Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 171 Equitable Learning Resources

   "It's just... I can help you eliminate part of other people's prejudice against you, but more needs to be changed by yourself." Morais knew that this matter was not so easy to do. Verak's journey has just begun, and it is destined to be more difficult than others.

Although there are still endless difficulties and obstacles in the future, anyway, now that Verak has returned to Lazein alive and successfully joined the Equality Association, he is excited and calm: "I understand, I am in prison. I thought about it 10,000 times when I was young. If I didn’t have the courage and confidence to start over, I wouldn’t choose to come back.”

  Morais nodded slightly, sighed softly, and didn't worry too much about Verak, who was able to lead the prisoners out of Damans Prison alive, and only regretted the past mistakes.

  If Veraker had realized this a few months ago and clarified it early, he would not have to go through these tribulations, and he would not have to face resistance that others have never felt when doing everything in the Equality Council.

The differences with Chloe, with the support of Verac and Boyne, there is no need for a stalemate for so long. With an overwhelming advantage, they have gone all out to proceed according to the original plan, turning the International Expo, which the Republic of Brescia has placed high hopes on, into a new one. became its own stage.

   "It's a pity, if it had been earlier, everything would have been earlier." Morais sighed.

Verac understood what Morais meant when he said earlier, he chuckled, his bright eyes followed his experience during this time, starting from Nord, passing by Diaz, passing by Keating: "Things have already If it happens, I will face up to the regret and guilt left after making a wrong choice, and I will be more grateful for the gains along the way.”

   "He's really changed." Nord said, looking at Morais.

   Morais has never seen Verak's past, and since he came into contact with Verak, Verak has always been so different. The change he felt was that Verak changed from fake to real, but in fact this happened to be the dividing line in Verak's life: "I only care about the present and the future, so I will fully support you."

   "Yeah." Verak has a kind of calmness that most people don't have, and he calmly accepts what the outside world passes to him.

"It's early four o'clock now." Morais glanced at the time on his watch, and explained today's arrangement to the five people present, "At seven thirty, someone will come to deliver food. After everyone has eaten, we will be at eight o'clock. There will be a meeting on the negative floor of the casino, and you will be formally admitted into the organization at that time."

   "Okay, take note." Verak said.

   Morais drank the water in one gulp: "The main reason I came here is to tell you about the arrangement, then you can continue to do what you have to do. I will go to work and see you tonight."

"See you tonight."

"See you tonight."

   Several people stood up and said in unison.

  Villac sent Morais to the door and closed the door: "There should be no problem with the training class."

   "I didn't expect that one day I would listen to your lectures." Nord is more excited than anyone when his friend who used to live together in the slums becomes a teacher.

"It's nothing, I've talked a lot before, but it's nothing, and I'm just applying other people's things. Since I really want to cultivate a reliable backbone this time, I have to make full preparations." It’s different. In the past, Veraker was fooling others, and he talked half-understood, not to mention other people’s experience. Now that he really wants to contribute his strength to the Equality Society, he has to really Take out useful things and convey these things to every student completely.

"I think you can." Keating has always had high hopes for Veraker, and he is one of the few people who has always encouraged Veraker, "You can impress me by talking about equality in prison, and it should be more handy here. "

  Verak sat down with a wry smile: "It's still a little different. When this matter starts to be implemented, I will need your teacher to help me."

   "I can help you too." Before Keating could speak, Nord smiled, "Let me help you train the students."

"It's you, you must study hard." Nord raised his head, and Verac took advantage of the situation to focus on him, "Mr. Chinese language, you have to work harder to learn more.”

  Nord's sense of crisis is not strong: "We both came from the slums, almost, you are so relied on by Comrade Morais, I should..."

   "Valak can speak Bresci, Welland, Dunman, and a little bit of Bash." Keating pointed out Verac's language advantages.

   "When did you learn so many languages?" Nord asked in surprise. He thought that Verac would be similar to him, but he knew better than him in "Theory of Equality". "Could it be that you are in prison?"

"It was in prison that I learned a lot from Teacher Keating before I realized how shallow my previous knowledge was." Veraker was most worried about Nord's attitude of not caring about anything, "If you really Those who want to work with us, want to do something more meaningful, or at least live a little more clearly, must learn more from now on.”

  Nord scratched his head: "I don't even know a few words..."

   "Then start by learning how to read and write." Verak didn't think that illiteracy was a big obstacle. What really wanted to break was the concept they had cultivated in the slums when they were young, thinking that these were not things they should learn.

   "Okay, then I will follow your arrangement." Nord agreed.

   "I can teach you." Diaz stepped forward and took the initiative to teach Nord the most basic knowledge. "Murphy happens to be still learning Bresci, so I can teach you how to write together."

  Murphy also nodded to Nord: "You teach me how to say it, and I'll teach you how to write it."

   "...Okay." Nord felt a little embarrassed that a native Brexi actually wanted a foreigner to teach him to write his own language. This embarrassment made him vaguely aware of the importance of knowledge and the sense of crisis. Everyone here knows more than him and is more valuable than him. He planted the seeds of aspiring to become a person like Veraker in his heart.

   "Na Diaz is responsible for teaching the two of them the minimum written language, so that they won't be unable to handle some simple affairs in the future." Verac is increasingly aware of the importance of knowledge.

  Most people in the slums can't even write their own language. Even if they are oppressed to the limit one day and want to resist, they are destined to be unable to defeat the rich and powerful who have much more knowledge than them.

  Because of their shallow understanding, their struggle is only based on the present, and the government can easily appease them with only a small profit, and continue to let them willingly work for the powerful and powerful.

  If you want to give them the ability to resist, protect themselves, and see further, you must obtain equal educational resources, so that everyone has the right to learn.

   This is the same as the logic of equality.

  Deprived of the right to study, unless there is an extremely rare opportunity, you can only work in the worst job in your life, and there is no cumulative advantage at all. It will only get worse from generation to generation, completely locking up the upward path.

  After the ascending channel is locked, they can only feel that they are low-class people, pariahs, and parasites by nature. They are accustomed to being illiterate, not able to enjoy the right to learn, and resources, thinking that they should be born like this.

   Once you feel that there is nothing wrong with it, there is no hope anymore.

  Verak hoped that they would take back the ability to discern the right that was taken away by the powerful.

  He secretly made up his mind that he must break down the barriers built by the nobles and chaebols, take back the things they invaded, and redistribute them to those numb people, so that they can gradually restore their former spirit and wake them up. Everyone is a human being, and everyone is a life with at least a sound soul and personality, born as a human being, and should not enslave each other or create injustice.

"I want to have time to practice marksmanship and fight with Montrego." Verac didn't want to just improve his knowledge. Both he and Morais firmly believed that only strong force can make those who pretend to sleep obediently listen to themselves say.

Although the physical combat of Montrego's martial arts is not as realistic as thermal weapons, one shot will directly kill one, but Verac has learned a little in the football game in prison and found that it is still very useful. If there is danger in the future, He doesn't have a gun, and he can deal with several people at the same time by using fast and hard fighting skills.

   "I know how to use a gun, but it's not accurate enough." Diaz waved his hand, "As for Montrego's fighting skills, our family used to own a martial arts gym, and I can guarantee that I will teach you well."

   "Okay." In Verac's impression, it was Chloe who was the most powerful with a gun.

  Before his identity of the Equality Association was revealed, he had been working as a shooting instructor in a certain shooting club. At that time, Chris often met with him in the club as a student, and gradually developed good marksmanship.

  It's a pity that Chloe hates Veraker quite a lot, and as the leader of the Equality Association, he is busy with affairs, so it is impossible to teach him marksmanship. If he wanted to improve his ability in this area, he could only go to Morais, who was a soldier. Maybe Morais could share with him some veterans' rich combat experience.

"I have a theory of equality here. I ask you three to copy it carefully and keep a handwritten copy for yourself." Verac walked to the desk and spent countless days with him and Keating. The new "On Equality" revised and polished at night was picked up.

   "No, no, we all have them. When we first joined the organization, we handed out a copy." Nord said.

   "Yes, it's in my room now, ready to read at any time." Diaz also said.

  Villac put the special "Theory of Equality" on the table for the three of them to read: "First, the final harvest of writing it by hand and reading it is completely different, and it will also help you recognize characters."

  Nord could only smile embarrassingly when facing Veraker's half-serious and half-joking joke.

   "Second, this one is different from the printed version in your hands."

   Halfway through Verak's words, Nord picked up the notebook and opened a page at random: "This is also handwritten."

"That's right." When Veraker looked at the notebook, his eyes were very soft. "When I was in prison, to pass the time and to strengthen my beliefs, I dictated the content of the theory of equality to Mr. Keating. He always I wrote it down in this notebook without missing a word, and made more valuable revisions. Later, we made adjustments to the content many times..."

   Both Diaz and Murphy turned sideways, and together with Nord, they looked at the "Theory of Equality" with densely packed theories, Verac, and Keating's different opinions.

   "It is more comprehensive and detailed than the existing printed version widely circulated by Laizein." Verak sat back on the sofa and smiled at Keating, "So it makes more sense for you to read this."

   "Okay, then it's up to you." Nord first handed "Equality" to Diaz, "You write quickly, you copy first, and I will copy it with Murphy after you finish copying."

   "Yeah." Diaz didn't back down, and accepted the "Equality" which was of great significance to Verac.

Verak took another sip of water, and glanced at the sun hanging in the west: "Even if the training class starts early, it will still take a while. The goal I set for you is that before the training class starts, everyone will have a Handwritten version."

  Several people should go down.

   "Then Diaz will copy it first, Nord and Murphy will exchange and learn from each other, and Keating and I will talk about other things." Verac made arrangements for the next few hours.

   "Then I'll go back first." Diaz left with "Equality".

   Nord and Murphy also went to the next room, and each learned from their own strengths, one taught how to speak, and the other taught how to write.

"Teacher, Morais will definitely organize a meeting today to discuss how to persuade Chloe to continue the plan of the fake peace talks. He will probably invite me to participate, and I will find a way to bring you in." Verak expected that after the meeting, there will be There will be an important meeting between the backbone and high-level.

"You don't need to be too forceful. There are very few people who accept you in the Equality Association." Keating considered Morais's problem and reminded, "And your identity is always a little sensitive that can't be explained temporarily. If they say goodbye to you tonight You have a bad impression, and you'd better not get involved in important meetings, or it may affect Morais."

"That's right... He and Chloe are evenly matched now, and neither can convince the other. If I were included in the list when everyone is hostile to me, I'm afraid Chloe will catch me and affect the final direction." Verac Realize that you are not thinking well.

Keating patted Veraker on the shoulder: "In the final analysis, the most important thing now is that you blend in as soon as possible and break their prejudice against you, so that you can legitimately participate in some important decisions. As for tonight, it will be the decision of their treatment of you." The most important part of perception, you have to be prepared."

"I know." Verak also knows that their initiation ceremony tonight is very important. If he and Morais handle it well, they may be able to gain the favor of some people tonight, so as to completely eliminate prejudice and doubts in the future. lay a solid foundation.

  (end of this chapter)