After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 947

Chapter 947: Children of Alterra

At this time, school was ongoing and the students were already in the middle of classes.

The Elementary tier had various classes, some of which had to be further divided according to the results of diagnostic tests. These were exams that all students had to take at the start of the school year so the educators could have a better grasp of the student’s level.

This was, of course, to maximize the kid’s potential. This was also to give time and chance to the children new to the various concepts to adjust accordingly.

This was especially applicable to the aborigine kids who comprised the majority of the students.

For instance, there was Xeno language literacy and math class which was too alien to the aborigine children and had to be taught in the nursery level.

In the meantime, all Terran elementary school students like Maya, Mimi, and Horus were taking the ‘proficient class’.

This was not to say that everyone’s levels were the same. However, this class was small so the teacher could handle each student more closely and give them specialized practice questions.

Speaking of the Terran kids, one of the things that the Educators realized was that Terrans got a little smarter after coming here.

The teachers said that their Terran kids learned topics faster than average (at least compared to the levels in Terra), and it was theorized that their upgraded physiques also meant upgraded brains.

Which was really awesome by the way.

Althea agreed with this, and so did the other Researchers. As people who used their brains a lot, they were far more aware of their cognitive abilities than others.

They had realized that they could indeed figure things out a little faster than they would’ve back in Terra.

The academic classes like math, science, and languages were tiered according to the students proficiency and was divided quite a bit.

In contrast, there were shared classes for everyone of the same tier, because they shouldn’t be too far in strength anyway. Classes like this was the Physical Education classes, the Monster classes, and the Flora and Fauna classes—henceforth called the Survival Classes.

While the academic subjects were the essential for the territory’s economic and cultural growth, the Survival subjects were the most important ones for individual strength and growth.

These classes were taken a few times a week with increasing detail, and taught by the experts in the field. The Education Department had also never stopped gathering information about this world, so there was usually something new to teach every so often.

Interestingly, they also learned more things from the aborigine children, who said what they knew about the flora and fauna in their areas. They also did ‘sharing sessions’ about the local culture, which was actually quite interesting and enlightening to some.

While this information was up for confirmation, the teachers still noted them down.

The students were also taught about the importance of the territory, making them understand from young how good it was, and how they should protect it when they could.

Anyway, the program so far had good results. For one, it gave the students more confidence in handling this world. The downside was that many students were eager to help out with the mobs, forcing the adults to reiterate that they wouldn’t go out to fight until after a certain age.

For now, they were just asked to learn as much as they could and grow strong.

After all, even if they didn’t fight now—they’d only be useful to Alterra, if they were alive and well.

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One of the classes today focused on basic math, with aborigines as the students.

“Do you understand this, Master Honda?” Maumi asked carefully, his friends right next to him.

Even as kids, they had an instinct to respect nobles. Nobles tended to be stronger, and in Xeno the strong was revered.

Honda didn’t think much of it, but he didn’t show any distaste with their closeness.

“Hmm… a little,” he said, pointing at the lines. “Basically you just put them together and get the sum.”

Maumi and his friends blinked and looked at the illustration again. It was Gururu who nodded first, while the other two needed a bit more explanation.

“Hmmm…. I think I get it,” Maumi mumbled after a while.

No, he didn’t understand.

Next to them, a lot of kids were also confused, but their teacher showed no signs of impatience.

Evelyn was the one in charge of the aborigine math class. She taught nursery-level classes back in Terra and in Xeno, so she really was the best one for this challenging task.

Rather, no one else dared take on the subject.

She was very patient with each of them. Even if she had to teach them the most basic concept, over and over, she remained kind and helpful to them.

She understood that these kids were still learning literacy (still in Xeno language), and so one could imagine how maths would be much more alien to them.

Some people argued whether teaching math—especially to aborigines— was even necessary. However, Evelyn was one of the advocates of this subject (which was another reason why she was the one teaching it).

She argued that they had to know at least the basic operations—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—simply because it was related to their lives and lifestyles.

It’d be hard, but it would be worth it in the long run if they wanted people’s lives to improve.

Anyway, Evelyn patiently taught them additions and so far they had managed to finish two-digit numbers (as sums) and she reckoned she could soon ease them in adding two digits as well.

Anyway, another hour passed in the class… and the children became more and more dazed, some outright fighting to keep their eyes open.

They looked adorable though, especially since they were indeed trying very hard to learn and keep awake. Aborigine children were quite precocious since they had to fight and work at a young age.

Unlike many spoiled kids, they definitely appreciated the opportunities handed to them—even if they didn’t fully understand how it could help.

Evelyn chuckled as she shook her head.

They had a long way to go.