He was smart, and was taking fifth grade a second time because he had not passed the entrance exam for normal school. If the candlenut at the head of the line was hit, you had the right to take all the others behind it. People said that my friends just copied whatever I did. Middle school graduates could continue their education by attending a missionary-run vocational school, but even there not everyone was accepted. After several months I was asked to go on and move to fifth grade, but I did not want to do this.
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