Tommy Hawke first went back to the apartment and replaced the T-shirt he was wearing with the Italian victory he was wearing and threw it into the corner, and then put on another T-shirt with the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "When you have nothing to lose anymore", he gave a middle finger to the T-shirt in the corner with a depressed face:

F*ckYou, Italy!

So I got on my bike and rushed to Lincoln High School.

The reason why he hates Italy at the moment is naturally because of the World Cup game, although both Las Vegas regular betting companies and Ruby's illegal gambling have opened World Cup betting services, but Tommy Hawke does not want to make a lot of money by gambling football, because he only remembers that the champion in 82 is the Italian team, and he is completely unclear about the specific number of games, scores, etc.

He just tried to take out fifty yuan per game, called the Las Vegas betting company, and bet on the three games of the Italian team in the group stage, thinking that it would be good to win more than a dozen yuan per game as a part-time fee, in Tommy Hawke's opinion, Italy is the final champion of this World Cup, even if it is impossible to win all three games in the group stage, two wins and one loss should not be a big problem.

As a result, Italy on the dog day handed over the answer sheet of playing three games and drawing three games.

Leave the fate of promotion or home to the other opponents in the same group to decide for themselves, yes, it's very Italian.

Such a strange performance of the Italian team made Tommy Hawke not only not earn pocket money, but lost one hundred and fifty yuan, by the way, Wilson, Green and others, who had watched him since he was a child and chose to follow the trend of betting, have now regained their belief that he is his father's biological flesh and blood.

The money earned before is now safely stored in the bank, Tommy and Meloni's two hundred boxes, after deducting the handling fee, paying taxes, and returning the interest that Melonie owes to the bank, only exactly 10,000 yuan remains, plus the money earned by Daddy's 100 boxes, the Hawke family now has a deposit of 15,000 yuan.

Tony has already begun to renovate his room, painting it pink and building a desk and wardrobe in preparation for bringing back Béthea.

Yes, the money was enough to bring back Bessia, just waiting for the court to be scheduled.

Although Daddy is still working odd jobs and Tony hasn't been out of school yet, at least everything is going well for the family, and the only issues that bother Tommy Hawke are college problems and damn Italy!

One hundred and fifty dollars! The only time he wanted to be opportunistic after crossing over, relying on the memories of his previous life to earn some pocket money, he was wiped out by the damned Italy with three draws!

"Good afternoon, Miss Farrell." Tommy took a deep breath in the hallway, put Italy in his mind, knocked lightly on the open door, and greeted Otilia Farrell, who was talking to the other students inside.

"Tommy, good afternoon." Otilia greeted Tommy, then looked at the boy in front of her: "Sean, you can go, I'm grateful for you chatting with me, but I'm going to get to work, thank you for letting me know, you can't even spell the word astronaut, but you have a great dream of being the first person to land on Mars." ”

The boy named Sean was not annoyed, but stood up with a smile and prepared to leave: "Miss Farrell, where should I go to study?" ”

"Buy a LEGO Mars box, that might be your only chance of landing on Mars." Otilia Farrell said to Sean speechlessly.

After sending Sean away, Otilia shrugged and looked at Tommy Hawke: "Now that the results are out, you need to tell me your plans for the future, Tommy, so that I can give you some advice, such as what major you want to study, what job you want to do in the future, which state you want to study in, etc., and talk to me." ”

"Give me a scholarship and the top university, the one with the lowest tuition fees?" Tommy Hawke said to Ottilia Farrell.

Otilia Farrell didn't react, and stared at Tommy for a few seconds before asking, "What are you talking about?" ”

"I don't care what major I study, but the school must be ranked as high as possible, and I can get a scholarship to relieve the pressure, for example, if Princeton is willing to give me a scholarship, even if I am allowed to study excavator repair."

"Tommy, Princeton doesn't have the major you said." Otilia Farrell sighed: "You have to think about it seriously, and what are your summer vacation arrangements?" You should know that at present, your resume is not bright enough for social practice activities and extracurricular sports activities, and good universities prefer high school students with a sense of social responsibility, leadership skills, and well-roundedness. ”

"I'm looking out for some summer sports camps, and I'm going to volunteer for a marathon in Boston to raise money for charity, decorate the venue, deliver water, and so on?" Tommy Hawk thought for a moment and spoke.

Applying to a university in the United States is very troublesome, in addition to transcripts, you also need letters of recommendation, resumes, personal statements, various supporting materials to prove your ability beyond learning, and so on.

"OK, what university did the founder of that charity group graduate from? You'll choose a college based on his letters of recommendation, right? Otilia nodded, then asked.

Tommy Hawke shook his head: "I don't know, shouldn't my recommendation letter be written by the principal and my teacher?" ”

"But when it comes to social practice activities...... When I was in high school, my classmates would participate in social activities, and then the initiators of social activities were often alumni of Xinyi University, and of course they would write letters of recommendation and explain to their alma mater that your performance in participating in social activities was a plus for applicants, and if it was a family member who participated in social activities, it would be more satisfying to the university, and family relationships were often one of the reasons why prestigious universities considered students. Otilia Farrell spoke.

Tommy Hawk looked at Otilia Farrell, he had only heard that many prestigious schools would accept additional letters of recommendation, such as socialites from their own schools, and that if a well-known politician wrote a letter recommending a certain high school student, that high school student would certainly have a higher chance of being accepted into that university than a student who only prepared a regular letter of recommendation.

But where do you go now to find such an organization whose organizer is an alumnus of a prestigious school, and then ask him to provide an additional letter of recommendation?

"There's still plenty of time, Tommy, think about your favorite university, major, you're smart, you can, or talk to your family and ask them to give you some ideas, such as what kind of social activities are more suitable for you."

"I don't think my family will like the family social activities that my family proposes."

“Why？ How can you be sure that the university will not like it, and maybe your family's ideas are just right for the taste of a particular university? Otilea was a little unhappy with Tommy Hawke's denial of the family, and reminded him.

Tommy Hawke looked at Miss Farrell, who knew nothing about his family, and said in despair:

"The last time my dad invited me to participate in a social activity, the whole family went to a sperm donation company to sell tadpoles, and then he repented and only took my brother to go, so that I could get a college admission letter and go alone again, because then maybe because I had studied a book, it would be sold at a high price, if you think this social activity will be of interest to the university, I can donate now, and then, all three men in the Hawk family will get donation certificates."

After being stunned for more than ten seconds, Otilia tried to regain her composure: "Isn't there any other social activity?" For example, charity fundraising, community events, etc.? ”

"Yes, a few days ago, my dad tried to collect donations from other neighbors in the name of bringing glory to the community that I was about to enter college, and this social activity allowed me to successfully win dozens of middle finger responses from my neighbors, and endless compliments starting with F."

Ottilia took a sip of water to calm down for a few minutes, and then said to Tommy Hawke: "It's better not to have the word family on your resume, if you still want to get an admission letter, this is the most important guidance I can give you at this moment." ”