CHAPTER 561: CHAPTER 239: EAST AFRICA HISTORY LESSON

East Africa had no intention of dealing with the Japanese. After all, they had already taken the legal sovereignty from the Far East Empire. So, to ensure their own economic interests locally, having a military presence was very reasonable. As for the Japanese causing trouble or protesting, those were inconsequential matters.

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First Town.

Otto Middle School.

"Today we continue our study of ancient world history. Learning from history helps us understand the rise and fall of nations, so history is a compulsory course for every East African middle school student."

The importance of history is self-evident, especially for a country like East Africa. As is well-known, East Africa has no history, so it had to implement ancient world history courses.

In the past decade or so, East Africa’s development was full of dark histories of colonialism and slavery systems, so it is not something worth sharing with outsiders at present.

However, Ernst doesn’t plan to hide this. To Ernst, it is better to let this flow naturally than to block it. In the future, when East Africa has been around long enough, they can compile an official endorsed mainstream history by themselves.

Americans will not write the massacre of Native Americans into their national education history books, but Ernst dares to write about the persecution of Black people in East Africa’s history textbooks. Anyway, by that time, Ernst would almost be gone, and he doesn’t care much about that bit of notoriety.

"The Three Kingdoms were unified into Jin, but the Jin Dynasty was a short-lived dynasty... Ultimately leading to the Five Barbarians’ Turmoil. This is very similar to the Roman Empire in the West at that time. Thus, the ruling class’s indulgence in luxury, and the prevailing trend of comparison were important reasons for the fall of both countries."

"Therefore, the best state for a nation should be an overall social atmosphere that is healthy and uplifting, where everyone is willing to take on social responsibilities, each performing their own duties..."

The teacher was lecturing, but some students had already started to debate.

"The fall of the Jin Dynasty is inseparable from the enfeoffment system. The Rebellion of the Eight Princes was bound to happen, exhausting the entire Western Jin’s population, grain, and strength, which then led to being annihilated by foreign tribes. They obliterated themselves first before being conquered by foreigners, so internal strife was the root cause, and foreign invasion was the result."

"In the early Western Jin, nomadic people began to migrate en masse from surrounding areas to Huaxia, so ethnic policies were crucial. For instance, the Jin Dynasty failed to complete ethnic integration. If East Africa does not have intercultural marriages, changes in customs, and a unified language, it will undoubtedly encounter the same fate as the Jin Dynasty in the future."

"Our East African ethnic problem should focus mainly on Black people. If their numbers are too great, it might cause the same result."

"That’s just being overly worried. You see, there used to be many Black people in First Town, but can you see them now? This indicates that the number of Black people is continuously decreasing."

"Isn’t that too cruel?"

"Ha ha, people not of our race are bound to have different minds. You see how kindly the Jin Dynasty treated foreign tribes, didn’t they? Yet, in the end, they turned their guns on the citizens of the Jin Dynasty."

"If you ask me, we should physically reduce the number of Black people, just like the Anglo-Saxons."

"Cough cough, actually, regarding the fall of the Roman Empire, there’s also some credit given to the Germanic people, and it seems the Germans are considered their legitimate descendants."

"Civilization is about creation and destruction. If East Africa doesn’t want to walk the path of destruction, it should strictly defend against foreign issues."

The East African students talked about ethnicity issues without any awkwardness. Thanks to East Africa’s propaganda and policies, these native East African children got along very harmoniously. Many of them grew up together, or their parents were one Caucasian and one Asian, making mixed-race individuals very common in East Africa.

Pure Germans and Chinese ironically became the minority, at least as reflected in the new generation of East Africa. In this era, if you can find a wife with just sweet talk, you really have some skills, but such people are rare, especially among the big men of East Africa. Many of them are rural lads, with poor communication skills. If East Africa doesn’t help them think of a solution, it’s really possible they might remain bachelors their whole lives. Hence, most marriages in East Africa are state-arranged.

And arranged marriages do not come with rights to pick and choose. In order to accelerate the ethnic integration of East Africa, they have no choice but to take such extreme measures. Actually, it is not something particularly alarming. It is the 19th century, an era where culture is both conservative and open, and East Africa’s social environment is more conservative than most countries.

"All right, history class is over for today. This week’s homework is to write an essay reflecting on today’s lesson, it has to be an argumentative essay, no less than 500 words, there’s no upper limit. Next Monday, you’ll present it in class."

Upon hearing about the homework, a chorus of groans came from under the podium. If Ernst knew, he would definitely despise this bunch who haven’t experienced the sea of exam tactics. If it weren’t for East Africa’s limited resources, and paper being relatively precious in this era, Ernst would surely have asked the Ministry of Education to print more exercise books.

But frankly, the knowledge in textbooks is sufficient for East African students to learn. Exams and exercise books are merely to strengthen their grasp of key points and their ability to adapt to problems.

This belongs to natural talent; those with sharp minds can confidently find solutions, and average ones can also comprehend after gaining more exposure, while only the dull ones need to repeatedly practice.

Therefore, this relatively relaxed educational environment in East Africa instead more easily filters out talents, the diligent, and those interested in learning.

East Africa’s compulsory education focuses on selection rather than enhancement. Since promoting middle school education alone already puts it ahead of all countries in the world, the overall enhancement is the highest level, allowing it to cope with future international talent competition and has its advantages. However, it will take many years to manifest; currently, it is still in the cultivation phase, and the reaping will take time.

Enhancement is a thankless job; take, for example, the Far East’s education in the previous life, which can be said to be the best globally. Although it looks like many talents don’t return when they study abroad, compared to the Far East’s massive student population, it’s just a drop in the bucket.

After all, there are only so many positions matching the educational credentials. Yet, the Far East educational system has produced an excess of university graduates, and the domestic employment level can’t meet their needs.

Regarding why overseas students seem to achieve easily, that’s a misconception; foreign capitalists aren’t fools either. They, too, cherry-pick from students abroad, and the student group capable of studying abroad in the Far East already has a decent level of skills. Coupled with the centuries of accumulation in the West, they naturally aren’t easily surpassed.

For example, things like machine tools, which become increasingly precise, are a chicken-and-egg dilemma. The advantage of early-developing countries far exceeds that of late-comers. Even countries like the U.S., Soviet Union, and Japan cannot compare to those old European countries, simply because their history isn’t as long as Europe’s. Europe, as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, holds inherent advantages.

The high-end industry of machine tools is basically dominated by European countries like Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain... For followers like the Far East Empire, unless they find a new path or change tracks, they can only keep following.

Moreover, selecting outstanding talent also most aligns with East Africa’s national conditions. East Africa’s resources in higher education and high-tech fields are not on par with those of the established strong nations; they are even lacking. Without these as backing, East Africa’s education is a case of one job for one radish, naturally making room for those capable.