Volume 2: Knocking on Heaven's Door Chapter 42 Crazy Ideas
"Actually, I have some other ideas." Tommy Hawke was silent for a moment, and then said to Otilia Farrell, "Some bolder ideas, but I'm not sure if the school will support me. After all, this has never happened before in Lincoln High School, and the principal might think that I'm using any means to get into a good university."
Otilia frowned slightly when she heard the word "by any means necessary", and then said, "You are just working hard to get into the university of your choice, why do you use the word "by any means necessary"? Students all hope to be admitted to the prestigious university of their choice, and it is very normal to work hard for this. The principal should be happy about your progress, Tommy. As long as you are not kidnapping the principal of a certain university and doing something wrong just to get into the university, he will not deny his students like this."
"Are you sure?" Tommy Hawke said to Otilia with some suspicion, "To be honest, the teachers and principal of this high school never seem to like trouble."
Otilia nodded affirmatively: "Tell me what you think, and I will judge for myself whether it is troublesome or not."
Tommy directly pulled over the whiteboard in the office, stood in front of it, and quickly wrote a few words on it with an ink pen. His speed was so fast that it could be seen that these words must have been lingering in his brain for a long time, just waiting for the right time to present them to others.
"Achievements." Tommy wrote down a few options and introduced the first option to Otilia : "Prestigious schools require students to have achievements other than grades."
Otilia looked at Tommy. "Isn't that what I told you? Some state or national awards and achievements. International achievements and accomplishments are of course the best."
"Right." Tommy marked the international level after the achievement, and then pointed to the second option: "Leadership."
Otilia looked uninterested because Tommy wasn't stating any complete plans now, just stating what colleges needed from high school students.
"Those prestigious schools hope that high school students who apply will participate in some influential social activities, telling the world that they are people who know how to feel love, give love, care for others, and have humanistic feelings. In addition to achievements, they also have humanity, talent, and leadership qualities." Tommy Hawke looked at Otilia: "Wouldn't it be better if leadership was on an international stage?"
"Of course." Ottilia nodded reluctantly.
Tommy noticed Otilia's reaction and spoke faster. "I'll make it short because I see you're about to fall asleep from boredom. Mr. Farrell, the third item is responsibility, and the fourth item is growth. Those universities hope to see from high school students' applications and personal data that the person has continued to grow in high school and become a responsible person. The greater the sense of responsibility and the more growth, the happier they are, because that means the high school student who enters their school has matured and is no longer a happy idiot."
"I've experienced these four options and know them better than you, Tommy. I don't need you to repeat them for me," Otilia reminded.
"Connect the four of them together. Do you know what I came up with? I'll set up a high school club and hold a summer camp. Then I'll ask Mr. Williams from the state government's student office to contact the embassies of those small Caribbean countries to conduct an international cultural exchange. Some of those countries are even smaller than Warwick City, and they are all black people who are full of longing for the United States, including their presidents or other senior officials." Tommy Hawke looked at Otilia with a gleam in his eyes:
"If the plan works..."
"You have won an international award and received a letter of recommendation from the president or foreign minister of that country?" Ottilia was stunned when she heard Tommy's words, but she immediately reacted and said.
Tommy nodded: "Those nigger presidents..."
"Tommy! Watch your wording!" Ottilia seriously corrected Tommy Hawke's wording.
Tommy amended his wording: "Well, the recommendation letters from the presidents of those small black countries are useless. If the plan is successful, the best outcome is that I get letters of recommendation from the United States Joint Ambassador to the Caribbean and the Governor of Rhode Island."
This idea was a method that Tommy Hawke had seen in his previous life, which was designed by white Americans to get their children into prestigious schools. This method was usually used by wealthy American families who would do anything to get their children into college.
Of course, the truly top families do not need to devise such means. They can directly obtain the celebrity recommendation letters, achievements and any other conditions their children need to apply to prestigious schools. In his previous life, Tommy Hawke studied at Boston University and once slept with a white girl from Harvard. Of course, the other party agreed to be slept with by Tommy for the sake of racial stamp collecting, not because they really wanted to have a relationship.
When Tommy was chatting with Bainiu, he found out that the other party was admitted to Harvard with a letter of recommendation from a famous Harvard alumnus, and even his family arranged for someone to take the SAT for him.
That alumnus was a journalist who had won a major international award. Bai Niu's social activity was to help that journalist as an assistant and conduct overseas activities. As for why the journalist recommended Bai Niu, it was simple, because the journalist worked for Bai Niu's father.
The other party goes to a prestigious university, but it is not the university that chooses her, but she who chooses the university.
Rich white American families who do not have the above energy will try to use various means to make their children's information look more dazzling. Everything is to make their children's resumes look better than those of Asians, because in terms of academic performance and normal personal achievements alone, whites have no advantage over Asians.
In order to attend a prestigious school, those white Americans came up with the idea of directly finding an inconspicuous small country for international exchanges, allowing their children to become youth leaders recognized by senior officials of a small country, thereby increasing their children's aura.
The small countries in the Caribbean are the best choice. First, those countries are close enough to the United States. At least from Boston, they are closer than to Los Angeles. Second, those countries are all black, and many famous schools have problems with excessive political correctness. Third, those countries are pro-American and look up to the United States. Fourth, the presidents of those countries may not be as rich as the mayor of a town in the United States, but they are actually heads of state recognized by the United Nations.
Seeing Ottilia's stunned expression at this moment, Tommy felt that maybe white Americans in 1982 were not as competitive as they are in 2022. After all, there has not yet been a wave of international students from mainland China studying abroad, and they have not yet gone to the United States in large numbers to teach Americans what university involution is.
"You want to set up a club organization and then go to a school in a small country for exchange? Hold a competition?"
"Not only that, but we can also do charity work. Our club will raise funds from local high school students, and then donate clothes, books, food, and the like to black students in those small countries." Tommy Hawke said to Otilia:
"From initiating a club, organizing fund-raising, traveling to that country, cultural exchanges, and winning competitions, I was able to demonstrate my leadership, and it also includes several other things, the most important of which is international activities. I am also planning to consider charging fees to help me earn money for college. I am definitely not the only high school student who needs this kind of experience, what do you think?"
Ottilia opened her mouth. She wanted to say that Tommy was cheating, but she felt that he was not cheating. It was just that everything he did, whether it was leadership, affinity, or external performance, was not a true reflection of his inner heart. It was just for the purpose of meeting university requirements and... making money.
"Although it's a little strange, I have no reason to stop you from starting it. However, according to the rules of our school, at least three people need to apply jointly to start a club." Otilia said, "Are you sure there are still people in Lincoln High School who are willing to do these things to prepare for the college entrance examination?"
Tommy laughed, "Perfect, I just happen to have two co-sponsors."
"Dennis and Pam...what can they communicate with the kids in the Caribbean? Teach them how to watch paid adult channels?" Seeing Tommy's expression, Otilia lowered her head, but soon raised it again and asked the last question: "What are you going to call this club?"
“Summer Caribbean and American Youth Student Leaders Summit, or CSLS.”
