Author: (Wandering Desert)
Original text from: Shenzhen Youth
The bell rang and the children ran into the classroom. The teacher is going to tell the story of Cinderella in this class.
The teacher first invited a child to the stage to tell a story to his classmates. The child soon finished speaking, and the teacher also expressed his feelings for him.
Thank you, and then start asking questions to the class.
Teacher: Which story do you like? Which one do you dislike? Why?
Student: I like Cinderella and the prince, but I don't like her stepmother and stepmother's sister. Xindairui
Los Angeles is kind, lovely and beautiful. Stepmother and sister treat Cinderella badly.
Teacher: If Cinderella doesn't have time to jump into her pumpkin carriage at midnight, think about it, but
What will happen?
Student: Cinderella will get dirty and wear shabby clothes. Oh, that's too bad
Teacher: So, you must be punctual, or you may get yourself into trouble. Besides, you see,
Every one of you is always dressed up. Don't suddenly appear untidy in front of others, or you will.
Our friends will be afraid. Girls, you should pay more attention. Dating boys when you grow up, if you don't pay attention.
It means that when your boyfriend sees you ugly, they may be afraid (the teacher fainted and the whole class laughed)
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Teacher: OK, next question: If you were Cinderella's stepmother, would you stop Cinderella from marrying the prince?
Prom? You must be honest!
Student: (After a while, a child raised his hand and answered) Yes, if I were Cinderella's stepmother, I would also stop her from going.
Attend the prince's ball.
Teacher: Why?
Student: Because, because I love my daughter, I want my daughter to be a queen.
Teacher: Yes, so it seems that all the stepmother we see are bad people. They are just not good enough for others, but she
Children are good to children, do you understand? They are not bad people, but they can't love their children.
Love other children as you love children.
Teacher: Next question, children: Cinderella's stepmother won't let her go to the prince's dance, and even locked the door.
Why can she go and be the most beautiful girl at the party?
Student: Because a fairy helped her, gave her beautiful clothes, turned pumpkins into carriages, and turned dogs and mice into servants.
Teacher: Yes, you speak very well! Think about it, if Cinderella didn't get help from the fairy, she couldn't have participated.
Plus the dance, right?
Student: Yes!
Teacher: If neither the dog nor the mouse help her, can she run home successfully at the last minute?
Student: No, then she can successfully scare the prince. (The whole class laughs again)
Teacher: Although Cinderella has a fairy to help her, it's not enough to have a fairy to help her. So, kid, whatever.
Wherever we go, we need friends. Our friends are not necessarily fairies, but we need them, and so do I.
I hope you have many friends.
Teacher: Next, please think about it. If Cinderella gives up the opportunity because her stepmother doesn't want her to go to the dance, she will.
Is it possible to be the bride of the prince?
Student: No! In that case, she won't go to the dance, and the prince won't see her, know her and fall in love with her.
Teacher: Exactly! If Cinderella didn't want to go to the dance, her stepmother didn't stop her and even supported her to go.
It's no use. Who decided that she would go to the prince's ball?
Student: herself.
Teacher: So, children, even if Cinderella doesn't love her mother and her stepmother doesn't love her, she can't be made not to love her.
Love yourself. It is because she loves herself that she can find what she wants. If any of you think
No one loves you, or you have a stepmother who doesn't love her like Cinderella. What do you want?
Student: Love yourself!
Teacher: Yes, no one can stop you from loving yourself. If you think others don't love you enough, you should love yourself more.
; If others don't give you opportunities, you should give yourself double opportunities; If you really love yourself, you will do it for yourself.
Find what you need-no one can stop Cinderella from attending the prince's ball, and no one can stop Cinderella.
Barbara became the queen, except herself. Right?
Student: Yes! ! !
Teacher: Last question, what is unreasonable about this story?
Student: (After a while) Everything will be back to its original state after midnight 12, but Cinderella's glass shoes.
Didn't change back.
Teacher: My God, you guys are great! You see, even great writers sometimes make mistakes, so mistakes are nothing.
What a terrible thing. I promise, whoever wants to be a writer in the future will be better than this writer! Do you believe it?
Really?
The children cheered.
2. What do American middle schools teach?
Tian Yan (San Francisco USA)
The author is not qualified to gossip about American secondary education. However, in the summer of 2003, I
The children took the child to America and sent him to a private middle school by mistake. Since then, as parents,
7-8 school reports, canteen menus, picnics, community activities and lectures are received every week.
Various types of "joint letters", including reports and charitable donations, also call the school once a month.
Plus volunteer activities, at the same time, it is almost once a month to meet with the class teacher and listen to the teacher giving lectures to the children.
Evaluation of sub-subject academic performance and introduction of related matters needing attention. So, there is an awakening, American middle schools.
Education is like this.
Strange admission system
-public schools jump one level and private schools drop one level.
In March 2003, my family moved from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, which is called the most livable city in America.
Just under the fame. In addition to climate, scenery and transportation, people are also concerned about housing, education and prices.
Factors, enough to make San Francisco residents pinch a few cold sweat. Before coming to the United States, considering that children are in the sixth grade in China, there are still 3
He will graduate next month, so let him go to America after graduating from primary school. I didn't expect to wait so long, so I waited.
A big problem.
San Francisco is a typical immigrant city. In the city's population, Asians account for 1/3, while whites account for less than 1/3, and the rest are mostly.
Blacks, Mexicans and other Spaniards. Three years ago, under the banner of fair education, several city Council members mentioned
The so-called "diversified education bill" broke the traditional distribution mode of allowing students to study nearby by region and was passed.
By mixing sand, some students in Asian and white areas will go to schools in black and Mexican areas.
And allocate the vacant places to students living in black and Mexican areas. My children arrived in America in time.
Due to the implementation of this policy, he was not assigned to Yuping Middle School in Youfang, which is less than half a mile away from home, nor was he assigned.
I went to Harvard Middle School, only 1 mile away from home, but I was assigned to Aitao Middle School, which is 3 miles away from home. This song begins at school time.
Secondly, Aitutao Middle School is a school with a majority of blacks and Mexicans, with an average English score of 52.
45 points in math. How to get to such a school?
So, with our children, we found the allocation center in the city's United campus to express our dissatisfaction, but what we didn't expect was "take it or leave,
Or move out of San Francisco. "Later, I heard that from August 25th to September 2nd1,there were about 2
Parents of five international students from China are dissatisfied with the allocation of places in the distribution center of the joint campus, and take their children to the campus every day.
Sit-in protest in front of the central building until the campus distribution center was forced to readjust the schools to which they were assigned.
Things. However, for us, when the bureaucrat in the campus distribution center said that he would either move out of San Francisco, it was already.
No longer expect these American bureaucrats to have any kindness.
Since you don't expect to go to a designated public school, there is only one choice left, private school. Ask around, private people in San Francisco
There are two types of public schools. One is a purely private school, which often requires history and style.
If nothing else, just those antique buildings can make people respect at a glance. Of course, these schools
The charging standard is generally between 12000 ~ 20000 USD/year. There is also a private school that is a missionary school. At first glance, it is a missionary school.
In fact, apart from being close to the church, it is no different from public schools in appearance. However, in terms of cost, it may be because
Those with religious background are somewhat subtle, and the standard is generally between 0.5 million-1 10,000 USD/year.
After a cursory investigation of several schools, we finally chose a Catholic school-Saint Anne School.
Therefore, the choice of this school, in addition to the school fees will not make us too embarrassed, as well as its cultural accumulation, according to
Known as the best missionary school in San Francisco, history 105. Of course, there is also its management, student enrollment.
After that, you can't leave the gate until after school in the afternoon. In addition, there is its distance, which is closest to our home, and it is only 1 on foot.
0 minutes.
However, just when we made the decision, a new problem appeared. What grade should the child go to? According to the general,
Traditionally, it is natural for children to graduate from the sixth grade and go to the United States to study in the seventh grade. However, in the United States, students in public schools
Admission depends on age, so when applying for public schools, according to American rules, children are placed in joint campuses.
Enter the eighth grade. By the way, the educational system in the United States is five years in elementary school, three years in junior high school and four years in senior high school. Eighth grade is equivalent to third grade.
. Unexpectedly, when applying for private schools, children are required to re-read the sixth grade, that is, the first grade. You have to jump in a public school.
Level, private schools will be downgraded. Where do you start? The headmaster is also very calm, and the children can't keep up with English.
One year is the foundation of English. While speaking, I took out a sixth-grade literature textbook and pointed to one chapter.
The child translated on the spot, and the result was self-evident. In this way, we finally had to agree to the arrangement of the school.
People often say that China's schools are exam hell, but in fact, aren't American schools, too? Although primary and secondary schools in the United States
However, there is no first-level entrance examination like China, and schools are ranked according to the results of the entrance examination. however
Public schools still have a national unified "California exam", and the church school where children are located is also once a year.
Compared with public schools, 12 private schools have a wider range of national examinations, including mathematics and English (scores)
Grammar, spelling, literature), society (divided into history and geography), science, religion and other subjects, as well as one
The exam lasts three days. It is precisely because of the existence of such an examination baton that the school is accepting foreign students in order to ensure "quality".
When students are young, private schools often deliberately lower their grades.
Ironically, just two weeks after the children entered school, we received the signature of Jacques Ming, the head of the San Francisco Unified Campus.
In a letter, we were warned that if our children were not allowed to go to Aitutao Middle School, the United Campus might violate its obligations.
Sue us for education law. I was very angry and wrote a reply to the person in charge of Jacques Ming, which contained many sarcastic remarks.
. After the letter was sent, it was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no news. Of course, there is also the so-called "joint campus" that is equally silent.
Legal means. "Interestingly, just a few days ago, I watched the TV news in San Francisco and said it was because China's parents were' compared'.
Yuan was dissatisfied with the bill, and the municipal government has set up a three-member team to hold a hearing on the implementation results of the bill.
Securities conference.
Different levels of classroom teaching
-Mathematical fusion and abstruse science
At home, even in Japan, there is a popular view that the quality of American education and university education is good.
As for primary and secondary education, the lack of basic training is simply "elegant Wu Ya". Including books that I have taught in college all my life.
Therefore, the old mother-in-law said that a good child should not be allowed to go to the United States to read the Third Quotation of seven buddha.
To tell the truth, I was a little uneasy about whether my children could learn anything in American schools from the beginning. perhaps
It is also for this reason that after you can't enter the public school you want, you won't care about the economy.
Burden, arrange children to go to private schools immediately. In the United States, a more recognized view is that teaching in private schools.
The quality is higher than that of public schools. Otherwise, who will pay for private education?
However, when I met the headmaster in Saint Anne school, because the children's learning advantage was in math, at home, they used to be school math.
Member of the Olympic Mathematics Training Team, participated in the provincial mathematics competition. Therefore, when introducing yourself, you will lose no time.
Recommend children's math subjects to the principal. Unexpectedly, after hearing the word "Mathematical Olympics", the headmaster immediately made a statement.
It shows that the math class in Saint Anne schools is only concept teaching, and the requirement for students is only to master some basic math concepts.
As for the Olympic Games, the school does not advocate such special training. When I heard the headmaster's words, my mind flashed.
My first thought is not to let children "destroy" in America.
This fear soon became a reality. On the third day after the start of school, the school distributed many teaching materials, including a 600.
The math textbook on this page is quite thick. What is the content? I'm in a hurry to open it. People are going to faint. middle
Mathematics in Grade One, Chapter 1 2.6 17.9 =? Is 84 greater than or less than 8 1? , and the content of the second chapter is 2
= to the seventh power? 、353.4÷6.2=? , the content of the previous chapter is 1/4×300=? 、3/5×2/4=? . This ability
Understand the concept teaching that the headmaster said. However, those people are careless about such a simple mathematical content.
American children are still a headache. One day, the child came back from school and said, a question 4 divided by 24, there are 35 people in the class, forget it.
Only two people, including him, did it right, which made the teacher shake his head again and again in class.
In any case, mathematics is completely hopeless, even the children themselves know it. Therefore, when making a phone call,
When listening to the original classmate who introduced himself as studying algebra to solve equations, he was very strong inside and could not help but say sadly, "
It seems that I have to go back to China to make up for math. "
It should be pointed out that in addition to mathematics, some other courses in American middle schools, such as English (equivalent to Chinese)
Text), history, geography, science, religion, etc. Both quality and quantity are much better than those in China. Take Chinese as an example,
The domestic language is a textbook, but it is about 250 pages. American English is divided into three kinds of textbooks, one is English.
Mainly about grammar, with 534 pages. One is spelling, focusing on spelling training of words, 3 12 pages. one more
Literature, teaching literary works on various subjects, is 8 12 pages thick.
Not to mention "English" and "spelling", just "literature", its content arrangement is by no means comparable to domestic Chinese textbooks.
The article not only covers novels, short stories, essays, poems, plays, oral legends and other topics, but also
Each topic is also composed of several articles with different times, styles, writing characteristics and language expressions.
Text composition. In addition to the article, there are background reports, author introduction, article analysis, reading comprehension and other related contents.
. In addition, each class also lists the literature websites of related articles to facilitate students' extracurricular reading.
Besides English, social (history, geography) teaching in American middle schools is also amazing. Take the history of the first grade as an example.
Different from the simple stacking of chronicles in domestic school history textbooks. American junior high school history is not simply telling students.
What happened in a year, but it focused on letting students know what history is? How to find the connection between history and present?
? How did humans discover history? They told the students the story of how archaeologists completed the excavation of the Egyptian pyramid of khufu.
What tools are used for archaeological excavations? How to record the site excavation? They also passed.
Filini, an ancient Roman historian, described the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and the painter Xiao Guri in 1785.
Compare the oil paintings created by Dick according to Filini's description, so that students can understand what is the first-hand information of history and what is it.
It's second-hand information. Ask the students about the historical materials they have been exposed to: Who is the author?
What kind of information does this belong to? How and when did this data come into being? Finally, they also based on the history of Easter Island.
The new archaeological discovery of the former megalithic remains tells students how human beings constantly revise their understanding of history.
Junior high schools in the United States do not offer courses such as physics, chemistry and biology. Instead, they offer a course called science.
This also surprised us at first. On closer inspection, however, the arrangement of science textbooks in the United States is indeed better than that in China.
Related courses are more vivid, interesting and scientific. For example, the first chapter of Science is divided into four sections: What is science?
Scientific measurement, life science tools, laboratory safety. When it comes to what is pure theoretical content like science,
Let children master the definition of science, not a simple dogma, but through the division of scientists' scientific research methods.
Analysis, that is, from the discovery of problems, through the collection of information to form a hypothesis, and then around the hypothesis, put forward experiments.
Design and carry out relevant experiments, and finally draw scientific conclusions on the basis of recording and analyzing experimental data.
Here, science is no longer above others It has evolved into a method and attitude, making it easier for children to pick it up.
Accept. In addition, in the tool part of life science, the scientific tools introduced to children are traditional microscopes and X-rays.
In addition, more space is used in fields such as electron microscope, computed tomography (CAT) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).
And the latest life science tools such as lasers. Content like this is impossible in domestic middle school textbooks.
involve
Speaking of American school education, another thing that has to be mentioned is its religious courses. In view of the fact that the United States does not have the domestic kind
Therefore, although the course of ideological and moral education has a very strong religious color, it must be affirmed.
Cheng did provide beneficial moral enlightenment for children's growth. Seriously, it is through this religious curriculum education that it has been
/kloc-after 0/3 years old, the children sat down for the first time and discussed with us what is jealousy, egoism and what is.
What is a crime, and how to apologize, how to avoid jealousy, how to avoid egoism, how to avoid crime and so on.
Sensitive topics that are difficult to communicate.
As a decentralized country, education in the United States is not under the jurisdiction of the federal government, so there is no such form.
And "unification", that is, the so-called unified syllabus, unified teaching materials, and even unified examinations. Although, each state also has its own.
Education legislation, however, it is up to the school to decide whether all the course materials are willing to take the relevant unified examination.
, thus, it also constitutes their own different educational characteristics.
In the field of middle school education, it has experienced American-style education, and compared with China and the United States, it can be said that it has surpassed mathematics.
China has no advantage in other subjects, whether it is the arrangement of teaching materials or the design of specific teaching process. Take science as an example.
For example, science has become the most popular subject for children in Saint Anne schools. It turns out that in the textbook content,
Besides, the teacher has added a lot of new teaching content, which is simply a "hundred thousand whys" This kind of classroom interest
Even after class was over, the child went home that day, picked up glue and salt and ran to the kitchen, saying that he wanted to make plasticine and asked
Homework or not, the child shook his head. It was only in science class that he heard that plasticine could be synthesized with glue and salt that he became interested.
Think about it, just want to go home and practice. Some people may say that students will learn more basic knowledge under the domestic education system.
Be solid. But considering the essence of education, it is to cultivate a person who can really serve the society. From this corner,
The gap between Chinese and American education is obvious.
Incredible school management
-standing in the rain to eat, not wearing a school uniform is a reward.
Compared with schools in China, American middle schools seem to face more social problems. Publicity materials for the joint campus.
It shows that 40% students in San Francisco public schools have had drug abuse experience. There are also violence, the proliferation of guns on campus, and tendencies.
Draw a gun and face each other. At the beginning of June, 2003, 5438+065438+ 10, it was reported that the San Francisco City Police Department found a hidden student changing clothes in a public middle school.
Room AK47 submachine gun, followed by 165438+ 10. On October 8th, a 15-year-old black public middle school student was caught in another tram.
16-year-old black student was shot outside.
In this context, most American schools have implemented closed campus management. The children attend the Saint Anne school.
This is also the case. The school gate only opens briefly in the morning (7: 50 ~ 8: 20) and after school (3: 00 ~ 3: 30).
Yes, the rest of the time, the front and rear doors are locked, and the whole school is completely closed. Not only to prevent strangers from invading the campus
At the same time, students are not allowed to go in and out at will. This preventive measure is very strict. If you want to take your children home for lunch, you must do it well in advance.
Submit a written application signed by parents and the approval of the class teacher, and pick up the children through the school secretary.
A pass to verify identity.
By the way, in the United States, public schools generally provide free lunches, while private schools still provide lunches.
Parents pay. You can pay, but in Saint Anne school, students can't eat in the classroom, and the school doesn't arrange special classes.
At lunch time, hundreds of students gathered around the benches in the open-air playground. It's sunny.
However, when it rains, everyone can only stand in the rain and submit to humiliation. Children who have just come to America feel wronged.
Come on, we are all distressed to hear that. How can there be such a school in the world? Therefore, other parents want to give advice to the school in series.
Who knows that those old Americans choked to death in one sentence, "Who got sick in the rain?"
? "Indeed, since there is no big mistake, why do you want to correct it? Besides, San Francisco only has two or three rains a month.
Moreover, it is not necessarily noon, and my heart is relieved.
There is no doubt that there will be such inhuman regulations as eating in the rain, and the strict management of the school is self-evident. Zaihai
In the child's desk, there is an ochre brown paper bag with the child's class and student number written on it, which is the joint designated by the school.
Three bags are packed every week. Before school, the teacher will put 7-8 colorful sheets, including statements and canteen dishes.
Various types of "contact letters" such as singles, picnics, club activities, lectures and reports, and charitable donations, these
The "contact letter" was designated to be given to parents on the same day. As evidence, the school requires parents to leave their signatures after receiving it. only
In America, there are also some language factors. Children don't understand the function of this kind of contact package, and they forget it the first time they send it.
In the desk. Results The next day, the child left school 15 minutes later than other students, and was left behind by the teacher and told.
He must obey the rules of the school. Scare the child to go home and make a hullabaloo about. Take him home again on Wednesday. Be sure to remind the contact package.
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Similarly, there are course links. Except for parents' meetings and Fridays, the school will assign a certain amount of homework every day.
. These assignments usually require the signature of parents, which is called course contact. Parents will be punished if they "forget" their signatures.
Penalty, the child's homework is zero the next day. In addition, the unit test report was signed in San Francisco.
The best missionary school, Saint Anne, arranges unit tests almost every other week, and the results of the unit tests are based on the curriculum.
Categories are designed as a graph, allowing parents to score according to their children's test scores. Thus, each
After another wave of unrest, why not let the whole family be thrilling?
In addition, when studying in the United States, one of the topics that people often complain about is the high price of books. That's true. Just for the kids.
The market price of several textbooks used is as high as $320. Perhaps this is an understanding of schools. Students in Saint Anne use books.
They are all borrowed from the school, and there is also a list on the title page, which clearly lists the names of borrowers and books borrowed in each issue.
Date of the book and maintenance review of the book. This practice of the school has saved a lot of money for parents, but for borrowing,
For the children in the book, this adds a little extra fear. I thought my name would be saved on it, too, so,
At home, children who never know what happened in Bao Shu nervously urged their mothers after they got the books home, just as the teacher said.
Every book should be wrapped and protected, and then transferred to the next grade. The consciousness of cherishing arises spontaneously.
In the United States, a remarkable feature of students in private schools is that they wear school uniforms, and Saint Anne schools are no exception. On the first day of school,
Among the many colorful "contact letters" that children brought back from school, there was a pass to buy school uniforms in a designated store.
Tell me. Every morning, a teacher stands at the school gate to check the clothes of every student who enters the school. Once the rules are violated,
You can only stay outside the door. Strangely, even so, there are often some "leaks" on campus who don't wear school uniforms.
Fish ",the teachers are not surprised. Over time, I realized that in Saint Anne, it was actually a school without uniforms.
Rewards for students. For example, to achieve fundraising goals, participate in weekend activities organized by the school, and participate in school collective activities.
Winning the prize and attending the parent-teacher meeting of the school can obtain the certificate issued by the school so that the holder can use it on the specified date.
Don't wear school uniform to school. Interestingly, children have no objection to what clothes to wear to school before they know the rules.
After the rules, as long as there is an opportunity not to wear school uniforms, we will be reminded early and remember "no school uniforms tomorrow". Originally, no.
Wearing a school uniform can also be an honor. Such school management is hard to imagine in primary and secondary schools in China.
As a missionary school, Saint Anne holds charity fund-raising activities almost every month. Of course, the main body of the activity is the students.
When you have to "compensate" your parents. In this charity fundraising activity, the role of parents is called "volunteers". The so-called "volunteers",
Mainly as a volunteer in various activities organized by the school, you can do outdoor jogging activities, or you can
A shop assistant is having a picnic in the park. As far as our family is concerned, the "volunteer" time allocated by the school is 40 hours/semester. Considering one
Some parents of dual-income families have no time to be "volunteers" and can only pay "ransom", the price of this "ransom"
The price is $0/0 per hour/kloc, which is much higher than the lowest price of $6.75 in San Francisco.
Since even parents have indicators for charitable fundraising, children are the first to bear the brunt. From September to 10, according to school regulations, children
Our donation limit is 40 dollars. With the notice, the child who has not raised money is afraid. "A stranger, let
Where can I raise money? "In the beginning, don't talk about children. Even we didn't know what to do. We could only comfort our children.
Don't worry, "let dad be a big head at most." However, you can't make your own donation, can you? Therefore,
Seeing those China ancestors who had children studying in Saint Anne, they found the right opportunity to get together and ask for advice modestly. It turns out that their
The children collected money from their neighbors. It's simple. There are about 200 neighbors in the apartment building where we live, one more than them.
There are many residents in this block, and they are all rich owners, otherwise they would not live in this building. So, we also
Actively encourage children to raise them in the lobby of apartment buildings. The child agreed, but was only willing to try for 30 minutes.
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On Sunday morning, the children put on their school uniforms and stood alone in the downstairs hall, flushed, and the school sent them to raise money.
The paper was also wrinkled, showing inner tension. Just then, an old man came out of the elevator and the child greeted him at once.
In order to stand up, he stammered to the old man that he was a student in Saint Anne and was collecting money for charity in the school. "oh,
"No problem," the old man replied very readily, immediately took out $5 and asked with concern when the child would come.
American? What grade are you in now? The first time he spoke, he won the flag, and the child couldn't help but feel confident.
In this way, from 9: 00 to 9: 30, six people were blocked before and after, and 28 yuan was raised. When the children talked about fundraising afterwards,
My face turned red. I didn't expect Americans to be more nervous than me. It turns out that two out of six people didn't.
Bring cash, give the child such a "jam", his face is redder than the child, and finally, he says "I'm sorry", which is unexpected.
Turned and ran away. In fact, fund-raising is a very common social activity in the United States, and even the president of the United States will make a splash in the election campaign.
Have the cheek to look around for money. To this end, it is not the fundraiser who is embarrassed, but the fundraiser who does not pay the money.
Anyway, this time the money was donated, and the children also said it was the first step towards American society. but
What we are worried about is, when will this financing method be realized in Saint Anne? No, there is a new notice in the contact bag.
It's time for the children to sell soda this time. Of course, we have to pay for the soda. ■