"Seventy years really flew by."
"Yes, time has really changed. I didn't expect that it has already been seventy years..."
Peter and Fatty, who fell asleep in history class, sighed with emotion.
"You two..." Harry held his forehead, unable to bear it anymore.
"This teacher obviously speaks so well, can you listen more carefully?"
"Byd, I heard that the relationship between the British King's lover and the changes in clothing in the Southern Continent is of use?"
The pointer knocked on the blackboard, and the old scholar on the podium said dissatisfiedly:
"You guys behind me, please stay quiet in my class."
The three of them immediately shut up.
"Ha~ I am so merciful that you can come to class. As expected, a bastard is just a bastard. You are just like a savage who doesn't know how to respect the classroom."
"Miss, please focus on the blackboard."
Lin Lin, who was sitting in the front row, snorted haughtily and then returned to listening.
"In the year 642 of the Divine Calendar, Charles VIII began to reform Britain's clothing. He first abandoned the silk and linen textiles that were popular in the southern continent at that time, and switched to Britain's specialty wool..."
Peter listened indifferently. This lesson was quite interesting, but a little boring.
This is his second week in Ortiz territory.
After learning that this world has no such messy threats as the Demon King's Army, Zuowangdao, Abyss Outer Gods, Soul Hall Daggers, Ancient Dragon Clan, Trisolarans, etc., Peter discovers that he has really traveled through time to enjoy the blessings.
Don't be dissatisfied! The master who traveled through time is the master! There is nothing else to do except eat and drink all day long.
Then there is an urgent question——
Peter was illiterate, he could not read.
Perhaps because of the system, Genshen's game skills turned into combat instincts, and he automatically became proficient in Terra's language, but Peter didn't recognize any of Terra's words.
In the past two months, I have learned a lot from everyone. For example, Harry taught him how to write "Peter", Fatty taught him how to write "help", Kai taught him how to write "can't get in"... ...
You know, he was a bar dancer in his hometown... Oh no, he was the proud son of the Civil Engineering Department in 1985. He was an inner disciple of the sect in the novel about cultivating immortals. He was always confident in learning.
But even with a basic knowledge of the language, Peter still struggled to learn.
The characters in this world are extremely obscure and difficult to learn. They are not phonetic characters like English, nor ideographic characters like Chinese characters. Instead, they are a mixture of phonological characters, phonological characters, and ideographic characters. There are a large number of conjugations, tenses, persons, patterns and voices, as well as hiragana and katakana that are applied to ancient dialects. The number of words exceeds 150,000, which is more than Chinese characters. The writing method is more complicated than traditional Chinese characters, like What Cthulhu enlightenment reading.
Because of the complexity of writing, today, after thousands of years of civilization, the literacy rate of the people at the bottom of Terra is less than one tenth, which is lower than that of Cambodia during the Khmer regime.
Even in rich and powerful countries, this ratio will not rise much. Knowledge and the means to acquire knowledge are almost monopolized by the middle class and above. Ordinary people may not learn as much literacy throughout their lives as a child from an aristocratic family learns in early education.
So in this world, literacy is often the basis for judging a person's origin.
Peter also questioned: "Are there no intellectuals who have thought about simplifying the text? It should be very simple."
Harry's reply was that some people had indeed tried it in history, more than once, but they had been blocked by the church and those in power.
Peter didn't understand it at first, but after coming to the southern continent and seeing these kingdoms that lasted for thousands of years, he seemed to understand.
With a vast land and a large population, the best way to stabilize the rule is to make it more difficult to acquire knowledge, thus solidifying the class.
Of course, kings and nobles did not deprive them of access to learning. You can buy various literacy textbooks in any bookstore, but the prerequisite is that you have a teacher to teach you.
Teachers with high tuition fees are not something ordinary people can afford.
Although some people in the most developed southern countries have implemented compulsory education, they have only popularized the minimum level of culture. There are no illiterates and there are illiterates everywhere, which in a sense makes it easier for countries to rule.
To Peter's surprise, Harry, Kay, and Fatty were all literate.
I feel out of place when I enter a label and find that all the rappers there have college degrees.
Although the Terran language is universal, there are some accent differences between the continents. In comparison, Peter's Terran language is pure and frightening. Just like the priests of the Church of Light, they feel overeducated as soon as they hear it. Instead, they wonder why you can't read with this accent?
Ever since, Harry and Fatty had nothing to do and started helping Peter with early education classes.
Kai, a team player, said on the woman's belly that he would provide any support except help.
After studying for more than a week, Peter memorized more than a hundred common words by rote memory, but he still couldn't read them into sentences.
After all, Harry and Fatty were not professional teachers. They could teach magic or draw pornographic pictures, but there was really nothing they could do about literacy. After all, for nobles or magicians, writing is something they can master in their early teens. It would be a bit difficult for them to explain the grammar, voice and voice in a systematic manner.
So after Lin Lin knocked on Peter's door that day, Peter talked about it as a joke during dinner, and Harry slapped his head——
Isn’t there a teacher in the manor?
The tutors hired by the Duke for his baby daughter are all well-known in the educational field. They are professors from universities in various countries, piano celebrities from the Philippian Empire, archaeologists, court etiquette officers, connoisseurs, and even the maids at home are all highly educated. people....
Peter found Jason, who was recovering from his injuries at home, and expressed his willingness to spend money to arrange an early education teacher for his little brother.
Jason said you're not a foreigner, you're talking about money or not. Is this something that the Duke's family doesn't do?
So I called the housekeeper and asked, hiss...
There are many famous teachers in the family, but there are really none who teach literacy full-time.
I have never played a game with such a low rank. I am sending academicians to teach the illiterate.
So several teachers put it together and concluded that since you came here to learn literacy, there is nothing to learn. Just follow the class together.
Little Loli was opposed to it at first, but for some reason, she suddenly changed her mind and actually agreed to let Peter study with her.
The premise is to sit in the back and not pollute the beautiful air.
So the workers of the Duke's family built a classroom overnight to ensure that the young lady's air circulation was separated from Peter's.
Peter listened during class, and after class the teacher retaught the key words used in the class one by one. This is indeed much more efficient, and combined with the classroom context, complex paragraphs become easier to understand.
After attending classes for two to three hours every day and memorizing them again, in just one week, Peter's literacy level has exceeded the 300 mark, which is comparable to that of Ding Zhen in ancient times. He can already write solemn letters of thanks to his teachers. :
"Thank you, because of you, the four seasons are warm."
