Chapter 123 Chapter 123 [VIP]
Megan was going to school after her birthday. Bob bought her a full set of new stationery and a new school bag. She also looked at the school map many times.
For unfamiliar places, if she is just going out to play as usual, the unknown will bring interest. However, "school" is a new place where she will stay for a long time. So, just like when she first arrived at the special care center for children, she will inevitably feel anxious and uneasy. She is not very adaptable to the environment, so we need to find ways to alleviate it.
On the first day of school in September, Arthur Damon took her to school, just like any ordinary father and daughter. The tall and thin man carried her schoolbag in his hand, and Megan just followed, and was naughty on the way, jumping and striding from time to time, or pulling Arthur's arm and suddenly falling down like a weight, and Arthur never indulged her.
She was very childish. When I met other parents and students on the road, I found that none of them had children behaving like her.
Megan is only about 1.3 meters tall, much shorter than other children of the same age. Girls grow faster than boys, and according to currently published data, the height of 11-year-old girls is generally around 1.4-1.5 meters. Only Megan was taken to middle school, but she looked like a young elementary school student.
This exceptional child liked to look around on the street, but was careful not to make eye contact with anyone. As she walked towards the school, there were more and more people around, so she stopped jumping and instead snuggled up to Arthur, almost sticking to his legs.
They walked among the crowd, and many parents of students who walked fast passed them, but the father and daughter were not in a hurry and walked into the campus slowly.
When Arthur stepped through the gate and looked around, he couldn't help but feel emotional. He had been away from school for too long, but now everything was moving in a good direction. His beloved child was no longer closed in her own small world, but interacted with the outside world, acquired knowledge, and had friends. Now she was going to attend Gotham Middle School and would have many good gains.
This made his weathered face lose its tiredness and numbness, becoming more lively and full of hope. He looked down at Megan and whispered with emotion, "Let's go." He stopped at the school gate for a few seconds, and Megan was beside him, without any noise or noise. After hearing his voice, they walked together.
Because Megan is a special child and did not have an academic record, she needed to go to the Academic Affairs Department to enter her identity information into the school system, and also to deal with her class placement issues, etc.
They arrived at the Academic Affairs Office and were, as expected, given the cold reception. There was only one faculty member present, but soon, Ms. Carter from the Special Children's Care Fund and the head of the 'Special Children's Aid' project team arrived, and the person who was originally sitting there was asked to leave.
The foundation and the school had communicated before and held many meetings on this matter before the start of school. They also reached an agreement smoothly, and even the corresponding project funds have been transferred to the school account. The school leadership is well aware of how much benefit they have received. After all, in addition to the subsidy funds designated by the foundation for special children, there are other agency fees, which are paid very smoothly. In addition, the Wayne Group has also invested a lot of money in the school.
Some people are well aware of this project, while other faculty and staff are not aware of it - they don't have any special children to be responsible for, so there is naturally no need to publicize it to them. Then some confused people spread the word outside that there are special children in the school, causing discrimination and bullying.
This is not alarmist. Discrimination and bullying have always existed in American schools, but have never been resolved. If we delve deeper, it involves all aspects of the current social situation, which is simply impossible to change.
The school and the foundation reached an agreement to confirm the list of children to be enrolled, then select a counselor for them. The main subject teachers were also carefully selected. While elementary schools still had fixed classes, middle school and beyond saw a complete shift in the model, with classes divided into different courses and learning progress levels. For example, a single class might have students from multiple grades.
Since Megan had never even attended elementary school, and there were concerns that she would suffer from stress, a psychological counselor was assigned to help her familiarize herself with the campus environment and curriculum, and to monitor her condition at all times. This was the best solution agreed upon by the school and the foundation.
Arthur and Megan stood by, watching the negotiation between the foundation and the school's top management. Finally, they called Megan's psychological counselor, a smartly dressed black-haired lady. She had been notified earlier and came to the Academic Affairs Department. She was not surprised by the current situation and looked at Megan with a gentle gaze.
With other people talking in the background, she squatted down and looked at Megan at eye level, without being overly enthusiastic, and said, "My name is Sophia Green."
She was observing Megan's reaction. Although this child was a 'special child', his mental state was okay. Of course, if the child was really seriously ill, he would not come to school even with funding from the Wayne Group and the Foundation. That would be a wrong choice, unless the guardian only wanted to take the money and did not care about the child's condition.
The child standing opposite her with her hands behind her back looked a little shy, her toes leaning towards the man next to her, and her body involuntarily leaning to that side. It was obvious that the person next to her was someone she trusted immensely, and should be her father Arthur in her information.
She blinked and looked at her for a moment before she said, "I'm Megan Damon."
There was no obvious communication barrier, except that she was a little slow to react. Perhaps it was because she was shy, but it wasn't a difficult problem. Sophia gave her a more tolerant smile and said, "Would you like to come with me to learn more about the school?"
The peaceful relationship between them made the school management feel relieved. After all, when Wayne invested, he emphasized that special children should not be bullied or discriminated against on campus. Now he saw with his own eyes that Megan's special performance was not outstanding, and she was under the guidance of a psychological counselor, so she should not be bullied. As for the identity of special children, it was kept completely confidential in the school to protect them from discrimination.
Meghan is not the only special child enrolled in school today. There are also guardians bringing their children later. Meghan and her father were led by Sofia to visit the school.
Megan signed up for the sixth grade and will stay in this school for seven years in the future - three years in junior high school and four years in high school. Even if she doesn't get familiar with the environment right away, she will get to know it later. But Sophia's attitude was still serious. She introduced all the activity venues for middle school students, and also talked about the time of the freshman orientation meeting, the specific arrangements for the start of school, and the preparations that students must make.
During the freshman orientation meeting, Megan was completely lost in the crowd. Her uneasy heart, which had been comforted by the Joker and Sofia, suddenly calmed down... The image and thing Megan was most familiar with was water. Now she felt like a drop of water merging into a stream, inconspicuous at all, but it gave her a sense of security.
But Sophia believes that Megan may have been stressed and activated her mental self-defense mechanism. There are many examples in society that when people are overly stimulated and suffer psychological trauma, the mind will spontaneously block the senses. Even if the stimulation still exists, it cannot be perceived. The whole person is slightly numb, but can act naturally as usual. However, this kind of defense mechanism is beneficial to Megan.
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The first few days of school are filled with all sorts of things, but once the course schedule is released, the schedule is pretty much set.
On the first day of class, Megan learned to find her favorite seat. She liked to sit by the window. If the seats by the window were full, then a seat by the wall would also be fine. As for the front and back rows, it didn't matter much.
At the beginning of the school year, textbooks were collected in class. Megan put the textbooks she collected in the morning in her locker. As for lunch, her interest in the school cafeteria had not diminished, so she ate there. Then she had two classes in the afternoon, and school was over after that.
The last class was math. When the textbooks were distributed, the girl sitting next to her smiled at Megan. Megan tilted her head and didn't say anything, obviously waiting for the other person to express herself. However, the teacher had already sat in front of the podium, so it was difficult to communicate. After the class, Megan had to put her things away before going home, and the girl next to her followed her with her schoolbag.
She said, "My name is Sarah! Hello! Hello!" Sarah was sunny and cheerful, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was a bit taller than Megan, so she had to lower her head slightly when she spoke.
So when Megan left school, she had a new friend, Sarah.
Megan slowly made her way back to the small building and found the clown waiting for her. Dressed in a tuxedo and suit, he sat cross-legged on the sofa, looking relaxed, but it was hard to tell how long he had been waiting for her. Seeing the child squeeze through the door as usual, their eyes met. He raised an eyebrow and asked, "How is school?" Is anyone bullying her? Or are there any annoying boys pulling her braids?
The clown looked her up and down, and seeing Megan shook her head naturally and he didn't find anything wrong, he leaned back on the sofa. The child ran over and stuck to him, insisting on staying in his arms.
The Joker was initially impatient with Megan's school start, seemingly only pretending to be Arthur for a few days. But what about the effort behind the scenes? Wasn't he supposed to maintain his daily activities as Arthur? Wasn't he supposed to handle his account expenses? He still needed to have a few acquaintances, but that was at least arranged. However, Megan's enrollment had to be handled by him alone, and all the documents had to be reviewed again to ensure that nothing was wrong.
He didn't think it was so complicated at first, but these bad things snowballed and became more and more, and he had to do it... The expression on his face was bad enough. He finally had some free time to come here, but he still cared about Megan's affairs. He looked sarcastic and impatient, but the arm on the back of the sofa fell down and gently patted Megan's back, which was simply a comfort.
Megan stayed close to him and began to recharge. Whenever she encountered something outside, she would definitely follow him when she came back. She needed to get energy from him before she could continue to move. She relied on him and the pills to survive.
"I miss Dad." She said in a low voice, looking like she was extremely dependent on him.
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Megan finally enrolled in school (peaceful)
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