Chapter 380 Library (Part 2)
Sheida Kahlo was not used to it.
The environment of Beskar Intermediate College is different from that of Wanhe Middle School. Both intermediate colleges are considered the head colleges of Star 732, and their teaching styles are also quite unique.
Wanhe Middle School is more cultural. They have relatively few purely military majors, and they offer elite education in small classes. Then there is the technical research major, which is relatively strong. The school has a dedicated team to take students to participate in various interstellar competitions and win many honors. The mecha department is also one of the majors that their school focuses on cultivating, and its strength ranks among the top three in the entire school.
Beska Intermediate College is called an alternative talent base. Because it is funded by the military, the school also focuses on developing military majors. The overall teaching style of both general majors and military majors has obvious traces of militarization.
In terms of comprehensive teaching strength between the two, Wanhe Middle School is actually stronger, with the latter being more diverse.
However, Wanhe Middle School also has obvious teaching problems. It is actually a chain of colleges, with corresponding colleges in the inner star system and the central star region. This one in the resident star system is only one of its branches.
Because of its hierarchical background, Wanhe Middle School inevitably pays great attention to family background and qualifications, and is a typical key college. The school is full of top students, even the teachers who teach there are no exception. If you don't have any skills, you will be discriminated against there, and mediocre people who are just waiting to die are not welcome.
Although Beskar Intermediate College will also examine the source of students, it will accept some students who are a little bit advanced or who are average in all aspects. The school also encourages students to explore their abilities and try more. Even if they achieve nothing in the end, the school will still have a group that can accommodate them. Students come from various backgrounds, but there is no obvious chain of contempt.
Not to mention the teachers at Beskar Intermediate College, sixty-seven out of ten who can teach here have some military background or are practitioners related to it. After all, this is considered the territory of the Eighth Army, and it is impossible to allow all forces to insert people in.
Overall, this is a relatively down-to-earth school with a simple style.
Carlo feels okay here, not as depressed as in Wanhe Middle School. I just don’t know if he hasn’t discovered the deeper level yet or if it’s just that simple here.
Anyway, Carlo adapted quite well when he was transferred here, but there was one thing he was not used to.
The students here are a little relaxed. There are relatively few people in the library during after-school hours, not as busy as those at Wanhe Middle School.
This made Carlo quite sad. It was a great time to study. How could children, especially those mecha students who needed long-term and in-depth study, be so relaxed? !
He took some time to inspect the library and found out why there were so few students coming to the library. The problem lay in the collection of books at Beskar Intermediate College.
I don’t know if this is a common problem in military-oriented schools. They always don’t consider the humanities aspect enough.
Beskar Intermediate College places more emphasis on practical courses. The school spends a lot of money to purchase mechas and experimental equipment for students, arranges various field trips, and even invites famous teachers from different fields to teach... …But they don’t take much consideration into students’ after-school self-study conditions. The library was built according to a standard scale, with a large collection of books, but most of them were purchased in bulk during construction. After they were purchased, they were placed in the library and managed intact without any review or screening. In fact, universities like this originally need to conduct an inventory and review of their library every year, and then eliminate and replace inappropriate versions. But these are not available at Beskar Intermediate College, and the management of the library is very loose.
Caro even found several incorrectly released editions in the mecha section of the library, which should have been recalled and destroyed more than a hundred years ago. Nowadays, they are still in the mecha section of the library for students coming and going to read and study. Isn't this nonsense?
He could understand that the styles of colleges with military backgrounds were rough, but he couldn't understand that they were so lax in terms of culture. Obviously, no matter what level of college you are in, the library is the most accessible public knowledge base for students.
For students with limited resources, a free and open library is also the beginning of their dream.
Beskar Intermediate College cannot continue like this. Since the school hired him as a senior teacher and gave him certain teaching rights, he will be the teacher of this school from now on. Sheida Kahlo must be responsible for his students.
He can't control the students of other majors that much, but the students of the mecha department must not continue to use this outdated library to make do with the next three years. Therefore, Carlo made a report to the school director, and after receiving permission, he personally compiled a new list and repurchased suitable books there.
As for those backward and wrong edition books that should be eliminated, the school is not sure. Because there are some unique and unique copies that are still out of date even now and are not easy to find on the market, it would be a pity to have them all eliminated. So Carlo volunteered to help re-screen.
He planned to spend a few nights to clear out the inappropriate versions in the mecha area, and he would try his best to take a look at the situation in other areas. The content is too much beyond his field and there is nothing he can do. Let’s see if the school is willing to bother to deal with it.
The last two times he came, the door was opened directly by the school. Both librarians were not on duty, so it was also the first time for the other librarian to see Carlo.
After explaining his purpose, the administrator seemed a little surprised, but he still happily agreed to help.
Sheida Kahlo couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was actually prepared to complain, if the administrator felt that he was looking for trouble and was unwilling to help... He could indeed do it himself, but it was nothing compared to having someone who knew the situation help. As expected, the people here at Beskar Intermediate College were easier to talk to, and most of the people he met were friendly.
The administrator immediately hung up the sign indicating that the service was suspended, walked out from behind the automatic sorting table, and was about to follow Carlo to the mecha area to have a look. Then he suddenly remembered, no, there seemed to be someone in the library. Five people left just now, and it seems that only one person is left...
It was the classmate who liked to flip through books, and she was still in the reading area. Should he ask her to come out first? Anyway, it's only about forty minutes before closing. It should be understandable to explain the situation clearly to the other party.
(End of this chapter)