Military training content is rather monotonous.
Standing in military posture, marching in unison, goose-stepping—repeating the same actions back and forth.
From 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM, the drills went on uninterrupted.
Though mid-September weather is less suffocating than the scorching heat of July and August, standing under the blazing sun for two hours was still too grueling for first-year college students whose overall health was still recovering from the intensity of high school exams.
The architecture and electronics departments, with more male students, coped better.
In contrast, several girls from the foreign languages department fainted and had to be carried to the medical room by their classmates.
Chi Yu attributed her endurance to morning exercises; apart from the discomfort of sweat-drenched clothes clinging to her body, she didn't feel much unease.