Part 6
I should confess that I always envied Ali, not because his father's military rank was higher than my father's but because his English was much much better than mine! When I was reading simplified English, he could read Time magazine, sold in special places in Tehran, easily without referring to his dictionary frequently. Well, the Time magazine was censored by pitch-black permanent markers over the articles against the regime, or any picture of a woman with visible cleavage, arms, or legs, or dogs shown as pets, or even pigs! Except for his English, we were almost at the same level of knowledge. I should also mention that two years after the revolution in 1981, private English language schools resumed their activities but selected some parts of their previous books and printed them as pamphlets in black and white stencil still poly copy technology of that time! There were no pictures and no colors in these handouts whatsoever! I attended Iran Language School and studies four levels in a year until I received my intermediate certificate! Ali preferred to go to Homer Language School to learn test skills. The day we had been waiting for many years arrived. Ali and I were ready. It was a four hour non-stop no-break multiple-choice exam on all school subjects. However, there was a weird questionnaire at the end!
I should confess that I always envied Ali, not because his father's military rank was higher than my father's but because his English was much much better than mine! When I was reading simplified English, he could read Time magazine, sold in special places in Tehran, easily without referring to his dictionary frequently. Well, the Time magazine was censored by pitch-black permanent markers over the articles against the regime, or any picture of a woman with visible cleavage, arms, or legs, or dogs shown as pets, or even pigs! Except for his English, we were almost at the same level of knowledge. I should also mention that two years after the revolution in 1981, private English language schools resumed their activities but selected some parts of their previous books and printed them as pamphlets in black and white stencil still poly copy technology of that time! There were no pictures and no colors in these handouts whatsoever! I attended Iran Language School and studies four levels in a year until I received my intermediate certificate! Ali preferred to go to Homer Language School to learn test skills. The day we had been waiting for many years arrived. Ali and I were ready. It was a four hour non-stop no-break multiple-choice exam on all school subjects. However, there was a weird questionnaire at the end!
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