What would you do if you were Manfred?
Due to Covid 19, Hong Kong students became very thirsty for school（渴望上學）. At long last, after several months of closing down everything, Manfred was able to wear his uniform again and he could not hide his smile while lining up during the morning assembly（早會）. On the first day of school, faint jabbering sounds enlivened the whole classroom（微弱喋喋不休的聲音使班房充滿生氣）for the whole day. Uncharacteristically（一反常態）teachers let students talk as much as they wanted to, well, it was a great chance to catch up with one another.
During all these months, all schools used virtual classroom（虛擬教室）to teach and assign homework so as to stay in connection with students. It was actually more work for Manfred than having physical classes（實體課堂）. He needed to research on a few projects and catch up on reading many chapters for different subjects. While chatting with his good friend King Man, Manfred learned that due to not having a computer at home, King Man was not able to do any of the school work at all. Moreover, he missed all the lessons too. King Man's family belongs to the grassroots（草根階層）and both his parents are illiterate（沒受教育）. Oh dear, that would be a big deal（大件事）. Although the principal announced that there would be no examination for this term, King Man may not be able to make it if he is promoted to a higher form. King Man asked Manfred for help, but Manfred simply had no clue（毫無頭緒）where to start with all the eight subjects. What should Manfred say to his friend then ?
- I’d tell my friend that there would be no way that he could be able to catch up. He should explain to all the teachers about his miserable situation and beg for a waiver （取消）on his assignments so he would not have anything to worry then.
- I’d explain how much time and effort I spent in completing all the assignments and I’d be willing to spare time with my friend over the summer vacation. Meanwhile he must seek teachers’ help alongside（與）with mine. I’d let the teachers decide what would be the best actionable steps.
