Chapter13

A thorough test ended after the 70 pieces of the puzzle returned to the right place.

Catherine and Lydia's assessment results are not satisfactory, and the level of knowledge of the two can be summed up in one word - no learning, no skills.

Even more worrying is the way they think about things, which can be summed up as not thinking at all.

The next day, the sun rose as usual, and I wouldn't be late for a test in the Longborn countryside.

After breakfast, Brando invited Julien to the large study in the small building. Today, Yu Lian officially started work.

Meet, say hello routinely.

Brando: "Good morning, Mr. Sorel. Leave your frowning and lowering muscles free and don't have to keep them crouched. ”

Yu Lian pulled out an undisguised smirk.

Does he like to frown? A night's sleep could not have been so magical that he would forget the results of yesterday's terrible exam.

It was he who was naïve, how could he think that his past tutoring experience would be helpful for his new job. The atmosphere in Bennet's house was as good as the atmosphere in Bennet's house was so bad for him.

It is known that the teaching objects are mainly three people, Brando and the two little girls of the Bennet family. The three older ladies are not within the scope of his work.

Yu Lian threw out the puzzle: "Mr. Bennet, Jr., you said that you would specify the scope of teaching. How do you think you can teach your two younger sisters? ”

Brando: "Everyone has merit. Catherine and Lydia's temperament is interpreted as having a good attitude and daring to express emotions in front of others. There is no sensitive mind, and I will not feel inferior because I am criticized for a few words. ”

Yu Lian: "You mean I can point out their mistakes without worrying about them crying. ”

Brando smiled, "Very wise Mr. Sorel, with your skills, you should be able to get the right balance. It is necessary to be more straightforward to make them less conscious, but not so harsh as to discourage the enthusiasm of students. ”

Both and again, this is used in the teaching of Catherine and Lydia, and the requirements for the teacher are a bit high.

The age of the sisters is not small, twelve or thirteen years old.

At this age, personal study habits have been formed, and it takes a lot of effort to correct them. For the two of them, the study habit is just messing around.

Brando has no illusions about immediate results.

"My family watched last night. We won't be embarrassed to ask you to produce two 'Caroline Herschel' in a month. ”

Who is Caroline Herschel?

Yu Lian didn't know this person last month.

On the way back to Longborn from Scarborough, he was stuffed with a stack of books and magazines by Brando, which he used to pass the boring time of his journey.

Brando said that the tutor should be aware of the student's reading preferences, so let him take the time to look at some of his readings.

One of the newspapers carried the news about Caroline Herschel.

A female astronomer, born in Hanover, Germany, in the fifties of the last century.

Over the years, she has made astronomical observations, first assisting her brother and later becoming a professional astronomer. A regular clerk on the payroll of King George III of England, independently discovered a number of comets.

Last year, in 1828, she was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. This is the highest award of the Royal Astronomical Society and the first time it has been given to a woman.

Yu Lian can't say that he doesn't have a trace of research on the starry sky.

His cognition is not in astronomical observations, but in the mysterious power of some constellations. He did not endorse occult theories, and simply read them while reading religious books.

At this moment, when I heard Caroline Herschel's name, I didn't know what kind of expression to put on.

"Little Mr. Bennet, who do you think so highly of?"

Yu Lian asked: "Is this a quick question within a month?" You give me ten years, and I can't do it, can your sisters do it? ”

Brando: "People always have to have dreams, and maybe one day they will succeed." ”

Yu Lian: "Dreams and delusions still need to be distinguished. ”

Brando didn't dwell on that, "Just get the general idea of what I mean." The first step is to correct the study habits of the two. People are in the classroom, and their hearts are far away, and this phenomenon must be changed. ”

"Make a plan for the first month, and you and Miss Plummer will divide and work together. During the day, Miss Plummer is in charge of the classes; After dinner every weekday, you spend an hour and a half conducting spot checks and assessments on my two younger sisters, supplementing the explanation.

The core idea of teaching at this stage is that people can have insufficient knowledge, but they cannot be without common sense. I'll agree with Miss Plummer on a short-term lesson, and you'll start working tomorrow night. ”

Brando's one-month period is a reward for motivating learning.

"In mid-September, the town of Cambridge will host the famous Stull Bridge Annual Market, and I'll be there."

She said, "Mr. Sorel, please inform Catherine and Lydia of my itinerary in due course, and suggest that they can go with them if they meet the academic requirements." ”

Yu Lian: "You are really a good brother, and you quickly found a delicious "carrot" for your sister, which is really a touching brother-sister relationship. ”

The carrot hangs the little donkey forward, and the Cambridge New Year Market hooks the younger sisters to correct their learning attitudes.

Brando: "Thanks for the compliment, you don't have to be envious. According to the contract, you will share the journey and enjoy the joy of Cambridge Town. ”

Yu Lian will no longer be naïve enough to think that it is an all-inclusive paid holiday, and he has to suspect that there is a pit waiting for him in Cambridge. People have long-term concerns, so they can only hedge with near-term worries.

He comforted himself by taking on two "challenging" students, at least one of whom kept him from worrying about his hairline.

"Little Mr. Bennet, what are your plans for your studies? What can I do for you? ”

Brando took the notebook on the desk and pushed it in front of Julien.

"Excluding a small half-hour after dinner, you will have to talk to me for an hour and a half a day in Latin. The remaining five hours of work are up to you, with a few questions to answer questions. Part of my questions is here, and you draw a few questions a day. ”

Yu Lian opened the notebook and almost blackened his eyes.

What the hell is it?

"On the Reasons for the Different Paths of Catholicism and Protestantism", "On the Promotion and Development of Higher Education by Religion, Taking Historical Events in Religious Classics as an Example", "On the Interaction between Religion and Industrial Development", ......

Asking this, is it for him to teach theology?

It cannot be said that it has nothing to do with theology, but can it be said that they are theology if you touch your conscience?

Yu Lian slowly raised his head with difficulty, and asked sincerely: "Little Mr. Bennet, what kind of tutor do you regard me?" ”

Brando: Think of you as a "knowledge base (theology) & an efficient search engine."

It is added that the humanoid knowledge base can be upgraded and is expected to expand from theology to other disciplines.

Don't tell this kind of big truth and be scary.

"Mr. Sorel, you need not be overly concerned about these subjects, for I have not asked you to argue for them. All you need to do is provide information about the theological texts it is about. ”

Yu Lian: "As for the definition of "only", I am afraid that my perception is very different from yours. Do you want to thank you for not allowing me to present to you the internal materials of the Vatican? ”

Brando's hearing this, he thought for a moment.

Yu Lian: Not good! This man really dared to think about it!

He immediately raised his voice, "Please stop your overactive thinking. I couldn't have access to the secret information of the Holy See, and I never sneaked into the Vatican through a window at night when it was dark and windy! ”

Brando's eyes were regretful, "Then please list the relevant texts of the Besançon Theological Seminary." If you can't remember clearly, note the name of the book, and I'll do my best to find the original. ”

Yu Lian: What is the reaction? What exactly are you regretting?

What do you expect me to answer? Am I going to help you rob the Vatican's library for £300 a year?

Although he was extremely disgusted with the Holy See, he really didn't want to commit a crazy book robbery.

Don't want to, don't ask, don't listen.

Yu Lian picked up the notebook full of questions and teleported to another desk five meters away as fast as he could. Attempting to block Brando's "whimsy" attack at a short distance of five meters.

As the saying goes, when man thinks, God laughs.

Let him say, as soon as Brando thinks about it, the governess's head hurts.

At this point, Julien could be sure that his work went beyond the tutor's requirements, and vaguely sensed that Brando needed not a tutor.

Judging by the newspapers and books lent to him, is this creating an assistant or partner?

"You can use the study as you like, and I'll take care of some chores first."

Brando didn't stay any longer, giving Yu Lian an independent space to digest his complex emotions.

On the second day of our return to Longborn, there was a lot to attend to.

I went to find Mary first. She put forward some opinions on her concerns about reading.

Brando says he has a lot to do and can't always answer Mary's questions.

Once a week, try to answer her book questions as much as you can. It's not that Mary is not valued, but that human energy is always limited.

Mary's usual doubts arising from reading books may wish to talk to Mr. Bennet first.

After yesterday's dinner storytelling, she felt a little less afraid of her father, and now she can try to ask questions and talk to her mother and sisters.

Human beings have different temperaments.

Some people are independent, don't care about the eyes of others, don't care about connecting with others, and enjoy solitude very much.

Mary seems to be a loner, but she is actually eager to be noticed.

Since she has such thoughts, encourage her to have more contact with her family. If you don't try, you can't build a close relationship, and you can't make her happy now.

After trying it, there may be changes.

Mary may have become socially adept, or she may have found it nice to be alone in a sea of books. That's all for later.

However, Brando also advises that Mary does not have to accept other people's views in their entirety.

Leibniz said that "no two leaves in the world are the same", and the same is true of human thoughts.

You don't have to memorize or read someone else's ideas from a book. See more, listen more, think more, and come up with your own opinion.

That's why Mary wasn't given a tome of theological books, but a bunch of other books of various kinds.

She doesn't have to limit her thinking to lengthy theological treatises, but rather to broaden her horizons and let her see the colorful world outside.

Fortunately, the Bennet family had access to a wide range of knowledge.

In this respect, Mr. Bennet did not have many restrictions on his daughter's reading, unlike some of the old-fashioned members of society, and he did not believe that only by reading religious books could he develop a good disposition.

Acquiescing to her daughters reading all kinds of books, Elizabeth was always able to go in and out of her father's study.

The problem is that everyone understands "tacit consent" differently.

When Mr. Bennet was a child of his eldest daughter and second daughter, he carefully taught them for a period of time, and the relationship between father and daughter was close.

Mary did not receive the same education, and for a long time only felt the "silent" side of her father's "acquiescence". Silence and non-communication breed alienation and fear, how can you feel the side of "Xu" on your own.

It wasn't until Mr. Bennet broke the established pattern of behavior and gave Mary an intuitive feeling that she could make a change.

Brando encouraged and promoted this change, but also admitted that he could not necessarily provide Mary with the right answer, and that people eventually embarked on a path of self-exploration.

Mary wrote them down one by one, indicating that she would think about it carefully, and went to her father with the set of questions first.

Brando, confused, knocked on Jane and Elizabeth's door.

Needless to say, after yesterday's family gathering, the three of them have reached a consensus - they are all members of the "Sister Correction Alliance".

"I have a question, Catherine and Lydia don't like to study, what are they usually interested in?"

Brando understands the differences between people, and not everyone likes to read.

There is no need to ask the two little girls to be proficient in the so-called "lady's skills", as long as they can master common sense.

Out of responsibility, as a family member will provide them with some other options, rather than watching them do nothing.

Brando wants to find out what the two little girls have in their interests.

"Twenty-four hours a day, except for rest, eating, and going to class, and not having to do any housework, they have at least four or five hours of free time a day, so they can't be in a daze all the time, right? What are you doing? ”

Elizabeth could only answer half of this question.

The two of them sprang out as soon as they could, and gossiped with the girls of Longborn. They have endless things to say every day. ”

In fact, there are just a few things that go back and forth:

Whose clothes, shoes and hats look better, the emotional entanglements of this village and that town, hearsay and other external rumors, etc.

Catherine and Lydia were able to participate in the gossip group, and the topics they talked about were basically gossip.

The central content of the back and forth remains the same, and the treacherous part is mostly the oil and vinegar of the messenger.

Elizabeth has an age difference of six or seven years with her two younger sisters, and some of them can't understand the little girl now.

Thinking back to his twelve or thirteen years old, he had no interest in gossip in the village. He looked at Jane and asked, "Sister, did you ever find pleasure in chatting like that?" ”

Jane shook her head, preferring to stay at home, like Elizabeth.

In the past, he used to use weaving and embroidery to pass the time, or to assist his father in counting the real estate accounts. Now that she has a hobby of gardening, working with the land and plants makes her feel more comfortable.

Jane: "Everybody's different. ”

Brando didn't make assumptions, and asked Jane and Elizabeth to pay attention to what gossip topics the two sisters were involved in if they had time, and what the content was.

Even if those chat topics are not interesting, they can provide a basis for judging the thinking habits and preferences of the two little girls.

She was not idle, and began to observe Longborn and the surrounding villages.

There is inevitably a difference between English country life and seaside resorts, and even more so from the metropolis of London, which is commonly seen in the press.

What might you find interesting?

Thinking so, I first went to visit the Philip family in Meritun next door. It was Mrs. Bennet's sister and brother-in-law's house.