Chapter 340: , Shout

Soon it came to the opening day of the "Battle Fair". Early in the morning, the first passenger train in the world was crowded in front of the Ares Square station, and it will start from here soon.
Little France also came to the station with other students. There were three third-class carriages on the first passenger train. These three carriages were allocated to several schools built in poor areas by lottery. Little France’s school was lucky enough to get the lottery.
Then there is the distribution within the school. In order to prevent the rich from taking advantage of what should not be taken, although there are basically no rich people in the school where Little France was studying, the more so, the more serious it is to be. So that students know how fair France is, the allocation of places in the school depends entirely on test results.
Little France is not particularly serious about studying, but the content of the primary school can be done with a little cleverness. Coupled with the fact that the academic level of the students in the school where Little France is located is generally poor, it is said that Little France has stood out and won a place.
Yes, the academic standards of schools in poor areas are quite low. Generally speaking, in France today, although the compulsory education of elementary school is implemented, the education funds available to schools in different regions vary greatly.
Of course, the state is very fair to all children, whether they are the children of the poor or the children of the rich, and the education expenses allocated to each child are exactly the same. But the problem is that state funding is quite limited and can only maintain the most basic operations.
Generally speaking, a primary school in the compulsory education stage has three main sources of funding: state funding, block funding, and donations.
The state funding is based on the number of students. The amount of block appropriation is spent from the public service expenditure of the block. The public service expenditure of this block is decided by all referendums in the block and collected from all residents in the block. Therefore, many people also call it "block tax." Generally speaking, the neighborhoods where the rich live will always charge a higher "block tax", which can keep the poor out of their neighborhoods, (they can't pay the tax, naturally it is impossible to live in such a neighborhood ) On the one hand, it also guarantees the quality of public services in the neighborhood, including education.
As for the poor areas, there is almost no public service expenditure, so the neighbourhood funding naturally does not exist. As for donations, don't even think about it. As a result, schools in the poor areas almost entirely rely on government funding to operate. This makes the difference in funding between schools in the poor and rich areas of Paris very huge.
For example, in the elementary schools in the original Saint-Antoine district (after Napoleon became the first ruler, it was subdivided into many small blocks), the proportion of state funding in their funds is always about 100%. Ninety-eight or more. In a wealthy district like the Pantheon, the proportion of state funding in the funding of elementary schools may not even be 5%. Considering that the state funding is the same for every student, we can immediately draw a conclusion that at the elementary level, the education funding of a poor child may only be about 5% of that of a rich child.
Therefore, in elementary schools in the rich neighborhood, a class often has only 20 or so students, and each class and each subject has a dedicated teacher; and each teacher even has an assistant teacher. In addition, various other facilities are far beyond the imagination of schools in poor areas.
In a poor area, in an elementary school, including the principal, all the faculty and staff names together do not exceed one palm. A teacher often has to concurrently teach multiple subjects such as French, mathematics, science, and art, and teach multiple years at the same time. In addition, because of insufficient funds, they cannot afford to hire a sufficient number of qualified teachers, so their classes are exceptionally large. Many times there is only one class for each grade, and this class may have hundreds of students. And their teachers may simply be students who just graduated from this school with better grades.
Therefore, in terms of academic level, the academic level of students from schools in poor areas is almost not at the same level as that of students in rich areas, and even the academic level of upper-grade pupils in schools in many rich areas may be higher than those in poor areas. The children's teachers are tall.
In a sense, after the abolition of the aristocracy system, this difference has become one of the means for those with high status to ensure that their descendants can always occupy high positions. The inequality in education has consolidated the inequality in society.
However, this cannot be blamed on the country. After all, who makes you unable to buy a house in the wealthy district and pay the "block tax" in the wealthy district? Therefore, the government cannot be blamed for fate, and society cannot be blamed. At least the government under Napoleon still paid attention to the poor children. For example, today's "historical opportunities" are all given to poor children, although to be honest, such "historical opportunities" are actually of no real use. .
Since it is such a historic time, of course, a ceremony or something is indispensable. Someone must give a speech. After Joseph and Lucien’s review and Lucien’s personal guidance, the First Ruling His Excellency delivered a speech at the railway station entitled "Into the Spring of Science". In the speech, Napoleon pointed out, "The progress of science and technology It is the first impetus to promote the progress of human society. France calls on her sons and daughters to strengthen their efforts in this area and continue to advance bravely in the sea of ​​science." He also pointed out that France has a great responsibility to the world, that is, France should lead the whole Europe, and even the whole world, into the spring of science, just like the Roman Empire at the time, bringing the world from ignorance to civilization, just like a steam locomotive. With other carriages, it's like speeding up and running on the railway. Finally, His Excellency the First Ruling also pointed out that in this train, all the first three carriages were given to those children free of charge, just to encourage the children to explore courageously and to continue to lead the world in the sea of ​​science in the future.
Napoleon's speech was repeatedly interrupted by enthusiastic applause and shouts. At first, people shouted: "Long live the first ruling!" Later, I didn't know who brought the head and suddenly shouted "Inbredo". So everyone chanted "Inbredo" together.
"Inbredo" is a Roman word, which directly means the invincible commander. The famous Caesar was once called "Inbrador" by the soldiers. Later, after Octavian established the monarchy in Rome, the title of "Inbredo" has been restricted to the incumbent emperor and occasionally awarded to his immediate family members. The Roman emperor always used the title "Inberado" as his personal name when he enthroned; and after the reign of Tiberius, the action of being hailed by Inberado has turned into a symbol of the emperor's enthronement. At this time, these people chanted "Inbrado" to Napoleon. This was not just praising Napoleon for his military exploits, but in fact it also meant "to persuade the first ruling lord to go further."
However, Napoleon did not respond too much to this call. After he finished his speech and announced the opening of the passenger train, he left the podium.
Then the ticket was checked and boarded. The passengers who boarded the car first were the passengers in the luxury box. For example, Nathan Rothschild, who paid a big price for the sixth car, got on the car early.
After all, a luxury box is a luxury box. Its comfort and luxury are far from comparable to that of a luxury carriage. If you want to say, the luxury cabins on some sea-going ships may be comparable to it. In fact, the luxury compartments of the train are largely based on seagoing ships.
Nathan Rothschild did not sit down on the soft sofa and admire the cabin that cost him a lot of money. Instead, he would walk directly to the front until the junction of the sixth and fifth carriages. There, stood a waiter.
"I'm Nathan Rothschild of the Rothschild Bank. May I visit the fifth carriage?" Nathan Rothschild asked as he handed over a business card.
The waiter took the business card and noticed that there seemed to be something under the business card, which seemed to be a promissory note. He quietly put away these two things and replied:
"Mr. Rothschild, I need to ask the passengers about this matter."
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So Nathan Rothschild walked into the fifth car under the leadership of this waiter.
The reason why the price of Car No. 6 was so high at the time was entirely because the person who photographed Car No. 5 was named Bonaparte. Therefore, many people speculate that Napoleon's family will board this train.
Napoleon's whereabouts are public. He will take the second train to the Palace of Liberty, but it is speculated that his elder brother and younger brother will probably be in this carriage. If you can take advantage of this opportunity to build a relationship with them, then it will be worth the money. (On the contrary, if Napoleon is on it, considering the inevitable security, those people will definitely not have the opportunity to approach him.)
However, in fact, the Napoleon family was not in this carriage. Joseph was not so keen on taking the train. I even did the Revival in his previous life. As for Lucien, he will not go to the Freedom Palace at all today. He will sit in the Ministry of Truth and be responsible for all kinds of propaganda today. As for Louis and Polina, they went with Napoleon, so there was not a single Bonaparte in this carriage. The people here are Joseph's friends and students.
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