[American Entertainment] Dance out of my youth

"Look at you," she pinched his cheeks with her hands, "don't be unhappy, it's not a big deal. When you grow up, you will find that anything is more important than this thing."

He looked sad, unable to resist.

She took out another M&M and gave him a bag, "Eat chocolate, chocolate will make you happier."

Chocolate is delicious, but—

He was sullen.

He won't fight, it's not because he's timid, but—it's really not good!He and his twin brothers will fight and fight. Boys, how can they not fight?The younger brothers are too naughty, and they don’t know that even brothers have to have proper personal space. They instinctively think that “what’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is mine.” Most of the time they fight over toys, but they have fought After that, they are still brothers.

There is no close relationship with the bad boys at school, those guys are really annoying!

Grace ignored Tom, who was still struggling.

Boys generally mature late, not to mention that he is only 9 years old, and he is a veritable little boy. A 9-year-old child really doesn't know much, and he can't even handle school affairs.But considering that his parents are both gentle and non-conflicting characters, it's not surprising.

As far as she could tell, Tom was really still a kid.

The Elliotts were different.Mom and dad try to treat her as an equal person. Mom feels very painful because she has to fight for everything since she was a child, and she doesn't want her child to grow up like this.Of course, her family's financial conditions are very good, and they can satisfy her as much as possible materially. Although my father is an otaku, he is not a waste otaku. He likes boxing since he was in middle school, and he has been fond of boxing until now.

So Grace felt that her parents were really unusual parents.

Of course, it doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with the Hollanders, but judging by Dominic's height, he must have had the nickname "Little Man" in school back then.It can be hard for a kid to be bullied at school, five days a week and you can't get rid of that fear.Dominic could only bear it back then, but now that it's his son's turn, he still has nothing to do.

A few days later, Tom secretly told Grace that he paid attention to distinguishing the behavior of those children. They didn't hit him directly, even if they pretended to "accidentally" trip him, he couldn't do anything.

"There are two directions. One is that you deliberately provoke them with words, and they will attack you first. You have to pay attention, you must get hit first, maybe a few times; the second direction, you can also completely ignore the principal will follow you Whatever your parents say, you beat him! Just beat him hard!"

"But I... I'm afraid I won't be able to beat them." He said in a low voice.

"I can teach you a few times." She demonstrated to him, "Being beaten, don't cry, remember, hold him down and beat him with all your strength until he starts to cry, then you ask him, 'Please Beg for mercy', he conceded defeat, and you let him go."

"The point is for him to admit defeat, right?" Tom grasped the point very keenly.

"Yes. He begged for mercy and surrendered, and his followers will no longer look down on him. You have to let him know that you can beat people, and let him fear you."

"But Dad said boys shouldn't use violence to scare people."

"So you can scare others with verbal violence?"

"Of course not!" He hurriedly explained, "Dad didn't say that."

"My dad said that violence is just a means, not an end. Violence has always been used to cause 'fear' in the other person, but people should be equal, so people with 'strength' or 'ability' should not Abuse of own 'power'."

He thought for a while, "You're right."

Tom is more patient than Grace imagined.

She didn't pay much attention to the boys in the Holland family. She was very busy. Apart from going to school, she went to the sports club to practice trampoline every day after school. She also went on Saturdays and only had Sundays off.Dad came to pick her up from school, take her to the club, come home at 2:6, and have dinner at 7.My mother doesn't like to cook, but she can actually cook delicious Chinese food. Half of the time in a week, they will go out for dinner before going home.

Grace knows about the economy of the family. Dad makes a lot of money. It is calculated by project. After a project is completed, it is less than 6 figures. Mom does not make a lot of money. She doesn’t like too tiring work, but she is very good at investing and invests every year. The income is less than 5 figures.Tens of thousands of pounds is not much, but it is enough for a family of three to live comfortably.

The Elliot family's financial situation is much better than that of the Holland family. The two children can tell that the Holland family has three children to support. The economy is not good. The Elliot family should actually live in A better neighborhood, they moved here only because it was closer to where Juliet had classes.

Grace went back to school and no one said anything to her face.As for whether there are children who speak ill of her behind her back, she can't hear her anyway, so she doesn't know.Of course the teacher likes students who are good at studying and well-behaved, and she has done well in school.

Until the holidays are approaching and the Holland boys finally fight at school!

Mrs. Holland was still in the hospital, and the Holland family had just had a baby.The twins were very dissatisfied that the little baby was a boy again, and kept muttering why she wasn't a younger sister.

Dominique went to school to pick up his three sons.

The twins seemed shocked, and kept asking the little brother what was going on.

Tom looked like he didn't want to say more.

Nikki, concerned about Tom's mental health, calls Juliet to share her concerns and asks Juliet to talk to Tom.Children are like this. Some things may not be able to talk to their parents, but they will be willing to talk to strangers or neighbors.

Juliet does have some volunteer work, but not for minors.Still, she said she could talk to Tom.

As for how to "talk", no one knows except Juliet and Tom.

Tom was unhappy for two days, and soon recovered his happy boy state.

On Christmas Eve, the two families had Christmas dinner at Holland's house and exchanged presents.

Grace got a pullover from the Hollands, the same Christmas gift the three Holland brothers got, except for the size.

The three Holland brothers got toys from the Elliotts.

Patrick, who was just two weeks old, was still a little baby who could only cry, eat and sleep, and he had no gifts.

Tom, who has solved the school's troubles, loves to laugh even more.

He is a good-natured optimist, the more you get to know him, the more you can understand him, if he hadn't really met a guy in school who seriously affected his mood and study, he wouldn't have said anything.

—Honestly, if he had put up with it, Grace wouldn't have bothered to pay him much attention.A person who has been under bullying for a long time is likely to become a guy full of negative energy, his mind will be twisted, and he will become cynical, which is not good.

But he's really cute when he smiles.

Juliet liked Tom very much, and joked with David that it would be nice to have such a well-behaved son.

Grace thought they had decided to have another child, but it wasn't.

She celebrated her 9th birthday on September 19th, and she has grown another half an inch in the past six months, which is not too fast, but Tom has hardly grown in the past six months, and the height gap between the two children is getting bigger and bigger .

The children are not in the same school, so they can only play together on weekends. Tom has to learn to dance, and Grace has to practice on the trampoline. These are all skills training that take a lot of time.

In spring, when the weather got a little warmer, the trampoline in Elliott’s backyard was replaced with a larger one so that Grace could practice at home.

Trampoline is a sport that has been developed for decades, but not many people know about it. It is a very small sport. Grace originally learned gymnastics, but now she has changed to trampoline, and there are almost no obstacles.

In terms of studies, Grace did not let her parents worry about it, which formed a strong contrast with the Holland boys.

Tom Holland was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 7. Dyslexia is common in countries with alphabetic languages ​​and pictographs. The probability ranges from 5% to 7.5%. It may be higher because some children suffer from attention deficits. ADHD, it is difficult to judge whether it is because of ADHD or because of dyslexia, which makes reading difficult.

Grace's mother tongue is English and Chinese, and she can switch seamlessly. She speaks Chinese very fluently, and she can speak, read, and write Chinese.

Compared with Grace, who skipped grades, Tom seemed a bit stupid. His academic level was only average, and he could keep up with it, not top-notch, but the elementary school courses were not difficult.The Hollanders didn't put too much pressure on him, as long as he could keep up with the teaching progress, he was quite satisfied.

Grace’s drone was disassembled and disassembled, adding and subtracting parts to it every few weeks, and once she attached a digital camera to the drone and circled the house several times, taking pictures A bunch of pictures, Tom thought this was awesome!

In January 2006, when the new semester began, the school specifically asked Grace if she wanted to participate in some targeted training for mathematics competitions.Countries around the world have different mathematics and science and technology competitions for middle school students. The only difference lies in the scope. Most of the high-quality mathematics and science and technology competitions are in the United States. In Europe, there are some good mathematics and science and technology competitions in Britain and France. David A. Littlet attended some of them in middle school, but high school.

As a result, Grace now faces an important choice: Should she sacrifice her time practicing on the trampoline, or even give up sports altogether, to practice for math and technology competitions?

This is a very important choice. Different choices will lead to different lives, so we must be careful.The Elliott family held a serious meeting to discuss this.