Blackstone Code Chapter 1372: Joey’s lucky day
Joey is a very ordinary high school student, not unlike most high school students in the Commonwealth.
His family environment is not bad, his father runs a deli, and it is said that the recipes are handed down from their ancestors, passed down for many generations, and they are well-known locally.
Although his family is not yet middle class, it is much better than most.
Originally, according to the original history of this world, after graduation, he would go to a deli to inherit the "family business". The Great Depression made their business not very good, and there is no hope for expansion, and they can only maintain the current business. .
He also sent applications to some colleges, but unfortunately no colleges were willing to give him an interview.
Some colleges rejected him because they thought he wasn't active in sports during high school and wasn't an athlete.
Some colleges rejected him because they thought he didn't demonstrate outstanding student qualities in high school.
Their reasons are varied.
Some universities rejected him because they thought his studies were not good enough.
He doesn't want to swirl around in the kitchen early, and then follow his parents' arrangement to marry a woman he may not really like, have two or three children, and then be confused and pass his life.
He wants his life to be bright, different and colorful.
Some colleges...their sponsorship fees were too high, so Joey gave up.
It's not that he doesn't want to go to college, it's just that he can't.
By the way, Lynch originally applied for "Federal University", but the Department of Social Services thought the name might be misleading, and although no one used it, it also rejected Lynch's application.
And today, the first weekend of August, is Joey's interview time.
But he also understands that he has no hope, the university rejected him, high-level companies don't say to hire him as a senior management, and even the middle and lower management will not use him, because he has no "alumni" nor "fraternity" member, he is just an ordinary high school student.
But at such a time, driven by the Federal President, Mr. Lynch, Sabine City Councilman Ms. Katherine and the Governor jointly established a university called "Federal Hope College", which gave him some new hope!
"There are a lot of people here..."
The hallways are filled with families like Joey, parents with children, or a single parent with children, all nervously awaiting interviews.
He wakes up early in the morning, which is not easy for a growing high school student. After a good brush with the brush for the fur of the farm horse, he changed to the high school graduation ceremony. formal attire.
Under the leadership of his parents, he came to the interview site of the university together.
But at this moment, he desperately hopes his father will find out.
After a while, his father returned with a cigarette, and Joey and his mother immediately stared at the head of the family.
Every time someone came out of the interviewer's office, the surrounding parents stepped forward to ask about the interview, and Joey's parents learned to squeeze in.
Originally Joey didn't like this, it made him feel that his father was very uninformed and shameful.
When Joey marries another woman of almost the same class and status, or his colleague, his small family will be able to leap beyond the bottom handcraft workshop family and become the middle class of society.
They will enjoy a better life, a higher salary, and more opportunities for their own children in the future.
"They said that the content of the interview is very simple, that is, to ask some simple things, grades, hobbies, etc., and do you have any plans for the future."
The man is very relaxed at this time. He also knows what it means to go to college at this time. After graduation, as long as he works hard, he can at least get into the middle class.
After waiting for about 40 minutes, Joey was called and let him enter the interview office with his father, while his mother stayed outside.
Only one parent is allowed to accompany, this is also to prevent parents from interfering with their children's performance excessively.
Even Joey's success will feed back to their big family, so when Joey proposed to go to college and got an interview notice from Hope Academy, he didn't even care about the deli and came in person.
Fortunately, the opportunity looks really big!
His father was so nervous that he couldn't speak, heck, he thought it was no different from chatting with those customers or haggling at the deli, and he was even worse than his own son!
Perhaps seeing their nervousness, the lady in the middle smiled, "Don't be too nervous, it's just a chat, and you're off to a good start."
There were four interviewers, and the woman in the middle who looked to be in her 40s was wearing glasses. She looked down at the material for a while before smiling and greeting, "Good morning, Joey."
Joey Commonwealth responded, "Good morning, ma'am." He hesitated, "And gentlemen."
By the end, the four exchanged opinions, and the woman in the middle gave the Joeys the answer they needed.
"I read your files, and you are from this state. This also meets the admissions standards set by Mr. Lynch. We only recruit students from in-state or families who have their own real estate in this state."
Joy was relieved by a compliment, and his father gave a stiff smile.
What follows is a very routine interview, asking some questions about Joey's grades, giving some comments on his performance in high school, and asking him to describe some of the things he is good at or let him proud of something.
Maybe they had to endure it at first, but now they're used to it.
Joey nodded again and again, he has realized something, maybe his life will be different from other people from this moment!
"Joey, you make me feel really good, maybe your grades aren't particularly good, but at least you meet the federal education standards and are above the pass line..."
All four are serious, like they don't know the so-called federal education standards are actually a joke.
Finally talking about what he is good at, the old father who did not happen in the whole process suddenly puffed up his chest at this time, this is the meaning and value of his being here!
As the father of a family, he may not always do well in many places, but there is one thing he can do well, and that is when he pays.
Ms. continued, "You have excellent self-expression skills, independent personality and emotional expression, and no stage fright. These are all very good qualities, so we preliminarily approved your application."
Looking at Joey who was about to jump up, the lady raised her hand to stop him a little, "Of course there are some formalities you need to do, such as tuition..."
A gentleman who had been silent for a while said with a smile, "It's not much, only 3,500 yuan per semester."
The corner of Joey's father's mouth lifted slightly when he heard the number. There are two semesters a year, but it's only 7,000 yuan.
"How much does this cost, a semester?"
Joey's father has saved some money from his work over the years. He has no bad hobbies and saved some money, so when he said this, he was very confident.
Maybe seven thousand dollars a year is an unaffordable figure for many ordinary families, but Joey's father thinks it's nothing.
The gentleman could see the smugness on his face, then drew a form and placed it on the table, motioning them to come over.
Actually, the tuition fee is not too expensive. For example, the tuition fee of the Holy Harmony College is more than tens of thousands of dollars a year. Except for those who can get full scholarships, the rest are rich people.
Ordinary schools, four or five thousand are more common, three thousand five hundred...
"Like all kinds of books needed, various notebooks, the use of the library, the cost of additional educational resources..."
Joey's father looked down at the form. The slightly smug smile on his face disappeared. He really didn't know much about the composition of college tuition. He thought... that seven thousand dollars a year was all.
It was only after the father and son walked in that they found out that this was another fee.
"The tuition fee I mentioned just now is just the tuition fee, but it does not include these."
When all the list contents are explained, the total tuition fee for a year will cost about 26,000 yuan, and there are two to three thousand yuan to prepare, because sometimes you may participate in certain activities, which also require money of.
Four years...one hundred thousand dollars.
Now it seems that the seven thousand dollars may be the least part of it!
With this gentleman's explanation, the tuition has risen from seven thousand a year to nearly twenty thousand, and Joey's father has also become silent.
"If you know about college, you should know that some people go to college to make money without spending money. We welcome such students to join us."
"Of course if you don't have much confidence in these and your hands are a little nervous..."
Honestly, Joey's father couldn't afford the investment, if he really had $100,000 he would have expanded his deli by now.
Perhaps realizing that the father and son are in trouble~IndoMTL.com~ The gentleman who has been explaining the fees smiled and said, "This is the standard tuition fee, if Joey can get the scholarship, whether it is full or half, Or just some kind of incentive, and these fees will be reduced accordingly.”
But in the most conspicuous position, the name "Blackstone Insurance" is printed impressively.
The father and son had some doubts, and the gentleman explained it kindly.
The man took out a business card and handed it over.
There are many titles on the business card, most of them are managers or account managers or operations managers.
"Blackstone Insurance is Mr. Lynch's insurance company. He knows that children from many families are full of visions for college and the future, but certain problems restrict their pursuit of their dreams."
"It may have been like this before, but now, for the students in our school, it has changed."
"We have a brand new student loan..."