Tang Tang still couldn't believe her parents would make such a hasty decision.
"I really don't have to go to school anymore?"
She couldn't even focus on eating. She felt they really needed to talk this through. "Do you mean I don't have to go tomorrow, or I never have to go again?"
"You don't have to go anymore."
Su Xiajing placed a piece of braised pork in her bowl. "But even if you don't go to school, you can't neglect your studies. So I've decided to hire a tutor to teach you at home. How does that sound?"
It sounded fantastic, of course!
Kindergarten barely taught anything anyway. Back then, in order to start surfing the internet sooner, she had begun learning to read from her older siblings, television, and movies when she was only two or three. She already knew everything she was supposed to learn at this age. Besides, kindergarten was noisy. Nothing could be better than studying at home.
Naturally, Tang Tang was happy. But having her parents unconditionally arrange a leave of absence after her very first day of school really wasn't normal.
She couldn't shake the feeling that something was up.
"I don't like school. Can I skip it next year too?"
Tang Tang took a perfunctory bite of rice and looked at her with innocent black eyes full of hope. "My brothers said that after kindergarten, there's elementary school, middle school, and high school. There's so, so much to learn. It sounds exhausting. Can I skip all of it?"
Letting me take time off from kindergarten is one thing, but surely you can't let me skip compulsory schooling too?
Su Xiajing: "..."
My daughter is actually testing me.
"No, you can't."
Su Xiajing turned her daughter down without batting an eye. "Learning introduces