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Location, 20 miles from downtown London, in the small town of Windsor, on the banks of the River Thames, opposite Windsor, Eton College.

A gray-haired, well-dressed old man sits behind a mahogany desk, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a thoughtful smile on his lips, reading a ********.

It was the first time Williams had been so interested in a single girl since Eton College began admitting female students last year.

Alice Wang, a Chinese-American girl, can be said to have no match for the style of Eton College in terms of national identity. In fact, throughout Eton's history, style mismatches have occurred at least twice, and every Etonian knows its course well.

Founded in 1440 by King Henry VI, Eton College is an ancient institution known as the cradle of the elite, the culture of gentlemen, and the strict management of militarization. It is widely regarded as one of the best secondary schools in the UK and a training ground for the elite of the British royal family, politics and business.

This school, called a public school, is actually a private secondary school. Henry VI named it a public school in order to provide free education to poor students, so that poor children could also attend the school, and then serve as a preparatory school for admission to King's College, Cambridge University. It can be said that this is the original Eaton, and it is also the purest Eaton.

However, just two hundred years later, by the 17th century, Eton College had become the most famous aristocratic school in England. Because the children of the nobility were proud to be able to enter this school, they vied with each other to enroll, forming an atmosphere of nobility, and the children of the common people could not reach it, so that the school gradually became a school with a strict hierarchy and was open to the children of the nobility.

This is the first change, and it is also a change in line with the course of history, and every Etonnian is open to the behavior of the early ancestors who betrayed the founder's purpose. Because, it is precisely because of this calm attitude that when the pace of development of the times is becoming more and more rapid, Eaton also takes the opportunity to make the most appropriate changes, so that it will not get lost in the trend of the times.

Eton used to be an aristocratic school, and children of the family had to register as soon as they were born. But now, especially after the end of World War II, there are very few nobles left in the schools, and the so-called "aristocracy" has actually become synonymous with "expensive people". In the past, the aristocracy relied on the aristocracy's own advantages and the common people could not have attained it, but in the modern era when the economy of the whole country and the world is booming, the tuition fee of 20,000 pounds a year is really nothing.

Although the world tends to think of the English aristocracy as a typical example of stubbornness, old stubbornness, in many ways, they have always quietly and invisibly adapted to the times. Like the existence of the royal family, from Magna Carta to constitutional monarchy, although in the eyes of a purely democratic country, it may still be a representative of backwardness and adherence to tradition. But since it can stand tall in the world as a powerful country, it will naturally not make mediocre people think.

Therefore, when the time moved towards the 80s of the 20th century, the third round of changes at Eton College was born.

"Alice ......"

Just as Williams was muttering the name, there was a knock on the door, and he looked up and lifted his glasses: "Please come in." ”

The door to the principal's office opened, and a blond-haired, black-eyed man walked in.

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

When he entered the house, he politely said, "Headmaster, you are looking for me." ”

Williams smiled slightly, and handed Alice's ******** to the man: "Evan, look at this child's file." ”

Evan didn't doubt him, so he took it directly.

"Alice Wang. ”

He raised an eyebrow slightly.

The girl who will turn fifteen early next year is the age at which she will start high school, and although she has only been teaching for three years, Evan Delov has already seen too much ********. As for what kind of file a student who will go to high school should have, he has long been able to draw inferences from one case and memorize it backwards.

For example, if you were a reporter for the school newspaper in junior high school, or excel in a debate meeting, some parents will also take the lead in the sports day. Of course, the most common thing I see is the performance of ordinary club activities, and then there are non-punitive community volunteers, as well as some thirteen or fourteen-year-olds who do what they can, such as mowing the lawn of the neighbor's house.

But Alice Wang didn't write about that at all.

In fact, she writes very succinctly, and describes the passages that express her own deeds more than many parents teach their children, and her sentences are simply declarative sentences.

For example, the first one.

On December 12, 1980, he introduced Apple stock to his family, bought $50,000 worth of original shares, and earned $350,000 at the end of the day. ”

Another example is the second one.

On May 10, 1984, we successfully developed Internet hardware products - routers. ”

Then there's the registration date of Cisco Systems, and then there's the fourth one, about writing a novel called Jurassic Park.

Of course, it is not surprising that the compilation appears at the bottom of the list.

With the objective perspective of a documentary, the expression of declarative sentences, and the concise wording of a sea of definitions, the long list is dense at a glance.

Evan was silent, and then spoke: "It turns out that this young lady is coming to our school to study, but it is reasonable, a genius like her will not let go of the opportunity to study at Eton College." ”

After saying that, he respectfully put the file back in front of his desk: "Then Mr. Principal, what are you looking for me for?"

"This kid chose your virology as an elective. ”

Williams said mildly, "I'm not sure what the consequences would be for a girl like her to devote herself to scientific research, and it's a virus, such a very sensitive subject." Evan I know how good your virology skills are, so I'd like to ask you about it...... This girl, what might she be thinking?"

Evan Delov smiled slightly: "You really annoy me, principal, I don't know Miss Wang, and I'm not a psychology expert myself, how can I guess her heart with a file?"

"This girl...... Actually, it's quite interesting. ”

Apparently really thinking of something interesting, Williams shook his head and smiled, "Ivy...... I wasn't surprised that my former lover, Ashley, recommended her little granddaughter to go to school at Eton. But what I didn't expect was that this Alice actually had some relationship with Ivy, not only put herself on her recommendation list, but even brought two other little girls, do you say it's interesting?"

"That's fun, of course. ”

Evan replied nonchalantly, but then wondered, "The other two little girls, and this Ashley, Mr. Principal, won't they all pick my virology as an elective?"

"Hahaha, that's not true. ”

Williams waved his hand and said, "It's just Alice and Ashley, but Ivan, I have noticed that among the 250 freshmen this year, there are only two of them who choose virology as an elective." You, I'm afraid you've been busy in the past few years. ”

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

But it can't be helped, this is the teaching system of Eton College.

At EtonHouse, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all "fast and slow shift". EtonHouse has classes, but instead of being generally divided into classes based on grades, each subject is divided into different classes, and each class does not have more than 20 students. A student may be placed in Class C where Math needs more tutoring, but French class can be in Class A. Equipped with different teachers and teaching methods according to each person's characteristics, so that they can excel in all aspects is EtonHouse's purpose.

Then, like many high schools and universities, there are elective programs. It's just that EtonHouse is one of the top secondary schools in the world, and its electives are naturally not ordinary content, such as choosing between Spanish, French and German, which is almost rotten content.

Virology is an elective taught by Evan Delov, and even at Eton, a school that always has small class sizes, he never has more than 10 students. 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 at EtonHouse for three years, and compared to many seniors who taught at this century-old school many years ago, he still has little publicity about his subjects, not to mention that the virus is indeed an unpopular subject.

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

"I disagree!"

Evan said categorically, "It's likely that they just looked at the course list and thought that the virus course seemed cool, so they just chose it." Virus research is not the same as ordinary biochemical experiments, and I don't want to be a nanny for two girls who haven't mentioned in the file that they have experimental practice experience!"

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

"Evan, I decided not to go so fast, I know Ashley's girl very well, she has a strong hands-on ability, and she has long been a successful fashion designer. This Alice is a genius, and even if you want to object, you must at least meet them first, right?" )