End of period

Akagi Middle School, in the principal's office.

"Okay, okay!"

Principal Takada made a phone call with a smile: "We will definitely arrange for you to come over when the children finish their exams. No problem with an exclusive interview! Eijun is also the pride of our Akagi..."

He finally got to deal with another one!

Principal Takada lay tiredly on his office chair.

There are two photos on the table in front of him. One is a photo of him and his family, and the other is just washed out. A group photo of Takada and the entire baseball team in front of the teaching building of Akagi Middle School.

Takada opened his eyes and stared blankly at the photo he had just developed yesterday. In the photo, he is sitting in the first row, surrounded by baseball kids and two teachers, Sano and Takada.

Sawamura put his arms around his neck and smiled brightly.

Beside Sawamura, Aotsuki Wakana said something with a worried expression.

As a group photo, this one doesn't seem to be rigorous enough. But when people get older, it is inevitable to be stubborn. Just like Takada, he loves this photo. Seeing this photo, he felt like he was there at any time.

"Principal!"

Just when Takada was stunned, the door was pushed open and a chubby middle-aged man walked in.

Takada was stunned for a moment, looked up and saw the other party.

"Isn't this our great hero Sano-sensei?"

The headmaster of Sano No Psychology Society teased, and asked anxiously, "Have you come down with the advice on how to merge schools?"

Takada nodded.

"How to say?"

"We merge with Akagi West."

Takada said and sighed. It is difficult for him to understand the thinking of young people today. The island country can even say that the entire eastern world has always advocated more children and more happiness. But now I don't know what happened. Times have developed, life has improved, and society has progressed, but everyone seems to be less enthusiastic about having children than before. Even if there are two in a family, even if it is very good, even some young people do not want a child.

In addition to the drop in their birth rate, many young people are unwilling to stay in a small town all their lives and migrate to the city with their families.

For these reasons, there are fewer and fewer students in the town. There are three middle schools in the Akagi area. Originally, one school had two or three hundred students enrolled every school year. Now, the enrollment rate of Akagi Middle School has dropped by half.

Given how stingy the islanders are, they would not waste resources on two schools, so the mayor decided to merge Akagi and Akagi West. From the point of view of a town leader, his decision to make such a decision is understandable.

But as the principal and teacher of Akagi Middle School, they are naturally not happy about such a thing.

As mentioned earlier, the Bushido spirit of the sunrise nation. Not only the employer has this idea, but even the vast majority of employees have the same idea.

Their dismissal is completely different from our kind of dismissal or dismissal. If we really want to use an analogy, it is a bit like the layoff of state-owned enterprises twenty years ago.

No one is happy when they face being laid off.

Takata's problem is not as simple as facing layoffs. He himself has devoted his whole life to this school, and now that this school is about to be abandoned, his mood is inevitably more complicated.

"We have won so much glory for the town! The mayor of Akagi, he...?"

Sano asked angrily.

"So, this matter will not be announced in the last two years. At least until Sawamura graduates, the mayor will never announce it. He doesn't want Sawamura to be rumoured during the competition. influences."

"Our Akagi is the oldest school in the Akagi area."

Sano still wants to fight, after all, this country has a tradition of respecting the old school. Compared with Akagi, Akagi West is as tender as a baby.

"Yes, we are old enough, but our teaching facilities are also very old. The school building is also very old..."

Takada's voice drifted far away, making Sano feel uncomfortable when he saw it, but he didn't know what to say.

While wanting to abandon Akagi Middle School, and at the same time forcing Akagi Middle School's baseball team to score results, this mayor is too calculating.

"Damn!"

Sano slapped the table angrily, then sat down opposite Principal Takada.

Takada was quite open, smiled tiredly, and said nothing.

"Just think it's for those children, and we also have to do the logistical work."

Whether Takada or Sano, once Akagi Middle School is abandoned, the future will be uncertain. But even so, they did not give up Sawamura and the others and spared no effort in order to make a good start for the baseball team.

Whether it is in Japan or other countries, there are such teachers. They may be unknown, but they have dedicated themselves to the future of the country.

Let us pay tribute to these teachers!

After two days of hard work, Sawamura's final exam finally came to an end.

There are only over a hundred students in total, but there are more than a dozen teachers. Their task of correcting papers is not heavy at all. After half a day's work, all the test papers were corrected and proofread, and sent to the hands of Akagi's friends.

Sawamura's grades are very good. Japanese and math have all passed the mark. Especially in English, his grades made everyone look up. Sawamura's English test was second in the class, only two points less than Wakana's.

"Did you copy it?"

Wakana confronted, Sawamura shrugged: "This is my strength!"

In his previous life, he had been in the major league for ten years, and after more than 3,000 days and nights, Sawamura's English was still good. If the content of the exam was not too rigid, Sawamura could have won first place!

English education extends from developed areas to surrounding areas. The more peripheral areas, the lower the average level. It's not that the children don't work hard enough, it's just that the environment and resources they live in make it difficult for them to compare with students in developed areas.

A rural place like Akagi is not a tourist destination. Throughout the year, few foreigners are seen. If there is no environment they need to use, how can they learn it well?

With the help of English, Sawamura's overall grades are not bad. There are 125 students in the whole grade, and Sawamura ranks 53rd, which is on the upper side of the middle!

The little friends are all surprised. Except for baseball, his captain seems to have never studied.

The friends looked at Sawamura with admiration, and Sawamura himself was ashamed to death.

After being reborn, he was determined to study hard and improve every day.

Unexpectedly, the final result turned out to be like this.

Too embarrassing!

Fortunately, Sawamura is not alone. He's not the worst grader among his buddies. In addition to English, Sawamura's scores in other subjects were not very high, but he did not fail. Among the friends, not everyone is as lucky as Sawamura.

"Tell me, brother. What's the matter?"

In classrooms.

Sawamura crossed his legs, looked at the troubled brothers and sisters in front of him, and asked with a smile.

In front of him, Ashin and Yamaguchi were like mourners, their faces drooping and they didn't speak.