Chapter III: Schools

"Mike, hurry up, the car is coming" At the school bus stop, looking at the yellow-nosed school bus coming in the distance, Carol hurriedly greeted Mike. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Okay, here" Mike, who saw this, also immediately caught up.

Because Mike has just entered the 11th grade this year, which is equivalent to the second year of high school, and Carol is one level younger than him, studying in the 10th grade, which is equivalent to the first year of high school, so the two are in the same middle school and naturally ride in the same car, and their little brother, Ben, who is only six years old, has just entered the first grade, so the school is different, and the school bus is naturally different.

If it was the Mike in the past, although it was her brother, Carol was not enthusiastic about it, and even in her mind, her brother was just a "bad boy" who didn't learn and didn't know how to make trouble.

And she herself is a well-known honor student in school.

Under the gap, the relationship between the brother and sister can only be said to be average.

However, after Mike's car accident, Mike's changes have greatly changed Carol, and under Mike's deliberate flattery, the relationship between the two has changed greatly.

"Hi Mike, Carol, good morning" There were already three classmates who also lived nearby waiting at the stop, and when they saw Carol and Mike, they also greeted each other.

Soon, the big-nosed yellow school bus was surrounded by red indicators and stopped in front of Mike and others, and all the vehicles around it also stopped.

Mike, who saw this scene, although it was not the first time he had seen it, was still breathtaking.

No way, the school bus in the United States is so, each school bus has four "STOP" signs with red lights in front and back, whenever the school bus wants to stop, the red light on the sign will light up, and as soon as the red light is on, any vehicles around must stop...... That's right, even any vehicle, even a police car, an ambulance, a fire truck, or even a president's car, must be stopped obediently, and only when the school bus is restarted can other cars be restarted, otherwise, you will violate the most serious traffic laws, and you will have to be unlucky, and you will have to squat.

And now, Mike enjoys such treatment, I have to say, it's quite cool.

"Hey, Mike, come over here" As soon as Carol and Mike got on the bus, a few teenagers sitting at the end of the car greeted Mike, and some other students on the bus also greeted Mike.

Although there are all grades on the bus, but because they are all on the same line of school buses for a long time, they are basically more familiar, and don't look at the original Mike is a little unlearned, but the popularity is quite good.

However, Mike couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed by the invitation of those teenagers.

Because those teenagers are fox friends who often hang out with Mike in the past, and their location is the famous "smoking corner".

Although many parts of the United States began to add some anti-smoking regulations into law in 1965, the real large-scale smoking restriction was after the 90s, and the most important turning point was the death of Wiener McLaren, the cowboy actor in the Marlboro cigarette commercial, from lung cancer.

In the 80s, the law was not so strict, so there were many smokers among teenagers, and the school management in this area was relatively relaxed, especially for some "bad" students.

But in any case, it is not a good thing for minors to smoke, and the image that Mike wants in front of his sister is naturally impossible to participate in, so he just shrugged his shoulders apologetically to the teenagers, did not go over, but found a place to sit in front of the school bus.

As for Mike's refusal of the invitation, the teenagers didn't care much, because it wasn't the first time Mike had refused, so he just smiled and coaxed Mike a few times, "It seems that Seaver is really going to be a good boy." Then they frolicked with each other and began to swallow the clouds, but they did not complain about Mike because of this.

In fact, these teenagers are just more rebellious, they don't seek to go up, their nature is not bad, and they are not school bullies.

Because the whole of Long Island can be said to be a wealthy area, the students here are also very well-off, the tutors are also very good, and the school management is relatively strict.

So don't look at Mike's school, it's just a very ordinary public school, but in terms of school climate, it's better than many private schools.

So even though the school doesn't rank very high in New York, many Huntington School District Alliance parents are happy to send their children to this school.

So there is no real school bully in the school, at most, like Mike before, he is more rebellious and naughty, which is harmless.

In contrast, those public schools in the slums, it is completely different, not to mention the school spirit, the crime rate is a big drop.

No way, capitalist society is so realistic, if you have money, you can enjoy a good and safe environment, and if you are poor, you can only struggle in a bad environment full of all kinds of negative effects.

For Mike to refuse the invitation of those "bad boys" again, Carol and the teacher and driver in charge of the order of the school bus nodded very approvingly, in their opinion, the eldest son of the Seaver family, this thing is really "changed to the right".

But if they knew why Mike really refused the invitation of those "bad boys", they would probably lash out.

That's right, the reason for Mike's refusal is not to change his ways at all, in fact, Mike in his previous life was an old smoking gun, and he was the kind of master who was completely out of the accident environment, and even dared to sit on the ammunition pile and smoke.

In fact, the fundamental reason for Mike's refusal, in addition to setting a benchmark for his sister, is more because he is not used to smoking American cigarettes, and the taste of the cigarettes in the hands of those stinky boys is strange in Mike's opinion, and he is not interested in it at all.

Of course, if there was a cigar, Mike wouldn't mind getting one.

But that's obviously impossible~~~

Mike's home is not very far from the school, and after about ten minutes, the school bus arrives at its destination, which is also the place where Mike will stay for the next two years, Huntington Middle School.

Mike, who stepped off the school bus, looked at the school gate, and his heart was still full of awkwardness.

After all, people who were almost 40 years old in their previous life now have to mingle with a group of 15 or 6-year-old children all day long.

I have to say that this feeling is really ...... That's great.

It gave him the feeling that he was still young...... Although he is indeed very young now.