America 1982

At 2:40 in the afternoon, the bell rang for the last class, and Tommy Hawke walked out of the classroom with his neck moving, ending the day's classes.

When packing up his locker, he calculated his credits against the course schedule in the locker. After confirming that he had reached the score required by the school, he immediately went to the principal's office to apply on the grounds that he participated in social activities and met the university admission standards and high school graduation requirements. I will no longer come to campus every day for classes in the near future.

As long as the credits are earned and the requirements are met, the school will not interfere with students' other arrangements. Especially in the past two months, Tommy Hawke's hard work has been noticed by the school, even though the principal is being stimulated by Dennis and Pam at any time. An erupting volcano, but when facing Tommy Hawke, he still tried to show his cultivation and kindness that befitted his status. He encouraged him and asked him to work hard and achieve excellent results in the next AP exam.

Obtaining the school's consent means that from this moment on, Tommy Hawke no longer needs to come to school on time every day. If he wants to, he can even prepare his high school graduation thesis now and apply for graduation faster than other peers. .

As for his friends Dennis and Pam, they can no longer leave school with him and share his happiness of not having to continue to come to school to attend classes, because they are now accompanied by their parents and accept the anger from the school. When they walk out of the school, Tommy's It seems that my ears are still ringing in the roar of Dennis’s mother, Mrs. Herbs, that echoed throughout the campus:

"Dennis! You can make the TV set watch paid programs for free! You didn't even think of helping your mother save some subscription fees!"

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Of course, the heavy price paid by these two guys, Dennis and Pam, is not without reward. At least for a long time after today, the topic of conversation among all the high school students in Lincoln High School will probably be these two.

And the beautiful teacher Ottilia Farrell, who had just arrived, was completely suppressed because of their actions and did not cause any waves at all.

After all, high school students certainly know which one interests them more: a female teacher wearing clothes or a short movie without clothes.

Tommy Hawke rode his bicycle to the docks of Warwick City. His part-time job in the laundry had been screwed up by his father. He now needed to find a new part-time job. In Warwick City, it is the easiest part-time job for high school students to find. It means helping fishing boats sort out difficult fishing nets at the dock, or cleaning smelly cabins.

The main reason why it is easy to find this kind of job is that this kind of work is dirty and tiring, but the salary is equivalent to that of a part-time job in a laundry, and both can only earn the minimum wage of three dollars per hour.

Before finding another part-time job that suits him, Tommy Hawke is ready to make the transition here. After all, the four hundred US dollars in savings must not be spent lavishly without thinking about how to use it as principal to make money. That is Funds he used to attend summer activities.

"Sir, do you need help sorting out the fishing nets or cleaning your fishing boat?" Tommy Hawke walked around the dock and then faced a middle-aged bearded man who was standing on the deck of the fishing boat and twisting some parts with a wrench. the white man asked.

The white man chewed his cigarette and looked at Tommy Hawke, grinning: "You want to find a part-time job on my boat?"

"Yes, sir." Tommy smiled and nodded.

The white man nodded: "OK, do you know how to swim, collect nets, operate a crane or simply drive a fishing boat into a berth?"

"Ordinary fishing boats should be fine, sir. I have been working part-time on fishing boats since I was fourteen." Tommy Hawke said.

Warwick is a coastal dock city. A large number of residents here are engaged in boat fishing. For high school students in this city, driving a small motorized fishing boat is similar to driving a small motorized fishing boat for high school students in large agricultural states. It is common for small planes to spray pesticides on their family farms.

"What's your name?" The bearded man asked as he lowered his head and continued to adjust the nuts with the wrench.

"Tommy, Tommy Hawke, eleventh grade at Lincoln High School."

"My name is Rocco Wadman, Tommy. You can come over after school tomorrow. I've finished all the work for today." After the white man tightened the nuts, he looked at his clean fishing boat and said to Tommy Hawk said with a smile.

"Thank you, Mr. Wadman."

The white man said to Tommy Hawke: "You're welcome, kid, but if you do it too badly, I'll kick you out with a straight face and I won't pay you a coin."

"I will work hard." Tommy Hawke promised, turned and left.

After finding a part-time job and just saying goodbye and preparing to leave the dock, Tommy saw his father, Colin Hawke, jumping out of the family car and walking towards him.

Colin Hawke was stunned when he saw his son, and then asked with a smile:

"Come here to find a part-time job?"

"Good afternoon, Dad." Tommy Hawke nodded.

Colin came over and wanted to reach out and pat Tommy on the shoulder, but in the end he took it back. He just looked at the black and blue sea in the distance and said with a smile: "I said last night, I will help you. Get your college check ready, go to school, son, and do what you want.”

"I'm sorry, Dad, maybe my attitude last night was..." Tommy Hawke noticed Dad's actions and said.

"No need to apologize, you didn't say anything wrong." Colin Hawke smiled, then pointed to Rocco Wadman's fishing boat in the distance: "I went to say hello to that guy, he wanted to buy it from the shipbreaking yard Some parts, let me check out the situation, see you next time, son."

After saying that, Colin Hawke walked towards the fishing boat.

It seems that after last night, Dad no longer wants to have much communication with him, and more like he regards himself as an obligation. It seems that he only needs to send Tommy the first semester tuition check when he is admitted to college. fulfill all his duties as a father.

As a son, Tommy Hawke, the conversation last night seemed to break his heart.

After watching Colin Hawke leave, Tommy Hawke rode his bicycle. When he was looking for the cigarettes in his pocket, he came across the Paradise Club day pass.

He took it out and looked at it, and finally decided to go to the club. It was not that he was really planning to satisfy his curiosity and avoid wasting his youth, but to see if there was any chance. He just happened to take advantage of the free time that he didn't have to work today and get rid of the prescription drugs in his hand. Deal with it cheaply if it attracts attention. After all, medicines have a shelf life.

After making up his mind, Tommy Hawke rode his bicycle and went straight to Providence, the state capital, and easily found the Paradise Club with the silhouettes of dancers hanging on it.

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