Chapter 26 Chapter 1 Madagascar (3)

"But I can't even imagine without the joint entrance examination system. I think this society is very corrupt. If the recommendation system is used instead, it will be even worse. The joint entrance examination system is based on the self-control that everyone reluctantly endorses to judge heroes. If Changing a set of selection and recommendation criteria, the result is just to ask everyone to switch to a set of skills to get ahead in the past six years. I am afraid that even their own self-control is not enough now, and it depends on their parents. The financial resources, the ability to flatter, or the group adaptability to suppress one's own sexuality. Isn't this more difficult?"

"I still think it's a bit extreme. The point is that you can't change the system, so you have to conquer it, otherwise you will be a loser, like your talented friend. He lost more opportunities in life. Do you think it's worth it? Ma Nan , I never knew your eloquence is so good, which group are you going to take?" "The first group." "What department do you want to study? "law." "Studying law is very hard. Are you interested in being a lawyer? Or politics?" "Not necessarily, I'm not sure if I haven't read it yet. But you know that studying law is the fastest way to climb to the top of society. All my schooling since I was a child is learning how to climb above others and how to win. It's like this in school , the same is true in society. The comparison in society is wealth, I don’t think being a rich person is so noble, but it is more fun, at least there is no need to bend oneself to other people’s fun. The measure and measure of this world is money, I think It makes sense, since we are living in this kind of environment, we can only try our best to be a strong man. You can’t change the system, you can only conquer it, what you said makes sense.”

"Then what? Climb to the top of society, and find ways to create some reforms to make the world more reasonable?" "What answer do you want to hear?" Ma Nan raised her eyebrows mockingly, and Marty was stunned. She felt that she didn't know the little brother in front of her at all, or that she never knew him.The sum of her conversations with Ma Nan since she was a child is not as much as this time. She feels that this brother who has never been close to her is unexpectedly smart, with clear thinking and logic beyond her age, but too clear and transparent, vaguely reveal any regrets.

Yes, Ma Nan's talent is not magnanimous but ruthless.But can he be blamed?As he said, the lessons he has ever learned are the suppression of enthusiasm and the pleasure of climbing on other people's heads. This is not only maladaptive, but also Ma Nan's excessive adaptation to his environment. Now Ma Nan scratched his head with one hand, staring out the window into the dark night.When he was meditating, he showed some of his childhood appearance, and he asked, "What about you? Sister, how did you choose the department?" "There is no particular reason. I first studied in the social group. I was destined to follow the route of literature. I also felt that it was suitable for girls to study foreign languages, so I filled in the department of foreign languages. Except for the department of Oriental languages, I filled in all the departments of foreign languages. Then I just resigned myself to the English department. Back then, I only needed one point lower to study German, and if I was higher by 0.5 points, it was outrageous.

"It's like betting with your eyes closed! Then why are you trying to improve your French?" Before Marty opened his mouth, there was a knock on the door. Ma Nan quickly put away his cigarettes, and Marty opened the door.It's aunt. "It's time for dinner," said the auntie, "Marty, why are you here? Nei, your little brother is taking the entrance exam tomorrow, and you're still chatting with him. As a big sister, you can't help him think about it. ?” Marty went back to his room.Auntie was still muttering behind her back, but she turned a deaf ear to it, because her heart was full of the younger brother's last question.Why remediate French?

Why remediate French?Because she originally only filled in the French departments of five schools on the volunteer list.At that time, the principal of the high school actually summoned her into the principal's office and taught her earnestly that her grades were good, she should be able to fill in more volunteers, and win glory for the school.Under the generous guidance of the principal, she refilled the application form and was admitted to the English Department. Betting with eyes closed or fate, in the English department of that university, Marty met Jason, a teaching assistant. Jason's smile was so bright, and his words and deeds were so wild and unruly.

In the first semester of her freshman year, she met Jason on a sunny afternoon, and Marty asked him how to go through the formalities of taking up French. Jason raised the corners of his mouth and smiled smartly: Do you want to learn French? Mon enfent? Smoked ma soeur? Smoked song a la douceur? Smoked d'allerla-bas? Smoked vivre ensemble. ... Baudelaire's poems.Marty later learned to pronounce the poem in beautiful French, too. A few months later, she moved in with Jason. Marty sat on the head of the bed, looking up at the dark sky outside the window, her aunt's voice was very far away.

On the wall next to the bed, Marty had pasted an old map of the world she had found in the suitcase, so that she could look at the sky when she sat up at the head of the bed, and the map when she lay down. On the map, a shining red star marks the location of Madagascar.The information in the geography textbooks in the second year of high school was too poor, so Marty went to the library to check the information. With the help of the World Geographic Encyclopedia, she gradually learned about the island. Madagascar, with an area of ​​578,041 square kilometers, is almost 16 times the size of Taiwan, with a population of 13 million. It is vast and sparsely populated. It is located overseas in the southeast corner of the African continent, above the Tropic of Capricornus. Similar to Taiwan.The small mountains and small waters that are common in island countries, and the 10-degree Celsius winter, seem to be an enlarged and relaxed replica of Taiwan.There, the four seasons are mild, verdant and lush, and the products are rich, and there are rare birds and animals.The capital is Antananarivo, and most of the residents are of mixed African-Asian descent. On the verdant plains around the central ridge, the people grow rice and spin yarn, reminiscent of a piece of southern China.

Madagascar, formerly known as Malagasy, was once a French colony, and the official language, French, is still used today.