Teacher Fang was the head of the art department, and every year, Experimental Middle School would graduate a number of art students, most of whom were cultivated by Teacher Fang. Therefore, her words carried significant weight in the school.
However, it also depended on what they were compared to.
For instance, if one had even better academic performance...
"Teacher Fang, Song Jiawen's academic performance is the best in her grade, and besides, she isn't an art student. Her participation in this competition was at your strong request, not a personal need. So all in all, this incident doesn't really result in any loss or impact for Song Jiawen," the vice-principal said adeptly. He did not start by pleading for Deng Tao; instead, he began with Song Jiawen's personal situation, aiming to have the principal on his side.
As long as the top student in the grade suffered no losses, why insist on making a big deal and expelling someone who ranked within the top twenty?
