She''s so pretty with a very charming demeanor!"
"I heard she''s also a Deputy Chief Surgeon. It''s impressive that she has got such a demanding position
at such a young age. I remember few of our seniors has achieved such a feat."
……
People here and there were all discussing Pearl based on her details printed on posters provided by
the publicitymittee of the event.
The energetic atmosphere improved Dr. Wale''s mood slightly. He took the initiative to introduce Pearl to
the students, "This is your senior. She went abroad to pursue a doctorate before. I don''t know how
many skills she has learned there. But judging from her today''s behavior, I know she threw away all of
her manners. She''s even encouraging you to eat theb pigs now. Then from now on, any pig missing
from yourbs should be counted into her bill."
As soon as Dr. Wale said that, another heated discussion started in the room.
After a wave of crazyughter subsided. Pearl put up a solemn face and said calmly, "Okay, now, we
should back to today''s main topic now. I''m sure that you may have many questions but are just afraid to
voice them out. Don''t be afraid of being scolded. Well, I was also scolded by Dr. Wale many times
before. Am I right, Dr. Wale?"
Dr. Wale snorted with a disgusted look.
Pearl then shared her experience. Once she, as a bold and naive freshman, asked Dr. Wale some
stupid questions and it ended up with a few turns of his terrible scolding. The audience found her
experience very rtable.
If someone excellent like Pearl was once scolded by Dr. Wale too, then why would they be afraid of
losing faces?
Pearl looked at her juniors with a gentle smile and said to them, "This meeting is not a ss nor a
presentation. We are here to answer all your questions. Perhaps we are the ones who should be afraid
of you for whom knows if you would ask some questions that we don''t know."
Gradually, students began to raised their hands. Then a boy asked, "Ms Yonng, I have a question for
you."
"Yes, you may proceed."
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Pearl''s attitude was gentle and modest. No matter what questions they asked, she would always be
very patient to answer them one by one. She even managed to take care of the feelings of the teachers
next to her by leaving some advanced questions to those professors like Dr. Wale to answer. Soon a
vigorous debate took over the room.
Students kept asking questions, the air bing high-spirited.
Standing at one corner of the back stage, a figure was staring at Pearl with admiration, just like back
then. She was always so elegant and calm, who could not onlymunicate well with students but
also showed respect to the teachers at the same time.
A student''s excited voice came to him, "Mr. Miller, don''t you think Ms Yonng is awesome? She even
went to the Africa to fight the pandemic there!"
Alexander''s mind drifted away. He seemed to be reminiscing the past. "She had always been that way.
As I know, practicing medicine is always her passion. She is a true doctor. An honest and benevolent
doctor!"
After the event ended, Nathan showered Pearl with praise.
"Dr. Wale, you''re really a capable teacher who produces such a capable student! It''s been a while since
our department was so active!"
Dr. Wale took a nce at Pearl. Although his attitude was still very indifferent, his eyes were full of
pride as he replied, "Then you can ask here here to help you more often. But I must warn you
talking is all she good at."
"Not just a small meeting. If Pearl is interested, I would like to hire her to a teacher here. Students
begin to ask if she could teach sses here now. I think our enrollment rate will skyrocket as long as
Pearl can join us," Nathan smiled as he spoke to Dr. Wale.
"Me?" Pearl hesitated.
She did know how long she would stay in the country. But a work contract here would bind her for at
least five years. Besides, if she really epted this job offer, she would have to take students under
her belt. Then she could not just leave whenever she wanted anymore.
"Yes. Is there any problem?" Nathan looked at Pearl inquiringly.
Pearl denied in a hurry, "No, Dr. Morgan. I graduated from here. It''s my honor to be offered a job here.
But I still need some time to prepare myself. Dr. Wale knows that I''m currently quite upied with work
at the hospital."
But somehow, Dr. Wale''s face darkened.