Chapter 1272: Same and Different

"Madam, please come with me."

A young lady, a staff member of the school, invited the little secretary to bring her child into an office by the corridor.

Just after entering the office, the examiner in charge of the main test smiled and nodded at her, "Madam, everything next will revolve around me and this gentleman," please don't disturb us, no matter what."

"Otherwise, I have the right to ask you and this 'gentleman' to leave, do you understand?"

The examiner looked very polite on the surface, but in fact, it was not like that at all. For those who need to pass the test to enter the school, he doesn't need to take it to heart at all.

The little secretary looked down at her child, then sat by the wall by the door.

She looked at her son somewhat nervously, and the little boy also looked at her, "Go to that gentleman's side, he has some questions to ask you."

The little boy looked at the examiner not far away, somewhat hesitant. Just this hesitant action actually made his admission somewhat————not that stable.

Any private school is basically pursuing "higher and better." To put it bluntly, they need a large number of children of the powerful and privileged class to fill their schools to enhance the school's influence.

In the Federation, education this thing————is a bit unable to keep up with the development of society. The Federation established a Ministry of Education, but soon lowered the specifications of the Ministry of Education. Now it can be seen as the "Ministry of Education," but in reality, it is the "Education Resource Management Office," which is an office level, not a formal large department.

From this, it can be seen that the Federation has big problems in education, especially in public education.

Every state has different management offices for education, but they are also in the form of offices, and there are rarely large specialized government departments to handle this matter.

What truly promotes the cause of education are the capitalists of the Federation. From a certain point of view, private schools and public schools are a kind of————monopoly behavior of the upper society on knowledge, a monopoly on the upward channel of class.

The environment in ordinary public schools is becoming more and more relaxed, and because of the case "My child is as hard-working as his child, why do you only give him an F," the teachers in public schools have lowered their requirements for students.

This case is a very interesting case. A public school student returned home very discouraged. His parents asked him what happened at school, and he just took out a test paper with an "F" on it.

He only got three questions right in the exam, and more than twenty questions were all wrong. He apologized to his family and expressed that he had already worked very hard, but these problems were too difficult for him.

The family of this child immediately ran to the school and also called many media and reporters. They used many ways to attack the school's education problems.

And said that sentence—

"My child is as hard-working as his child, why do you only give him an F?!"

"This is naked discrimination, a denial of the child's efforts!"

This matter made a big noise, and the media also paid high-intensity attention for a period of time. They also said that the child suffered from severe psychological illness because of this "F," in short, everything was the school's problem, not their child's problem.

In the end, the school's teachers and principal collectively apologized to this student and his parents, and in subsequent exams, no matter what this child did, he would get an "A."

And because of this matter, more twists and turns were brought out. Some other children's parents also came to the school, and their "discussion" with the school was also very simple.

Why can a child who can't answer a few questions get an "A," while their children who get more and more scores on the test paper can only get a "B" or "C"?

After discussion, the school finally decided not to use academic performance as the performance of learning alone, but to include classroom performance, school performance, and social performance in many aspects.

To put it another way, the difference between scoring 100 and scoring 0 in the final score of learning might be the difference between ten points and nine points, that is, there is no difference.

Since the school solved the contradiction between the school and parents in this way, everything really became much more comfortable. The school teachers started encouraging education, encouraging them to play, enjoy, not assign homework, not let them show hard work in front of parents, and the bad things about working hard but not getting good feedback.

Every child will get an "A-" rating at the end of the semester, which makes every child very happy, and at the same time, parents have no worries.

What could be happier than their child getting a score close to full marks?

At the same time, this way of the school avoiding trouble also received some attention in society, and quite a few public schools began to learn from them.

They changed some deeper learning content into class activity classes and social activity classes, taking them to play, and then giving them a high score at the end of the semester. All conflicts and contradictions between students and the school disappeared at this moment, completely relaxed!

Public schools in the entire Federation began to learn this trend. It can be said that this is the beginning of "happy education." People no longer require children to study hard, but to work hard to be happy.

Originally, private schools mastered more knowledge and opportunities to contact knowledge than public schools. When happy education began to spread quietly, the knowledge they mastered had already formed a kind of monopoly on knowledge.

They have the power to select students, not students to select them, and the capitalization of education also makes what schools pursue not just as simple as "imparting knowledge to students"!

They are also expanding the school's influence by exerting influence on students and student families, letting them have deeper social relationship foundations.

To enter the school, learn knowledge, get the key to the upper society, at least one point needs to be satisfied—

Either, the student's family itself is a member of the upper society, stars and politicians. The school can have a good connection with these student families and expand the school's influence through them, bringing more tangible and intangible benefits to the school's investors.

Either, the student himself possesses strong learning ability. After all, those "little masters" in the school also need lackeys. Those who study well, or are more active, will eventually become the playmates and lackeys of these upper-class little masters.

Either, very rich, so rich that the school finds it difficult to refuse, for example, donating a library, or simply donating a large sum of cash directly.

If none of these points can be reached, then private schools, especially top-notch private schools, are not very willing to accept such students.

It's not that there is no way, there will always be ways, but more operations are needed.

The school the little secretary chose now is Manton's naturally best private school. It is said that several young children of the governor's family go to school here, as well as some other powerful people.

Entering here is equivalent to————getting the boat ticket to the bottom of the upper society. Although at the bottom, at least it can lead to the upper society.

After the door closed, there were only the examiner and the little secretary mother and son in the room.

The examiner signaled the little boy to sit down. He could see that this little boy had not received any family education before coming here, so basically, he could judge from his own experience that this little boy would most likely not be admitted.

However, as a qualified examiner, he would walk through the process and let this child and his mother know why he couldn't get in, and how far away he was.

"Can you introduce yourself first?", the examiner asked.

The little boy looked at his mother again, then nodded somewhat timidly, "Yes, sir."

He said his name, his hobbies, and some very fragmented things.

"That's it, thank you for your introduction, sir.", the examiner knew how to deal with these children, "Next, let's chat. Do you like watching TV or reading newspapers?"

He kept writing and drawing on a form in front of him, mainly putting crosses. A good school, a top-notch private school, needs strict process specifications.

In case someone comes to ask why this child was screened out in the future, there must be some evidence to prove that they are not making things difficult for anyone, just that he didn't perform well enough.

The little boy nodded and said, "I like watching TV."

The examiner put down the pen, and his hands were crossed with his index fingers supporting his chin, "I also like watching TV, because TV has pictures, has sound, and is more intuitive."

"Then, do you have any TV programs you like?"

The little boy said several programs he liked. The examiner asked with a smile, "I haven't seen this. It seems I missed some wonderful content. Can you tell me what the programs you like are talking about?"

"Pick one at random!"

This is an ability to summarize and re-output the content mastered in the past. If the little boy said he didn't like watching TV, then the examiner would give him a newspaper, let him read a piece of news in the newspaper, and then tell him what was said in the news.

This tests a child's logical thinking and expression ability. Of course, reading newspapers would be slightly stricter. This also requires the child to master a certain reading and writing ability, and this is precisely what aristocratic elite education will cover.

Children who started to contact reading and writing under the help of family tutors at the age of four or five will easily read and write. You know, you don't need to master many words to read and write smoothly now.

And summarizing and paraphrasing test personal ability.

The little boy said a lot, but could never grasp the point.

The little secretary sitting by the wall looked at the examiner's smiling expression and had an intuition that her son had already messed up these things!

Her face was somewhat ugly, she pursed her lips tightly, and her eyes were somewhat scattered, without focus.

After this "test question" ended, the examiner took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. Actually, there were two more tests to do, but he felt there was no need for anything.

He wrote the summary content on the test paper and then signed it. Not admitted.

Subsequently, he raised his head and looked at the little secretary, "No offense, I just looked at this material, it says you are single now?"

The young secretary came back to her senses, her hands gripping the straps of her handbag a bit nervously. "Yes, sir."

"Don't be nervous!", the examiner shook his head slightly, "Then————do you have a recommendation letter?"

"You know, for example, a recommendation letter from our school student family, a recommendation letter from some people with relatively high reputation in society."

The little secretary shook her head, her face was very bad, "I————don't have one."

The examiner sighed, closed the entire case file, and leaned back on the back of the chair. He looked at the little boy, then looked at the little secretary, "I am very sorry to do this, your child does not meet our school's admission standards."

"You can try other schools. There are many private schools in Manton, including elementary schools. You can try more schools."

"There are still a few months before the real start of school. You have plenty of time to find a more suitable one for him."

"We are here————", he shook his head very obviously, "I am very sorry."

"Of course, if you can find a recommendation letter before August 20th, the kind of recommendation letter that can play a key role, it is also okay."

The little secretary walked to her son's side, holding the little boy's hand, which was obviously a bit nervous, "Can I know————what he didn't do well enough?"

She wanted to summarize the experience here, and then let the little boy pass the test link of other schools later easily.

The examiner chuckled twice, "Our school recruits social elites. Either you have a lot of ways, or he is smart and capable enough."

"Look, the questions I gave him don't involve what he learned before coming here, but some of his thinking and thinking abilities. This can be seen without learning, but it is a pity."

He has already said "it is a pity" or "I am very sorry" many times. Of course, besides these problems, there is also a reason he didn't say, that is, this is a single-parent family.

Its future development is destined to be limited. Instead of letting this family invest so much money in the education of children who can't see the future, it is better to let this little boy go to a public school.

At least the money saved, maybe ten or twenty thousand, is enough to make this little boy's life now and in the future smoother than ordinary people.

The little secretary was somewhat unwilling, but still squeezed out some smiles, said a "thank you," and then led the little boy's hand away from here.

After going out, the little boy asked somewhat timidly, "I messed everything up, right?"

The little secretary squeezed out some smiles, touched the little boy's head, "No, everything is very good, this has nothing to do with you."

"We can try other schools. There are many schools recruiting students now."

Subsequently, they came to another private school they had inquired about. The same rules, no recommendation letter, no donation, then they had to accept the pre-admission test.

Almost the same process, the difference is that the process here is stricter. They let the little boy solve some math problems and some crossword puzzles. This is simply making things difficult for people!

Undoubtedly, the little boy was rejected again.

A whole morning plus half an afternoon, they ran to three private schools in total, and the results were all very bad.

The third private school is no longer Manton's first-tier private school. The admissions examiner directly told her that if she could donate twenty thousand dollars, she could also let this child enter the school to study, but was rejected by her.

She has money and can afford this money, but what she will face after paying this money, and what she will use to support the life that might be more than ten years later, she doesn't know.

Busy for most of the day, in the evening, she took the child back home. At noon, they didn't eat anything and spent it outside.

And the successive failures made her have no appetite to eat, just bought a hot dog for the little boy.

After returning home, she made some food, and then collapsed on the sofa in a daze.

After the little boy finished eating, he tidied up the dining table, and then came to the side of the sofa.

He sat on the carpet, hugging the little secretary's leg, "I messed everything up, right?"

The little secretary squeezed out some smiles, touched the little boy's head, "No, everything is very good, this has nothing to do with you."

The little boy was a bit sad. Although he didn't quite understand, he always felt that he had done something wrong, got up and returned to his room, closed the door, and sat silently.

The little secretary sighed, sat there in a daze, her mind was a bit messy.

At seven or eight o'clock, the little boy came out of the bedroom. He looked at the food on the dining table cautiously, and then looked at his mother who was collapsed on the sofa in a daze, walked to her side, and pulled her hand, "You should eat something, don't be sad, Mom."

"I will work hard!"

The little secretary squeezed out some smiles again, "I'm not hungry now————", she picked up the remote control, turned on the TV, "You can watch TV first————"

At this very moment, her gaze was attracted by the program on TV. She saw the family she was very familiar with.

William sat on the far right of the sofa, Emily sat on the far left, in the middle were Patricia and Victor, just playing to the link where the host and Victor were chatting.

The director edited this link more, because during this period of time, people were already familiar enough with William. He was already on the screen enough. People now want to know more about his family.

His wife, his children, and then look at these children.

The interaction between Victor and the host became the focus. He performed very well. The ways he answered those questions made people unable to pick out any flaws, and even the little secretary doubted whether these were rehearsed before.

It seemed that he had anticipated her, or other audiences might have doubts, and the host specifically expressed after this segment that there was no script between them, and everything was answered immediately.

She thought about it and felt that this was possible. After all, that was Victor Lawrence, a child of the Lawrence family, who had received elite family education from a young age. His family teachers might have many, not one or two.

She looked down at the little boy beside her, and then looked at Victor in the spotlight on the screen.

Both are William's children, why is the gap so big? ===== CHAPTER 1273 =====