Chapter 192: Beginner Class Graduation
In the summer at noon, the sun is scorching, and the leaves are swaying in the hot wind, full of green.
In front of the bulletin board of Xinghai School, some people are happy and some are sad.
The three sisters Lin Cuihe, Lin Xiatao and Lin Qiuyue hugged each other happily and cheered. Their Chinese and math scores finally reached 80 points, and they finally graduated from the junior class!
Everyone has been attending school since the first day of school on March 3th until early August, including Lin Cuihe, Lin Xiatao, Lin Qiuyue, Lin family's second daughter-in-law Yang Dong, and Yang Dong's youngest son Lin Xianyun; Old Man Shen, Shen family's eldest daughter-in-law Zhao Chunhua, and Zhao Chunhua's eldest son Shen Anrong; Zhao the butcher's fourth son Zhao Qing; Lin Lizheng's third son Lin Bentian, second grandson Lin Yousheng, and third grandson's wife Sun Juan; Yang family's daughters-in-law Zhou Cuihong, Wei Qinnan, Liang Laidi, and Li Daya.
Except for the first five people, Lin Youcai, Shen Xianglan, Lin Xianwen, Lin Zisu, and Tao Mingyuan, who graduated from the beginner class, 5 of the remaining 4 people finally passed the 18-point passing line in the four months of school and successfully graduated from the beginner class!
Those who graduate from the beginner class will directly enroll in the intermediate class the next day. Of course, you can choose not to continue studying. You can also choose to continue studying in the intermediate or advanced class after a month, a quarter, half a year, a year, or a few years, depending on your personal wishes.
The government only forces people to graduate from the elementary class. It is up to their own will to enroll in the intermediate, technical, or advanced classes or give up.
Those who choose to study in technical classes cannot give up halfway unless there are special reasons. For intermediate and advanced classes, you can go one day, skip one day, go two days, skip three days, provided that you are not late, leave early, disrupt the class, or affect other students' learning.
If you want to study, come before class, find a seat, listen to the teacher, and study hard. If you don't want to come, you don't need to greet the teacher, and you can sit anywhere in the classroom.
Basically, there are only a very small number of people who go to intermediate classes, and most people go to school on time every day.
Lin Youcai's family of four and Tao Mingyuan all went to school every day. There are three types of people who fish for two days and dry their nets for three days: one is due to work, and the Japanese government also divides the establishment into civil servants, public institutions, and quasi-public institutions.
Graduates of the senior civil servant class also need to take a written test and an interview. Graduates of the intermediate career class also need to take a written test and an interview. Graduates of the junior career class also need to take a written test and an interview, but the content and difficulty of the written test and interview for the junior, middle and high school entrance exams are different.
In the early days of the founding of the country, a large number of people were needed to work, and most people could only barely graduate from the elementary class. If you want to move up and change your organization, you have to continue studying and get a diploma from the intermediate or advanced class.
Staff members in the civil service and quasi-civil service sectors have to work and study for exams at the same time, so the government allows them to "freely" attend intermediate and advanced classes.
In addition to graduating from advanced classes and passing the civil service examination, people who have made great contributions can be directly granted civil service status and enjoy civil service benefits.
Today, 31 people graduated from the junior class of Xinghai School, 1 person from the intermediate class, and no one from the advanced class. The main reason is that Xinghai City has only belonged to the country for more than two months.
Qingxi Town Mayor Chen Zhiming and Deputy Mayor Zhao Jiao'e are both from other places. They come from different places and have only been colleagues for more than two months. They both graduated from the elementary class and are currently studying in the intermediate class. They are quasi-career establishments. They were transferred here because of their good performance at work.
In the more than two months since I came here, I went to school to get the graduation list at the beginning of the month when the monthly exam results were released for two consecutive months, but it was just a formality and I came back empty-handed every time.
The number of graduates from elementary, intermediate and advanced classes in each province, city, county, township and village will be recorded, counted and ranked nationwide every month.
Chen Zhiming and Zhao Jiao'e looked at the list in their hands and smiled from ear to ear. Unexpectedly, among the more than 18 people assigned, 31 graduated from the elementary class and one graduated from the intermediate class. The only intermediate class graduate was from their Qingxi Town. Of the 18 elementary class graduates, were from Qingxi Town.
The two of them took the list and were so happy that they felt like they had found money. It was like finding money! Free performance!
When they learned about the grades of Lin Youcai's family of four, they were surprised at first. All four of them graduated from the advanced class, but only Lin Youcai took the civil service exam. Later, they learned that his two children, one 12 and the other 14 years old, had graduated from the advanced class, and they were even more surprised!
You can take the civil service exam when you are 15 years old. If you have obtained the three certificates when you are 12 years old, or only have one certificate, you can only take the exam for the public institution. When you are 15 years old, you can take the civil service exam.
The two children are still young, and the family doesn't need that little salary, so they are reluctant to let them go out to gain experience, which is understandable. Shen Xianglan graduated from the advanced class, it is impossible that she just wants to stay at home, and it is enough for her to just stay at home until she graduates from the elementary class. Why spend that time and effort to go to school and take exams.
Maybe the family had other plans. The two chatted and talked all the way back to the town.
The grades of the family of four were counted in Qingshui School, including Tao Mingyuan's graduation from the junior class, and the two of them just felt it was a pity.
After living there for the entire month of July, everyone gave up their rental yard. At the beginning of August, everyone moved to Qingxi Town and built sheds in their own yards to live in. The weather is hot now, and sleeping outdoors won’t kill you, but you have to be careful of mosquitoes, snakes, and ants.
In addition to using home-picked mugwort to fumigate the surrounding area, many families also use mosquito nets bought in Qingshui City, so they can sleep well at night.
The gates were ordered in early July, and each family installed them one after another. According to custom, the installation of the gates should be celebrated. Everyone is busy, and the conditions are limited. Every family is engaged in construction, so forget it. Buy some delicious food and have a meal, which is considered a celebration.
Lin Youcai looked at his father and said, "For people who can read and know how to study, it doesn't matter whether they are boys or girls. In the exam at the end of July, my second sister-in-law, Cuihe, Xiatao, and Qiuyue are all excellent! Among your sons and grandsons, only Lin Xianyun passed the exam this time." As he spoke, he looked at his three brothers and a group of nephews.
Others were busy looking here and touching there.
"Dad, is it that hard to get 60 points? Uncle Honda has passed it! He won't have to go to school anymore!" Lin Youcai sighed, "Without a junior diploma, the land tax will be higher! Are you willing to give up this new house and land? If you refuse to study and don't pass the junior diploma, the government has plenty of ways to deal with it!"
Lin Zisu came over and said, "Grandma, grandpa, uncles, you can go to the intermediate class or not. But if the government knows that people want to go to school but can't because of various reasons at home... Hehehe..."
Old Man Lin blew his beard and glared, "When did I say that they wouldn't go to school? The younger generation at home loves to study, and I'm so happy that I can't contain myself!!"
Lin Youcai cooperated and said, "I know Dad won't do that. My eldest, second, and third brothers won't do that either! I heard someone say that it's useless for a girl to study so much. If she marries someone else in the future, it will be a bargain for the other family. Let the girls earn money, don't let them go to school! Please don't say that! The government won't listen to that!"
No one looked at Lin Youcai, and everyone immediately went to find work to do.
Shen Xianglan casually said, "I wonder how Li Tiedan is doing now?"