Simon found that attending classes could also be considered a daily system quest, though it didn't increase his Action Points much.
In the game's setting, such formal courses were meant to increase attributes.
As a game with a genetic bonus setting, the attribute bonuses for the first few generations were very low, often requiring a large number of Insight Points to learn a subject.
By middle school, it might become difficult to make ends meet, and at that time, a large number of courses were indeed needed to fill certain gaps.
After the fifteenth generation, due to significant genetic bonuses, attributes were no longer an issue, so players should focus more on developing Insight Points, cultivating a wide range of hobbies and specialties, and no longer needing to schedule many courses.
It's quite realistic, isn't it?
Differences in educational quality and talent are expressed through genetic bonuses; it takes generations of effort to send a child to a prestigious university.
And the gap in educational levels has always existed and will never disappear.
Simon, by gathering information daily, roughly understood the current educational philosophy and situation in China.
The goal is to cultivate a new generation that is well-rounded, upright, united, loving, strong, healthy, moral, idealistic, goal-oriented, persistent, academically excellent, and pure and noble in character.
The country promotes universal compulsory education, encourages education for all ages, facilitates lifelong learning, reduces regional disparities in educational levels, and enhances fairness.
These grand ideals were proposed nearly half a century ago and have indeed achieved tremendous results; children from any family background can attend the same schools, receive the same education, with tuition completely free and room and board fully covered.
As long as one is willing to learn, society will support him.
It's truly wonderful.
However, from Simon's perspective, individual educational attainment and even family educational levels are still polarized.
The emergence of highly talented individuals is a low-probability, sudden event; among the mediocre masses, those who are slightly outstanding cannot be called truly talented.
True geniuses are individuals who transcend common understanding; their talent is enough to overcome any lack of background or innate ability.
But education is not solely for this small group of geniuses.
For the general public, education is, after all, a ladder to advancement; besides school courses, a large amount of knowledge must be supplemented outside of class.
Without this, one cannot gain an advantage—a sense of urgency inherited from Chinese education at the turn of the century.
What people value most now is education, for no other reason than that highly skilled professionals are well-compensated, and so a sense of urgency regarding education permeates all of China.
The mainstream trend of economic development can be clearly seen from the anxiety of the masses.
At the end of the last century, networking skills and 'thick black theory' were popular; it was a time when individual businesses flourished, so building good interpersonal relationships was key to making money.
Around the beginning of the 21st century, the development of new internet industries shifted public attention to technology and the internet, and at that time, internet technologies were popular.
It can be said that the public's emphasis on technology at the turn of the century is precisely the origin of the current public anxiety about education.
From the beginning of the century to the mid-century and then to the end of the century, what most powerfully drove the national economic level was technology.
Whether it was the booming holographic projection in the 2030s, the popularization of intelligent machines starting in the 2040s, the space leap in the 2050s, the Dyson Sphere project in the 2060s, or even the comprehensive urbanization in the 2070s, the entire process was a materialization of technological achievements.
As the technological threshold becomes higher and higher, the requirements for citizens' quality will also become higher and higher, and education naturally becomes the top priority.
These days, all the hard and tiring work is done by machines; if a person doesn't have a few tricks up his sleeve, if his mind is empty, he really can't survive.
Most citizens of Social Credit Level 1 are concentrated in the primary industry, far from cities, maintaining their livelihoods by operating mechanized farms.
The rest are basically in the tertiary industry, doing simple service jobs not yet occupied by robots.
Simon quite liked the public's sense of anxiety in society, because it meant that class mobility was still quite active; only societies with solidified classes would become stagnant.
Seeing the prosperity and flourishing of his homeland made him, this old man from the anxious era at the turn of the century, secretly shed tears of emotion.
...
After the nap was Physical Education class, but it was used for a self-introduction meeting instead.
The large class and preparatory class were in session, while the two small classes, totaling forty-one children, gathered in the auditorium, sitting on the tiered seats.
Starting with Chun Sun Class, they went up to the stage by student number, introduced themselves using the microphone.
The auditorium wasn't large, but the acoustics were good, and some children were startled by their own voices.
Simon was No. 12; by the time it was his turn, the scene was already chaotic.
These children were mostly chattering, chirping away, and the most terrifying thing was that they didn't even know what they were saying, becoming more eager to join in the louder it got.
In such a situation, the teachers could only calm them down one by one, very skillfully, but with little effect.
In fact, such self-introductions were always just a formality; truly getting to know each other relied on accumulation over time.
Simon stood on the stage, with a small low table in front of him holding the microphone, allowing his upper body to be visible.
Facing the squealing crowd, he felt that these children were a collective—a chaotic collective—whose strength was greater than his individual strength.
Simon began to sing, "A-men, a-qian, a grape vine..." He couldn't help but recall the old memes, singing a cheerful nursery rhyme, he ignored the teachers' surprised gazes and began to clap a rhythm.
This trick was learned from Teacher Wang of Chinese Language.
The children also clapped along, happily, and after Simon finished singing, they even applauded.
Specialty [King of Nursery Rhymes (Rare)]: You are proficient in three hundred nursery rhymes; even if you forget the words, you can make them up.
You can often instantly captivate the entire kindergarten, becoming the most dazzling child in the crowd.
Effect: Increased attractiveness to human young, slightly increased charisma.
The nursery rhyme successfully took effect.
Simon waited for them to quiet down a bit before speaking, "My name is Simon, Lu as in the animal, Zheng as in correct, Kang as in healthy.
I like playing on my phone and watching others eat.
I don't have anything I dislike yet.
My dream is to become a scientist or a painter in the future.
Um, that's all.
Thank you."
Whoosh!—The little rascals were very supportive, applauding vigorously.
Several teachers exchanged smiles, their eyes full of joy.
Smart children are always popular.
At an age where they don't even know what learning is, displaying such quick wit is truly astonishingly precocious.
Su Xiangli, student No. 13, walked onto the stage gracefully, not at all shy.
After introducing herself and her nickname, she also mimicked Simon, introducing her likes and dislikes.
"I like playing the piano, and I hate Simon; he's a big bad guy!"
"Pfft—" The math teacher laughed out loud.
Her surname was Zhou, she had an oval face, wore a beige sweater, loose black sweatpants, and white sneakers.
Her hair was tied into several small braids, giving her a very homely vibe.
"A big bad guy, huh? Does negative times negative make a positive?"
The scholarly Teacher Wang muttered quietly, "Two 'bad's indicate emphasis..."
On stage, Su Xiangli was barely 1.1 meters tall, but her aura was immense.
Simon covered his face: I was wrong, I was really wrong, do women hold grudges from such a young age?
Student Su walked off the stage with big strides, and it was student No. 14, Zhang Yingxuan's turn to go on stage for his self-introduction.
By this time, the effect of Simon's song had worn off, and the scene became difficult to manage again.
This serious young man stood frozen on the stage, at a loss.
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