Chapter 33 Selective School Students

Shortly after Halloween comes Christmas, the biggest holiday in Country A. Leida finally returns home for such an important holiday.

He had spent the previous six months working hard to apply for university, and finally got admitted to Cambridge University as he wished.

In fact, Zhang Wei always thought it was strange that Leida went to middle school in the UK. Country A also has many good middle schools and universities. Since Leida started going to school in the UK at the age of 12, the Wilsons and their child could only be reunited for less than a month throughout the year.

And Manny will go to study in the UK after finishing primary school. So in the next few years, there will be only two children at home, her and Namier.

Zhang Wei had never seen how hard Leida worked to apply to school, but she had never expected Manny to work so hard. It turned out that it wasn't just Chinese middle school students who had to work hard to get into good schools.

The Tifield School where Zhang Wei and his classmates attend includes elementary school, middle school and university, and the university is also a top school in Country A. Although it is not as good as the Ivy League schools, it is also an old school.

As for the middle school that Manny wanted to apply for, it was the school that Leida attended before, called Devon School. Zhang Wei had never heard of it and didn't know why the Wilsons were so persistent.

Manny originally liked to stay in his room, but now every weekend he goes to the school club to work overtime on his work. He is going to participate in a design competition that seems to be related to mechanics, and he has prepared several sets of materials. Zhang Wei saw him applying for funding from Emma.

At first she thought Manny was just making a fuss, but when she saw the materials piled up to half of the warehouse, Zhang Wei was stunned. No wonder the works worth tens of thousands of dollars had to be taken away by a truck.

"Hey! Manny, don't be so nervous. You must go to Devon next year. Maybe you can even live in the dormitory where I lived."

Leida was helping to load the luggage into the car and threw the backpack in Manny's hand into the car.

Yes, they are going on a long journey again.

There was a two-week holiday over Christmas, and the day after returning from Leda they packed their bags and set off for Denmark. Betty was already familiar with checking the suitcases of the three children.

Zhang Wei felt that the places she had been to in the past few months were farther than the places she had been to in the previous half of her life.

She originally didn't like traveling. It wasn't that she didn't like going out to play, but she didn't like going to unfamiliar places, especially stations and airports. Even though she was in her twenties, the fear of strangers would almost overwhelm her when she was waiting there alone.

I have to say that family group activities like the Wilson family's have cured her fear to a great extent. No matter where she goes, she doesn't have to think about where to go, and there are people to lead her in everything she does. This should be the happiest part of being a child again.

Along the way, Manny was discussing things about Devon School with Leida, and Zhang Wei finally listened to them.

Originally, Manny's desire to go to Devon School was only due to his admiration for his elder brother Leda, but the real reason why the Wilsons wanted their children to go to school in the UK was that they felt that although they lived in Country A, they did not have much sense of identity with Country A deep in their hearts.

They don't like the general environment in Country A, and of course they don't like the educational atmosphere here. They criticize the alumni system of prestigious universities like Stanford and Harvard, and laugh at them for trying to cover up their mistakes by spreading knowledge through bloodline. They think that getting a place in a prestigious university by donating some money is a naked utilitarian act, and they disdain to be in cahoots with these people from Country A.

Several generations of the Wilson family graduated from Devon School. Based on their own education, they believed that Devon School was the best secondary school.

Zhang Wei felt that this German public school certainly wasn't open to the general public. Neither Leida nor Manny received the kind of Western, happy education she'd known. Class disparity and imbalanced social resources had always existed, but the Wilson family simply had an advantage.

Devon School should select elite children from the upper class, and then choose the best from among them with a superior teaching environment and strong faculty, so as to support its golden signboard.

Devon School only accepts students over the age of 12, so any boy from the Wilson family, no matter where he studied before, will return to the UK to attend secondary school.

Why boys? Because this is a boys' school.

"So Vera can't go to the same school with me anymore?" Namir immediately grasped the point.

"That's such a pity!"

Although she said this, there was no regret on her face. To be honest, boarding school had no appeal to Zhang Wei. It would be great to live at home and have plenty of time and space to do her own things.

"It's really a pity!" It was Dad Charles who spoke.

Charles rarely participates in their conversations. He has too many things to do in his daily life and has little time to chat with his family. This vacation is a rare opportunity.

He continued: "There are certainly more important reasons why we chose Devon College besides family tradition."

"Just like your brother got into Cambridge, one of the best schools in the UK, over 60% of Devonshire College graduates are accepted into Oxford and Cambridge. Not to mention that other world-class universities also recognize the authority of Devonshire College's GPA."

"In other words, as long as you enter Devon College, the doors to world-class universities will be open to you."

Zhang Wei felt a little regretful after hearing this. Who would be willing to work so hard if there were shortcuts available?

"But don't worry, Vera. I heard a couple of years ago that the school's German board of directors was planning to open a girls' school. Perhaps you could go with them."

Leida also comforted her, "Vera, don't worry. There's also a very famous Harrow Girls' School in London. It has a long history and is not far from Devon. You can even have dinner with Namiel on the weekend!"

Zhang Wei felt that this didn't have to happen. She was only in the first grade, and it would take a long time to think about it...

These schools sound very prestigious, but it seems that it is not easy to get in. She needs to have something to show for it. If she is the only one in the family who is rejected, her self-esteem will not be able to bear it.

She remembered that Leida had sailing skills comparable to those of an athlete, Manny was a young engineering whiz, and Namier… she didn't know how good he was at ice hockey, but if there were fewer people playing, it would be easy to achieve good results. The Wilsons were really foresighted.

Zhang Wei felt that she had neither athletic nor artistic talent. It was more likely that she would achieve something in equestrianism or flute than in doing more math problems.

Speaking of math, Zhang Wei felt that there might be some room for improvement. Honestly, if he won a medal in elementary school competitions, it might be possible to use that as a chance to enter a junior high school.