Josh woke up just 4 hours after sleeping, the game he played was like a dream. He ate breakfast as he watched the tv with the news of the game. ("Lothaedan has 2 billion players in 5 months. The video game company, and creators of the neurotech "W.N.F" have announced that next year a possible esports event in Europe"." A cargo spa-") Josh lost interest on the news and finished his breakfast.
Josh naturally didn't care, he had no reason to play and fight against hardcore players, and proffesional players. The fact is that unless a hologram is used with touch screens that see the actions the player of chosen, is only potential winners and surprising underdogs that will be showed to the .viewers
"I'll go now" Josh waved his hand as he closed the front door of the house.
"Wait, you forgot your lun-" Josh couldn't hear anything and closed the door, he left the house and went to the parking lot waiting for the car to pick Josh up.
Josh looked out the window staring at other cars and a distant rocket ship about to head to the moon. It was rare to see a large cargo spacecraft leave the atmosphere so Josh watched the spacecraft takeoff until he couldn't see it anymore.
Josh exited the car and had it go back home. He quickly walked to his classroom where he re-read the Biology book in his backpack, Josh read the book to pass time, considering that his teacher isn't early- Josh still has 15 minutes of waiting left.
As Josh re-read he wondered why the elves an intelligent species never had any contacts with humans. He researched about the history of elves in Lothaedan in his phone and found nothing useful, it only showed the general attributes of elves and the approximate population but nothing else showed.
While Josh was at it he also researched about the mage class, the fact that he researched about things other than studies felt 'new' to him. Josh sidescrolled to the mage class as soon as he found it in the hundreds of topics in the game,
[Mages are damage dealing and supporting classes. Mages can be one of the classes with most versatility, being able to deal high amounts of damage in an area of effect. Mages are however; a class that requires extreme intelligence and great positioning to be used at the clasess' utmost potential. Mages also have a problem with overall sustainability as the Mana usage of Mages don't allow for multiple strikes in a row, and at most require 15 minutes of recovery rendering them useless after one or two attacks. However, support mages only need to heal and buff other party members at the expense of the inability of fighting back against even players with 20 less levels than a support mage. Mages also need to ma-]
Josh realized his teacher was about to enter the classroom and every student stood up and greeted their teacher, "Good morning teacher!"
Josh didn't greet his teacher and just lip synced. His teacher spoke, "Good morning class, please sit down". His teacher was visibly surprised, Josh thought that his teacher was new, his teacher looked young which was unsurprising as even 40 year olds looked to be in their late 20s. What was surprising though was that his teacher was new, for the generations prior to the changed school system, students either studied or were finishing their assignments. Unlike Josh's thoughts his teacher was more likely to be one of the older one's who thought the lower ranked sections.
The new school system focuses on developing students with huge practical knowledge in jobs. Instead of the focus on teaching civil obedience, the new school system focuses on practical abilities and a good amount of indipendence that help graduates with the ability to work with sufficient and useful knowledge of the courses they chosen. Of course, a student has all subjects to study in Primary school, while in Secondary schools a students studies about the overall parts of one subject chosen, and finally in college, the overall information given is used for practical exams on the chosen career.
Students rarely met with stress as they get to focus on subjects they are best and most happy with after elementary school. For example: while a student who focuses on the scientific branch don't have to read books about the history of civilizations unless a student reads as a hobby, however the need for math is heavily needed. Of course, the only need for math and science make it easy without every subject to worry about.
Isaac smiled and announced an activity, "I want you guys to have a duo activity where you guys make something pretty cool", Isaac's words erupted the whole class and everyone started complaining.
"Sir! It's just the second day!"
"Most of us don't even have friends yet"
"What activity are we going to do?", Everyone was surprised with the sudden words of their teacher, Isaac. Isaac calmed the class down, "I'm just saying, I want you guys to have a buddy before you announce the things you guys are going to do in friday. Everyone sighed with relief, they didn't want to have to do a project out of nowhere.
The class quieted down and Isaac was able to talk again. "Now that that's out of the way, I'll be teaching you guys".
Josh listened to everything his teacher Isaac teached even if he knew what his teacher was talking about. Finally, after Isaac talked about a topic he had a small test in which everyone had perfect scores.
-rriiiiing
The first class ended and everyone went to the cafeteria, Josh sat at a table with France, Josh reached into his bag to get his lunch but couldn't feel it so he looked into it. Josh forgot his lunch back home and decided to just buy food. "You're still eating meat? Do you know how much that costs!!?", France asked Josh. "Yeah, it's just 15 bucks per slice right?", Josh looked at France with an eyebrow raised up. Josh had no idea that his school allowance of 150 dollars wasn't normal . France couldn't understand Josh's lack of understanding "'Just'? Those things are expensive, what are you a rich kid?", Josh answered "I Don't Know, dude let's just eat".
"Have you played it yet?", Josh asked. France shaked his head, "Not yet, do you expect me to be able to order a whole capsule that can fit 2 men in just a day?". "Nope", Josh answered. "Wanna be my partner in sir Isaac's project next week?". "Sure, why not"
After France and Josh finished eating, they went to their next subject. Josh grew bored of the extinction events and pretended to listen. After their teacher dismissed them, Josh was happy to go home.