Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Ned Roddy continued:
"Do you remember? It was the students who were eager to learn and who were in serious trouble because of money.

They urgently need to make a choice due to family or social pressure, so I gave them a part of the funding, settled them temporarily, and then rented a new classroom for them, which is a commercial house not far from our night school. It is very close to the street police station and is safer than other places.

My classmates are in charge of their teaching - of course they use the textbooks you give.

I copied some because it was too painful to read the textbook on my phone. "

Chen Yan originally wanted to ask, you are renting a house, arranging students, and distributing textbooks, where does the money come from?

This sentence was not uttered, because Chen Yan quickly realized that Ned Roddy himself was a poor man, so poor that he had to sleep on the street, the money he could pay of course came from the salary Chen Yan paid him!

Chen Yan clearly knew this and responded:

"You may need an education fund, Mr. Roddie."

Ned Roddy knew that Mr. Baldo would continue to devote himself to the night school, so he was not surprised by this response.

From another perspective, Mr. Baldo is only concerned with the issue of "the school has no money to spend", rather than the unvetted student status, which further illustrates his motives-this invisible rich man is unwilling to The philanthropist who reveals his identity is only interested in education.

"Is it people who desperately need knowledge to change their lives?
Yes, they are the people who are most likely to be changed by knowledge, they are the vanguard, and most of them who have the strongest subjective initiative will change their lives after receiving education——

Ned Roddy said in a joking tone:
"It would be great if I could become a council member of Yanan City, maybe I can try to make a motion on compulsory education!"

The motives of the two coincided.

Chen Yan didn't know.

Ned Roddie reported an exact figure:

In these recent chapters (the current one includes the next few chapters), I have learned to use some expressions in Lao En’s literature, so there are many long sentences that use inversions, which seem relatively obscure. I personally think this is the case. The way of expression is very powerful, so I used it like this.

Ned Roddy spent three seconds chewing the word carefully before opening his mouth cautiously:

There was no sound on the phone.

Some nouns cannot be used and have to be replaced with other ones, so when readers read it, sometimes they suddenly feel uncomfortable. This is normal, and there is no problem with the plot (I haven’t found it yet).

"The good news is that after this group of students enrolled, more people know about our night school. Those people have more complicated composition and their purpose is not pure, but I think we can choose from them..."

Ned Roddy understood what he meant—what they were trying to do now would definitely not see results in their lifetime.

After a while, Chen Yan's thoughts were pulled back by Ned Roddie's words.

"With all due respect, Mr. Baldo, this is coercion..."

"Mr. Roddie, do you have any concerns?"

Ned Roddie replied:
"Thank you, Mr. Baldo."

After receiving education, as a skilled worker—a skilled worker with ideals in life, he will use his actual actions to transform the world. Although he can do very little, if there are many such skilled workers, it will be It must be able to make a big change in society.

"But now people don't have compulsory education. With our ability, we can only set up night schools first, and educate those who have a strong desire for knowledge. Only in this way can we spread knowledge with the highest efficiency... instead of trying to save people who are hard to save. By."

"Mr. Baldo, please believe me, I know how difficult it is to change such a person."

"Yes, compulsory education is compulsory education, and people must receive education—this is beyond doubt."

"I stand by my opinion, Mr. Baldo."

Ned Roddy is a serious heretic. If it weren't for the chaos in Yanan City during this period, the choral group in Yanan City was busy launching a new round of power struggles with the imperial officials who parachuted to the Senate over the air port. The intrigue of the wheel, otherwise he would have been dealt with long ago.

Ned Roddie immediately raised his blood pressure. It turned out that Mr. Baldo held such a view, so what he said with his heart and soul just now was completely self-indulgent!
He wants to refute Chen Yan, and wants to teach Chen Yan with lofty ideals such as "there is no difference between people" and "everyone deserves to be saved".

When he finished speaking, Chen Yan's consciousness returned to his mind.

While Chen Yan was away, Ned Roddy continued:

Ned Roddie's eye sockets vibrated:
"In a few generations... can we see that future?"

He pretended to blame himself and said:

"I haven't heard... the so-called obligation is the obligation of the House of Representatives to provide education for the people?"

He shook his head vigorously, throwing distracting thoughts out of his mind:

Ned Roddy was greatly shocked by Mr. Baldo's firm voice. He faintly felt that this was too radical, but it seemed reasonable...

Chen Yan said:

So, to avoid embarrassment, he quickly ended the conversation:
"Then, Mr. Bardo, I look forward to contacting you on the next phone call. In addition, please screen the list of students in the roster as soon as possible!"

Those children who can't make money and can't go to school, those half-children who are in adolescence and have nowhere to vent their distress, and those little girls who are full of longing for a better life, what should they do?
Children who can't make money are bound to go elsewhere, and if you give them an education, if you put them in school, some of the big social problems will be solved. "

He repeated again:

Chen Yan listened quietly, the noisy sounds of pedestrians on the street outside the window and diners in the shop seemed to become less harsh, and the sound of Swarm's lip smacking excited by the food became less annoying, his His eyes looked at the busy figure of Awei in the store, but his mind had already drifted to Yanan City, and fell on the voice of Ned Roddy in the dilapidated office.

Chen Yan did not answer this question, but said:
"But if we do nothing, there is no possibility of even seeing that future."

But after those words came to his lips, he couldn't utter them, because what Chen Yan was talking about with him was reality, not ideals.

In an environment like Yanan City where labor is everywhere and skilled workers are in short supply, it is easy for them to find a relatively high-paying job and be able to support their families.

Ned Roddy clearly knew the answer to this question, so he didn't answer it.

The person who invented tip must be a genius in sociology. It is just such a small thing that provokes the contradiction between the same kind of people. This contradiction exists invisible in every day life, and subtly makes people The distance between them has become farther—tipping has a unique historical mission.

"How many generations."

He went on to say:

Chen Yan interrupted him:

Chen Yan said:

Chen Yan did not answer his question directly, but said:

He couldn't hold back in the end, and continued with mixed emotions:
"If the compulsory education you mentioned just now can be realized, how many years will it take to see the results?"

Chen Yan hung up the phone, her eyes were dull, and Ned Roddie's words echoed in her head.

When I was writing the latest chapter, I was still uneasy. Some things are really difficult to grasp the scale. I have been thinking about the scale when writing, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable if the book is gone...

Chen Yan said affirmatively:
"Yes, several generations, and every generation must continue to receive education-not only the education at the compulsory education stage, but also should continue to study after participating in labor practice-this is the biggest role of evening schools."

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He didn't mention the previous matter at all, and Ned Roddy also tacitly stopped pursuing it.

"I have thought many times, who should be educated?"

As the people themselves, receiving education is also an obligation—receiving education, getting rid of ignorance, and making contributions to society—it is their obligation as a social citizen to contribute to everyone.

Chen Yan replied:
"I'll transfer £60 to your account, and I'll trouble you to work hard at school."

The happiest days of a month are the few days at the end of the month. Only these days can I know that someone is actually reading my book.

Ned Roddy confessed:

"Those people can't be saved."

Instead of saving those garbage people who are full of stink and earn wages to buy alcohol immediately, even whether their children can eat or not, it is better to pay attention to the children who cannot work in factories because of the new law——

The reality is that those who are even a little bit older - those adults over the age of 20 or even younger - have irreversibly solidified their minds, most of them have been unable to accept new knowledge, and their ingrained unique moral Ideas are even less likely to change. (Note: please substitute British Empire workers in the steam age, not any young people from other eras)

Ned Roddy continued:
"Having said that - let's think about it in reverse, those who completely hate knowledge, don't know what knowledge is, don't know why they want to learn knowledge, and even hate knowledge, aren't they the group of people who urgently need to be educated?
No, we should spread knowledge to such people - I understand the difficulty - our hard work may be wasted on such people, because they are the scum of this society, no different from autism , I have an uncle who is such a person.

There was no response on the phone, but Ned Roddy couldn't be sure if he had made the other party laugh, because Mr. Bardo was probably a new immigrant, and most new immigrants couldn't find the funny point in the empire's cold jokes.

No matter what the real identity of the other party is, he obviously has his own unique understanding of the society, and he didn't do this on the spur of the moment.

Ned Roddy finally understood Mr. Baldo's underlying logic, which made him relax a lot.

"The people pay taxes to the House, and the House has an unquestionable duty to educate the people.

Awei is obviously very happy today, because most of the guests today are very generous and understand the rules of the mechanical hive, so most of them gave tips, so Awei nodded and bowed and enjoyed it, even though he has been busy all morning as a real estate agent, The work of an agency is also not easy, and receiving customers is a laborious job.

Chen Yan agrees:
"I think so."

Chen Yan also knew that he knew, so Chen Yan only expressed his most sincere and direct point of view:

Chen Yan thought that the other end of the phone was going to refute him, so he quickly said again:
"Hope is in the children, Mr Roddie.

"The old production relations will be replaced by more advanced production relations, and the whole system of church schools adapted to the old production relations will have less and less influence on society. This is an inevitable fact-I believe that in In the not-too-distant future, missionary schools will completely lose their transcendent status."

I was really happy when I saw the names of some old readers. It was you who let me know that the subsequent chapters can be read, thank you!

Our education will show the most intuitive and efficient value to them. This is something I have never questioned.

As far as I know, the House will use sufficient force to eliminate child labor.

Ned Roddy continued according to his own train of thought:

"It's a pity that I don't know a few people at all. Who would vote for a young college student who has just graduated without a successful career?"

So, the serious conversation ends here.

Especially in the current situation——Yaran City Council has restarted the general public elections, and everyone has the possibility to become a councilor and put forward bills that truly affect society. The role that education can play has been infinitely magnified. "

"How much is the cost of running the school for the next batch of students to enroll?"

"I respect your point of view, Mr. Roddie."

Chen Yan thinks that tipping is a very bad thing. It is inappropriate to give too much, and it is not appropriate to give too little. Of course, customers don’t like to pay an extra tip, but the waiter wants to tip as much as possible, so a conflict occurred—— Contradictions arose around tipping.

Believe me, Mr. Baldo, I know how hard it is for them to change, but they are the ones who need education the most, if we can get people like that to go to night school, if we can get these people to be educated, we can definitely treat some of them Something to make a difference! "

Compulsory education will start with school-age children and last for nine years or even longer. These children will receive the knowledge of the right age at the right age, and this knowledge will become the basis for them to contribute to society in the future. "

"Mr. Roddy, have you heard of compulsory education?"

Chen Yan said:

"But compulsory education is only for children, what about adults who are in urgent need of education?"

"An interesting point of view was mentioned in the article in the forum, which is called [Education without discrimination]. I think this is the cornerstone of the establishment of our private school. As a night school for free dissemination of knowledge, our purpose is only to transfer knowledge Spreading to the masses, what we have to do is to spread knowledge to everyone, even those who are dangerous—[dangerous], allow me to use this adjective to describe them.”

Ned Roddy couldn't accept such a radical statement for a while:

Chen Yan heard his hesitation.

Ned Roddy paused here and added:
"But the Church of the Holy Light has not realized this until now. They are conservative until now and still want to use church schools to suppress the bottom people's pursuit of a better life. How stupid it is."

"Ah, okay, goodbye..."

In fact, I want to send such a speech at the end of every month, but somehow I always forget it...

Chen Yan's vision fell on Ah Wei who was busy next to him.

So Chen Yan simply replied:

"53 pounds 18 shillings 71 pence."

This is one of the agreements they made with the people in the square, and it is one of the few things that are in their common interest with the people, and they will definitely do it because it is not difficult in itself.

"Mr. Roddie, do those so-called 'urgently in need of education' adults really want to be educated?"

Ned Roddy dropped the argument.

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Anyway, I wrote it. When I finished writing this passage, the plot has been pushed back a lot, so if there are no major problems, I probably won’t revise it forward.

If there is something uncomfortable to read, or something that you don't understand, please leave a message, because the author is really writing with his head covered, and he doesn't know where he is wrong if he makes a mistake.

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——2023年1月30日17:34，二进制剑仙敬上