Chapter 1400 Education (first update, book subscription)
There is no countryside here!
There are only city circles and satellite cities!
Many travelers describe this "countryside-less" place in their travel notes.
Is there really no countryside?
Yes, no!
There really is no countryside here, at least to some extent. However, there are some settlements between plantations, most of which were transformed from past settlements.
These settlements varied in size, with the largest ones having a population of only a few thousand, and the people here often worked on nearby plantations and farms.
To a certain extent, this is the countryside, if it is the countryside.
The town was silent at this time - because most people were working in nearby plantations, and it was working time, and there were hardly many people in the town.
Walking on the streets of the small town, Nancy looked curiously and then said.
"It seems to be similar to what I saw in the movie."
"Indeed, these buildings are basically constructed according to standard drawings, with the civic center and school in front as the center..."
Li Yian pointed to the two buildings in front and said:
“Look there is the Civic Center and the school.”
Basically all the civic centers and schools here look the same, they are all built from the same drawings.
"I seem to have been there. They were all built using unified drawings, right?"
Because she had been to a civic center before, Nancy couldn't help but feel a sense of déjà vu when she saw that civic center.
"Yes, due to cost considerations, unified drawings were used, which also made these places less distinctive. However, because of this, everyone will have a sense of belonging when they arrive at the Civic Center, because all citizens The centers are basically the same.”
Not basically, but all the same! Except for some differences in interior decoration, there is no other difference. They are all built according to unified drawings.
The same goes for schools. According to the number of students, the school buildings are divided into several levels. For example, the school in that small town belongs to category D, which is the lowest level.
In such a small town, a plantation is also a school, so Li Yian and his party went to this school.
Faced with the sudden visit of Your Excellency, the principal was naturally so excited that he even stuttered when speaking.
"Your Excellency, students are in class now, otherwise..."
Just when the principal was about to speak, Li Yian said:
"No need to disturb the students in class. Well, where is your music classroom? I'll go there and have a look."
The reason why I proposed to visit the music classroom is because generally speaking, schools in remote areas have backward infrastructure, which is reflected in hardware such as music classrooms and libraries.
Although here, all schools are built according to standard drawings. Stadiums and swimming pools are a must.
However, Li Yian still wanted to see it in person. See if those facilities are fully utilized and not just there as a decoration.
"Ah, so... Classroom 1 is in session now, let's go to Classroom 2."
Soon they came to a music classroom. There were pianos, guitars, saxophones and other musical instruments in the music classroom. When they saw some footprints on the platform, Li Yian asked:
"Do children usually take music lessons here?"
"Yes, Your Excellency, although our school is a little remote, the teacher configuration is still very complete. There are three music teachers, two of whom can also teach art, and the only music teacher can teach dance..."
The principal specifically emphasized:
"They are all of European descent. One teacher married from Russia last year. She was a member of the Kiev Symphony Orchestra before. Since her arrival, our school has continuously won awards in local inter-school music competitions."
Married from Russia... The principal's answer made Li Yian smile slightly in his heart. Since Khrushchev's visit a few years ago, the Soviet Union has unilaterally exempted visas for this country.
Unlike the Soviet Union where it is difficult for people to apply for a passport to go abroad, applying for a passport here will be approved as long as you apply. Therefore, many people travel to Russia every winter.
And what are the by-products of tourism?
It's love!
For many Russians, marriage is their only way to leave the country. Therefore, those who travel to Russia can easily gain the love of local women.
And those Russian women generally have received higher education. After all, education in the Soviet Union is still very developed, especially in terms of artistic expertise. Basically all Russian women can play music or dance.
So in the past few years, the school has had many music, dance and gymnastics teachers from Russia. They are all Russian women who married here.
"Your Excellency, you see, this is their award-winning photo."
Following the direction of the principal's finger, Li Yian walked over and saw a group photo of teachers and students. The blonde girl in the photo was quite beautiful.
Looking at the teacher in the photo, Nancy couldn't help but say.
"Well, she is so beautiful, but I didn't expect there to be Russians here."
"We welcome everyone here."
Of course, this kind of welcome is conditional, and a woman with both talent and beauty like this certainly welcomes it. As for those "black nobles", they must be turned away.
"Our economy and education have made great progress in the past few years, which is directly related to the influx of immigrants from various countries."
Just as Li Yian was explaining, he noticed Nancy's eyes falling on the window sill, seeming to be observing something.
"Is there anything different?"
“The walls here are really thick.”
Nancy said with some surprise.
"It looks like it's two feet thick. Why build such a thick wall?"
As if she had discovered something, Nancy wondered.
"It seems that here, only the houses in the civic center and the school are made of bricks. The houses of ordinary people are all made of wood. Is there any special purpose for this?"
"Specially..." Li Yian thought for a while. He said it without any concealment.
“The school is a refuge of sorts here.”
"Shelter?"
"Yes."
Nodding, Li Yian explained.
"Sometimes we have to consider arrangements under special circumstances, such as earthquakes, typhoons, and wars. Therefore, public buildings such as schools have been specially reinforced. Their walls are stronger and a large number of of steel bars.”
These brick walls are not simply brick walls, with reinforced concrete reinforcements between the brick walls. The war left an extremely deep impression on people, especially Germany, which was successively bombed by the Allied forces. Facing the razed cities, those construction engineers fully considered this when designing those buildings after they came here. There is a threat of war.
How to protect the people inside the building during bombing became something they considered at the beginning of the design, so these buildings were carefully reinforced.
Although the cost of a well-fortified house is high, it is worth the money to use it in a school. After all, it is the children who are protected here.
What's more, in addition to the threat of war, there are also threats of disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons. Therefore, all schools here can be described as fortresses.
"According to the design, the walls of the school building can block the damage caused by a 250kg bomb exploding at close range. You see, the window glass here is made of wired glass. After being shattered by the shock wave, there will be no glass fragments. And the windows are also The steel structure, linear window sill can be equipped with sandbags to integrate the window and the wall. ”
In fact, there are many details around the school, and the details are all driven by the need to protect the school and the people in the school as much as possible during the war.
Although these school buildings cannot prevent nuclear war, they have a certain protective effect. However, most of the time, these fortified school buildings are used to protect against the threats posed by natural disasters.
After all, sometimes natural disasters such as earthquakes are the greatest threats facing humanity.
Listening to Li Yian's explanation, Nancy looked around and said:
"You are very considerate. But this is just a small school."
In her opinion, the possibility of encountering war in a small place like this is almost zero.
"Yeah, but so what?"
Li Yian smiled and said:
"We always want to give them the best. Within the scope of our ability, this is what we should do. We cannot say that for schools in big places, we give them the best. For schools in small places, we give them the best. Bad.”
When he said these words, he spoke with more emotion. After all, he was born in a small place in the 18th tier, where the teaching facilities were very crude and completely incomparable with those in big cities. Even so, it is still very different from rural schools.
The gap between schools is like this, sometimes it is really one day and one place. It is precisely because he has witnessed this gap that Li Yian is extremely concerned about the issue of educational equity.
Just like the joint college entrance examination here, people will never be treated differently just because they have a Chang'an household registration, because the college entrance examination here has a unified score line, and people from this place will not be given extra care just because of where the university is.
"Fairness, educational fairness. Sometimes it is very difficult to achieve it, but we must try our best to create some kind of fairness through our own efforts.
At least we have not neglected investing in hardware for these schools just because they are remote. ”
Pointing to the musical instruments in the classroom, Li Yian said:
"You see, the teaching facilities here are exactly the same as the schools in Chang'an. There will be no shortcomings because of its remote location. This is the most basic fairness. If we can't even do this, what are we talking about? What about fairness? ”
After asking the question, Li Yian said to the principal on the side:
"Is there anything the school needs my help with?"
Is there anything the school needs help with?
In response to your inquiry, the principal stated one by one where the school needed help, both in terms of hardware and teachers. Naturally, Li Yian asked people to write it down and discuss it with the relevant departments after returning to the official residence. Discuss how to solve these problems.
Clearly these problems are not limited to one school but certainly involve many others.
Finally, Li Yian met the teachers and students again in the school auditorium, delivering a speech and communicating face-to-face with the students, encouraging them to study hard and realize their personal ideals through learning. Afterwards, he took photos with these students according to different classes.
For these children, this is undoubtedly a surprise and should be said to be the most memorable moment in their lives.
I don’t know how many children always hang their photos at home. From childhood until adulthood, the group photo hangs in a prominent place in their home.
Nancy watched all this silently. After leaving school, she thought about it and said.
"I find that you are different from American politicians."
When Li Yian was a little confused, Nancy said.
"You are more sincere by comparing them to them. I can see that your concern for those children and education comes from the bottom of your heart."
The woman's words made Li Yian think for a moment, and then said:
"Care about education and children... This is what a politician must do. After all, children are our future. If they don't care, what kind of care do those who keep claiming to care about human beings have?" What?”
Nancy thought for a moment and said:
"That is false concern, a hypocritical person."
"It's up to you to discover it yourself."
Li Yian laughed and said, but he really liked to train the girl in front of him according to his own ideas.
How can she be trained to look like?
But plans can never keep up with changes. Just when Li Yian was halfway through his inspection trip, an unexpected incident forced him to end his trip.
(End of chapter)