Song Lan never expected the issue of education to arise so suddenly, leaving him utterly unprepared.
He hadn't seriously considered the matter of raising a child in either of his two lifetimes, but now, after what Lu Xiang had said, he felt he indeed should prioritize the issue.
Because the educational environment of 2166 was vastly different from the familiar landscape of 2020, where compulsory education was the norm and the vast majority of children would attend school from elementary through high school. However, in 2166, schooling was an option only considered by families above the middle class.
Moreover, for most middle-class families, the exorbitant tuition fees and cybernetic implants were costs they would bear at any expense, for their children to attend school and hopefully be chosen by a corporation to become "corporate people."
As for those children of the same age whose families couldn't afford to send them to school...
