2 Moving to America

Oliver is an Engineer. Today he brought a piece of exciting news. He was going to be transferred to the United States. So we are all going to New York.

The 1960s was the golden age of U.S. development. The Bretton Woods system has not yet collapsed. The U.S. is still implementing the gold standard U.S. dollar. That's how it came.

So we all agreed to move out of England.

If there is no accident, 30,000 British pounds will arrive in the account soon before moving out, and there will be more things you can do at that time. After all, the first pot of gold is the most difficult to make, but after you have money, it can be used to make money. Money makes money, especially for people who have the advantage of rebirth.

So what should I do next?

However, she doesn't have much time because her middle school is boarding.

Why choose a boarding school? Speaking of it, it is also related to this ballet.

Although I thought ballet was beautiful in my previous life, and practiced hard in this life, gradually, Catherine realized that ballet was much harder than she thought, especially after replacing soft-soled shoes with pointe shoes. And Catherine doesn't want to be an "elephant leg MM".

Greer Girls' High School, founded in 1853, is a boarding high school that only enrolls girls, offering courses for grades 7 to 12.

The junior high school in the United States is in grades 7-9, which is not the same as that in China. However, in the 21st century, China seems to have begun to change the name of junior high school.

Greer Girls' High School is one of the top 100 middle schools in the United States. However, the number of admissions is only more than 100 per year. The total number of students in the school is always between 200 and 500, which is very, very small.

This school is in Pennsylvania, and this place is just below New York City. It only takes a few hours to drive. The school adopts a small class system, with an average of 9 students per class, and the number of teachers is nearly 100.

Don't look at the number of people, this school covers a total of 130 hectares. The campus has indoor and outdoor swimming pools, indoor gymnasiums (including basketball courts), riding fields, football fields, tennis courts, etc. It is a full-scale learning environment. Teaching buildings, lecture halls, dance studios, libraries, restaurants, cafes, post offices, and student health centers are also indispensable.

The arrangement of the dormitory is also very advantageous. There is a room for 2 people, and the 2 rooms share a set of bathroom equipment. The members of the dormitory are selected by themselves and can live with their friends.

It is because of these superior reasons that Catherine chose this school.

The summer vacation in the United States is closed in May and school starts in September. Catherine's birthday is June 1. After her birthday, she will be officially 12 years old. If calculated by the age of China, it is also called the virtual age 13.

Calculated by time, "Harry Potter" will be released on October 1, but Catherine estimates that it will not start selling until two or so releases. After all, according to some statements, this is a "slowly popular novel' book.

The school is very large, but there are very few students. The learning environment at Greer Girls' Middle School is quite good.

—This is how Catherine felt after coming to the school to sign up on August 31st.

However, her sad fate has not been changed-she will return to New York to take ballet classes on the weekend.

"Evil capitalism."

Catherine could only utter such a sigh.

"My name is Lily, Lily Padka, I am fourteen years old this year, in eighth grade, I like Elvis' music the most..."

Every time new students enter the school, the school will select students who are older than them to pair with these new students, so that they can adapt to school life more quickly.

Catherine is no exception. The pretty young girl in front of her is introducing herself enthusiastically.

She is wearing a slightly tight-fitting beige print dress with a huge camera hanging around her neck.

"This school is really good."

Looking at this beautiful environment, Catherine exclaimed.

"Catherine, over there is the racecourse, we have to learn equestrianism there in PE class."

Listening to Lily's explanation, Catherine increasingly discovered that the education she received in her previous life and the education in the United States are basically two-dimensional stuff. Although the behavior of the United States is indeed unpleasant, it is undeniable that they have their advantages.

"Just call me Kate."

"Well, you call me Lily, Kate."

Lily smiled. This lovely girl with blond hair is not a blonde like the traditional American concept, but she has low intelligence. You must know that if you can go to Greer Girls' School, you can't have a little skill. Otherwise, what about this school? Can be ranked among the top 100 middle schools in the United States?

"Kate, smile~"

Catherine turned her head and saw the flash of the flash.

"Photography is my favorite job. I want to be a photographer in the future. Are you interested in coming to our photo agency? We not only take photos but also make short films."

"Sounds really good, but I will go to SAB to study ballet at the weekend. I'm sorry." Catherine has never thought about it since her last life. What is so interesting about this photography? Although Catherine can be regarded as a picture pursuer, with large-scale and high-definition pictures, you will never look at low-precision pictures. But in her view, photography is more like a boring job that needs to be held for a long time.

"It's okay. I heard. In May, you won the SAE Junior Division Championship. You are amazing."

"Thank you."

Catherine smiled.

Her physical fitness is very good, learning ballet is easy, but her mother's requirements are too strict, so Catherine herself has the illusion that her own ballet is not very good. And she doesn't think that she is better than a group of little kids, she is invincible in the world, after all, she has the vision of an adult. So she didn't care much about that award.

The flash fired a few more times, and Lily just let it go.

Then, Lily took Catherine around the school, then introduced this huge school, and kept showing her pictures.

"Would you like to come and live with me? It just so happens that I am alone."

"Can you?" Lily looked very enthusiastic, and Catherine was also very fond of this "big sister".

"Of course, we can choose roommates in our school. Or else, come to my dormitory first!"

Lily said, she took Catherine to her bedroom.

There are two beds in the house, but it seems that only one-bed lives.

"This is Elvis' record, would you like to hear it?" Lily took out a record.

"Elvis?"

By the way, in the 1960s, it seemed that it was also the peak of his career when Elvis was alive. In short, the rock king who pioneered rock music is the idol of most people at this time. The hippie movement is coming within a few years, and then people will become even crazier.

Although she doesn't like rock music very much, Catherine doesn't want to disturb the other person's interest, and she also wants to listen to the song of the king of rock and roll. After all, until now, she has never heard the song of the legendary Elvis.

In any case, Catherine's middle school career has begun, and she has also moved to Lily's bedroom.

At first, Catherine thought that she could skip grades like elementary school, but at this time she really realized the difference in American education.

In the first history class, the teacher asked them to write a report, and the content of the report was to imagine that they were a dictator and then tell how they should rule the entire country and set the final outcome.

Are you sure this is not the outline of the starting novel?!

—But it's cruel, this is the truth.

A report that requires at least 8 pages!

It's a pity, this is true, and it can't be true anymore.

In class, it is completely different from the classroom in elementary school and the classroom in China.

In class, seven or eight classmates sit around the table, and then the teacher sits in the middle of the class. Classes start at 8:30 every day and then end at 2:30 in the afternoon.

Cheating father's homework is more than this.

The second problem Catherine encountered was to write a family tree within seven generations within a week.

Catherine's grandparents and grandparents passed away as early as World War II. How can I find this? But the teacher doesn't care about this. If you want to get an A, you have to look for it, and if your grade falls to C, you have to accept extra tutoring. There are so many things Catherine has to do, so how can I take care of it? This one?

But it's okay. Catherine called back, and Amelia and Oliver mobilized. Although their parents have passed away, they are not without other relatives at home. Several long-distance calls went to Europe and sent a copy. After the information came back, I finally got all this stuff done.

Just two weeks before enrolling in school, Catherine suffered a "shut down", but fortunately, the troublesome homework was only these two. After the SAB School started, the homework became normal.

Before, Catherine heard that American homework is weird. It was very easy in elementary school and there was almost no homework. But now, she has seen American "divergent thinking".

Although this matter is over, there is another thing that makes her a little headache.

That is to join the club.

"Plus gymnastics club? I thought you would want me to go to the photography club?" Catherine was a little strange looking at a flyer that Lily handed to herself with a smile.

"Don't you want to leave your beautiful moment in the photo? And I don't know about other clubs. Chess club, Astronomy club, Literature club, to be honest, are a headache for me. But I and I the relationship with the gymnastics club is the best."

It seems that the school clubs in the United States, Europe, and Japan are all very different. In Catherine's mind, it seems that the best middle school club is probably Japan, and the best university club is the United States. Sisters clubs and the like are all featured in movies. It. However, it seems that American middle school students are also very keen on club activities.

Catherine had watched movies describing the life of middle school students in the United States before, but in this "key middle school", the plot in the movie was almost invisible. Catherine didn't know whether it was because of the short time, or because of the school, or whether it was. Movie Du compilation.

But one thing is very similar to the movie, and that is the American middle school, which is really troublesome.

"I can dance ballet, but I am not familiar with gymnastics."

"But I think you will like it."

Catherine rolled her eyes: "You really don't look like a traditional American."

"There are no traditional Americans at all, and my parents are British immigrants," Lily replied indifferently.

"Then you really don't look like an Englishman."

"This is the reason my parents emigrated."

Forget it... Just treat it for fun.

Can't stand Lily's repeated persuasion, Catherine finally chose the gymnastics club. Lily became excited all at once and then took Catherine to take her to the gymnastics club to visit.

"Speaking of which, Lily, why do you like photography so much?"

On the way, Catherine asked suddenly.

"Although my father was a photographer, I had no interest in photography at all in the beginning, but later, I fell in love with Elvis, and then I wanted to be a photographer, and then I had a close relationship with Press Mr. Lee came into contact and even became his full-time photographer. But then somehow, I fell in love with using a camera to record all the beautiful things I could see. I suddenly discovered that photography is such a beautiful thing~"

The two walked for about ten minutes before they walked from the dormitory to the gymnastics club training place. The venue looks good and large, but only seven girls are practicing here. It seems that the instructor is not there, it seems to be spontaneous.

"Hey! Bonnie!" Lily excitedly waved at the girl who seemed to be the leader.

"Lily!" The girl came over.

Although this girl named Bonnie is not pretty, she seems to have a good body. The tights and tights completely outline her curves.

"This is the Catherine I told you. Kate, her name is Bonnie. She is the president of the gymnastics club."

"Hello, Catherine."

"Hello, just call me Kate."

The number of people in the gymnastics club is very small, which probably has something to do with the lack of people in the school. After all, there are only more than 300 people in this school, but there are now more than a dozen clubs, and not everyone is interested in the club. In fact, if it were not for Lily's instigation, Catherine would not join the club.

But it's hard to say. I have seen various societies on TV countless times. Catherine is very interested in this thing that seems to be popular abroad. It doesn't matter if I experience it for a little bit, right?

Although Lily happily brought Catherine over to visit, because the instructor was not there, it might have to wait if she wanted to join, so Catherine sat next to them and watched them practice while Lily picked up the camera, and then the flash kept flashing until the entire roll of film was used up.

Catherine looked at them. To be honest, although this gymnastics looks a little different from ballet, it doesn't seem to be too difficult. These people seem to be somewhat basic, but they are not too professional.

In the United States, it is very common to learn dance from an early age, but people go to university, work, and live step by step like ordinary primary and middle school students. They will not have an impact on their cultural knowledge due to dance learning. On the contrary, because they have a skill, they become some people. Priority admissions to prestigious colleges and universities. The main actors of many top theater companies, such as the New York Ballet, learned this way. Many of them also have diplomas of other majors from prestigious American universities. Therefore, even these actors can choose another profession based on their expertise, such as construction engineers, lawyers, and even doctors, etc., when they end their dancing career.