Time to get schooled.

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

So here's something none of you kids on the ship will thank me for.

Since there ARE kids on the ship, some of whom theoretically have school to go back to or finish, somebody ought to do something about this. Who wants to be a schoolteacher?

Not that we need to have a regular 8 hour schoolday, but even on a creepy meatship, young minds need a'moldin'.

ETA: much as it pains me deep in my soul not to force higher education on someone who's already, say, graduated high school, or otherwise gotten an adult-level education, I guess if you're not interested in taking your learning any further you're . . . okay. Uggggh. Brb, off to nurse my convictions.

Comments

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

Reyes, you are like the hugest narc in the world. I hope you know that. You should change your superhero name to Narc Man. You are the narcing-est narc in the history of narcs.

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

I also happen to be a narc with a PSAT score of 74. School is good for you. You should go.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so I can get ready for college, right?

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[supertshirt.livejournal.com]

Ha ha. Funny funny.

P.S. Shut up.

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

Kon, you know both Robin and I are going to try. You know we will. We'll figure something out.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

And if you do, the time I spend learning algebra is time I could be spending learning how to finetune my TTK to beat the crap out of Superboy-Prime.

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

How about so you can prepare for life in space, able to punch things AND perform basic astronomic calculation?

Either way, you need some learnin's, and I got a diagnostic exam with your name on it.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

No school. There is no point. I'd rather use that time with A) the trainers learning to fight better or b) having fun with what little life I maybe got left, okay? I don't care about math.

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

Look, I hated high school as much as you. Probably more so because I was 12 when I graduated. So I'm not gonna make you sit around learning how to take a damn test for six hours a day, but you're still gonna learn some math in between punchings.

You're used to school being boring and inefficient, but class size here is small enough that it doesn't have to be.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

I'm used to school mattering 'cause I was maybe going to go to college and get a job or whatever, even if school was really, really boring. That's not so likely now. Therefore, school is pointless.

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

Except here, school matters because it's how you're going to learn things that might actually come in useful while you're living on a spaceship. Like astronomy. And biological engineering.

But hey, you've got that remainder-of-life to enjoy. Have fun doing that while all your not-Robin pals are at school.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

I'll just hang out with Robin when people are in class.

[mrsarcastic003]

Kon, you should go to class.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

Don't wanna.

[mrsarcastic003]

Poor baby. When we get home and you live through the Crisis, do you really want to go back to Smallville and be behind. Clark will make you make up the time. You'd be better off taking class here, where people are cool.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

Why are you being reasonable? Aaaaarrrrgggh.

STOP IT

[mrsarcastic003]

I'm cool that way. I'll even help you study, if you want.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

I'm not doing trig. I hate trig and no one cares about stupid triangles.

And for writing assignments where you have to talk about something from your life, I don't have to make up fake stories about farming--I can write about giant robots and aliens and stuff for once.

And NO AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE.

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

I've got six PhDs, and none of them are in agricultural science. There will be no agricultural science.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

I'm only gonna take classes I need to or that don't look completely stupid.

.....

AND IF THERE'S GYM CLASS I GET TO GO! And I don't have to fake being lame during it! If I can do 50 one-handed pushups in five seconds, I get to.

And I'm only doing art class if we don't have to draw and paint corn. Or vegetables. Or fruit. There is other stuff besides still life pictures of vegetables.

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

Yeah yeah. P.E. is a part of a balanced educational blah blah I faked asthma out of every gym class ever.

I have a PhD in musical theory. Our school band will kick every other school band ever's ass.

[mrsarcastic003]

I care about triangles. I'll help you with trig.

Your other conditions seem pretty reasonable, though. ::grin:: I'm sure you can catch up on Agricultural Science when we get home.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

NO MORE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. EVER.

If I go back home and don't bite it, I'll be the Guy That Saved the World. The Guy That Saved the World will demand to learn not to farm. (Besides, Ma and Pa taught me the most I need to know anyway).