Chapter 1169: Older Sister
Tie Xi believed this was heading toward the other extreme, so she had tried several times to stop her. Eucali admitted that she had been getting a little carried away, but she still felt Tie Xi was overreacting.
Even so, she followed Tie Xi's advice and came to Pakart to learn more.
"So, have you ever worked as an Assistant Teacher before?" the old man asked. "Or—"
"I worked as a language tutor for about three years," Eucali said. "I taught children from District 14 Common Tongue or District 3 Language. It wasn't in a school, but..."
"That's good," Pakart said. "Your District 3 Language is excellent..."
Eucali felt a little embarrassed, then listened carefully as Pakart explained an Assistant Teacher's responsibilities.
Before long, she followed Tie Xi to the children's semi-open classroom, where they waited for that day's instructor.
At first, Eucali had been somewhat worried about the situation here. After all, when Stella had come to pour out her grievances to Tie Xi the previous evening, she had practically described this place as a den of demons. In Eucali's imagination, all twenty-odd children here had been copies of Eleven.
But after actually sitting in on a morning of classes, Eucali discovered that Stella had exaggerated quite a bit. The children did indeed quarrel often, but rather than being badly behaved, they were more often frustrated and angry because of their limited language skills—a detail about children that was easily overlooked.
Teachers could easily focus on Eleven and Kiki, the two children who spoke neither the local dialect nor District 3 Language, because they were the most likely to fall behind the group's pace. But things were no easier for the local children: this classroom was also filled with many objects unfamiliar to them, such