(There were some errors in the previous chapter, which have been fixed.) ）

Compulsory education in the United States is a sixth, second, and fourth system, with a total of 12 grades. Elementary school is from 1 to 6, junior high school is from 7 to 8, and high school is from 9 to 12.

They don't have a concept of classes, and each student has a different schedule. For example, you might go to American literature with Mary, music with Sophie, and math with Tom, so the whole grade knows each other.

The United States adopts a credit system, there is no college entrance examination, and if you want to go to college, you need to rely on GPA (average grade, including usual homework, class performance, midterm and final exams, etc.). Generally speaking, students need to meet two conditions: one is the minimum standard for graduating from high school, and the other is the minimum standard for applying to college.

The former don't have to worry, the teacher will check it, and the latter won't take care of it, you have to think about it yourself. For example, the application criteria for the University of California require four years of English studies, three years of mathematics, two years of foreign languages, one year of art, one year of electives, and so on.

Chu Qing teaches the tenth grade, with only more than 60 people, aged 14-16 years old. There are a total of 18 people who have signed up for Chinese classes, and they have a certain foundation before.

This is completely different from the situation in China, and the more he understands it, the more he feels that his responsibility is doubled. Mistaken kid, that's the most fucked up thing.

At this moment, he followed Sara out of the office, and the hallway was full of students who had just finished class. The children only had a five-minute break to either go to the toilet or go to the locker to grab their books from the previous class and come and go.

Anyone who bumped into Sara would pause to greet him and express his curiosity about this strange Oriental. "Inception" is a PG-13 grade, which happens to be in the viewing range of high school students, but it is clear that many children have not seen this movie.

Chu Qing is very glad that in this environment, it is not a good thing to have a familiar face.

"Chu, that's your classroom."

The two of them went up to the third floor, and Sara pointed to the innermost room and smiled, "Good luck, you will definitely be able to." ”

"Thank you, come on."

He waved his hand and didn't go in for the first time, but looked through the small window: the classroom was not big, there was no lectern, there was a whiteboard hanging in front of it, and there were more than 20 sets of tables and chairs underneath, and a single person was seated.

The children were already seated, half male and half female, mostly white, with no Asian faces. He stood outside until the bell rang and pushed open the heavy wooden door.

“……”

Today is the first Chinese class of the new semester, and the children are looking forward to a new teacher who is kind, funny, and knowledgeable. When the Oriental man walked into the classroom, the whispering immediately stopped.

Then in the next second, two crazy screams were heard.

"Chu! I'm not dreaming, you're coming to our school! ”

"Oh, oh my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! ”

The screams were made by two little white girls, their faces flushed with excitement. The other students were startled, and in the chaotic communication, they seemed to understand the situation.

"Quiet, quiet!"

Chu Qing had a headache, stretched out his hand and pressed down, and said, "Let me introduce myself, my name is Chu Qing, and I will be your substitute teacher in the next twenty days." ”

“Why？ Aren't you filming anymore? ”

"Oh, I see, you must be experiencing life!"

"Sounds cool, I've only seen it in the news, is this the legendary methodist?"

The bear children all over the world are the same, just quiet, and buzzing in a mess. Most people are just surprised and don't think too much, but some students are very dissatisfied.

A man with glasses sitting in the front row was very skeptical and said directly: "You may be a great actor, but I don't think you can teach well." ”

"Yes, I'm an actor, but I promise, I've done my best to approach the profession."

He looked at the other party and said with a smile: "I understand your concerns, so if you think you can't learn anything in my class, you can ask the school and I will leave automatically." ”

“……”

After all, it was a child, and when he heard him, the boy pouted and said no more.

Chu Qing swept around, and when he saw that no one objected, he said, "Okay, please forget my identity as an actor." We're going to do it all over again, a little more formally. ”

As he spoke, he went out with the lesson plan, waited for a few seconds, and then came in with his feet raised, and greeted, "Guys, Howareyoutoday?" Mayyouhaveahappylesson。 ”

"Poof!"

The classmates were stunned at first, then twitched the corners of their mouths and sprayed one by one. The goods are very puzzled, what is the situation, I have been preparing this greeting for a long time.

"MrChu, are you still stuck in the nineties?"

After laughing for a while, a black guy said, "No one talks about that now, wow, I feel a generation gap!" ”

Oh, that's embarrassing!

Thanks to his thick skin, he didn't break the gong on the spot, and asked, "Then what do you say?" ”

“Howareyoudoing？”

“Howareyoudoing？”

Everyone responded.

Well, Chu Qing shrugged his shoulders, knowing that mistakes can improve a lot.

With this little episode, the students had a good impression of him, at least as a very close guy. Later, when he called out everyone's name and took their seats without using the roll call, this favor doubled.

"Jennifer!"

"Here!"

"Oh, your hair color is so pretty...... Irving! ”

"Here!"

"I heard you're the quarterback on the football team, come on!"

One by one, he called the last name: "Tony!" ”

“……”

There was no response, the boy just raised his hand. Chu Qing paused, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but secretly praise: fourteen or fifteen years old, blue eyes, brown hair, pale and thin, there is a very jerky sense of refinement.

And after he finished the roll call, he picked up a black pen and wrote two Chinese characters on the whiteboard: Mr.

"OK, you all have a good foundation. Before the formal class, I would like to communicate with you, how to pronounce these two words? ”

"Sir!"

Fan girl No. 1 Ellie is very supportive.

"Correct, then who knows what that word means?" He asked again.

"Uh, it's an honorific for men, corresponding to women." Fan sister No. 2 Ophelia is not to be outdone.

"Basically correct!"

He praised it and explained: "In Chinese, Mr. also means to contact unfamiliar things first, and then extended to people who come into contact with unfamiliar things first. Therefore, in ancient China, the word "sir" means to learn from others, regardless of gender. ”

After the words fell, he wrote another line of words: The master is the first, and the teacher is the meaning.

"Monarch and minister, father and son, master and apprentice, are the three most stringent ethical relationships in China, we regard the status of teachers very high, and there is even a saying that one day is a teacher and a father for life. The most widely spread definition of a teacher in the ancients is: preaching, teaching, and solving doubts. Literally, it is to teach morality and the laws of things, to teach skills and social knowledge, and to solve difficulties and confusions. So what about ......"

Chu Qing looked at everyone and said with a smile: "You can call me by my English name, MrChu; You can also call me by my Chinese name, sir. ”

…………

To be honest, the standard of his lectures is average, but there are two advantages: freshness and logic.

No matter how good a teacher is, after years of immersion in teaching materials, he will also produce a fixed routine. He's a layman, has no routines, and is completely imaginative.

And with his almost pathological logical pursuit, he can sort out this kind of whimsy very well. Together, it's interesting.

The students lost track of time until the bell rang for the end of class, realizing that forty-five minutes had passed. In the past, they would have run to prepare for the next lesson, but now they are glued to the classroom, chattering and asking.

"Although I only have twelve classes, I come to school every day, and you can come to me at any time."

"Ellie, Ophelia, of course I remember, you guys were great!"

"Okay, okay, let's go to class first, don't crowd it."

He answered, and looked up casually, only to see a boy quietly coming out the back door - the blue-eyed little Tony.

After a while, he finally drove the children away, and then he came out of the classroom panting slightly, with one hand and the palm of his hand was full of fine sweat. Sara waited in the hallway early and said with a smile, "You look very good, the students like you very much." ”

"I didn't feel it when I was in class, but now I'm nervous."

Chu Qing stroked his chest and said without exaggeration: "Did you hear your heartbeat?" ”

"Hah! I was just like you, just get used to it. ”

Sara looked at her watch and sent out another invitation: "Lunch break is coming, do you want to eat?" ”

"Okay!"

With that, the two of them went back to the office and ran to the cafeteria on the second floor. The students are in the hall and the teachers are in the small hall, separated from each other.

The life of American high school students is busy and boring, and lunch time is a rare opportunity to communicate. The news of Chu Qing's coming here to substitute for teaching spread quickly, and his reputation among the student group was not high, but he was a corner, and he instantly became the hottest topic.

Twenty days of substitute teaching, twelve classes, an average of one class per day. Today's task has been completed, and in the blink of an eye, in the afternoon, he still has no mind to talk about it, and only bored his head to sort out tomorrow's lesson plan.

What should be taught in a Chinese class?

In addition to the basic textbooks, he is more aware of Chinese culture, and his own knowledge is not high, which can be described as racking his brains. In the end, I can only go off the rails and limit the extension of knowledge to the category of movies.

He can't talk about poetry, he can't talk about history, he can't talk about folklore, but he can talk about movies. "Hero", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Huang Feihong", "New Dragon Gate Inn" and so on, the night rain in the rivers and lakes, the weather is thousands.

Several colleagues were surprised, they thought they were coming to mix, but they didn't want to be a handsome guy with a capital letter. Susan is the kind of aunt who is very old-fashioned, and she likes such young people, so she leaned over and said, "Chu, excuse me for a few minutes." ”

"Oh, what's the matter with you?" He wrote a meal.

"Tomorrow is a routine party in the office, and you are welcome to participate."

“party？” He was confused.

"She initiated it, and every Friday afternoon, everyone will bring some food, and other teachers will be invited, just to chat casually." Sara looked very painful.

"Don't show that expression, you don't bring anything every time, eat me every time!" Susante was upset.

"Well, thank you for the invitation, but I'm not going to do anything, I might disappoint you." Chu Qing made a round.

"It's okay, the heart is the most important thing."

Susan got her new colleague and twisted her chubby body to flash people. He smiled and continued to prepare for the lesson, and after some time, he raised his hand and flicked his watch: 14:40.

It was late, and the last class ended ten minutes ago.

"Hoo ......"

Chu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, packed up his things and prepared to go home, when someone knocked on the door outside.

"Come in!" Sara Dao.

As the words fell, Ellie and Ophelia pushed the door open and entered the house. Two big lolitas brushed up to him and called out in non-standard Chinese: "Sir!" ”

"You're out of school, are you looking for me?" He laughed.

"Today there is an event of our club, and we invite you to participate." Ellie said.

"Uh, what time does it end?"

"Before six o'clock, I won't delay you for too long."

Come on! Isn't it long before six o'clock?

Chu Qing was startled and asked carefully, "Then what time do you usually go home?" ”

"Not necessarily, if the rehearsal doesn't go well, it's possible at 10 o'clock in the evening." Ophelia replied.

"Do you still do your homework?"

"Of course it's going to be written!" The two loli are strange.

Okay, okay...... Who said that American high schools are very easy, who am I anxious about! Because club activities are a must, to count as credits, it will affect GPA.

"OK, I'll go with you."

He couldn't refuse at all, so he put the bag on his back and asked casually, "What kind of club are you?" ”

"Drama Club." (To be continued.) )