[Rein's POV: ]
There was a lot of commotion in the second class.
The teacher was surprised to see the children jumping in their seats and shouting those questions.
There were even students that were screaming and crying, and she did not understand what was going on until she shut everyone off and asked one of the students about what was happening.
'And, after finding out what had transpired in the last moments of our previous class, she couldn't help but sigh with a helpless smile.'
She also found the students' reaction to be something more than an overreaction considering how all of us were students of the most prestigious school of the entire world.
According to what she said later though, many students became gloomy and depressed as well even though her words were plain facts that everyone knew already.
"She said as students of the great academy of hope, studying a few books included in one semester was the basic thing... how can she say that?!"
Not just Tia, almost half of the people currently present around us did not like how we had to study the entire syllabus for mere midterms.
"This is bad... the exams happening prior to the usual time is already bad, and on top of that, not just the homeroom teachers, but the others subject teachers will ask things beyond the midterm borders?"
"They don't care about us students. Those bastards..."
"Whaaaaa… I don't like this... whaaaa! When will we study! Who is going to reach me with half the things I don't understand?! Whaaaa!"
Some of them were not in their best mood while some of us were crying while eating their lunch. It wasn't the best time for being sarcastic or funny.
This was a serious matter, even for us.
"I understand you don't like this, Lizzy. But stop crying and listen to me.
There's nothing we can do about it."
Neither the students nor the teachers had any say in when or how any of the exams would be conducted in this academy.
Everything was in the hands of the headmasters, mainly the headmaster.
'Not only they decided on the dates and the schedule of the exams, they themselves looked after every single thing that the individuals taking these exams were going to face.'
So, when the exams were going to be conducted wasn't in the hands of the teachers.
'What they could do, though, was to teach everything that could be asked in these tests.'
It was their job to prepare everyone taking these exams, and every single one of us knew how the midterms of the great academy were the most difficult things to face.
'They were the direct representation of what one was capable of, especially the first midterms.'
And not only the questions asked in these tests were of great difficulty, they were nothing like what we had faced until now.
"The reason some are going to finish the entire syllabus is exactly because of the fact that the tests or the questions are not in their hands."
As we all sat down in the usual lunch place under the great tree, I started speaking while addressing everyone present.
"Yes it might seem unfair from our perspective, yes asking things from outside the books or asking practical things might not seem fair, but what they are doing is not exactly unfair, is it?"
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They were teaching what might come in the exams.
The questions that one had to write tested their understanding of the subject and evaluated their individuality.
These tests encouraged the students to find something of their own, a way that suited them the most.
There were few things that one could do to perform well in these tests.
The most simple of them being the age old method to simply memorise everything.
And, if not that, then the other way the students here were advised to do was to write the answers the best way they can, with what they understand and with what they had learned in the classes.
'Attendance in the classes were compulsory. There was a minimum attendance requirement and if one wanted to truly learn something, they were encouraged to attend every class held in the academy throughout the day.'
It was funny but there actually are some owl/morning birds that practically live in the academy campus the entire time.
The staff here and the teachers know them well, and the librarian had even given some of them unique nicknames.
'Some students did that for mere adventure, but there were some who actually attended classes all the time.'
Even Eon had a few acquaintances among these (Campus dwellers).
"Alright then. Now that everyone is done with their little tantrum dance, as well as the lunch, who wants some sweets?"
"Ohhh! Ohhh! Me! Me!"
"I want the sweets!"
"I want ice cream!"
My little cuties~.
They were fun when they were sad and they were fun when they were not in their best mood. But, they were most fun when they were happy over something as insignificant as some sweets.
"Does Liz want some sweets as well?"
Looking at the little emotional girl, who might become the destroyer of this world one day, with a smile... I patted her little head.
"Yes..."
And the cute one shyly nodded as well before she stood up, cleared her throat and walked away from me with a straight face.
"Cute."
She was a fun one.
There were quite a few fun people among this group that I liked, and there were some really adorable ones as well.
There were jerks and there were bad people like Ezra and Mia, but they were just blunt and unlike the rest of the cuties.
They were their proper selves most of the time. And different from Luna who was cute as well as serious, this bunch did not know how to enjoy the real fun things.
'Even that Deleon was like that.'
But, that's just how much diversity we had in this group.
Everyone was different.
And, it was most certainly not a bad thing.