American winner takes all

Chapter 2 BHHS
"With your current GPA of 1.9, it's very difficult to get into a prestigious school, and your resume is too bad. Why don't you do like me and sign up for the school's sports team."

Catherine is tall and slender, with a height of 6 feet 1 inch taller than a professional model. She has been the main attacker of the BHHS girls volleyball team since the tenth grade.

"BHHS will provide training subsidies to all team members in all sports, among which the football project has the highest amount. With your body size, it would be a waste not to become a football player. Once you are firmly established as the main force, and you can get some results with the team, you may be able to You can try to apply for a full scholarship to the university. Ideally, as long as you are good enough, you will even be added to the 'priority list' by the university's admissions office, so it will be easier to get into a prestigious school." Catherine imagined.

She squeezed Ethan's shoulder.

"And you are so strong, it would be a pity not to play ball. Who can afford to support you if you usually eat so much meat?"

"The most important thing is that the big star Sarah Gellar is on the cheerleading team. Don't you want her to cheer for you?" Catherine laughed.

This is not the first time Catherine has mentioned this to Ethan, and Ethan's answer is exactly the same as last time...

"Not interested." Ethan shook his head.

"I'll figure it out myself when it comes to money. As for getting into college, football is just the icing on the cake. GPA and SAT play a decisive role, right? Speaking of which, about AP courses..." Ethan is obviously eager for AP courses. idea.

AP courses can be simply understood as pre-college courses. There are 37 courses in total. They have a higher weight when calculating GPA (the full score is 5 points). In fact, they have become a must-have for applying to prestigious schools. Few AP courses can support it. Due to the appearance, the admissions officers will definitely pass the application directly.You need to pass at least 4 gates, the more the better.Ethan plans to rely on AP courses to improve his GPA score. Of course, this is not easy.

But Ethan has found a subject that can easily get an A+...Chinese language and culture!
As well as several relatively simple art subjects, AP Art and Design Project, AP Art History, and AP Music Theory.

In addition to being relatively easy, after learning these courses, you may be able to use what you have in your mind about pop culture products, film music, etc.

and AP English Literature and Composition, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology, and AP Human Geography.

There is also a special one - AP Computer Science A.

In 1994, this subject taught not JAVA, which seemed to have not been invented yet, but the Pascal programming language.

The future is the age of computers. If we don’t learn now, when will we wait?

In total, there are eight AP courses, as well as the usual honors courses, and I have to think about making money.

Where do you have time to play rugby?
After hearing Ethan's thoughts, Catherine laughed: "Why do you look like an Asian?"

2.2% of BHHS students are white, and 50% are Asian. As for blacks, who are more common in other schools, they only account for [-]% of the students. Counting, there are less than [-] students.

In school, Asians are often only interested in learning and not in extracurricular activities such as sports, art, and music.

This is also reflected in the scores. The average SAT score for Asian students is 1300, compared with 1100 for whites and 900 for blacks.

"That's okay... then you have to at least go to the trial training tomorrow. Then pretend to be a weak little sheep and be eliminated early." Catherine shook her head helplessly.

"As for making money, don't worry about it now. I'll figure it out." Catherine shook her head and looked at the scratches on Ethan's cheek.

Ethan asked her how she made money, but she was very mysterious and didn't reveal it.

The two then chatted about their mother, Mia, and Catherine said that she was now working three jobs at the same time and had resumed her former career, screenwriting.

Before getting married, Mia was a professional screenwriter in Hollywood. At that time, "New Hollywood" had not yet arrived, and the traditional film industry continued to be impacted by the television industry. But it is different now. In 1994, many masterpieces were produced , it ushered in a wave of development peaks in the following years. Ethan was very supportive of his mother’s plan to return to her old business.

Not long after, Mia called the two of them into the room.

"Catherine said you are going to play football?" Mia asked expectantly.

Football, in the American language, generally refers to "football". It is also considered the national sport of the United States. Children will even brag about their children's achievements in playing football. There is an inexplicable fanaticism.

Ethan looked at Catherine and nodded when he saw that she kept winking at him.

"Great, are you hungry? Let me go and make you something to eat?" Mia looked a little haggard, probably due to fatigue, but the smile on her face was genuine.

This was the first time in this period that she took the initiative to bring up a late-night snack for Ethan.

It was obvious that he wanted to "make up for it" for Ethan and strive for good results tomorrow.Ethan shook his head, indicating that he was not hungry.

When leaving, Ethan took away the garbage placed at the door.

His room is at the other end of the corridor. Walking alone in the corridor, thinking about the current situation of the family and thinking about the future, Ethan will inevitably feel a little depressed...

Throw it in the direction of your memory and firmly throw the garbage into the trash can on the edge of the hotel parking lot, which is almost 30 yards away.

The original owner has two strengths, one of which is purely literal, and the other is excellent hand control.

The original owner was very good at darts, billiards, and even arcade machines. However, he was deeply influenced by the original owner's brother who was a GEEK. He was not very interested in sports since he was a child, which also caused his skin to look a little pale.

Isn’t he really a natural rugby player?Ethan imagined.

There is really no need to add some subsidies to the rugby team training, but if it can be played, the result will be completely different.

The most direct impact is that it can quickly increase the reputation of your school, and it is very convenient to do some things, such as selling medicine.

Don't underestimate this income. The families of students in BHHS are as wealthy as each other. If someone spends money, someone else will make money.

Looking further ahead, football is truly the number one sport in the United States, with the highest output value. The NFL's total revenue in 2019 was US$160 billion, 1.6 times that of MLB and twice that of the NBA.It can also be seen from Mia's reaction that this sport has a transcendent status among the people.

There is a saying from our ancestors that if you have too many skills, you will not be overwhelmed. One more skill and one more path.There is no reason for Ethan to waste his talents in vain.

But the premise is that you really have talent in this area.

And tomorrow's trial training is a test.

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Early the next morning, Ethan and Catherine got off the bus. It was no different than before. They had to leave an hour early in order to get to school on time.

BHHS does not have any grand entrance. The teaching building is completely facing the street, and there is not even an extra wall on this side.

It's not that the school's finances are tight, but it's because it's located in a very expensive area of ​​Beverly, so the campus isn't that big.And it’s not a bad thing that the campus is located in a core wealthy area. At least you don’t have to go through security checks before entering the school like some high schools in Tennessee.

It is the morning rush hour for school, and the Moreno South Road in front of the school has already formed a congestion. This is just for parents to drive their children to school. In fact, the majority are students who drive to school by themselves. They will go directly to the nearby parking lot. field.

As for the clothes of these students, they are very characteristic of this era.

As early as 1994, some of the most fashionable teenagers in the United States began to wear mini skirts that were four inches above the knees and boldly exposed their leg lines. Boys were deeply influenced by skateboard culture and hip-hop music, whether it was pants or tops. They are all fat and big, carrying skateboards in their hands, earphones hanging around their necks, and the other end of the earphones is connected to the WALKMAN in their pockets. These are the young people today.

American high school students do not have the concept of "class." The classroom you attend depends on the subjects you choose, and the classmates around you will also change.

Several acquaintances during class were particularly excited after hearing that Ethan was about to participate in the Normans' trial training.

As he spoke, he was about to ask Ethan to help introduce the seniors on the cheerleading team.

If college cheerleading is a group of beauties, then the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and the University of Southern California are indistinguishable from each other.

When it comes to high school cheerleading teams, BHHS may be recognized as the number one.There is no way, the parents of the students here are engaged in art and film, and the children are also deeply affected. Each one is better than the other, dressing up, highlighting the Southern California style...

After spending a boring Spanish class, the iron and copper sulfate reaction experiment in the chemistry class, learning relevant knowledge about ancient Egyptian civilization, and being assigned a homework review of "A Tale of Two Cities" by the English writing class teacher... …Ethan finished all the classes today.

It was only 02:30 in the afternoon, and it was not until [-] or [-] in the evening, which was the time for club activities.

Ethan came to Nickelodeon Stadium alone and looked at the green field covered with yardage markings, like a scale.

Before he could take a closer look, he heard a cry of surprise, and an oval-shaped football slanted downwards, hitting him like a cannonball.

Ethan saw the right moment and took off on the spot, raised his hands high, and easily picked off the football that was falling at high speed...

(End of this chapter)