Maria / 玛利亚（圣乔治学校）

Maria / 玛利亚 is the housekeeper at [[StGeorgesSchool|St. George’s School / 圣乔治学校]] in the episode on [[ThePenguinLessons|《企鹅课》 / The Penguin Lessons]]. 138.企鹅课：我在海滩上捡到一位Q老师 presents her as [[TomMichell|Tom Michell / 汤姆·米切尔]]’s first school ally after he brings [[JuanSalvadorPenguin|Juan Salvador / 胡安·萨尔瓦多]] back to Argentina.

Maria gives the episode its strongest ordinary-life counterweight to the penguin adventure. She has worked at the school since youth, faces old age without secure retirement, and lives under inflation pressure, but she also brings the penguin food, takes it into her family world, and explains happiness through things that grow: vegetables, chickens, pigs, goats, family, friends, students, and the penguin.

Connections

• [[StGeorgesSchool|St. George’s School / 圣乔治学校]] - workplace and school community.
• [[JuanSalvadorPenguin|Juan Salvador / 胡安·萨尔瓦多]] - animal she helps care for.
• [[TomMichell|Tom Michell / 汤姆·米切尔]] - teacher who first tells her about the penguin.
• Argentina - political-economic setting for inflation and poverty background.
• Companion Animal Health and Empathy Circle Expansion - concepts illustrated through her care scenes.