After dark, most of Mexico City plunges into darkness. Patrolled armed vehicles slowly run along the cleared streets, and the rumble of their wheels scares away any kid who dares to come out to cause trouble.
In the past two years, people either found a place to stay quietly after dark, or went out to fight for their lives, depending on whether they were hungry. But after Diego's regime fled, the new rulers like to keep idlers waiting.
All organized.
"Why do you always like to organize people, and organize them forcibly?" Anji stood outside a classroom, looking at the densely packed heads of people in the classroom. The building she was in was the only one with lights on in the entire street.
There are lights because this is a night school.
Due to the lack of technical personnel, several coal-fired power stations near Mexico City are operating very erratically. The power supply is intermittent at night. Anji saw the lights in the building flashing several times, but with high-energy batteries as supplement, the power supply was short-lived.
The duration of the power outage does not have much impact.
However, even if the power supply is adequate, the conditions of night schools are quite poor - the biggest feature is that there are few qualified teachers. There are too many people in Mexico who need to be literate, and most of the educated people have more important positions.
Anji could hear the uneven reading sounds coming from the night school. There were often more than two hundred people crammed into a classroom, and everyone only watched the images and sounds of the projector for mechanical video teaching.
At the teaching site, there is only one teacher with half a bucket of water to provide guidance. Sometimes there is not even a tutor, only soldiers with guns and live ammunition to maintain order.
In contrast, although David Lawrence reopened educational institutions, they were all prepared for the upper class. Due to the lack of young children and teenagers who need to enter school in the current society, the basic education of the fraternity has basically stagnated, and higher education has basically stagnated.
Not open to the lower classes of society.
As for night classes for re-education of adults, such things do not exist in fraternities.
After the Ministry of Agriculture learned that the Army Corps was forcibly carrying out literacy and knowledge enhancement, Angie asked to visit their education system. The normal elementary and middle schools did not attract her much attention, but this night school for the bottom class was very novel.
Regarding Anji's question, the principal of the night school had no choice but to smile and said: "I don't know why the Legion spends a lot of manpower and material resources to run night schools, because it is opposed by almost everyone."
"Everyone is opposed?" Chandra, who was following him, was a little surprised. "Although it costs a lot, I must say that it is necessary to educate the bottom class of society about illiteracy. Why are there people who are opposed to it?"
On the other side, Eugene snorted coldly. He seemed to have seen through the essence of the matter, "Teaching hundreds and thousands of poor people how to write their names is just for publicity and show. It shows the benevolence and generosity of the ruler. But
What good can such a silly trick do?"
The principal of the night school immediately retorted: "It's not hundreds or thousands of people, but millions of people who need education. Our night school is just an ordinary one. Currently, there are more than a hundred night schools opened in Mexico City alone."
millions?
Not only did Eugene not believe it, but Angie and Chandra were also shocked.
How much effort does it take to make millions of people illiterate? Books and teaching aids alone cost a lot of money, let alone organizing so many people to study.
The principal of the night school continued to smile bitterly, "Yes, it's a few million. Because there are too many people, it is said that even Miss Fox is clearly opposed to it, but the commander of the regiment wants to forcefully promote the night school and achieve results in a short period of time.
But you have to know that most of the people who come to class are extremely tired during the day. They want to go to bed early at night and have no idea of the use of learning. And because there are not enough teachers, civil servants in the army are also forced to attend night classes.
This causes even more dissatisfaction.”
It does sound unpopular.
But Anji saw through the glass window that the people in the classroom were studying very seriously. People inside were reading along with the teaching videos on the projector, or holding pens and copying and practicing. She still frowned and asked: "I see
It’s no secret how much these people hate learning, they are quite serious.”
The principal of the night school even smiled bitterly, "Because there are exams every week. If you fail to pass the exam, you will be kicked out of the corps system. If you leave the corps, you will have no jobs, no relief, and nothing. At first, some people tried to cause trouble after being eliminated, but they were
Shot on the spot.
Our Corps Commander has spoken on the radio and in newspapers many times on education issues. He made it clear that no one is allowed to undermine his education system. This is a basic policy related to the stability of the Corps. Anyone who dares to obstruct it will be shot."
This is an unheard of policy, it’s so barbaric!
"Is there such a thing?" Eugene, who was still expressing ridicule just now, was stunned. "Forcing millions of people to receive education, what does Victor Hugo want to do? What's the point of educating millions of primary school students and junior high school students?
"
Regarding this problem, the principal of the night school sighed and pointed to the light that had just flickered again and said: "We are very short of technical personnel. For example, the power supply requires a large number of electricians.
It is said that our entire army cannot recruit 20,000 qualified electricians, but just to restore Mexico City to normal operations, we need 40,000 to 50,000 electricians. The gap is too big.
In addition to power supply, we also need water supply, we need road maintenance, we need to repair various broken machinery, and we need many, many workers. These are things that the current society cannot provide.
It is said that the Legion has currently counted a population of about one million, of which only more than 200,000 have a middle school education or above. This is a figure close to Mexico City. There are more people in rural areas far away from Mexico City, and there are even more illiterate people.
"
The principal of the night school was also Mexican. Before he could lament the poor situation in his country, Eugene, who had been thinking about it, waved his hand and said: "This matter should be left to the market to improve. Educated people get higher incomes, so people
Naturally, I will find ways to learn and improve myself.
Forcing people to attend night classes is a violation of personal freedom and human rights, and can easily lead to a rebellious mentality. And the tragedy of shooting people because they are unwilling to study is too perverted."
After expressing his opinion, Eugene looked at Angie and Chandra, "What do you think? Isn't this what we in America used to be like?
We have the best universities in the world, cultivate the best scientific and technological talents, and have always occupied the pinnacle of science and technology. Our method is correct. We never force people to go to school."
Angie's mind is a little confused. The education she received since she was a child is "natural human rights", and she has never heard of forcing others to go to school. And Eugene said that the United States has the best universities in the world, which is an undeniable fact.
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It can be said that the compulsory education system that Victor Hugo advocated with such great fanfare and huge expenditure was a mistake, and Angie felt from the bottom of her heart that it was not necessarily wrong. After all, in the past, a large number of people at the bottom of society were mediocre because of lack of knowledge, well...
…, Our great America has its own national conditions here!
One class lasts forty-five minutes, and there are three or four classes in one night. When the video teaching ended, noisy screams immediately sounded in the entire classroom. Many people had headaches from studying. One was the pain of learning;
It’s the pain of exams.
The cruel and ruthless elimination system makes people have to work hard.
Seeing that the students were complaining non-stop, the principal of the night school immediately organized the few teachers to answer questions. Many people asked questions in a barrage, and the thirst for knowledge was extremely strong - if you don't study, you will almost die.
!
In addition to studying, the night school also provides a late-night snack - the luncheon meat tube from decades ago is enough. After the rabbit family has eaten, there is also the bear family's meal, and even after the furry bear family has finished eating, there is still the Eagle Sauce family's meal.
Anyway, the five big gangsters may be short of others, but they have plenty of lunch meat that has been hoarded for decades.
Regarding the lively scene in the classroom, Angie asked her Chandra: "Teacher, why do you think Victor did this? If millions of people are really being trained, the cost of lunch meat alone would be extremely high.
It’s huge. And if you can’t learn, you will be eliminated. This is too cruel.”
Chandra sighed and said for a long time: "Maybe Commander Hugo didn't regard these people as human beings at all. He was not affected by ordinary people's emotions when formulating policies. He needed skilled workers, so he trained them.
Those who are eliminated will be eliminated, do you think he will care?"
Anji had already recognized Zhou Qingfeng's cold-bloodedness towards ordinary people. But Eugene was stunned when he heard this. He was suddenly a little afraid of this kind of unscrupulous policy to achieve the goal. Especially if he puts himself in the shoes of those poor people who are receiving education.
Do you have to study hard in order to survive?
And it won't be long before the Aurora Legion will have a large number of quick-service skilled workers, which sounds like a very remarkable achievement.