The days passed by slowly. Soon, it was time for the “Advanced Algebra 2” exam.“Students, please turn off your phones. Place your student ID and citizen ID on the table’s left corner. I will repeat the exam rules again. There will be no tolerance for cheating. You’ll be sent to the academic affairs office if caught. You are all about to enter the second year. I hope you won’t make a mistake at a crucial time like this. Every year, there are a couple of students that are dishonest. I hope you can follow the rules.”An old professor stood on the podium and looked around the room. He then pointed at a master’s student and said, “Little Dan, start from the right side.”“Okay,” nodded the boy named Little Dan. He started to inspect the student IDs starting from the right.The old professor placed his vacuum flask on the podium and started to inspect the IDs from the left.Blake stretched his back. He turned off his phone and stuffed it in his bag. Like everyone else, he placed his textboo
Plagiarism percentage: 0.3%It could not be more legit.“Blake, let me ask you something and answer honestly. Did you really write this thesis by yourself?”Professor Phil stared at Blake. Through his thick glasses, his pupils shined with astonishment.There was a hint of excitement.Only thing was, he still could not believe it. He could not believe that the mathematical proof theorem in the thesis was actually written by an undergraduate student.Blake did not avoid those questioning eyes. Instead, he laughed and with a humble tone, he said, “It was all thanks to Professor Phil’s education.”Even though I exchanged it with general points, it should count as my own work right?He had no shame in saying that it was his own work!Phil Thomas looked away from Blake and continued to look at the thesis for a very long time.Since Blake was free, he just stood next to him and waited.The sky gradually turned darker and darker and the clock on the wall slowly turned to six o’clock. Professo
[Jack: Mathematics is so hard! I completely didn’t understand the fifth fill in the blanks question and the last multi-choice. In the end, I had to guess the answer. Ah, I screwed up. I’ll need to do the supplementary exam T.T]“...”Blake was scrolling through his friends’ news feed when he saw Jack’s post. He twitched his mouth and was about to like the post when he stopped himself.[The fifth fill in the blanks answer is... The last multi-choice answer is B]It was difficult to type mathematical symbols on a phone!He finished typing it and pressed send.How comfortable!Blake was about to put his phone back into his pocket and wanted to continue to eat. Suddenly his phone vibrated. He looked at the notification and saw Jack’s reply.What? How did this guy reply so fast?Blake felt slightly surprised and opened up his news feed.[Jack: ... Wasn’t it A?]Blake laughed and shook his head as he recalled the choices of that question. He took out a draft paper from his backpack and star
Fat Steve’s description was accurate. Sorting out packages was as easy as kicking a football.They would point their toes at the parcel and strongly kick it. The package would fly for ten meters. No one cared about the sellers or the buyers. Nothing mattered as long as the package was delivered.Actually, it was not that these workers did not want to be more responsible. The regular workers were even rougher on the packages. When the conveyor belt started, there was no time for you to handle the packages carefully. It did not matter whether it said fragile or expensive. If the cardboard box broke, there were designated people to collect them, taped them up, and put them back on the conveyor belt.“This package broke. It seems to be wine or something. I can smell the alcohol.”“Don’t bother with it. It’s fine as long as the delivery receipt doesn’t get wet. Throw it back on the conveyor belt. Remember, the delivery receipt faces up.”The group of workers had a clear designated parking
It was ten o’clock in the morning at the mathematics department of the research building.Professor Phil sat at his desk and looked at his computer screen. He was editing a thesis meticulously.He read through the argument and the logical process of the calculation. He could not help but felt a sense of astonishment. Even though he carried a pair of criticizing eyes and wanted to find mistakes to ask Blake to fix, he felt like he did not even know where to begin.He finished inspecting the thesis and did not find a single unnecessary calculation.The only thing he could help was to edit and fix the sentence structure and English vocabulary.“The young ones are going to soon surpass us,” said Professor Phil as he leaned against his chair.At the exact moment, his office door was pushed open.The person did not knock or greet him. It was this type of impolite behaviors that made Professor Phil frowned. However, after seeing who it was, he relaxed and his face had a slight smile.It was
What was Blake doing?He was obviously sleeping.After working all night, his phone ran out of battery. He went back to his dorm at seven o’clock in the morning, plugged in his phone and went to bed.Blake woke up in the afternoon. There was no one in his dorm.He felt his stomach rumbling. He rubbed his eyes, climbed down the stairs and went to wash his face. Then, he put on some clothes and headed towards the cafeteria.Blake ordered a bowl of fried rice and soy milk and sat down in a corner. He took out his phone and was about to scroll through his friends’ news feed.However, when he opened his phone, he saw that Professor Phil’s office left him a dozen missed calls.“Maybe he finished editing the thesis? Why... Why are there so many missed calls?”Blake did not know what to think. In no time, he finished eating dinner and quickly put his tray on the collecting table. He then started to walk towards the research building....“I called you all day and you didn’t pick up. What are
Blake did not expect that his unintentional thoughts became reality.The day before his mathematical analysis exams on Saturday, he received an email regarding his successful submission.Blake could not wait to open up the website. He entered his account and password excitedly and saw the submission status column became [Completed – accepted]!That meant that the reviewer was very satisfied with the author’s thesis and decided to accept the thesis.Once at this stage, the paper would be published in the journal either in this month or the next. It would also be accepted into the SCI journal database, thus allowing mathematics researchers from around the globe to refer to it.Blake’s heart was filled with excitement. He took a deep breath and tried to meditate to calm himself down.In general, anyone that could skip the [Revise] stage was insane. Even experienced professors would occasionally be tortured by the ridiculous requirements of the reviewers which resulted in them having to r
Hmm...In a sense, these refreshed missions were actually pretty good.Especially after he looked at the first mission.[Mission 1: Never stop researchingDescription: Blow up a municipal research instituteRewards: The subject experience value is determined by the research contribution of the institute (minimum value 5000). General points are determined by the amount of economic loss occurred. One chance of lucky draw (85% garbage, 15% sample).]“What in the hell is this?” Blake could not help but swear out loud.He now understood why this so-called high tech system would have a long distance running mission.It was to train his body in preparation for this type of mission.Without any hesitation, Blake excluded this mission as an option even though the experience points awarded was tempting.[Mission 2: Not a single grain of sand in your eyesDescription: Corruption is the root of the prevention of academic progress. The waste of scientific research funding in human society leads