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Her son got into high school right at the cutoff

18 July 2024Jinan, Shandong Translated by AI

I told her the exam result would be average, no overperformance, just at the passing line. She wrote back to say the admission had come through.

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Zongyuan

Strong metal element correlates with good academic performance, so the child did very well in school in 2021 and was likely to receive awards. Things started to go downhill from 2022. Both 2022 and 2023 were unremarkable — his mind was not on his studies, and his grades slipped.

金旺就读书好，所以在2021年小孩读书比较出色，还容易有嘉奖，到了2022年开始走下坡路，2022-2023年都一般，心思不在读书上了，退步了。

In 2024, the Year of Jia Chen: the water within Chen waters the wood, and the earth element grows stronger but has no restraining effect. Murky water points to mistakes in science subjects. The high school entrance exam result will be just average, no exceptional performance, with errors in science. But his overall education level from the BaZi (known in the West as the Four Pillars of Destiny) is still decent — undergraduate level is well within reach. So this exam is just a step along the way, a middle-of-the-road result is fine, don't set expectations too high.

甲辰年2024，辰中的水浇灌木，土量扩大了，但是没有抑制作用，水混理科上失误了，中考也就是很一般，不能超常发挥，理科还有失误。但是八字整体的学历还是可以的，本科没有问题，所以中考也就走个过程，中不溜也就可以了，不要有太大的期待。

Also, in the Year of Gui Mao, gui water directly nourishes mao wood — the child had some mental health issues. This will start to improve from the Year of the Dragon. Don't put too much pressure on him, just keep things moving at a normal pace.

另外癸卯年是癸水浇灌卯木，水木直接见面了，孩子有点心理问题，龙年开始好转，也不要给太大压力，正常推进就好。

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Client

It's true, he has no self-discipline at all. He needs someone to push him for everything, not a bit of initiative on his own.

确实就是自制力不强，干什么都需要别人来鞭策，一点主动性都没有

Zongyuan

He'll get in right at the cutoff line, just squeak through [emoji]

能上个压线的，混混进去[emoji]

Client

So it's just barely making the line, enough to get in.

就只能是刚好上线，能进的那种