Secrets of a Utopia Vol.1

6 - School

Today is Monday, so I have school. I was thinking about telling Mom about how much fun I had with my friends at the clothes store, but only Lucas and I are eating breakfast at the same time today. Lucas doesn't care about girl fashions at all. He cares about boys fashions. He doesn't like hearing anyone talk about fashion, unless it is a friend of his. That's at least how it seems.

After I eat and am ready to go to school, I take the bus as I almost always do. I don't like riding my bike that much. Besides, we are not required to ride it. There are certain times in the year when we do have to ride it, but that isn't to school or work and it isn't that time of year.

When I get to the bus stop, I see Lily is there as well.

"Hi Lily," I say.

"Hi Rin. Did you have fun clothes shopping yesterday?" she asks me.

"Yeah. I had tons of fun!" I say.

"That's great. I had fun too," says Lily.

"We should all hangout again sometime," I say seeing the bus not that far away.

The bus gets closer and eventually stops at the bus stop.

"I agree," says Lily, getting on the bus as the bus has stopped and the doors have opened.

The school Lily, Alexandra and I go to is the main school for higher education in this community. I don't know how many students it has, but I know it has more than the other school for higher education in the community.

In the society school is broken into lower and higher education. Lower education starts earlier than higher education and you learn easier things in it. Once you start school as a 7 year old—or are entering 5th grade—you start higher education. Higher education is when you are learning hard things. Not only that but you are learning things that you will need to know when you are an adult.

"What is your first period today?" I ask Lily.

"I have," says Lily, looking at her holo-watch, "Homeroom first."

"I have homeroom first today as well. I don't really understand the point of having homeroom," I say.

"I think we have it because of the teachers," says Lily.

"Oh yeah. Don't we have it because the teachers need to make sure everything is going well? They ask us if we are struggling in any subject and we can ask questions about our schedules and all," I say.

"Oh. That's right. It's so the teachers know that there isn't anything they are doing wrong and so they know we are getting the material. I think they also use the time to see what jobs we fit into," says Lily.

"They use that time to find jobs for us? Now that I think about it, I do remember the teachers asking job-related questions..." I say.

At the next bus stop, I see a friend of my brother's get on. I don't even know if my brother is on the bus. When I see him sit in a seat with only one person sitting in it, I realize he is.

"I wonder what job I will get," I say.

"I have been wondering as well. I'm sure we will both get jobs that are best for us," says Lily.

"For you it's obvious," I say, "You're so into fashion, I'm sure that will be your job."

"I guess so," says Lily.

We both stay silent for a while.

"There's the school," I say.

"I wonder what the other schools in this community are like," I say.