Soon it was time for the opening of the "Pakistan Fair", and early in the morning, the front of the Champ de Mars station was crowded with people - the world's first passenger train will soon depart from here.

Little Franz also arrived at the station with the rest of his classmates, and the first passenger train had three third-class carriages, which were allocated by lottery to several schools built in poor areas. Little Francis' school was lucky enough to get the lottery.

Then there's the distribution within the school. In order to avoid the rich taking advantage of the undeserved - although there are basically no rich people in the school where Francis Jr. studied, the more this is the case, the more important it is to make a serious appearance so that the students can know how just and loving France is - the allocation of places in the school depends on the results of the examinations.

Little Franz didn't study very seriously, but the learning content of primary school could have been done with a little cleverness. Coupled with the fact that the academic standards of the students at Francis Jr.'s school are generally poor, it is said that Francis Jr. stood out and won a place.

Yes, the level of schooling in poor areas is quite low. Generally speaking, in today's France, although the primary school level is compulsory, the education funds available to schools in different regions vary greatly.

Of course, the state is very fair to all children, whether they are poor or rich, and the cost of education is exactly the same for each child. The problem is that the state has limited funding and can only maintain the most basic operations.

Generally speaking, a primary school in the compulsory education stage is funded by three main sources: state grants, neighborhood grants, and donations.

State grants are calculated based on the number of students. The amount of the block grant is paid out of the public service expenditure in the block. The public service expenses of the neighborhood are decided by all the citizens of the neighborhood and collected from all the residents of the neighborhood. That's why many people also call it the "neighborhood tax." Generally speaking, neighborhoods where the rich live in large concentrations will always charge a higher "block tax", which on the one hand keeps the poor out of their neighborhoods, (they cannot afford to pay taxes, so it is naturally impossible to live in such neighborhoods), and on the other hand, it also ensures the quality of public services, including education, in the neighborhoods.

In the case of poor areas, there is little to no spending on public services, so block grants are naturally non-existent. As for donations, don't even think about it. As a result, schools in poor areas are almost entirely dependent on government funding to operate. This makes the difference in funding between schools in poor and rich areas of Paris very large.

For example, in the primary schools of the former district of Saint-Antoine (which was subdivided into many small blocks after Napoleon's first consulship), the proportion of state funding in their funding was always more than 98 percent. In wealthy neighborhoods like the Panthéon district, state funding may not even account for 5 percent of the school's funding for primary schools. Considering that the state grants the same amount to each student, we can immediately conclude that at the primary level, a poor child may spend about 5 percent of the education of a rich child.

Therefore, in the primary school in the affluent neighborhood, there are often only about 20 students in a class, and there is a special teacher for each class and every subject; And every teacher even has a teaching assistant. In addition, a variety of other facilities are far from what schools in poor areas can imagine.

In a poor area, in an elementary school, all the faculty and staff, including the principal, may not be more than one palm together. Many times, a teacher has to take on multiple subjects such as French, math, science, art, etc., and teach multiple ages at the same time. In addition, because of the lack of funds and the lack of qualified teachers, their classes are extraordinarily large, often with only one class in a grade, and this class may have hundreds of students. And their teachers may simply be students who have just graduated from this school and have better grades.

Therefore, in terms of academic level, the academic level of students from schools in poor areas is almost not on the same level as that of students in rich areas, and even the academic level of senior primary school students in many schools in rich areas may be higher than that of children in poor areas.

In a sense, after the abolition of the aristocracy, this distinction became one of the means by which those of high status ensured that their children and grandchildren would always occupy high positions. Inequality in education entrenches inequality in society.

However, the state cannot be blamed for this, after all, who made you unable to afford to buy a house in a rich area and not be able to pay the "block tax" in a rich area? Therefore, you can't blame the government for your hard life, and you can't blame the society for your back. At least Napoleon's government still paid attention to the poor children, such as today's "historic opportunity" is given to the poor children, although honestly, such a "historic opportunity" is actually of no real use.

Since it is such a historical time, of course, a ceremony or something is indispensable. There must be a few people who want to give a speech. After being reviewed by Joseph and Lucien and under the personal guidance of Lucien, Her Excellency First Consul delivered a speech at the railway station entitled "Into the Spring of Science", in which Napoleon pointed out that "the progress of science and technology is the first impetus for the progress of human society, and France called on her sons and daughters to intensify their efforts in this regard and to continue to advance in the sea of science". He also pointed out that France has a great responsibility to the world, that is, France should lead the whole of Europe and even the whole world into the spring of science just as France should lead the whole of Europe and even the whole world into the spring of science just like the steam locomotive with other carriages speeding up on the railway. Finally, His Excellency First Consul also pointed out that in this train, the first three carriages were given to those children free of charge, in order to encourage them to explore bravely and continue to lead the world to ride the wind and waves on the sea of science in the future.

Napoleon's speech was repeatedly interrupted by enthusiastic applause and shouts, and at the beginning the people shouted "Long live the First Consul!" Later, I don't know who took the lead, and suddenly shouted "Imperator". So everyone chanted "Imperator".

"Imperato" is a Roman word that directly means invincible commander. The famous Caesar was once called "Anbrato" by the soldiers. Later, after Octavian established the imperial system in Rome, the title "Anpelotus" was limited to the reigning emperor and occasionally to members of his immediate family. When Roman emperors ascended the throne, they always used the title "Imperator" as their personal name; And after the reign of Tiberius, the action of the celebrant Imperator was transformed into a sign of the emperor's accession to the throne. At this time, these people shouted "English Pelardo" to Napoleon, which was not only to praise Napoleon's military exploits, but also to "persuade His Excellency the First Consul to go further".

Napoleon, however, did not respond much to this shout, and after finishing his speech and announcing the opening of the passenger train, he left the rostrum.

Then it's time to check in and get on the bus, and the first to get on the bus is naturally the passengers in the luxury box. For example, Nathan Rothschild, who spent a lot of money to auction the sixth car, got on the train early.

After all, the luxury box is a luxury box, and its comfort and luxury are far from being comparable to the luxury carriage. In fact, the luxury compartments of the train are largely a reference to sea vessels.

Instead of sitting down on a soft couch admiring the cabin that cost him a fortune, Nathan Rothschild will head straight to the front, all the way to the junction of the sixth and fifth carriages. There, a waiter, stood.

"I'm Nathan Rothschild from Rothschild Bank. Can I visit the fifth car? Nathan Rothschild asked, handing over a business card.

The waiter took the business card and noticed that there seemed to be something underneath the card, what appeared to be a promissory note. He silently put both things away and replied

"Mr. Rothschild, I need to ask the passengers about this."

Then the waiter went in, and after a while the waiter came back and said, "Those gentlemen inside are very welcome to come to the door." ”

So Nathan Rothschild walked into the fifth carriage under the guidance of this waiter.

The reason why the price of car No. 6 was so high at the beginning was because the surname of the person who photographed car No. 5 was Bonaparte. Therefore, many people speculated that Napoleon's family would board this train.

Napoleon's whereabouts are made public, and he will take the second train to the Freedom Palace, but there is speculation that his older brother and brother will most likely be in this carriage. If you can take advantage of this opportunity to get in touch with them, then it will be worth the amount of money. (Conversely, if Napoleon had been on it, given the security that would have been bound to be, those men would certainly not have had a chance to approach him.) ）

However, in fact, Napoleon's family was not in this carriage, and Joseph was not so keen on riding the train - Lao Tzu had even done it on the Fuxing in his previous life. As for Lucien, he won't go to the Freedom Palace at all today, he will sit in charge of the Ministry of Truth and be in charge of all kinds of propaganda today. As for Louis and Polina, they went with Napoleon, so there was not a single person with the surname Bonaparte in this carriage. The people here were all friends and students of Joseph.

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