The Goddess Shines on America

Time, late August.

The location is 20 miles away from downtown London, in the small town of Windsor, on the banks of the River Thames, on the opposite bank of Windsor, Eton College.

A gray-haired but well-dressed old man was sitting behind a mahogany desk, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, with a thoughtful smile on his mouth, reading a copy of ****.

It was the first time Williams had been so attached to a single girl since Eton College began admitting girls last year.

Alice Wang, this Chinese-American girl, from the perspective of her ethnic identity, can be said to not match the style of Eton College. In fact, the stylistic mismatch has occurred at least twice throughout Eton's history, and every Etonian is well aware of its process.

Eton College is an ancient school founded by Henry VI in 1440. It is known as the cradle of elites, gentleman culture, and is also known for its strict militarized management. Most of its students have excellent grades, and it is recognized as the best middle school in the UK, and it is also a training ground for the elites of the British royal family, political circles, and economic circles.

This school is called a public school, but it is actually a private middle school. The original intention of Henry VI naming it a public school was to provide free education to poor students, so that poor children can also enter the school, and then serve as a preparatory school for King's College, Cambridge University. It can be said that this is the original Eaton, and also the purest Eaton.

However, just two hundred years later, in the seventeenth century, Eton College gradually became the most famous aristocratic school in Britain. Because noble children were proud of being able to enter this school, they rushed to enroll, forming a noble atmosphere, but commoner children were out of reach, resulting in the school gradually becoming a school with strict hierarchy and open to noble children.

This can be said to be the first change, and it is also a change in line with the historical process. Every Eatonian has a calm attitude towards the behavior of the early ancestors who betrayed the purpose of the founder. Because, precisely because of this calm attitude, when the pace of development of the times is getting faster and faster, Eaton also makes the most appropriate changes so that he will not get lost in the trend of the times.

Eaton used to be a noble school, and the children of the family had to register after they were born. But now, especially after the end of World War II, there are very few aristocrats left in the school, and the so-called "nobility" has actually become a synonym for "expensive family". If it is said that in the past era, the admission of the nobles relied on the nobles' own advantages, while the common people could not reach it, but in the current era when the whole country is booming and the world's economy is booming, the annual tuition fee of 20,000 pounds is really not worth it. What.

Although the world often regards the British aristocracy as a typical example of stubbornness and stubbornness, in fact, in many ways, they have been quietly and invisiblely conforming to the times. Just like the existence of the royal family, from the Magna Carta to the constitutional monarchy, although in the eyes of a purely democratic country, this may still be a representative of backwardness and sticking to tradition. But since it can stand in the world as a powerful country, it will not be as mediocre people think.

Therefore, when the time moved towards the 1980s, the third round of changes at Eton came into being.

"Alice..."

Just as Williams whispered the name, there was a knock on the door. He raised his head and adjusted his glasses: "Please come in."

The door of the principal's office opened, and a man with blond hair and black eyes walked into the room.

In fact, it is a man, which makes people somewhat suspicious, because although he has an Adam's apple, his facial contours are too smooth and round, and his figure is not very strong, but has a softness that is more feminine.

After entering the room, he said politely, "Principal, you are looking for me."

Williams smiled slightly, and handed Alice's **** to the man: "Ivan, take a look at this kid's file."

Yiwen didn't doubt that he was there, so he took it directly.

"Alice-King."

He raised his eyebrows slightly.

The girl who will be fifteen years old at the beginning of next year is just the age to start high school. Although she has only been coaching for three years, Evan Delof has already seen too many pornographic stories. As for what kind of file a student who is about to go to high school should have, he has long been able to draw inferences from one instance and memorize it fluently.

For example, if you worked as a reporter for the school newspaper in junior high school, or performed well in debates, some parents will also cite the achievement of being the first in a single event in the sports meeting. Of course, what I see the most is the performance of ordinary club activities, as well as non-punitive community volunteers, and some part-time jobs that thirteen or fourteen-year-olds can do, such as mowing the neighbor's lawn.

But Alice Wang did not write any of these things.

In fact, what she wrote was very concise. Compared with what many parents teach their children, she described the chapters expressing her deeds more wonderfully. Her sentences were simply declarative sentences.

For example, the first article.

"On December 12, 1980, I introduced Apple stock to my family, bought original shares worth $50,000, and made a profit of $350,000 at the close of the day."

Another example is the second article.

"On May 10, 1984, the Internet hardware product - router was successfully developed."

Then there is the registration date of Cisco Systems, and then there is the fourth article, which is about writing the next novel called "Jurassic Park".

Of course, the compilation of Windows 1.0 also appeared below the list unexpectedly.

From the objective perspective of a documentary, with the expression of declarative sentences, and with the definition of words as refined as Cihai, the long list can be seen at a glance, densely packed.

Ivan was silent, and then said: "It turns out that this lady is coming to our school to study, which is reasonable. A genius like her will not let go of the opportunity to study at Eton College."

After finishing speaking, he respectfully put the file back on the desk: "Then, Mr. Principal, why are you looking for me?"

"The kid chose your virology class as an elective."

Williams said gently: "I'm not sure what the consequences of letting a girl like her devote herself to the field of scientific research, and it's a very sensitive subject like viruses. Ivan, I know how advanced your virology is. , so I would like to ask you... this girl, what might she be thinking?"

Evan Delov smiled slightly: "You really upset me, principal, I don't know Ms. Wang, and I'm not an expert in psychology. How can I guess her heart with just a file?"

"This girl... is actually quite interesting."

Obviously thinking of something interesting, Williams shook his head and said with a smile: "Ivy...my ex-lover, I'm not surprised that she recommended her little granddaughter Ashley to go to Eton. But what I didn't expect was that this Alice actually had some relationship with Ivy, not only put myself on her recommendation list, but even picked up two other little girls, do you think it's interesting?"

"That's certainly very interesting."

Ivan replied indifferently, but then he became suspicious: "The other two little girls, and this Ashley, Mr. Principal, they all chose my virology as an elective course, right? "

"Hahaha, that's not true."

Williams waved his hand and said, "That's just Alice and Ashley, but Ivan, I noticed that among the 250 freshmen this year, they are the only ones who chose virology as an elective. You, I'm afraid you have been busy these few years."

So, finally living up to Williams' expectations, Ivan frowned dissatisfied.

But there is no way, this is the teaching system of Eton College.

At Eaton, there has never been a one-size-fits-all "fast and slow class". Eaton has divided classes, but it is not divided into classes based on grades in general, but each subject is divided into different classes, and each class will not exceed 20 students. A student may be in class C, which needs more tutoring, in math, but in class A in French. It is Eaton's aim to equip different teachers and teaching methods according to the characteristics of each individual, so that they can be excellent in all aspects.

Then, like many high schools and universities, there are elective courses. It’s just that Eton is one of the top middle schools in the world, and its elective courses will naturally not be ordinary content, such as choosing one of Spanish, French and German, which is almost rotten.

Virology is an elective course taught by Ivan Deloof, and even in Eton, a school that always adheres to small class teaching, the total number of his students has never exceeded ten. You know, the whole school is 12 to 18 years old, and there are 250 people in each grade!

Of course, this may have something to do with the fact that he has only been in Eton for only three years. Compared with many seniors who taught in this century-old school many years ago, he still has less publicity on his subjects, not to mention that the virus is real. Unpopular subjects.

The current situation is that there are thousands of people in the whole school, and there are no more than ten students of his own, and two high school girls who are admitted to the ninth and tenth grades together are going to come directly to take his class?

"I disagree!"

Ivan said categorically: "They probably just looked at the course list and thought that the virus course seemed cool, so they just chose it randomly. Virus research is different from ordinary biochemical experiments, neither of which is mentioned in the file. I don't want to be a babysitter for girls who have experience in experimentation!"

Williams sighed slightly, and he guessed this would be the result.

"Ivan, I decided not to play so fast. I know that girl Ashley very well. She has strong hands-on ability and has long been a successful fashion designer. This Alice is even more genius. Even if you want to object, at least Do you want to meet them too?"