Frederick Thorne added with a smile, "I asked Patrick's homeroom teacher. He said that as long as Patrick keeps up his current momentum, he should be able to test into Vessaria No. 1 Middle School. Once he's in, getting into a university is practically guaranteed."
CLATTER, CLATTER. Several pairs of chopsticks fell to the table. It was Byron Thorne, Felix Thorne, and Phoebe Huxley. They stared at Frederick Thorne in disbelief and asked in unison, "Patrick can get into the No. 1 Middle School?"
'Such a lofty goal...' They had never even considered it. They'd have been thankful just to see him scrape through high school without any trouble.
"That's right. Patrick was ranked 118th in his grade on last year's final exams. For this month's test, he was 79th. He jumped twenty-nine spots! He's only been trying this hard for a month and his progress is already so obvious. It proves our Patrick is a natural scholar!"
