Blackstone Code Chapter 1073: Tuition

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In a dimly lit room, a light bulb overhead that has been used for a long time and has not been replaced spills a small amount of light into the room.

The fifteen-year-old sat at the table, staring dully at the heavy snow outside the window.

Her father sat on the couch watching TV reports of this year's heavy snowfall, while her mother sat across from her.

The whole family remained silent except for the constant sound of the reporters on the TV.

It's a bit harsh, the old TV speakers are long overdue for retirement, and sometimes it makes a screeching sound, but people here haven't considered buying a new one, not even a used one.

Because...poor.

Poverty is not a shameful thing, because many people in this world are poor.

But being poor is a very hurtful thing. Because of poverty, many small things that may be inconspicuous in the eyes of others have become big things, like changing a new TV.

It's like... paying your kids to go to school.

The toilet in the bathroom made a pumping sound, and then the door opened, and a boy a little older than the girl walked out a little helplessly.

He hid in the toilet for a long time, half an hour or more, but still couldn't escape the conversation.

"Come here, sit down..."

The man stood up, walked to the table and sat down. The boy came over crampedly, glanced at the girl with some guilt, and sat down quietly.

"This year's heavy snow... The factory has decided to reopen after March, which also means we have no income for more than two to three months."

"But the school's notice has come, we have to pay the money before February, or they will take your name off the school book."

"But with the money I have, at most one person can go to school..."

Still silent, no one speaks.

This heavy snow that lasted for more than a month has ruined the lives of many people. It was obvious that life was just getting better when such terrible weather was encountered.

Continued heavy snow has disrupted road traffic, bringing intercity and interstate highways to a complete standstill.

There are also many problems in the city. Many factories and warehouses have been crushed by heavy snow. No one has ever thought that the light snowflakes will bring such a terrible disaster to the world!

The truth is, they are too optimistic.

The shutdown of the factory means that workers cannot get paid for their labor, and the small savings can only barely support them.

If you add the tuition for two students...a lot of families simply can't support them.

It's not a family's problem, it's a society's problem.

Currently, education in the Commonwealth is basically monopolized by education groups. They have never considered reducing the burden on students' families. They will only ask for more.

The tuition fee for each student ranges from tens of dollars to hundreds of dollars per semester, plus the cost of buying various books, more than 200 yuan. For families who have problems with this money, this is Just a hassle.

Just like the family in front of them, they can't afford more than 400 yuan to continue school for their two children, and one of them must be left behind.

This fall, it will stop for one year.

They're not going to retake that kid to the current grade, they'll definitely have to wait until this time next year.

But at this time next year, with a difference of one year, how can the child's learning be maintained?

Don't look at the federal secondary and tertiary education that cares less about students' grades, but at least you have to prove that you are not a fool and have some knowledge of what you have learned.

Missing a year could mean no more school.

The girl's expression was indifferent, her hands were tightly pinching the corners of her clothes, pinching them hard.

The pain of fingernails embedded in her palms is not as pessimistic as her pessimism. The future of life is like this dim room, as if there is no light.

She has a hunch that the person who can't go to school will be herself.

The boy also had a hunch. His hunch was that he could go to school, but his sister couldn't.

The man tilted his head and glanced at his wife, "So we made a very difficult decision...", he called out the girl's name, "Can you suspend your brother for a year?"

"We're still discussing, but it doesn't have to be this way..."

Everyone knows that this is a lie. Tears suddenly accumulated in the eyes of the girl. She bit her lip stubbornly, and a trace of bright red blood expanded outward along the texture of her lips.

She didn't say no or agree, just looked at her father.

Perhaps her eyes were too "fierce", or maybe it was guilt in her heart, and the room fell into silence again.

The man did not exercise the power of the head of his family to demand that it must, and he felt that his inability to cause these problems.

But in fact, he has worked very hard. He goes to work at 8:00 every day and ends at 7:30 at night. He works 11 hours a day plus a half-hour break at noon.

He has never been lazy, and he has never been deducted from his salary for not working hard, but he still cannot afford to spend so much money for his two children now.

Blame the **** immigrants!

His pained expression was filled with anger at immigrant labor, the lowly immigrant who dropped their wages in order to get a job.

Originally, his salary was more than 330 yuan, but now, he can only get the minimum salary, which is dozens of yuan less every month.

In addition to the change in wages, benefits have also been reduced a lot, such as the change to a meatless vegetarian diet for lunch at noon.

For example, the original ten-hour working time has become eleven hours due to the demands of the immigrants to work overtime.

You may not work overtime, but when the factory needs to adjust your position, you may be fired.

Capitalists never tell employees about corporate feelings. Only when they need to use employees will they take this thing out as a sacred mission to promote it.

The woman looked at the pain of the family, and she was also very distressed. She took off her pearl earrings, which were left to her by her grandmother.

"Sell this and maybe pay for her tuition."

The man glanced, "It's only worth twenty bucks at most!", he paused, "and it's your only jewelry."

The family sat in the dim light and fell into a kind of despair for the tuition fee of more than 200 yuan.

They will be desperate for two hundred dollars now, and they will be desperate for other money later. This may be an ordinary thing that ordinary families must face.

Do your best to get through one hurdle, and then the next hurdle!

There is no shortcut to a poor life, because the shortcut is money!

If you have money, there is no problem.

Without the consent of the girl, the girl has no ability to change anything. She can only stand up after a period of silence, silently return to her room, hide under the quilt and cry secretly.

She knows that she can't blame anyone, that's how this society is, women's status is never inferior to men's, and it's the same when faced with future choices.

Even if her studies are better than her brother's, there is no reference value.

Let boys go to school and girls get married. This may be the purest and most basic idea and practice of ordinary families.

You know, after a girl gets married, even her surname will be changed, and people won't invest so much in her unless she never gets married in her life.

But, is that possible?

The next day, the man and the boy left the house in the blizzard. They went to the school in advance to pay their tuition fees. They had heard that there would be a bigger blizzard in a few days.

It's not good if the traffic in the city is also blocked.

The girl looked at her brother who kept turning back in the snow and could only cry silently.

She's starting to think about doing something. It's impossible for her to do nothing this year. Maybe she will have her first job in her life.

Isn't it normal for teenage girls to go to work?

The woman appeared behind her, stroking her hair, "Don't hate anyone, at least you can still live in a warm room, maybe the food is not so tasty, but it will fill your stomach."

"To learn tolerance, this is our destiny..."

At first everyone thought that this matter was over here, but when the two men from the family returned at noon, things changed.

There was a smile on the man's face. He found the girl and was a little excited, "Listen, your problem with school has been solved, and you can go to school with your brother."

The girl stared at her father, shaking her head slightly, as if to say "don't be kidding."

It wasn't until her father nodded vigorously again that the tears came quickly.

"What happened?", the woman hurried over, she opened the curtain.

The two-day snowstorm stopped for a while at this time, the sun came out, and the room became brighter!

"I saw Ms. Catherine, you know, the flower of the commoners!", the man's emotions were always a little excited, he was a little upside-down when he spoke, and some couldn't express his thoughts well.

"She asked about our family and knew that we have a child who can't go to school because there is no tuition~IndoMTL.com~ is still a girl, so she is willing to help us, free of charge!"

The woman was also excited, she hugged her daughter tightly, "It's great, it's great..."

The man also nodded and said, "Yes, that's great. Many students' homes have had problems this year. This blizzard came at an untimely time. Fortunately, Ms. Katherine appeared in time."

"Oh, yes, and Mr. Lynch, I saw Mr. Lynch too!"

The man looked at his sons and daughters and said with some emotion, "They are the real big people who went out from Sabine City. Few people can be like them, and they can still remember us poor people when they are developed."

His emotion is justified, not all donations from charity evenings can be used for those who really need it.

Sometimes, fundraisers don't tell people that they generally only use a percentage of the total donations for some specific groups of people, and more are the maintenance funds of foundations or other organizations.

At the end, the man looked at the girl, "Maybe you can see them in two days..."