Mystique

Veinte Dos

Mystique 22

When we finished eating, Vyanca decided to walk with us to our room. Isang oras naman ang aming lunch break kaya paniguradong hindi kami late. Si Vyanca naman ay kaya namang gamitin ang kaniyang bilis ngunit naglalakad lang ito para makasabay sa amin.

Naguusap sila at nakikinig lang ako.

"Anyways, before I forgot." Bumaling naman ang tingin namin kay Vyanca. "You should really take your studies seriously." She said.

" Of course." Amara replied.

" Really serious." Vyanca continued.    " You see.... Rutora  is the most prestigious school in this continent. Everyone wants to study here." She stopped and look at us. " You are very lucky because you are under the council protection. Rutora is under the council."

" But, we passed the exams." Amara stated.

" Yes, but you are given a privilege to take the exam. Others just can't." She sighed. " some of them wants to but their home is far from here. "

" So you mean that we only took the exam for formal purpose? And in anyways, we will still gonna end up here. Failed or not?" Amara said as she looked away and she seems confused.

Scilla on the other hand stayed quiet and decided to listen just like what I do.

"No, you passed the exam because you did your best. Probably, they might transfer you into a public school that's still under their care if you did fail." Tumigil ito sa paglalakad. " What I mean is, they provided you mentors to teach you. That's an advantage since mentors from this school doesn't like anyone to fail under their care. Everybody is competitive that's why we all know that even if you are just new here, you can still pass it."

"What exactly do you want to say?" Scilla butted in.

Nagpatuloy ito sa paglalakad bago sumagot. " Madaming gustong mag-aral dito and you should do your best. Isa pa, in this school they don't care if you fail in your first to third grade. What matters the most is the final exam which all of us will take before graduating." Humarap ito sa amin. " Because once you fail, you will restart. You can't graduate and will be forced to return in first year."

" Pwede naman yatang magtransfer?" Amara asked.

" Yes, but still you will return to first year."

" That's scary. I'm quite confused. You said that teachers here are competetive but they don't care if you fail?"

" They care. They will always do their best to let their students grow. But you see, hindi lang to tungkol sa akademiya. It's about power and mastery too. May mga estudyante parin na nahihirapan na kontrolin ang kanilang mga kapangyarihan kaya naman ay gumawa sila ng ranks para alam ng guro kung hanggang saan ang kanilang limitasyon. Cause too much power can self destruct and that's what they are avoiding."

" Isn't ranks too discriminating?"

" Not really. Only if you abuse your power." Tumango naman rito si Amara.

"Actually, the restart thingy is scary but if you think about it mas gagawin ng mga estudyante ang lahat ng kanilang makakaya para ipagpabuti ang kanilang pag-aaral. I mean, who would want to study again and again?" Surprisingly, Scilla talked alot. She's right though.