Parent-teacher eting...
Hearing this familiar yet foreign term from Anna's mouth, Leon couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
Over the past period, he had been involved in a series of bizarre events, not only outsmarting and battling various enemies with all kinds of abilities but even landing on an asteroid over seventy thousand kiloters from the ground, solo facing off with the Aquarius Director in front of dozens of branch directors with hierarchies equivalent to the True God.
Not to be too modest, but although his own strength wasn't very strong, he could no longer be considered an ordinary person altogether. Adding in the title of the empty-shell Duke, he now faintly had the ability to influence the world... well, a tiny part of the world.
And now, being this important figure who just a few days ago thwarted the Aquarius Director's sche and indirectly safeguarded the world, he was about to head to his younger brother and sister's school to attend a community school-organized parent-teacher eting, and incidentally, as a decision-making parent, discuss the schooling progression of those two little brats at ho...
It was quite a peculiar feeling.
"What's the matter?"
After waiting for a while without hearing Leon's response, noticing a sowhat dazed look on his face, Anna couldn't help but gaze at him with concern. She then leaned in and softly asked,
"Is your headache still lingering? If you're not feeling well, you should take a good rest at ho for the day. I can go to the parent-teacher eting myself."
"Hmm... no, my drink has already worn off."
Sensing the worry in his sister's eyes, Leon felt a warmth fill his heart, then shook his head with a smile and said,
"I was just reminiscing about so interesting things, so I got a bit distracted, plus my work has been hectic, it's rare to get a chance to spend ti with you guys... The carriage has arrived, let's get on board first!"
...
Once the public carriage pulled over and ca to a steady stop by the roadside, Leon reached out to protect Anna's head, watching her bend down to climb into the carriage. He then followed her in, sitting with her by the window.
"Oh, right."
As if recalling sothing, Leon curiously asked,
"I rember Bridge Public School's elentary division lasts six years, right? William and lanie enrolled more than half a year late, and there are still two months before they reach the second grade. Isn't it kind of early to start discussing future schooling?"
"It's not early at all."
Hearing this, Anna shook her head, expressing her mixed feelings of happiness and worry,
"It's not like the school I attended back then. Bridge Public School ranks among the top schools, with plans for students' future paths laid out early.
Typically, the first year focuses on teaching so basic knowledge while observing which areas show potential. Then, in the second and third years, they try to nurture in corresponding directions and conduct trial-and-error in direction.
If the identified direction shows limited talent, they switch to another. Once a schooling target is more or less decided, the fourth, fifth, and sixth years focus on intensive learning.
Apart from specialized subjects in these three years, they need to frequently communicate with associated high schools, participate in the activities of corresponding schools, build good relations with teachers, aiming to secure exemption from entrance exams or recomndation letters from teachers of the concerned schools..."
Goodness, is it that competitive?
Not having much knowledge in this area, after listening to Anna, Leon couldn't help but click his tongue and exclaim,
"William isn't even seven yet, isn't it a bit early to ponder over these things?"
"It really isn't early anymore."
Anna couldn't help but roll her eyes at Leon, then explained,
"They started school at a little over six, nearing thirteen at graduation ti, which is when they should choose their future high school. Over ninety percent of students can only go to ordinary high schools to learn a trade to make a living, graduating at sixteen when they co of age, then imdiately go out to work. Even positions like newspaper typesetters or factory materials technicians count as rare good jobs.
Only less than 10% of the students can get into those exceptionally good high schools, striving for three years before trying to get a recomndation letter or exam eligibility to further pursue notable universities. If you don't start early, how can you be competitive?"
"..."
Oh right, by the Kingdom's law, sixteen is considered adult, and university is far from universally accessible. Only a small fraction of students with both outstanding family background and talent can consider it, while most people directly enter the workforce post-high school graduation.
So although it feels like "children" to the perception, the significance of the last three years in a community school strikes a strong resemblance to the "three years of high school" in one's understanding, making the early, rigorous competition quite the norm.
As Leon pondered over Anna's words combined with his thoughts, he roughly understood the foundational logic of the school's approach.
Taking into account the Kingdom's advancent thod, which does not follow a relatively fair uniform examination system, but instead allows each school to recruit on its own initiative, organizing their own interviews and written tests, there are more paths to "run around."
After all, although the entrance exam for interviews supposedly has no threshold, rely requiring a community school's graduation certificate and passing scores for each basic subject, in theory, as long as you passed both tests, you could enter.
However, against second-grade initiatives like Bridge Public School's "pathway survey
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