The New Era

Everything before

"I hate school," Amy grumbled as she held tight to her backpack straps. "And the heat has been getting worse, too." She looked to the sun, then quickly looked down.

"I know, and this is all Climate Change's fault," Tori said with an air of disgust.

"It's not that," snapped Ali (the brainiac in the group). "It's a result from all the carbon emissions that humans have been emitting. Like burning fossil fuels, or deforesta-"

"This isn't a time for facts," Tori said. She turned to the old building, it was West Regal Heights. Their highschool.

The highschool was a fair building. It was large, and very over popullated. However it was really old, and some of he classes looked like they were teasing apart. Rodents and bugs infested the school, but it was well known for the excellence done by their variety of students.

"Well, we're here," Amy cried. She looked to Tori and Ali. "What do you both have in the morning?" She waited for their response, stepping on the stairs to the school very slowly.

"I have Science," grumbled Tori as she checked her phone. She had her class schedule on her lock screen. Although it had been a few months that school started, she always forgot.

"History," Ali chimed. She looked cheerful.

"What's the point of all this learning?" Tori said negatively. "We're all gonna die anyway." Tori liked being negative about things, sometimes Amy didn't know if she was joking about them, or if she was serious.

They entered the building glumly, then separated throughout the different halls. Amy stopped infront of room 107, then reluctantly went in. She had English. Ms. Julia was standing infront of the blackboard. She smiled, then she saw Amy. "Amy," she pointed out. "You're late."

The whole class turned and looked to her.

"Yeah, sorry." She felt her whole face flush, she hated being called out, Ms.  Julia knew, but she did this purposely, to "teach her". She slid into here seat, right next to Jacob.

He smiled "Hey Amy."

She sighed. "Did I miss anything?"

"Not exactly. All we're doing is reading a news article."

"A news article?" she asked surprised. He lended her his paper, they both looked. She read quietly, "Climate Strike."

"It's useless," he said. "They say that all this protesting will do something, but it hasn't done anything at all. Just causes a lot of commotion."

"You two have something to share?" asked Ms. Julia. She was looking over them, she didn't look pleased.

"Sorta," Amy said. She turned to Jacob. "It was just Jacob's thought."

Me. Julia turned to him. She raised her eyebrow. "Lovely, now whats your thought?"

"It's nothing," he said slowly. "Just a random thought."

"It was good," Amy said. She turned to Ms. Julia. "Jacob's just a shy guy. What his thought was on was about the Climate Strike. The recent one. He inquired that all this protesting is useless. You've noticed that they always say it will do something, but nothing has happened. And yet nothing ever will. So all it does is causes a lot of commotion."

Jacob looked at her, his eyes were bright.

Ms. Julia turned to Jacob. "Thanks Amy. Well, Jacob, that was a lovely thought. In English class, we'd love to have discussions like these. It helps curious minds make more questions, and thus, we get better answers." She moved her way slowly to the board. "And I don't suppose all of you know, but what have the greatest minds had? They were always curious. I don't want to turn this into a science class, but can anyone name all the greatest minds who were curious?" She got a chalk and waited.

"Isaac Newton," a voice yelled out. She scribbled furiously on the board.

"Albert Einstein," another voice rang out. Another furious scribble.

She wrote on the black board and polished it off. "Lovely. These are all great examples." She took a while to write, then stopped. "Now, back to the lesson. Can we have someone read the first paragraph to the article?" She turned then smiled to Amy. "How about you, Amy?"

Amy nodded, then she began to read. "Climate Strike: Worth or Waste of Fight." She looked up to Ms. Julia, who gave her an encouraging nod. "Climate Change has been ravaging the globe. Heat waves have struck, seas have been rising.."