United States, August 16, 2010, Berkeley, California. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Madrigal stood by the mirror in a daze, as if he couldn't believe his current situation.

Appearing in the mirror is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old Chinese, with black hair, black eyes, yellow skin, and facial features that cannot be said to be particularly beautiful, but they can make people feel more comfortable at a glance. However, the round figure has not changed with the crossing of the madrigal, the only thing that makes the madrigal feel comforted is that the glasses of more than 900 degrees before are gone, perhaps because the study and life in the United States is easier than in China.

"Alan, it's time to come downstairs for dinner. As a pleasant voice sounded, Madrigal quickly came back to his senses.

"I'll come down now!" Madrigal responded.

The body's name is Alan Mu, still called Mu Ge in Chinese, and it is a 10th grade middle school student at Mekbailey Middle School, 16 years old this year, with a pair of parents who immigrated by technology. His mother's name is Zhang Man, and his father's name is Mu Cong. The two went abroad to study computer science N years ago, fell in love at the University of California, Berkeley, and now work in Silicon Valley. Suffice it to say, the parents, like most families who want to immigrate to the United States, are just a more successful version. Madrigal also has a younger sister named Muyun, who is 10 years old and a student at Mekbailey Junior High School.

Madrigal quickly tidied up his clothes, took a deep breath, and encouraged himself: "Madrigal, although you are no longer in the original world, you may not be able to see your mother and father in this life, and you will not be able to repay their nurturing grace (tears), but you have not been pulled into the main god space to live that kind of precarious life! ”

Wiping away her tears, Madrigal opened the door and walked down the stairs to the living room.

There are five dishes and one soup on the table. Although they have immigrated to the United States for more than ten years, Zhang Man and Mu Cong have always insisted on cooking Chinese food at home and speaking Chinese, so even if the world's Pastoral and Mu Yun were born and raised in the United States, they also know Chinese culture very well, and they can also speak authentic Mandarin, and sometimes they can speak SC dialect, because Zhang Man and Mu Cong are both from Chengdu.

Zhang Man walked to the table with rice. She greeted the madrigal: "Alan, come and eat, mom made your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs today." Pastoral smiled at Zhang Man and said, "Really? Thank you, Mom." Zhang Man was stunned and didn't say anything, and then beckoned Mu Cong and Mu Yun to come for dinner. Pastoral Ge saw Zhang Man's pause clearly, he recalled the previous memories of this body, and secretly exclaimed that it was not good. Although the original director said that he was educated and influenced by his parents' sinicization at home, he was born and raised in the United States after all, so in some places he still studied the same as Americans. For example, for father and mother, at this age, most of the time, the former director will not call mom and dad, but by name.

Madrigal felt that he couldn't speak easily until he had carefully read the memories of the original owner, otherwise he would be found to be different from the original by familiar people, and then wonder if he was sick or sucked, which would be bad.

But there's something called Murphy's theorem, and often what you don't want to happen, is often the most likely to happen.

Mu Cong, who was eating, suddenly seemed to think of something, and looked up to Pastoral and asked, "Alan, school is going to start in a few days, and you will be a tenth-grader soon, are you ready to take AP (AdvancedPlacement) classes?"

“。。。。 Madrigal looked at the bushes dumbfounded. What is AP class? Although as a prospective international student, Madrigal also has some understanding of the United States, but all he focuses on is American universities! -

Mu Cong looked at the fascinate pastoral song, and seemed to feel that his problem was a little inappropriate, and hurriedly comforted: "If you don't choose, forget it, I'll just ask, after all, most students still start to take AP in the 11th grade." When Madrigal heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly swept away the remaining rice in the bowl and said to a few relatives, "I'm done." I'll go back to my room and write first.。。 Write.. Write down your plans for the next semester. With that, he hurried back upstairs.

Zhang Man, who was at the dinner table, glared at Mu Cong and snorted, "Look at you, ah, what did you scare Allen into." How much pressure do you want to put on your child when you mention AP courses so early?!"

Mu Cong shrunk his neck and said with a smile: "Wife, don't I care about him?" Hehe, let him think about AP class earlier, it's better than when it's too late~"

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Madrigal returned to the room and locked the door, for fear that Zhang Man and Mu Cong would ask some strange questions.

Madrigal sat down in a chair, closed his eyes, and began to read the memories of his former master.

After a while, Madrigal opened his eyes.

"I see. The U.S. high school curriculum is set to Regular, Honor, and AP according to the level of difficulty. The GPA calculated according to Regular is up to 4 points, while Honor courses can add 0.5 points and AP can add 1 point, so the GPA of the final student can be higher than 4 points. Therefore, for GPA, the maximum GPA is 4 for General difficulty courses, 4.5 for Honor courses, and 5 for AP courses. AP course is the abbreviation of Advanced Placement Course, which is an educational program established by the College Board of America (CEEB) in American high schools. It is designed to provide high-achieving and gifted high school students with the opportunity to take college-level courses early in high school at a level of difficulty equivalent to the foundation courses of a freshman year in the United States. There are 22 categories and 37 subjects, which are widely offered in more than 15,000 high schools in the United States. AP courses are more difficult than Honor courses and have an impact on GPA and college applications. AP courses include both liberal arts and science courses. If you have a good score on the AP course exam, it is possible to apply directly for college credit, which is one of the most direct benefits of taking AP courses. ETS (Educational Testing Service) conducts AP exams in May every year, and test results are available in July. Test scores range from 1 to 5, and most colleges consider a score of 4 or more to be good and can give college credit (but not all universities accept AP credit). For example, if you have a 5 on the AP Calculus exam, if the university you are applying to accepts this score, you can skip the course in your freshman year of college and get credit for the course. This will give you the energy to take other courses that interest you. The more AP test scores are recognized by the university, the more credits are earned, the more time students have to take other college courses, the possibility of completing their studies early, or even completing a double degree in four years of college. Considering the cost of tuition, if the university you apply to can accept AP scores, AP courses can save some of the college tuition. ”

Madrigal thought about it and still felt quite happy, after all, Mu Cong's words showed that he was still a scholar.

"Well, when you choose courses next semester, let's take 1-2 AP courses first, after all, I have college graduates (→ now. →) The amount of knowledge should not be too difficult to study a first-year college course. Pastoral feels as if he can realize his dream of being a scholar in this life, and when the time comes, he will become a professor and win the Nobel Prize, which seems to be the treatment of the protagonist of the novel.

Madrigal was happy for a while, and decided to take a look at what the rookie god gave him the golden finger.

"Well, now is the time for miracles. Come out, my top student system !!"