Chapter 166: Course Completion Assessment

In addition to thirty-six classic composite rune diagrams, He Xi also prepared a stack of materials for Gao De that was half a person high.

All these materials combined are all the knowledge points of the third and fourth stages of the "Runology" course.

The first two stages of course knowledge that originally required two years, Gao De mastered in just two and a half months.

For the knowledge of these third and fourth stages of courses, how much time Gao De needs to master, He Xi actually has some expectations in his heart.

Especially, the teaching method he chose is very "unreliable": only providing materials, and everything else is left to Gao De for self-study.

But this is not He Xi being irresponsible.

The root cause is that "education" itself is a very contradictory thing.

Taking the field of Runology as an example.

Anyone who wants to develop in the field of Runology, if they have not received systematic education, may take many detours, or even go astray.

Even if the former returns to the right track afterward, they have delayed precious time, and back and forth, they may not have enough life to explore deeper knowledge of Runology.

The latter goes without saying, directly wasting it.

But if the education received is too systematic, relying too much on the theories and experience of instructors and even predecessors, then in the later stage, it will often become a "craftsman" without independent thinking ability.

What "craftsmen" can do is just draw magic arrays according to the drawings.

The degree of this, not only the instructor needs to grasp, but the student himself also needs to grasp well.

Fortunately, Gao De's talent is enough, so He Xi, as an instructor, can be very lazy but rest assured to leave it all to Gao De for self-study, and he is only responsible for providing knowledge and answering questions.

This teaching method is misleading others when placed on others, but it is extremely suitable when placed on Gao De.

Gao De has no opinion on this.

He is a person who likes self-study, so he can freely adjust his learning progress according to his own situation without wasting time.

Time passed day by day.

Days in the academy always pass quickly, especially when your life is filled with various things, you will find that time passes even faster.

For Gao De, it is even more so.

After choosing sixteen courses, he has at least two courses to attend every day.

And on the Runology side, he has to spend time studying every day.

Cultivation time is also fixed and cannot be reduced.

In the eyes of outsiders, this kind of life is no longer lived by humans, but by machines.

But for Gao De, the feeling of having knowledge gains every day brings infinite satisfaction to his psychology.

This satisfaction largely masks the fatigue.

The Ice-Sealed Month gradually returned to calm after the ripples at the beginning of the month.

The ripples seemed to subside, but the undercurrents below were still brewing.

At least more than half of the people are waiting to see the fun of this batch of freshmen, waiting to see how many course assessments the "madman" Gao De will pass in the end and how many credits he will obtain.

And in this attention that is not on the surface, the Ice-Sealed Month passed silently.

The end of the Ice-Sealed Month is a bit special.

At Cyrus Academy, for major courses like "Runology," the first-stage course duration spans a full academic year,

But for the branch courses below, generally speaking, the course duration will not be that long.

Most branch courses have a teaching time of three months, and the longest is at most half a year.

Among the eight courses Gao De chose at the beginning, three are required courses, and there is also a major course "Runology."

The remaining four courses are all branch courses.

And among them, except for "Magical Plant Cultivation" which needs to give students some time to cultivate magical plants, the course duration spans four months, the remaining three branch courses: "Geography of the Nolan Continent and War Geography," "General Spells (0 Circle-3 Circle) Recognition," and "General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials," all have a standard course duration of three months.

And the final course completion assessments are all arranged at the end of the month.

In other words, Gao De will usher in his first "exam week" at Cyrus Academy.

The first exam is from "General Spells (0 Circle-3 Circle) Recognition."

This is a pure theory-type water course.

The form of course assessment is not complicated; it is for the academy to issue a paper, and then the students who choose this course will answer the questions within an hour.

30th of the Ice-Sealed Month, morning.

The assessment classroom arranged by the academy is full of students.

The attendance rate of this water course has occupied the forefront in the academy all year round.

"Please all students participating in the assessment place their identity badges on the upper left corner of the table for inspection."

"Closed-book exam throughout, once someone is found to be cheating, it will not be tolerated, and it will be sent to the committee for handling. I hope you don't make this kind of principled mistake."

An old magic user he didn't know entered the classroom with a stack of "test papers," gave a lecture on exam discipline, and then nodded to the staff member he brought with him.

The staff member understood, took out a small alchemy machine, and checked the identity information of the students in order, starting from the first student who came in from the main door.

Gao De sat in his seat in a daze, also waiting for the paper to be issued.

The course completion assessment of all courses in the academy, regardless of the form of assessment, is a "100-point system."

Sixty points is the base line; reaching this grade is considered passing the assessment, and you can get the credits for the course.

However, in addition to credits, there is also an auxiliary indicator to evaluate student performance, called "Grade Point."

This is also one of the important supporting measures for Cyrus Academy to implement the credit system.

The grade point is one-tenth of the course score minus five.

For example, if you get a score of sixty in the course completion assessment of "General Spells (0 Circle-3 Circle) Recognition," then the grade point is one-tenth of sixty, which is "six," minus "five," which is one.

And the biggest role of grade points is to remove moisture. The academy clearly requires that in most rankings and weight calculations in the academy that use credits as evaluation standards, the average grade point must reach three or more to be allowed to participate in the calculation.

And in the case of the same credits, those with higher grade points are prioritized.

This can avoid the intention of students to choose a pile of courses and pass the assessment by the edge to muddle through credits.

After checking the identity information, the staff member began to issue papers.

The questions were neatly transcribed on exquisite parchment, and the smell of ink was also very good.

Gao De narrowed his eyes, and his gaze fell on the test questions.

There are not many questions, all of which are questions transformed from knowledge points in the course.

"To go deep into the River Snow Plains, as a 1st-circle magic user, can you do it? What method should be used?"

The first question, a classic free-point question, to build confidence for the students.

The answer is also very simple.

"Yes, through the 1st-circle protection school spell 【Endure Environment】..."

"In the Gloomy Forest, as a 2nd-circle magic user specializing in illusion school spells, you encountered a group of earth vein creatures entrenched here. How to safely pass through this area without direct combat?"

This question has a little bit of difficulty. First, you must pay attention to the question: "2nd-circle magic user specializing in illusion school spells."

So the spell range is limited to the illusion school and within 2nd-circle spells... "In an encounter with robbers, you are surrounded by enemies, want to break out quickly and ensure safety, please describe the spells you will choose and the reasons."

Gao De wrote without stopping all the way down.

For Gao De, who had thoroughly understood all the textbooks of this course through 【Guidance+】, these questions, although seemingly full of twists and turns, actually had no difficulty at all.

As long as he saw the question stem, the answer would emerge as if it were natural.

They are all free-point questions! Writing with a brush, Gao De soon reached the last question.

It was indeed the last question, because a whole page was left for this question, which was clearly a big question.

This was also the question with the highest score on the entire test paper, actually occupying forty points.

However, when Gao De saw the question, he had an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

It wasn't that someone had leaked the question to him in advance, but because "Assume you are a 3rd-circle magic user proficient in various spells, sent to an area occupied by newly born earth vein creatures to investigate, investigate the level of this new earth vein, please design a comprehensive spell strategy to enter the area as safely as possible, obtain the required information, and leave safely."

Gao De looked at the question stem, but the more he looked, the more familiar it became... "It wouldn't be a question adapted based on the Hogan Earth Vein, right?"

"Uh..."

And, the so-called last question, is it just this level?

As expected of a water course!

Gao De thought of this, no longer hesitated, and started to write.

It was another brush-brush-brush writing, and a few minutes later, he solved this last question.

He picked up the "test paper" and checked it once, confirmed that there were no omissions, and Gao De packed up his things, got up, and handed in the paper.

The old magic user sitting above supervising the students raised his eyebrows at Gao De who came up to hand in the paper.

The "General Spells Recognition" course is not difficult, especially the last question, which has always been an open big question, as long as the students are reasonable, they can generally get most of the points.

Just take half the points for the previous sixty points, and you can pass the assessment.

So the passing rate of this course is almost one hundred percent.

However, students who hand in papers so quickly are still very rare.

Thinking this way, the old magic user glanced at Gao De's "test paper" with his peripheral vision.

The next moment, his already small eyes were narrowed into a slit by him.

Huh? It's written very full.

He reached out and took the paper, staring at Gao De's full answers behind the questions, and reviewed them line by line.

The first question, correct, free-point question, normal.

The second question, also correct, still quite serious.

The third question... Looking all the way down, the old magic user found that he couldn't find half a mistake in Gao De's answers.

The passing rate of "General Spells Recognition" is high, but this is only because spells are basic abilities for magic users, closely related to their lives, and they already have a certain knowledge base of the course before class.

And in the assessment, many questions are reasonable, there is no fixed answer, so it is easy to score.

But this does not mean that this is a subject that is easy to get high scores.

This is a subject that is very much like "Chinese."

It is difficult for you to fail; but if you want to get a high score, it is also very difficult.

Wanting to get a full score is even harder than "math."

The old magic user's expression became more and more dignified, and when he looked all the way to the last line of the last question, he couldn't help but nod slightly.

If he were to grade this paper of Gao De, he would give a high score of over ninety-five.

The previous answers were all correct, taking all sixty points.

The only point deduction was the last big question.

But it wasn't because he found any omissions in Gao De's answer to this question.

It was because this kind of open big question, no matter how you answer it, even if it is very casual, you will get a little bit of points more or less.

Similarly, even if it is perfect, it will be deducted a little more or less.

Because there is no perfect spell strategy.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 167 =====