Hannah's return made the Li family suddenly a little more lively. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Knowing that their youngest daughter had also returned, Marilyn and James rushed home one after another, and the family sat around the sofa and enjoyed themselves.

Zongheng declined Lydia's invitation and sat alone in the dining room, still carrying his dictionary on his back. But because it was not far away, the conversation between Lydia and the others still reached his ears.

After some shush, Hannah asks about James' attack.

James smiled and waved his hand, "I don't have any problems, don't worry." It's just an egg, and it didn't hit me. ”

That being said, Hannah is still resentful of what happened to James. She asked in an unkind tone, "How did the academy management deal with that student?" Is there any conclusion? ”

Hearing this question, James's face suddenly became a little gloomy. He sighed and said, "The official conclusion has not yet come out." But I'm afraid it's more than lucky. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces suddenly became very serious. Lydia asked, "What's wrong?" The college refuses to uphold justice? ”

"It's not what you think." James waved his hand, "There was an impromptu joint meeting of professors this morning. The professors were very supportive of me and unanimously said that they would take the matter seriously. According to their intentions, they wanted to expel the student. But I don't think the student's behavior was a heinous crime, just a young man who was ignorant and impulsive. As long as he is willing to apologize publicly, I will show my forgiveness and ask the college to give him a lenient ......."

"Daddy!" Hannah abruptly interrupted James, "You're so kind to a woman! ”

"What's wrong?" James was stunned.

Hannah puffed up and said, "You seem to be very generous in doing this." But have you ever wondered what other students would think if that guy wasn't expelled? Will there be students who will follow his example and throw eggs at the professor in class whenever they are dissatisfied? ”

"Probably not, right? This is, after all, an isolated incident. James' eyes widened.

"Not necessarily!" Hannah said, "Daddy! You can't use our way of thinking to understand coming from the Chinese. Their way of thinking is completely different from ours. ”

James said with some dissatisfaction: "You emphasize the differences between the Chinese and us too much. Don't forget, our whole family, except for your mother, is Chinese. ”

"But our whole family was born and raised in the United States, and the living environment that plays the most important role in the formation of our way of thinking is completely different from those international students from China, isn't it?" Hannah retorted, "You know about the school bullying incident that happened in California the other day? ”

James shook his head. He was a fairly traditional intellectual, and if he didn't have to, he would only read books and literature, not watch television.

"Lydia should know, right?" Hannah asked again.

Lydia thought for a moment and said, "You mean that in California, three high school girls from China kidnapped and bullied another high school student?" ”

"That's right!" "My mentor, Professor Pierce, was an F.B.I. consultant, and I followed him to California after the case to conduct psychiatric evaluations of the three suspects and the victims, so I know a little bit about the case," Hannah said. I also have some experience of the way of thinking of these international students from China. ”

Everyone in the living room looked at Hannah to hear what she had to say. Even Zongheng, who was huddled alone in the restaurant, took his attention away from the dictionary and involuntarily stretched out his ears.

"In addition to investigating suspects and victims, I have also conducted surveys of local Chinese students in California and Chinese students at the University of Chicago. Do you know what I've investigated? ”

"Don't sell it. Just say what you have! Lydia was a little upset about that.

"You know what? Most of these guys from China are very indifferent to the law. In their minds, the school is a place outside the law. If there is any dispute between students and students, or between students and teachers, even if they hit or hurt someone, as long as no one is killed, it is not a big deal. ”

"How so?!" Marilyn covered her mouth and exclaimed.

Hannah explains: "I thought it was strange at first, too. Later, I asked a lot of people, and I realized that this is because in China, they have always dealt with campus crime in this way. In China, the government has very strict standards for the safety management of schools, and this assessment is said to be linked to the income of school teachers and staff in the current year. For example, if a school has a student crime case -- they call it a 'security incident' -- such as a fight between students, theft and robbery, armed assault, and so on, as long as it is registered by a local government department called the 'Education Bureau', the school will be judged to fail all the evaluations of that year. They call it a 'one-vote veto.'" Once the assessment is not qualified, the school's principal, down to the ordinary teachers, will be deducted a large part of the year's income. Therefore, for the sake of their own income, Chinese school administrators and teachers often adopt a cover-up attitude when faced with students' misdemeanors, and do everything possible to prevent the outside world from knowing. The banners they use are also very high-sounding, such as 'you can't kill people with a stick', 'you must heal the sick and save people', and so on. In this case, the vast majority of campus crime cases are covered up. Even in order to achieve this goal, they will try to do the victim's work, in fact, to make the victim swallow his anger. Because of the long-term implementation of such a system, school crime is rampant in China, and many students do not take it seriously, believing that they will not be punished anyway. Some extremely arrogant students even dared to do something to the teachers on campus, and those who were victimized were also suppressed by the school administrators and did not dare to speak out. ”

Marilyn's expression was as full of wonder as if she had seen a UFO, and she asked, "Don't the police care?" ”

Lydia sighed, "No matter what country it is, the police are insufficient. In any country, the people do not hold the people accountable and the officials do not prosecute such crimes in the shadows. Even in the United States. ”

Hannah partially agreed with Lydia, adding: "For the reasons Lydia said, the reason why Chinese police are not enthusiastic about school crime is because they are afraid of trouble. ”

"Trouble?" Marilyn asked.

"In China, there are a lot of restrictions on the authority of law enforcement agencies. According to those Chinese students, as long as the crime on campus is not a serious crime, even if it is known by the police, as long as the school management or even the government level goes to say hello, they will ignore it. If you manage too much, you will offend people. ”