Chapter 23 Entrance Examination

One reason is that there is not much information available on the Internet. After all, the Internet has not developed rapidly in the future. Another reason is that there are no systematic textbooks and syllabuses in Country A, so each school has different teaching objectives and the courses they set are very different.

Some of the school questions looked very simple at first glance, only testing some simple vocabulary and sentences. Some looked like IQ test questions, like the types of questions in later civil service exams. She searched for an entire afternoon but decided to give up.

Zhang Wei continued her study at the same pace as before until Emma told her that she had to go to school with her to take the entrance test.

The school wasn't far from Wilson's house, and it only took about ten minutes to get there by car. Zhang Wei looked out the window and memorized the route. It only took two turns to get there, but it would probably take half an hour to walk.

Zhang Wei was still a little nervous about going to a strange place again. When the car slowly stopped, Zhang Wei took a deep breath and got out.

The school gate looked very lively. It must be Zhang Wei's first time to come into close contact with so many people in New York City.

When I arrived at the door, a tall blond woman came over to greet me enthusiastically:

"Hi! Mrs. Wilson, long time no see. Did you have a good vacation?"

"Very good, thank you for your greetings, Mrs. Lope." Emma said, then pulled Zhang Wei over to her and introduced her:

"This is Vera, my daughter. She has her entrance exam today."

Zhang Wei looked at the imposing white woman and greeted her, "Hello, Mrs. Lope, I'm Vera."

She immediately squatted down, her eyes level with Zhang Wei's, looked into her eyes and said, "Hello, Vera, I know you volunteered to take the exam today, right? You're such a brave child!"

"Yes, ma'am, thank you for giving me this opportunity." This must be the big boss of this school, so Zhang Wei naturally wants to improve his favorability.

"If you are ready, let's go in together!" Then Mrs. Lope, who was suspected to be the principal, had someone bring her and Emma into the school.

This school looks very big. The main building is a three-story building. Although the building is not tall, it is very long. The other buildings are also quite far apart. It looks like a university with a very loose and comfortable layout.

After entering the teaching building, she separated from Emma. The parent waiting area was on the other side.

When Zhang Wei was brought into the exam classroom, there were already several children writing furiously inside.

Then she was taken to a seat where a pen and a test card were placed, and the teacher signaled her that she could start answering the questions. This somewhat casual test process made Zhang Wei a little uncomfortable. When she started to look at the questions, children came in one after another, but everyone tried to keep quiet throughout the whole process.

When Zhang Wei saw the ECAA logo on the top of the test card, he knew that this test would not be easy. This was also the few pieces of information about the entrance exam that Zhang Wei found online that day.

This is a test for early childhood admission assessment, which is a standardized assessment test provided by the New York City Education Records Bureau for private and public schools' gifted classes.

Although Country A claims that "everyone is equal", in reality these educational resources are not equal.

Just like this private school called Tifield, although I don’t know how much the tuition is, it should not be cheap. In addition to tuition, you also need to go through screening before you can enter, so there are two thresholds.

The test was entirely in English and was divided into vocabulary and non-vocabulary sections. Zhang Wei noticed the first vocabulary question was a little different from what she had expected.

It said, "Please tell me what a toothbrush is."

It tests students' comprehension and language expression skills, not vocabulary and spelling.

Zhang Wei doesn't know what the level of the children here is after finishing kindergarten, but if it were in China, it would obviously be difficult to ask children to write down the answer to this question in their native language before entering the first grade.

She controlled her desire to write in unison and wrote down the answer letter by letter: A toothbrush is a tool used to clean teeth.

The next non-vocabulary questions are actually logical reasoning questions, such as finding patterns in graphics, simple numerical patterns, etc.

In short, after Zhang Wei finished this set of questions, it can be said that the children selected in this way all have language and logical thinking abilities that are higher than those of ordinary people, of course, including her, the imposter.

After she finished, she handed the test paper to the teacher at the door and was able to leave, but after leaving, she was led to a classroom next door, where an older female teacher was sitting. There was an empty stool opposite her. It seemed that this was the second round of interviews.

"Your name is Vera, right? Please sit down." She waved to Zhang Wei kindly.

When Zhang Wei sat over, he glanced at the information in her hand and saw the headshot photo she had taken in the welfare home.

Then I asked her some common sense questions, such as how to buy 5 apples, and asked her to name three birds, etc.

Some of the questions would definitely not be answered with her level of knowledge when she first arrived in Country A. Zhang Wei had seen several kinds of birds when she lived in the castle before.

The next step was to test her memory using flash cards. This new brain is more useful than the previous one, which can be felt from her learning results in the past two months, so she passed the test easily.

The two exams probably took more than half an hour. Of course, Zhang Wei was considered fast. When she left, she saw that there were still many students in the written exam classroom.

Overall, Zhang Wei felt that the process was relatively easy, so he was in a good mood.

Until Emma saw her and said happily: "Vera, I believe you will be able to enter the first grade smoothly!"

Uh... there's really nothing to be happy about when she's in her twenties and in the first grade. But when you think about it, when she first came here three months ago, she probably could only go to kindergarten.

After adjusting her mood, Zhang Wei calmed down a lot. Life is a struggle, and she must be able to break away from these kids as soon as possible and get into her comfort zone faster. She didn't know if she could skip a grade here...

However, this idea only stayed in Zhang Wei's mind for a few minutes before she gave up because she saw their class schedule when she visited the school - in addition to vocabulary, grammar, mathematics, science, social studies and physical education, there was also Spanish twice a week!

Spanish... She had no impression of it at all. It was another course that she had to start all over again. It seemed that she should just stay as an elementary school student. This was too different from the education in Country A that she had imagined.

Is it because she came from a parallel universe, or is it because her previous understanding was wrong...

But no matter what, it is always good for Zhang Wei to learn more.