Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 738 Delicious but Dumplings

Don’t think that only the Chinese will invest heavily in the education of the next generation, the same is true for white people, especially when education is mixed with too many other factors, let alone 15, the principal of the affiliated elementary school has a black eye, even if it is [-] Christies Ann is also willing to pay.

Now that he has been seen through, Pierce no longer hides it, and simply asks his assistant to call Steele over.

After seeing Rock and Louis Botha, who were half-smiling on the sofa, Steele wiped his eyes several times before making sure that he was right, and then one thousand rand directly became three thousand.

"Each of us is worth a thousand." Luo Ke had nothing to say. With such a principal, he deserved the prosperity of Sunset Primary School in the future.

"It's the first time I know that I'm so valuable." Louis Botha's expression was very complicated. Nyasaland is amazing. The merchants of Toria are different.

"Your annual salary is [-] rand, which is worth more than [-]." Rock glared at the cheerful Pierce, and it was hard to imagine how many such checks there were in his dilapidated desk.

In the twinkling of an eye, it was time for get out of class to end, and the quiet campus suddenly became noisy. Countless students in neat school uniforms rushed out from each classroom to fill the playground in the corridor and the open garden in the center of the teaching area. Ta also had an aunt smile on her face.

The school uniforms of Nyasaland are still very distinctive. Boys are all Western-style suits, with a small vest, and a bow tie can be worn as an evening dress. Girls’ school uniforms are small suits and knee-high The skirt, the red plaid skirt with Scottish characteristics, coupled with white stockings and black round-toed leather shoes, is really hard not to make people feel relaxed and happy.

These clothes are all custom-made from the Johannesburg textile factory. The price of each set is 5.5 rand, which basically makes no money. The same clothes cost 12 rand in Itnor, and the texture and style are exactly the same.

Rock didn't feel much when he saw such a scene, but when Louis Botha thought of the children who helped out on the farm in Orange, he felt extremely complicated.

These children who have the opportunity to receive a complete education, and those children who help on the farm, should have completely different occupations when they grow up. Some of the children here may become lawyers, accountants, engineers, or even enter the federal government as senior officials. Officials, Orange's children, if they are the eldest son Edward, will probably still become farmers when they grow up, but the future of other children is bleak, and most of them will become poor whites.

I hope that they will have the opportunity to immigrate to Canada or Australia, so that they can also become farmers.

Damn primogeniture!

"Locke, how much does Nyasaland invest in education every year?" Louis Botha was determined that Orange must not be marginalized.

"It's hard to say. There are many sources of income for the Nyasaland Education Bureau. As you can see, the state government and the city government only account for a part of the funds. Social donations are the big ones. Private donations are not much. Nyasaland There are more corporate donations. The Sunset Primary School was actually donated by the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group. The original purpose was to facilitate the children of the military industrial group employees to go to school. The King’s Road Primary School was also donated by the Military Industrial Group. There are several kindergartens and a All the middle schools under construction are donated by the military industrial group.” Rock is still proud that Nyasaland’s education system is forming a virtuous circle, and some graduates of Nyasaland University also donate, and this part will grow over time There will be more and more.

Compared with corporate donations, alumni donations have a broader prospect, but there is a premise here. At least the memories left by the school for students during their school days are good, so that they have the motivation to donate. If students are full during their school days If you are bullied and punished in isolation, let alone donate money, if you don't retaliate when you turn around, you will be inclusive.

Of course, at this stage, corporate donations are still the main force. Companies like the Nyasaland Military Industry Group or the Rand Bank make millions in profits every year. Donating to a school is only a dozen or 20 even if the standard is high. Wan, this kind of project is usually handed over to Christian's construction company, or the engineering army in southern Africa. The cost is actually very low, hello, hello, hello, everyone.

"What about all the investments?" Louis Botha was determined.

"If all the investment is added up, the Orange State government can't afford it—" Roque said truthfully, Nyasaland has developed for nearly ten years before it has the current economic strength, and the Orange State government has no chance. Now, forcibly looking like Nyasaland can only bring humiliation.

"The education system in Nyasaland was not established overnight. When Nyasaland first started compulsory education in 1902, there was a serious shortage of teachers in the school. On average, there were more than 100 students in each class, and one school There are only a dozen teachers. Many of the teachers in Nyasaland are the first batch of students in Nyasaland. Many of them actually have the opportunity to receive a higher level of education, and are eligible to return to their homeland, or They went to Europe to go to university, but they gave up these opportunities and would rather leave the opportunities to their younger siblings. The adult education now offered by Nyasaland University is to compensate these teachers. As long as they are willing, even during work, they You can also continue to receive education and get an official Nyasaland University diploma." Rock couldn't help feeling agitated, Nyasaland's current situation is really not the work of Rock alone.

It is a frustrating reality to say that in Nyasaland, it is not uncommon for graduates from the sixth grade to return to teach the first grade. Rock also wants to set high standards and strict requirements, but the resources of teachers are really not enough to spend money on. fixed.

"Give me a few graduates from Nyasaland University. I guarantee that they will all be able to work in the Orange State Department of Education. There is absolutely no problem with their personal treatment." Louis Botha was silent for a long time. In 1902, "Peace Agreement" " hadn't been signed yet, and Louis Botha was still fighting guerrillas in the mountains.

Slow step by step, slow step by step. The federal government really started to implement compulsory education in 1907. At that time, the first batch of students who received compulsory education in Nyasaland were almost graduating from elementary school. It's not too far away now, but unfortunately, compulsory education has been implemented for three years, and the enrollment rate of school-age children in Orange State is only a pitiful 30.00%.

If Luis Botha remembers correctly, the enrollment rate of school-age children born locally in Nyasaland has reached 90.00%, and the remaining one percent basically do not meet the enrollment requirements.

"No problem." Rock agreed very happily. Louis Botha had already run out of the olive branch, and Rock had to express something more or less.

This is not a bad thing. It is undeniable that some Boers are extremely xenophobic, but this proportion is very small. Most of the Boers who were extremely xenophobic died in the Boer War. Most of the Boers today are still peaceful.

When it was lunch time, Rock and Louis Botha were also eating in the dining room of Sunset Primary School.

This gave Louis Botha a new experience. Louis Botha knew that Nyasaland was rich, and he also knew that Roque would not be stingy in this regard, but he did not expect that an ordinary lunch could be so rich .

Beef, milk, eggs, and fruits are absolutely nutritious. The staple food is a food that Louis Botha has never seen before. After Roque introduced it, Louis Botha knew that this kind of food is called dumplings.

"Try it, it's a wonderful food, the production process is very complicated, the fillings are various, nutritious and easy to digest, the Chinese only eat it on the grandest festivals—" Rock doesn't eat beef and eggs. It was a joy to eat a large plate full of dumplings with garlic and dipping sauce.

"Can you stop eating garlic, it's too smelly—" Louis Botha still disliked it.

Rock didn't answer, but casually pointed to a plate of peanuts next to the dinner plate.

"What do you mean?" Louis Botha still didn't understand.

"Eating a few peanuts after eating garlic will make your mouth tasteless." Rock despises, simple common sense of life, don't be so knowledgeable, okay?

Luis Botha was dubious, so he tried the way of eating Roque.

Then I immediately regretted it. Rock's taste was a bit strong. The dipping sauce was chili oil, soy sauce, vinegar, and garlic. Whoever eats it will know. Anyway, Louis Botha was in tears.

Rock was not in the mood to laugh at Louis Botha. The lunch at Sunset Primary School was pretty good. It could be seen that the school really put a lot of effort into logistics. The lunch was well prepared, and the students continued to work in an orderly manner. Eat honestly, basically there is no waste. After eating, I still know to take the initiative to rinse the plate before sending it back.

It doesn’t matter if it’s clean or not. You’ll definitely have to brush it again when you get to the back kitchen. The key is to cultivate this habit, do your own things, and benefit from a small start for life.

"Do you want to attend a class later?" Rock had a suggestion after finishing the meal, and there was no need to wash the dishes. Zach was very diligent and didn't need Rock to do it.

"Forget it, I don't understand—" Louis Botha said bluntly. The primary schools in Nyasaland are all bilingual. Chinese and English are both official languages. They are also mixed in teaching. Well, Louis Botha really doesn't understand Chinese.

In other words, if the elementary school teachers in Nyasaland returned to the Qing Dynasty, they would at least be qualified to be translators. No matter how bad the English skills of the teachers were, they would be much better than Liang Dingxin at the beginning.

So people earn the current salary is really emboldened.

ps: It’s Chinese New Year, Yutou wishes all brothers and sisters a happy family and a smooth career, you are rich——

(End of this chapter)