Not to mention that Chinese Americans value education more, and their family is considered to be from a scholarly family. And although there are no public magnet schools that offer special courses in Berkeley, if you want to go to a good private high school, applicants will be strictly screened.

of.

The most important thing is that, just like in China, tuition fees for good private middle schools are very expensive, nearly 30,000 US dollars per year.

But just like in China, if you are a student with particularly excellent grades, there are many financial aid plans. You can even get full tuition exemption. If your grades are very poor, it will be very troublesome.

For example, the tuition fee will be higher, and it will even require him to use a lot of resources. This country's schools are really good at making full use of various resources of students' parents, especially private schools.

On the one hand, the school will allow parents to invest in the school through various donation plans.

On the other hand, parents’ professional background, personal network and other resources will also be evaluated, and some projects will be carried out through parents to expand their social influence.

If Salem gets good grades, it will naturally save him a lot of trouble. Maybe he wouldn't have had such an idea before.

After all, Frank still attaches great importance to his two children.

But now that someone’s child has been stuck in my heart like a thorn, my thoughts are naturally different.

So much so that when news of Salem's recent poor grades reached his ears, Frank could not help but think about how he could have given birth to such a stupid son...

Didn’t we say that mixed-race people would be better?!

Really, not to mention being able to catch up with Qiao Yu. Even if Salem was only half as smart as Qiao Yu, he could easily attend any middle school in the country. Even top schools like Horace Mann School and Phillips Exeter Academy.

You must know that being able to enter these top private schools is basically equivalent to getting a pass to enter those top universities.

The worst thing is that the classmates around me are also the future pillars of this country. After all, the students in these schools are either rich or noble.

Well, to put it bluntly, Frank now unconsciously compares Salem and Qiao Yu. After being extremely disappointed, it is difficult to control his emotions.

He may think it's nothing, but in the eyes of his family, he will naturally feel different.

After Frank was silent for a moment, he explained: "You know, Salem has grown up, so naturally I have to be more strict with him."

Obviously this excuse failed to convince the women around him.

"That's not it, Frank! Don't you feel it? Ever since the problem with the Geometry Langlands subject, I think your whole person has changed and you spend less and less time at home.

And when you get home, you either don’t say anything or lose your temper! Both children are now afraid of you! They don’t even want to share things in school with you. And do you remember how long it has been since we last met?

Already?

I have been wanting to talk to you for a long time, but you have been pushing away. But today I feel that I can't go on like this! We must have a good talk."

The woman's question silenced Frank again.

What could he say?

It can only be said that hiding something in his heart put too much pressure on him.

Especially when he unconsciously compares his current son and daughter to Qiao Yu, and compares the women around him to Qiao Xi.

The higher Qiao Yu's achievements, the worse his mentality becomes. So much so that he really can't control his temper at all.

Really, many times he wants to divorce the woman. Maybe this way he can feel more relaxed.

Frank believed that if he really took the initiative, the woman would simply agree. But he had too many concerns.

On the one hand, his career also needs the support of the girl’s parents.

On the other hand, although California law promotes no-fault divorce and the court will not consider the fault party that caused the breakdown of the marriage, there is an issue of spousal support.

Especially after having their second child, my wife quit her job and mainly took care of her two children at home.

This means that once divorced, not only will the distribution of family assets be biased towards the woman, but he will also have to pay a large amount of alimony every month, at least not to reduce the woman's living standard too much.

Moreover, the two have been married for more than ten years, which is a long-term marriage in the legal sense.

Therefore, the court is likely to determine that he needs to pay alimony for a long time, and the payment may not be stopped until the woman remarries or finds a good job.

Especially since he is Chinese. Frank can think with his toes that if the divorce really happens, the court will definitely not support him.

The most frightening thing is that even if the woman asks for a divorce, the court will still rule in this way.

Don't ask Frank how he knew so much. As a cautious person by nature, when he first had this idea, he asked a professor at Berkeley Law School to study some cases carefully.

You must know that Berkeley’s School of Law is also one of the top law schools in the country, ranking among the top ten for a long time.

So for Frank, not only did he not dare to mention the word divorce at all, he was even afraid of women mentioning the word divorce to him.

After all, the no-fault divorce principle pursued by California means that only one party needs to declare that the marriage is irretrievable, and there is no need to provide any evidence or reasons at all to start the divorce process.

So when a woman firmly wants to have a good talk with him, Frank now doesn't even dare to say no!

So Frank took a deep breath, then took the initiative to hold the woman's hand, and then began to apologize sincerely.

"I'm sorry, dear, you know, since the work on the geometric Langlands conjecture was disproven, I have been under too much pressure! I need some time. Trust me, it will be fine after a while!"

"Why is there so much pressure? Didn't Pop-Pop help you?"

"In fact, Pop-Pop has been helping me, but because of this, I am under greater pressure. If I have been unable to produce decent results, I will be even more sorry for the many things Pop-Pop has done for me."

Frank suppressed the helplessness in his heart and said.

This is indeed the case.

Although Lucas Eisen has always been a good parent at home, Frank knows very well what kind of person his wife's grandfather is at work.

Once he offended this person, it was a matter of two opinions whether he recognized him as his grandson-in-law. He couldn't say these words to a woman, otherwise it might be considered as inciting a relationship between family members...

"Okay, why don't we go on vacation after the World Congress of Mathematicians? Europe or Hawaii. You should also take a good rest. I'll go tell Pop-Pop for you. It can just repair the relationship between you and the children.

relation."

After thinking for a while, the woman said.

Today, she was thinking that if Frank still treated her with the same perfunctory attitude as before, she was planning to divorce.

After all, Frank not only neglected her during this period, but also had an impact on the two children.

But Frank's attitude was very sincere today, and she decided to give him another chance. After all, who doesn't have stressful times? Maybe it will be fine after he adjusts.

"Well..." Frank hesitated for a moment. He wanted to say that he might still be busy after the conference, but when he saw the woman's expression, he swallowed it back.
Chapter completed!