An hour after the start of the Jaunt, asking important questions

[naturaltwohands]

... I suspect these questions may be on the minds of others, and it is on mine because it obvious differs much from the one of my childhood:

What is it like to attend a school? What should we know about it? What is expected of us? Are our studies canceled right now?

Comments

[helborn]

... I only know how the Canadian and American school systems function, but you basically study a lot of subjects and take a lot of tests. They're mostly like math and science and history and stuff like that.

[Private]

And usually you get picked on a lot if you're different at all, because kids are assholes and teachers are often useless.

[Bitter, who's bitter?]

[thezerothlaw]

You didn't have schools? Curious.

[shiroganeheir]

I cannot speak to if studies are cancelled or not, but schools are... interesting places.

In my world, they are regimented places where one learns prescribed information in a formal setting. Much of the time, they encourage neither creativity nor individuality, as everyone is expected to dress and act and learn the same.

[Someone is a cynical so-and-so today.]

Perhaps that is just my area of the world, first of all. Second, school is what you make of it. One can do things that makes the entire situation more tenable.

[finalizes]

This is a school?

[...]

Are we supposed to participate?

[fearinahandfulof]

I don't know, either.

[eldritchwheelies]

Based on my experience with American schools, reading some books that I'm suspiciously reminded of, and having been a Lone Star student until I got woken up?

There's a set schedule of classes, set to the school clock and calendar. If you haven't gotten one you'll be given one, and expected to memorize it and be on time. Generally they're 9 in the morning to 3 or 4 in the afternoon, except on weekends.

In addition to specialized art classes of your choice, you'll be expected to attend basic grammar and math classes based on earlier classes you 'should have' passed, and some foreign language and science classes as well. Chemistry, physics, stuff more to teach you how to think like a scientist and repeating famous experiments than learning your own stuff.

You'll be expected to do some work between classes. Sometimes the math class doesn't know what the lit class is doing and they both assign way too much. No, this isn't fair. Don't worry about doing perfectly, you're allowed to make some mistakes, getting less than perfect marks isn't the end of the world and we don't have authority figures to bitch about it.