Chapter 17: Pet Beast Attribute: Offensive Type
“Good, classmates, Spiritual Consciousness Development Level is the result of everyone’s efforts. Spirit Beast or Spirit Plant Affinity cannot be chosen.”
“But we must believe that whether becoming a Beast Tamer or a Spirit Planter, no matter what kind of Spirit Beast or Spirit Plant we contract with, we must contribute to the country’s and Interstellar Alliance’s social and economic development. This is the only way not to let down the school’s and teachers’ earnest teachings to everyone.”
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The next part was very boring old clichés, but Old Qian delivered them quite fluently.
But this also perfectly matched the equality advocated by the Interstellar Alliance’s current values.
Regardless of the actual situation, on the surface, it had to be smoothed over.
Old Qian was still holding forth at length on the podium.
The students below were starting to zone out or chat.
Seeing everyone wasn’t interested, Old Qian didn’t bother continuing, coughed twice, and ended today’s values education.
“Come on, everyone look here!”
“What I’m holding is the Higher Education Intentional Application Booklet. Today’s first class is self-study, and your main task is to fill out the booklet carefully.”
“Note that you must fill it out seriously according to the actual situation, as this relates to your educational direction for the next stage.”
“After collecting them, the Class Monitor will deliver them to the office.”
After saying that, Old Qian distributed the booklets and handed them to the students in the first row.
The main event arrived, and Ge Bai sat up slightly straighter.
This Intentional Application Booklet was the most important thing in the last month of the Interstellar Alliance’s compulsory education stage.
According to the Interstellar Alliance Basic Education Law, students must receive 9 years of compulsory education before age 16.
At the end of the compulsory education stage, a unified stage Final Exam would be arranged, which was a qualification exam. As long as they passed, they could get the junior high school graduation certificate.
But how to choose the path after age 16? That’s where the differences lay.
Like Wu Da Mi and Liu Hao had told Teacher Xiaolu earlier, they had decided to prepare for the Work-Study Program, attend night school for general knowledge, and devote their daytime and main energy to work.
This belonged to vocational education, the first type of option in the Higher Education Intentional Application Booklet, and was a method strongly promoted by the Interstellar Alliance now.
Wu Da Mi and Liu Hao would select this education category in the Intentional Application Booklet, fill in the contracted Spirit Plant or Spirit Beast type and employment intentions, along with other detailed information.
The school would evaluate and adjust before recommending this type of students to relevant enterprises for internships, helping students adapt to positions early.
The second type was full-time regular high school education. After passing the compulsory education stage Final Exam, they would continue to take the Higher Education Entrance Examination and be admitted based on scores.
This entrance exam was actually not difficult, and most schools set very lenient admission score lines.
But the tuition was extremely high, and full-time regular high school stage tuition could not be loaned. Children who couldn’t afford tuition would have taken the exam for nothing.
Some schools even required verification of family assets before enrollment.
The third type also belonged to full-time regular high school education, but specially noted “University Special Recruitment.”
The choosable schools were only Jinggang No. 1 Middle School and Shenglan High School, and the special recruitment requirements were clearly stated.
Cultural course level required passing the stage Final Exam or above. Ge Bai could pass it with her eyes closed.
Spiritual Consciousness Development Level reaching 10%, and participating in school recruitment Pet Beast actual combat. Each school had ten special recruitment spots, awarded different scholarships based on student battle rankings, with the top 3 getting full tuition exemption and full high school stage scholarships.
This arrangement was not much different from the previous two years, and was the direction Ge Bai had aimed for from the start.
Ge Bai didn’t think twice and started filling in her information directly in the “Special Recruitment Registration” column.
Comparing Jinggang No. 1 Middle School and Shenglan High School, recalling what she had heard before, Jinggang No. 1 Middle School offered slightly higher scholarships, so she checked the box behind Jinggang No. 1 Middle School.
In the Spiritual Consciousness Development Level column, she directly wrote 10%. This would be retested during school recruitment, and Ge Bai’s would only be higher by then.
Looking at the Contracted Pet Beast column, Ge Bai calmly wrote “Weeping Ancient Willow.”
In the current Interstellar Alliance official terminology, contracted Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants were collectively called Pet Beasts, so there was no issue.
In the Pet Beast Attribute column, Ge Bai knew it was usually filled with elemental attributes like fire, water, metal, etc.
Although the System clearly stated that Weeping Ancient Willow’s attribute was Wind Element, she hadn’t yet figured out the exact connection between Big Willow and Wind Element.
This definition clearly exceeded the current research level of the Interstellar Spirit Plant Research Institute.
Ge Bai had no intention of revealing this information.
After thinking, she seriously wrote: Pet Beast Attribute: Offensive Type.
Hmm! That works!
Anyone unconvinced could come try Willow Whip and Wind Blade.
If it had to be an elemental attribute, whoever thought it should be changed could change it, no big deal.
The rest of the information was easy to fill, Ge Bai quickly finished, closed the booklet, signed her name on the cover, and handed it to the Class Monitor.
The other classmates filled theirs quickly too.
Although the filling time was short, the students had already discussed their path choices with their parents at home.
Today was just the school taking stock to facilitate later unified arrangements.
This was also the Interstellar Alliance’s mandatory requirement for the final stage of compulsory education, requiring each junior high to guide all students’ next-stage learning paths as much as possible.
Just like in Ge Bai’s previous life, university graduates either registered for postgraduate exams or signed tripartite agreements.
The school didn’t care if they actually got jobs, but as long as the tripartite agreements were signed, the school’s employment rate for that batch was 100%.
It was the same logic.
Not even half a class later, the Class Monitor hugged a stack of materials and delivered them to the Homeroom Teacher’s office.
Old Qian flipped through them casually; most students’ choices were as he expected.
He was in charge of one class, 55 children in the class, taught for 3 years, and he knew roughly everyone’s family situations.
He flipped through several in a row, all applying for full-time regular high school education, and seeing no issues, he placed this type of booklets uniformly in the upper left corner of the desk.
After the Final Exam, the school would help this group of children uniformly register for the Higher Education Entrance Examination and conduct targeted training courses.
A stack of booklets was divided into two stacks in front of Old Qian. Although there were three options, the special recruitment column was basically hopeless.
The students also knew this volunteer filling was a big deal and generally wouldn’t fill randomly.
Students whose Spiritual Consciousness Development Level reached 10% numbered just over 50 in the city this year.
Thinking of this, Old Qian sighed. What a pity for Ge Bai, good grades, mature and sensible early, Spiritual Consciousness Development Level also reached it, but she ended up with Spirit Plant Affinity Attribute.
Based on years of experience, children with high Spiritual Consciousness Development Level at such a young age should all be Beast Tamers.
Old Qian sighed silently, and happened to flip to Ge Bai’s intention booklet.
He sighed heavily again.
He knew Ge Bai’s situation; a child from the Welfare Institute, how could she afford regular high school.
Flipping to full-time regular high school education, sure enough, that page was blank.
He was pondering what position suited Ge Bai.
At this moment, he opened the second page and was stunned; the vocational education column was still blank.
Old Qian was somewhat incredulous. This child was usually quite well-behaved; she couldn’t have given up and handed in a blank booklet.
He would have to talk seriously with Ge Bai later.
Thinking this, he put Ge Bai’s booklet aside on the desk, picked up his water cup to take a sip of tea, and casually flipped to the next page.
There, on the “University Special Recruitment” page, Ge Bai had filled it out neatly and densely.
Pfft, he sprayed out a mouthful of tea, drawing sideways glances from the office teachers.
Old Qian looked up with an awkward smile and quickly wiped the tea stains off the booklet.
What the hell? When had he ever seen a Spirit Planter applying for University Special Recruitment?
