Chapter 1487: 1488 people
That night, a bright light shone on the table, and the oil lamp placed on the corner of the table seemed to be struggling for its life, stubbornly unwilling to leave.
Although candles are still a scarce commodity in many places, times have indeed changed, and a new world of electricity is taking shape little by little.
The boy was biting the tip of his pen and looking down at his homework. To be honest, he was already very smart, but he still felt dizzy when faced with all kinds of knowledge that came to him all at once.
He likes math problems very much and is willing to think about them. The school also regularly prepares some practical courses to let students get in touch with machinery and other things.
Frankly speaking, no one believed that a school in a town could be built on such a scale at first. The poor people here were very happy to hear that someone was teaching for free. What they didn’t expect was that free things could be so good.
The entire school occupies the best location in the town. It has a playground and various supporting facilities. Some classrooms are even used directly from the estates of the richest tycoons in the town.
The Tang Empire attached so much importance to the construction of schools that all smart people realized that times had indeed changed.
In the past, learning was a luxury. Big families and wealthy people solidified their classes through monopoly on education, and ultimately achieved their rule.
The model of the Tang Empire was completely different. Tang Mo respected education and used the fairest possible education to break down the inherent classes. Although everything was not perfect, this set of things was already very deadly.
No one can be completely fair, so a relatively fair model is already the best choice.
In ancient times, because learning materials were monopolized, only rich people could afford to use bamboo slips, rice paper, pen and ink, and books... So the poor could only farm their lives and could not afford to read.
Taking the road of a military attaché is even worse. An ordinary citizen cannot even eat enough and has no way to improve his physical fitness. Naturally, he cannot be the opponent of the nobles. Therefore, most of the ancient generals were from famous families - as for these rich ones Whether a person has the courage and brains is another matter.
Tang Mo gives everyone an opportunity to improve their quality of life through reading. Although the chance is still slim, the chance is at least there.
"The teacher doesn't know how to study hard! I just want to watch the fun!" The woman sat on the bed, worrying about the electricity bill, while nagging, using needle and thread to mend the clothes that already had several patches.
Although the Tang Empire provided a large amount of subsidies, allowing them to replace tiles, use glass windows, and even install electric lights, there are some things that poverty is engraved on the bones and will never be erased in this life.
That's a habit, don't laugh at it.
It is impossible to understand that kind of stubborn persistence if you have never endured hardship. If not for not seeing a single green leaf all winter, who would dig a cellar to store a bunch of rotten potatoes and cabbage?
This set of patched clothes is for work. Who knows when the state subsidies will disappear these days? If you pretend to be poor, maybe you can get the state to pay for a water pipe or something...right?
"Your father, I have no ability anymore, and I don't know how to add and subtract. I will rely on you in the future!" The man on the side was worried and had no choice. He couldn't help on either side. Having been working outside all year round, his hands were calloused and he couldn't mend clothes at all. He didn't know anything about his son's studies. Reading those exercise books was like reading a book from heaven.
The boy lowered his head and started writing on a math problem. To be honest, these problems were only at the sixth grade level of elementary school, so they were not difficult for him.
Even though I only studied for half a year, the teachers at the school taught me very well, and these teenage children all have high IQs, so they learned the knowledge in grades one, two and three very quickly.
The Tang Dynasty has been doing crash courses for more than ten years. Everyone has experience, and it’s just a spoon-feeding lesson. Anyway, these days, there are no parents talking about requirements such as burden reduction and happy education.
Those idiots who advocate happy education will never tell you that students in prestigious universities in lighthouse countries still study hard all night, and the level of papers is even higher.
Parents of children in the Tang Empire were still in a relatively rough and primitive stage. In their eyes, if someone could teach their children to read and was willing to teach their children to learn, then they were benefactors. Do you understand benefactors?
These simple parents will not be annoyed by teachers corporally punishing students. Instead, they will wait for their children to go home and give them a super double. Children these days have nothing to say. They are very naughty. It is common for them to get spanked. After the spanking, they cover their buttocks and run out to play.
Let’s break it down into two parts. Education in the Tang Empire was free, and teachers did not charge excessive fees. They are also in a relatively primitive stage. They are not used to charging arbitrary fees and do not have the courage to accept benefits. They are more like "sisters" who are dedicated to teaching and educating people.
This world is sometimes like this. It would actually be better if people on both sides were more normal, but they just have to use a lot of tricks to complicate simple things, and then waste most of their energy on complicated rules.
Originally, the boss of the company is more benevolent and pays for overtime work when there is more work, and takes more vacations when there is less work. Employees can also have more rest time, and naturally they can work better during work.
No, no! The boss must force everyone to work overtime without being paid, forcing everyone to pretend to be busy - apart from wasting electricity, there is no benefit to the company.
On the other hand, the same goes for employees. They just work hard according to their conscience and earn wages...No, when they meet a kind boss, they start cheating and cheating. The better the benefits, the more lazy they become. They only want the boss to carry a whip behind him. Comfortable.
In the end, the employees pretended to work seriously, and the boss pretended to pay wages seriously. The employees were unwilling to work overtime, so they diluted one hour's work into five hours. Then the boss looked proud and felt that his employees had worked for five hours, and he himself Only paid for an hour…
Who made the profit? No one makes any money. But countless time and resources... were just consumed. And as time goes by, this kind of consumption will only become more and more, more and more out of control, and finally trigger a collapse, and everything will be overturned.
On their own! The boy lowered his head and kept writing. He already had his own goal: when school was over during the day, he saw the man who managed the orc labor. He thought that man was really majestic.
Chain has been fighting with orcs for so many years, and this is the first time he has seen a human being who can make so many orcs bow their heads and tremble with just one look. He is determined to be such a person and become a master!