Chapter sixty-six, entering middle school
September is coming soon, and as the Olympics ended, the weather gradually cooled down. Many people changed into long-sleeved clothes, but most people still dressed up in a relatively lightweight manner.
At the same time, it was time for Alice to enter middle school.
Since the early 19th century, Americans have believed that everyone should have the opportunity to receive the best education to develop their personal talents and abilities. This ideal of compulsory education has been continuously supported by the masses. Many leaders in the political and religious circles have pointed out that the prosperity and strength of the United States is actually due to the popularization of education.
Today, almost all American children receive at least 8 years of education, 75% graduate from high school and 25% graduate from four-year colleges and universities. The vast number of education programs have made the United States one of the most educated countries in the world.
At the same time, due to the partial independence of the legislative power of each state, the school year systems of each state are also different. Alice is not aware of the relevant situation in her previous life. Judging from her current experience, that is the current situation.
That is, you have to go to elementary school for six years, junior high school for two years, and then you go to high school for four years. When you graduate in the twelfth grade, you are basically eighteen years old. Then you love to take the college entrance exam and do other things if you don’t want to take the exam.
Theoretically speaking, based on the hundreds of thousands of dollars of property Alice earned in stock trading a few years ago, the whole family can move to a higher-level school district. However, the specific situation needs to be analyzed.
As for Alice herself, it doesn't matter which school she is taught, and if she is sent to Eton, she will 100% be clamoring for freedom to be deprived. As for Oscar and Hannah, when they are going to go to school, they will be sent directly to the joint accommodation middle school on the East Coast. This is how Alice gives her parents advice.
Hannah doesn't care about this decision, and after Oscar rolled his eyes a lot, he had to admit that he was really looking forward to it.
On the first day of school, Alice and Sissi walked into the campus together.
Looking at the bustling students in front of him, Alice said, "Dear, do you have any thoughts?"
Xixi looked around: "Thoughts? What do you think?"
"We have entered the seventh grade. From now on, we will no longer be elementary school students. If we want to return to St. Anto, we will be the dignified middle school elder sister~"
Xixi glanced at her with contempt: "Isn't it just a hundred extra yards?"
"Uh...this kind of thing cannot be based on space!"
Yes, it's really just a hundred extra yards.
St. Anto Elementary School, Johnson Middle School and Lincoln High School are completely next to each other, and residential areas within a radius of several miles are within their radiation range. It is no exaggeration to say that almost all primary and secondary school students in Culver City come here to study!
Walking from San Anto to Johnson, that is, from Alice’s No. 15 to Sissi’s No. 7, it’s as simple as visiting the neighbors!
"Oh, I'm going to school!"
At this moment, another girl's voice rang behind them: "Hey, are you two waiting for someone? Ah... Slowly, are you the new seventh-grade freshmen who are entering the school this year?"
This is a pretty blonde girl, obviously at the age of thirteen, wearing a long ponytail, wearing capable jeans and a T-shirt top, and she is also tall and toned like an athlete.
"Hello, I'm Alice Wang, this is Sissi Lawrence, are you?"
Alice was sure she had never seen this girl, after all, more than 60% of Johnson's students were ascended from San Anto.
"Oh, hello, my name is Ashley, Ashley O'Leary, our family only immigrated from Milan a while ago."
"Oh, are you Italian?"
Sissi's eyes suddenly lit up. She pushed Alice away, who was still about to chat with, shook hands with Ashley enthusiastically and said, "What an honor, I am a Frenchman, born in Paris!"
"Oh my goodness, really? Bonjour, mademoiselle, un-plaisir-de-vous-rencontrer!"
“Sault, mademoiselle,bienvenue-aux-?tats-Unis!”
"Ahem!"
Alice was really convinced by these two people, and they even started chatting in French. Although she didn't understand it, she was really depressed. After all, her French was not very good.
"Ashley? Well, Ciao, Qui-si-fa?"
In this way, with a simple greeting and reminder, Ashley reacted from the stimulation of her native language. But before Alice could say anything else, she suddenly let out a scream of surprise, and the fluent Italian language spit out extremely smoothly.
"Praise Maria! You can speak Italian too! Oh my god, I signed up at school on the first day and met not only a fellow European countryman, but also a Chinese girl who can speak her native language. I am so lucky!"
"Where is where, Mr. Pope can speak ten languages, I am still far from this number. Oh, Ashley, how do you make sure I am Chinese? Can't I be Japanese or Southeast Asian?"
Alice was really a little surprised. After all, for ordinary Europeans and Americans, Asians look the same, just like for Asians, Europeans are similar.
"It's obvious!"
Ashley's tone was high and fluctuating, and she spoke like an opera: "My mother is a famous costume designer in Milan. What are the characteristics of each race in the world? I learned these when I was very young."
"Clothing design? This is really good."
Alice patted Ashley's back and walked towards the school: "It's a pity that our grade is not high enough now. If you are in high school now, you can form a formal fashion design club. If you do it well, you can even directly establish a clothing brand!"
“It’s not that simple.”
Ashley waved her hand, and just as she was about to say something, a resentful voice rang out from behind.
"Please speak English, please."
In this way, middle school life began. The seventh grade courses are indeed very different from those of the sixth grade, but of course they are all within Alice's adaptability.
Since junior high school, there is no general concept of classes anymore. Each student has a different class schedule, and everyone goes to different classrooms to teach.
The school opens at 8 a.m. every day, students have to lock things they don’t use in the morning in their cabinets within 10 minutes and then enter the classroom. Each class is only 3 minutes. Since it is necessary to walk to different classrooms and time is tight, it is difficult for students to change books in the cabinets. Therefore, everyone walks around with the books they have to use for the whole half of the day. Except for going to school and after school, the school is not allowed to carry their schoolbags.
Of course, the classroom is arranged by the teacher himself, horizontally and vertically or in groups. However, all classrooms are equipped with 30 sets of tables and chairs, so the number of students in each course is less than 30.
As for Alice's current course schedule, she will attend the first class from 8:23, each class is 45 minutes. As for the most representative Monday, the first physical education class, the second is social science, and the third is mathematics class. In the fourth class, half is lunch time, half is foreign language, that is, about 23 minutes, and then the fifth class is reading, the sixth class is computer, and the seventh class is science.
After the English of the eighth class, which is the so-called Chinese language, it is time to finish school.
But it was only around 2:40. After a morning of intense study, I arrived at various clubs, interest groups and sports teams.
"Well, sure enough, ordinary clubs are really not challenging."
On the green lawn, Alice's fingers were sliding back and forth on the table. She was really confused about which club to choose after school.
"To you, it should be the most interesting computer club, right?"
As soon as he said this, Xixi realized that something was wrong: "Ah... Actually, according to your level, it is the most boring one."
"Just you know~"
Alice rolled her eyes. It has been half a month since school started. She has tried almost all the clubs in the school, but none of them really satisfy her.
After all, in the final analysis, the classmates around me are still too young, and many things are too naive to do in Alice's eyes.
"What should I do~?"
Chapter completed!