Chapter Ninety-One: Ender Academy
Of course, Phil had no way of knowing Edward's complicated mental journey these days, but he accepted this kind change very easily, and learned more and more seriously.
This set of orthotics seems to be really a bit of a drawback, after giving up some of the original force habits, strictly following the standard movements demonstrated by Edward, it instantly became very lightweight, almost without any resistance.
This became even more evident in the last half hour of strength training.
Hammer training, full of hormonal bursts, seems to be more interesting to Phil as a boy than to stand still.
On the small school yard of Snape Manor, there are still stone hammers and wooden stakes arranged in order from childhood to adulthood.
After Edward's demonstration, he stood in front of the smallest stone hammer, and with a slight lift of his toes, the stone hammer reached his hand.
The twenty-pound stone hammer looked like a delicate toothpick in Edward's hand, and it was waved a few times in a row, as if it had no weight.
Subsequently, it was handed to Phil.
"Just say you may not understand, pick up your hammer and we'll try it. It took Edward five minutes to recalibrate Phil's orthotics, and he pointed to the stake.
Phil chose a position to stand in and lifted the stone hammer as Edward had demonstrated. The twenty-pound hammer head is not difficult for Phil to lift today, but it is still a bit difficult to swing it freely.
“DUANG!DUANG!”
Sure enough, after trying it a few times, Phil found that it was still that astringent feeling, and this feeling was more obvious in the exercise force.
In the first few times, the irregular movements made him unable to even lift the hammer, and he could not even deviate the angle of his feet, and the greater the degree of deviation, the greater the strength of this block.
Fortunately, the protection of the equipment also allowed him to avoid the possibility of strains.
But when he gradually mastered the essentials of the movement, he had a hearty and natural feeling.
Especially at the moment of the final smash, it was as if a lot of strength had accumulated in the body and all of it was released.
For example, when Phil tried to lift the hammer vertically behind his back instead of spinning it from the side, the rope on his body held him there, and the stone hammer stopped in mid-air behind his head, unable to move.
Edward observed, asked Phil a few more questions, and the rope on his body carefully adjusted.
While adjusting, he explained: "This is specially customized according to your current body shape, and with your current growth rate, it can meet the use of a year." Wait until this time next year, and I'll order another set based on your development. ”
"How long will that take?" asked Phil.
"Generally speaking, it is one to three years, it depends on the effect of your training and the speed of your physical development, but fortunately, you have started to correct since you were a child, and your body has not yet formed stubborn habits, which is much luckier than most students in intermediate colleges. He winked at Phil.
"And what if I'm born with something different?" he was really looking forward to.
Edward didn't bother to turn his head, and snorted disdainfully: "You, according to my observations these days, you have nothing special about you, except for your careful eye. After saying that, he slapped Phil's ass hard, signaling that he had finished adjusting things and hurried to practice.
The fleshy little ass always feels good to beat, and he's been falling in love with it a little lately.
Watching Phil reluctantly practice there, he continued: "There are indeed a few people with special power habits, but those are all physically mature adults.
In other words, at that time, even if you want to change it, it's too late.
The movements I have taught you are the essence of the Imperial Army's countless years.
While you can't learn martial arts skills yet, hammering is a good choice as a basis for power. ”
Phil muttered as he continued the exercise in his hand, and in just half an hour, he was already tired and sweaty, and the wooden stake inserted in the hard ground was already visibly shortened by the naked eye.
And just like that, day after day, dull and monotonous days.
In the school yard of the Snape family's mansion, a little fat man can be seen gritting his teeth and sweating every day.
The other big fat man sat on a stool formed by several wooden stakes stuck in the ground, drinking tea and eating snacks comfortably, and visibly gained a lot of weight to the naked eye.
The picture is vivid and harmonious.
When the earth warms up, the spring breeze is gentle, and the shoots break through the surface and strive to bloom with life, Phil is finally going to school, and it is a full seven years of elementary basic education, which means that Phil needs to spend his 8 to 14 birthdays here.
The first three years are basic courses, including six courses: Elementary Mathematics, Elementary Continental Language, Ward Language, Elementary Physical Fitness, Elementary Music, and Elementary Fine Arts.
The middle three years are extended courses, and in addition to the six basic courses mentioned above, four courses are added: Elementary Physics, Elementary Chemistry, Elementary Astrology, and Elementary Theology.
The first six years are all mandatory.
In the seventh and final year, there are no compulsory courses and no new subjects.
Rather, it is based on the student's family situation, career aspirations and comprehensive results in the first six years, and strengthens the education for different branches, or pre-education in response to the assessment of the intermediate college.
The original class will also be disbanded and reassigned.
Before final graduation, an examination and assessment are completed.
The comprehensive results of the first six years and the results of the graduation examination uniformly issued by the education department of the city under its jurisdiction constitute a student's transcript in the junior college after the weighted ratio is calculated.
Due to the vast territory of the empire, the distribution of population, the speed of movement, the uneven level of economic development and education were affected by other factors.
The Imperial Department of Education has developed a coefficient for each region, down to each city.
The student's transcript is multiplied by this coefficient to give the final grade received by the participant for his or her primary education.
With this score, even if a student moves to live in the imperial capital from a remote border area, he can apply to a suitable local intermediate college.
The junior college that Phil will attend, and the only school in the entire vicinity of Fallen Horse Town, is called Ander College, named after Ander, the first principal of Fallen Horse Town.
Three days before school starts, Phil is taken to the school by Catherine to meet his principal, Mr. Miller, as well as his class.
Class A in the first grade, in fact, due to the constraints of students, there are only three classes in one grade, and there are about 20 people in each class. As he wished, Anna was also placed in this class.
Mr. Miller is in his 80s this year, but he only looks like he is about 50 years old.
Some of them had a pair of gold-wire glasses hanging from thin chains on their noses, and they wore wood-yellow vertical striped casual dresses, and the few hairs were combed back neatly, looking like the old agents of the Eagle Country in Zero and Seven, which was very tasteful.
According to his own account, he has been in this school for 40 years, almost dedicating the second half of his life.
In a few years, he will be in a period of old age, until he dies, and then he will bury himself on the hillside outside the schoolyard instead of going to the temple and watch over the children here with his soul.
The words were so touching that Catherine and several other parents were so moved that they even wiped their tears.
Due to the unique pattern of the whole Lok Ma Town, it is different from traditional villages and towns.
The town's lord's house, administrative center, temple, gardens, and wealthy quarters are all on the top of the town's slopes, so the people of Lok Ma Town generally refer to it as the town center.
And this school is located in the geographical center of the town worthy of the name, on the halfway slope of the entire town of Lokma.
The area of Ander College is not small, about 1.5 square kilometers.
The main body consists of two three-storey twin castle-like main buildings, a stable, a small library, a multi-purpose hall, two dormitories and three playgrounds of different sizes.
In addition, there is a small mountain range that belongs to it.
The mountain is not high, the highest point is only about 50 meters, but it covers nearly 1/3 of the entire school, just behind the main teaching building.
Whether it's a school building or a library, it looks like it's been a few years old.
The yellow-brown walls, some of which are covered with vines, and the doors and windows are made of solid wood with thick paint.
Thanks to the affluent financial situation of Lok Ma Town, it looks like it is often renovated and maintained.
Whether it's the buildings, or the corridors and gardens that dot them, you can see a rich and simple Ward national style everywhere.