Goo-goo-goo

In the evening, the sun was setting, and in the compact apartment, Molly was cooking a pot of slimy brown food, and at the dining table, two figures, one tall and one short, were sitting.

In recent days, the relationship between Swan and Molly has heated up rapidly, perhaps because of the help and relationship between them for more than ten years, which has made each other a reliable friend, or it may be that hormones have disturbed their minds at a certain time.

"Are you still on duty tonight?" Molly asked without looking back, stirring the pot.

"Hmm."

Swan, who was sitting at the dining table quietly waiting for the meal to start, nodded: "I earn more by working the night shift." ”

"Aren't wages going up? There is also a meal supplement, there is no need to go down the mine in the middle of the night. ”

"It's the same day and night." "You can't see the sun in the mine anyway," Swan said. ”

"People are most likely to get sleepy at night, it's too dangerous"

As she spoke, a chubby mouse crawled past Molly's feet, and Molly glanced at it, not afraid at all, and was about to trample the mouse to death when she raised her foot, but was stopped by Swan.

"Wait!"

"What's wrong?"

"Don't kill it."

Swan picked up a piece of brown bread from the cafeteria and tossed it to the rat at a distance: "Let it go, down the mine, rats are our best friends." ”

Molly didn't say much, carefully picked up the pot, put it on the insulating mat in the middle of the table, brought another bowl and spoon, and gave Si Wangwang a bowl first.

Still as before, Swan handed the bowl to the boy, and the boy, who was already hungry, couldn't wait to scoop up a spoonful and stuff it into his mouth, and was so hot that he finally swallowed it, and he frowned, which seemed extremely difficult.

Bread mixed with sand is just as unpalatable even if it is boiled into a paste.

Molly had strained many times, sifting out all the big stones, but the small ones couldn't help it.

For hungry people, sand doesn't stop them from eating, and if they don't eat it, they don't eat it to death—if something happens, they go to church.

After taking a small bite of mush, Swan suddenly said: "In a few days, there will be a few houses to be vacated at the coal mine as workers' dormitories, and I should move there, so that it will be more convenient to go to work and save money." ”

"Far away?"

"It's right next to the mine."

"Oh"

Molly lowered her head and said after a while, "I'll go with you, help you with your laundry and stuff." ”

"No, you don't." Swan raised his hand and touched the boy's head and said, "Ray is old enough to go to school, as long as I move to the mine, I can save enough rent to send Ray to school." ”

"But."

"It's nothing good, Molly, Ray has to go to school, this is his best chance."

After speaking, Swan stood up and said sullenly: "I'm going to the mine, I have said it to the landlord, I will quit the rent tomorrow, and I will put the clothes here for the time being, I will come back one after another to get them, living expenses or something, I will send them back after the salary." ”

Without waiting for Molly to speak, Swan picked up his coat and walked out the door.

The sun sank into the sky, and Molly's sigh rang out in the room.

Association of Educators.

"President, in recent days, the satisfaction rate of workers has increased a lot, but the enrollment rate has not increased."

In the office, the assistant took the document and reported to Arthur, and when he heard that the enrollment rate was still unchanged, Arthur frowned: "The salary has been raised, the food is available, and even the accommodation has been promised, why are they still refusing to send their children to school?" ”

The assistant could not answer the question, and Arthur did not ask him, but spoke to himself.

"Go get Shaun."

"Yes."

The assistant left the room, and a few moments later, Sean Rickman walked in.

"Your Highness, you are looking for me."

"You are in charge of the labor representative committee, have the workers reported anything else in the last few days?"

"Situation." Sean thought for a while and said: "There is no big reaction, everyone is very motivated, but in terms of food, it seems that the quality has declined, most of the free food provided by the company canteen is difficult to swallow, and the workers still need to pay out of their own pockets to buy food from the canteen to eat, but the price is much cheaper than outside, which is cost-effective, so the workers just complain." ”

Since the increase in wages through performance bonuses and the resolution of food problems, many workers can afford the rising rents even if their quality of life has not improved, and with sheltered houses, the difficulties will always be overcome.

As for the accommodation issue, various industries and companies have also begun to build houses, and they are very active in this matter, so active that they did not need to be reminded by Arthur to start the construction of the site the day after the proposal was approved.

Once the dormitory is built, the pressure on the workers to live will be reduced a lot, and there will be no big problem with food and housing.

Arthur thought that as long as the problem of room and board was solved, the workers would send their children to public schools, but it backfired, and the proposal passed for half a month, and the enrollment rate has been stable without any fluctuations.

"The problem should be in the mind." Sean said: "For ordinary families, education is not necessary, instead of studying in public schools, it is better to learn a trade from parents to survive, which is the best way to resist risks." ”

The craft on which to survive.

Arthur suddenly remembered what Mavi had said, opened the drawer, dug out a pile of old newspapers, searched around, and found a copy of the Times Evening News from two months ago.

In the newspaper, Ma Wei's speech on education was published, arguing that education should be divided into two categories: vocational and academic, Arthur didn't think anything at the time, and now it seems

Ma Wei had probably expected this moment a long time ago.

If public schools teach children the skills they need to survive, will it attract parents to send their children to school?

After listening to Arthur's thoughts, Sean asked: "Your Highness, it sounds like vocational training in public schools can indeed increase the enrollment rate, but this is not our original intention, let alone the original intention of public schools. ”

"Craftsmen, craftsmen, and craftsmen are indispensable to the formation of society, and they are not lowly, just like the West Islanders and Londoners, all have one nose and two eyes."

"If it's just to train more craftsmen, why do we have to go to great lengths to reorganize the public school? Let's start a vocational training school directly on the basis of the original! ”

Sean said quickly: "Isn't the original intention of our rectification of education and public schools so that children have more choices?" You can only show your talent in the field you are interested in! With such a chaotic education system as now, I don't know how many geniuses have been buried! ”

"Academic education is not more noble than vocational education, but we should give children the opportunity to choose!"

"You're right."

Arthur nodded slowly: "Education is not divided into high and low, but it is divided into types, and the original intention of public schools and early childhood education is to let children find their own direction." ”

After thinking for a while, Arthur decided to combine the two directions, and once again carry out the reform of the education system, combining public schools that focus on academic education with vocational training.

Generally speaking, it means increasing the curriculum, reducing the duration of a particular subject, and focusing on hands-on ability while conducting academic education.

This was another bold attempt, and Arthur was a bold man, and early the next morning, he issued a fourth executive order to recruit professional teachers and optimize the public school curriculum.

Compared with the first three decrees, the fourth decree did not make too many waves, the public school curriculum has nothing to do with the aristocracy, Arthur can toss as much as he wants, and no one jumps out to say that he is against Tiangang and destroys tradition.

The pilot is still the Eling district and the Newham district, the Eling district is the same as before, the enrollment rate is like a pool of stagnant water, no matter what Arthur does, he can't make a little wave, the rich people will not send their children to public schools, they have specially hired tutors, there is no need to go to public schools.

On the contrary, in Newham, there are more and more children who choose to go to school.

In just one week, Newham's enrollment rate increased by 10 percentage points, which may not seem like much, but it has come a long way and means that Arthur's policy has taken effect.

Next, Arthur asked Sean to contact the union in the name of the Labor Party, first, to ask them to send teachers to teach in public schools, and secondly, to form agreements with various companies, so that anyone who passed the public school graduation examination could be given priority to join the company and get the opportunity to work.

As soon as this news came out, it was like a bomb, causing an uproar in Newham, you know, workers are also divided into grades, just like the workers in the factory in charge of stamping, the old workers make parts that are more standard than the new workers, the error is smaller, and the wages are more.

Experience is not passed on, many workers want to learn but can't learn, and now many retired teachers go to the public school to teach, if the child can learn some essence.

I won't have to worry about work in the future!

There has been a qualitative shift in enrollment in Newham, skyrocketing, reaching 80 per cent in less than two days.

There are always diehards who don't want their children to go to school.

Before Arthur had time to rejoice, the bad news came - housing prices in Newham had risen again, and in just a few days, rents had risen by 30%.

As rents rise, many families who are already struggling to send their children to work to subsidize their meager household needs.

What is this?

If the enrollment rate increases, the rent will rise, and if the rent rises, the enrollment rate will decrease.

The higher the enrollment, the lower the enrollment?

Endless loop?!

Not knowing what to do, Arthur sent someone to disguise himself as a guest and go to the grocery store to invite Mavi to meet, and that night, Mavi took Yunia to the villa.

Arthur had already prepared warm milk, and he knew that Mavi didn't drink alcohol, so he prepared warm milk with added sugar.

A glass of hot milk before going to bed can calm your nerves, and Ma Wei was not polite, holding the slightly warm cup in his hand, and asked, "Your Highness, I heard that you are in trouble." ”

"Father, you must know what I'm looking for you for."

Ma Wei nodded: "I do know about your side of the matter, but I don't know why you're bothered. Is it the enrollment rate, or the wages of the workers? ”

"It's both." Arthur said: "I carried out the reform of the public school system according to the content of your speech, Father Priest, increased the curriculum of vocational education, and invited many retired teachers to teach, in order to attract children to school, but this behavior not only increased the enrollment rate, but also increased the performance bonus that the rent workers had won so hard, and it was not enough, so I had to let the children withdraw from school to work and earn money to support the family." ”

"Father, please answer me, did I do something wrong?"

"You're not wrong."

Ma Wei did not hesitate to say: "Whether it is to increase the curriculum or to fight for the wages of workers, it is correct, but you ignore the economic issues." ”

"Economy? What does education reform have to do with the economy? ”

"It's a big deal." "How can the economy be the embodiment of the distribution of resources, and education is a resource, so how can the two not be related? ”

"The increase in educational resources means that the proportion of resources allocated in Newham is increased, and other investors naturally come to compete for resources."

"In the process of competition, capital occupies a unique advantage, which is reflected in the phenomenon of rising rents, and the increase in rents has made ordinary people without capital lose their competitiveness and have to leave the market and give up resources."

Arthur said in a deep voice: "That is, I am the culprit of all this? ”

"The revolution is not perfect, and what you gain, you have to sacrifice others."

Taking a sip of milk, Ma Wei said lightly: "It's like I drank this glass of milk tonight, greedy for the desire of my tongue, and when I get home at night, I will sleep beautifully, and I will gain weight the next day, this is the price." ”

"Since Your Highness, you have initiated the reform of the education system, it will definitely have an impact on the economy, and these costs can be borne and solved."

"How to fix it?"

Ma Wei thought for a while and said: "It is not so much to solve the problem as to alleviate the contradiction, if the education reform is only limited to Newham and Yiling, it is equivalent to turning Newham and Yiling into a gladiatorial arena, and the influx of foreign capital will destroy the original market balance, and on this basis, if we want to solve the contradiction, we should expand the contradiction area." ”

Arthur narrowed his eyes: "Cancel the pilot and roll out the new policy throughout London?" ”

"It should be the whole country." "Spread all the pressure, as long as everyone is the same, there's no need to compete for London's resources," Mavi said. ”

"But London's resources are better than other cities, and it's destined to cause competition."

"So it's just to alleviate the contradictions, and it's hard to completely solve them."

"The economic division of the Kingdom of Windsor is very uneven, mostly confined to the southeast, that is, the large economic area of London, compared to the economy of the West Island and the northern part of the kingdom, which is very average, even less than half of the economic area of London. ”

"Economic development is already unbalanced, so how can resources be balanced?"

Ma Wei sighed and said so, but he actually had a solution to the conflict in his heart.

Hukou system.

By using the hukou system, resources can be confined to a specific area, allowing West Islanders and West Islanders to compete, and London and Londoners to compete, so that the so-called 'balance' can be barely achieved.

But then again, does the hukou system have to be good?

Once the household registration system is implemented, what is the significance of the same rights for renting and selling?

These two policies are inherently conflicting.

(End of chapter)