Pokémon: Hoenen Rage

Chapter 25 "Teacher Lai" and Education and Intergenerational Transmission
"Lei, you also know very well the dangers of leaving these completely ignorant people behind."

"Of course, Uncle Yongren, most of them cannot stay." Lai nodded, "But for a few young people, we might be able to give them a way out."

"The way out?"

"Yes, a way out. The kid named Wright is the one who told you where I was before. I chatted with him a few days ago. The situation on his island is somewhat similar to ours. Unfortunately, it is no longer It’s completely dilapidated, there’s no school left. A place without education has no future.”

Lai explained carefully, "Shui Jing and Kanaz have the largest higher training schools in Fengyuan, including complete education from 6 to 18 years old. Zi Jin and Kaina have intermediate classes, and they can also read to 15 Years old, the trainer school in Wudou Town can teach students up to 12 years old, but we are only 10 years old. They are rich, but we are far behind, so our school is small and has poor conditions. Many children cannot even memorize the attribute restraint table and recognize it. There are no clear twelve common tree fruits. But even so, we have education, from Brother Merck when the school was founded 15 years ago, to me, to Tomohisa and his classmates, we have all learned more or less."

Before they finished speaking, a hearty voice interrupted the two of them, "Yongren, Alai, what are you talking about? Do you want me, an old man, to listen?"

The visitor was Sazar, the mayor of the town, and walking in front of him was Zhijiu who had just been playing at the door.

When Yong and Lai saw the arrival of the mayor, they stood up to greet him.

"Everyone is sitting down. I just heard one or two words from Lai, but I'm not very clear. Alai, please continue talking."

Rai cleared his throat and started from the beginning.

In his opinion, it is not advisable to merge all the people who gathered in the pirate camp into the town. It is hard to say whether there are pirates who fish in troubled waters or villains who are accustomed to breaking laws and regulations. Putting them in rashly is obviously harmful to the small town. The town is irresponsible.But leaving some children to study and work in the town at the same time, and to guide them well, will not have any impact.

Saza nodded approvingly and motioned for Rai to continue.

Lai then talked about the meaning of education. He clenched his hands slightly, and many thoughts from his previous life flooded into his mind: "What is education? Education is not indoctrination or coercion, but guidance for growth. It gives a person his Give him the opportunities he deserves, cultivate the abilities he deserves, and give him the ability to observe the world with his own eyes, touch the world with his own hands, and measure the world with his own feet, so that a person can truly become a human being."

Thinking of several schools in the Hoenn area, thinking of the cuckoos in Kanaz in his past life, and then looking at Tomohisa in front of him, looking at the small school in the distance, Lai sat up straight and said, "Our Par Island should have more What excellent children we have, we should use our education to help them grow up. Wright and the others are a good start. At the same time, I don’t want children from our small island to be inferior to people in big cities from birth.”

"Pa pa pa pa" Saza clapped his hands gently.Lay's views are exactly what he held 40 years ago.

At that time, he had already won the championship in the "Hoenn Young Trainer Championship", the predecessor of the Aiyou Tournament. He did not accept the appointment as the gym leader, but decided to return to his hometown because he met Kanaz and Suijingfang. The city and developed education were in sharp contrast to the barren Pal Island at that time, which greatly shocked Sazar in his youth.

Since then, he has determined to bring such prosperity and education to his hometown, so that the young people on Pal Island, those who grew up with him but were trapped on the island and unable to leave Wudou Town for the rest of their lives, can also have such prosperity and education. Choose your own future opportunities.However, after many years of hard work, he failed to realize his ideal as the mayor of the town. Although he built a school and enriched his life, the distance became wider and wider.The Lai in front of him made him seem to see himself back then. He was immature and his thoughts were not systematic, but he had taken an important step.

After taking the conversation, Saza asked a question: "Lai, in my impression, you didn't care too much about these people from far away in the past, and you didn't care too much about how our town was going to develop. You just did your work step by step. It’s your own business. Of course, I’m not saying that this is not good. You were just as good at that time, so good that we all look forward to your future. I’m just a little curious as to why you have such a big impact in such a short period of time. What about changes?”

These words made Lai somewhat confused, and he was also surprised by this.In just a few months, the sealed memory, the old and almost faded memory fragments emerged again and again, making his ordinary life and his calm state of mind seem to be gone forever.

He thought for a moment and replied: "It was observation. I saw [the suffering of the world], and I saw some small fragments of the world outside our town, and they were full of suffering."

After a pause, he continued, "I can't and don't want to solve any big problems. I just want to prevent such things from happening in the time and space that I can see. What I cherish are specific people. , things, objects and emotions.”

These words were very true, but a look of satisfaction flashed in Saza's eyes. He said: "This is good. People and everything in the distance are too abstract and untouchable for us. We can do it." Yes, it’s to protect those around us and to the best of our ability. You talked about education, not anything else, why is that?”

"Because in my opinion, education is the concentrated expression of everything, and only by following it can we find the real contradiction." Lai's answer was firm and unquestionable. He called Zhijiu, who was standing aside and felt bored, and asked him: "Zhijiu, what do you want to do in the future?"

Zhijiu, who was suddenly interrupted from his fugue, replied blankly: "What to do? Let Mo Haima become more powerful than dad's iron claw lobster, and then lead the escort team to protect our Pal Island!"

Patting his head, "Okay, not a bad ambition! Let's go play!" Zhijiu walked out angrily after ignoring the protest. Lai said to the two elders around him, "Mayor Sazar, Uncle Yongren, did you see it? This is the transmission between generations. Although I often criticize Zhijiu for not studying hard in school and not being able to memorize the attribute restraint table, he has the talented Mo Haima and the words and deeds of Uncle Yongren, which makes him better than his peers around him. Being more powerful will allow him to go higher than his peers in the future, and becoming the captain of the Guards is not a big deal."

"So, why is he so powerful? It's resources and education - school is just one of the positions of education. Family, society and yourself are all the initiators of education. In the final analysis, this is an identity for previous generations. The continuation of status, and education is the most straightforward part of it. Although good Pokémon are not common, they are not unobtainable. Uncle Yongren's words and deeds are something that cannot be taught in schools and cannot be learned by others. "

"Uncle Yongren is like this, what about Wudou Town? What about Kai Na and Zi Jin? What about Kanaz and Shui Jing? What about those families with a long history and countless heritage?"

"The gap between us lies not only in one or two attribute gems or other resources, but also in many more and more profound places."

Unconsciously, the focus of the topic has shifted.

(End of this chapter)