Chapter 34: Leaders
"As your teacher, I must implore you to think long and hard about how you will approach this competition. This school tends to turn a blind eye to a lot of things. I will grant you this time to think amongst yourselves on how you will take on this quest."
What she said about the school turning a blind eye to a lot of things intrigued me. I found myself wondering how much they would actually allow. This interested me so much that I almost jumped out of my seat to ask, but someone else beat me to it.
"What do you mean by that, Ms. Monroe?" Amelia asked just as the teacher was getting ready to leave. "I’ve noticed the school hasn’t given us any handbooks on how to act or any rules within the school."
Ms. Monroe gave a polite smile before answering. She was probably thinking about how perceptive Amelia was. I was too.
"The school trusts its students to act in a way befitting of society. Whatever is not permitted in the real world is not permitted here."
That hardly made sense. It was like she was goading us into testing the bounds of what was acceptable. Societies outside this school worked because you had people like law enforcement and heroes enforcing what was acceptable. In here, you had no one—nothing. I noticed they had cameras on every corner of the campus except in the bathrooms and in the dorm rooms.
"I think it’s better to have clear rules on what is permitted here," Amelia insisted. I got the feeling she was slowly realizing the danger of this school and the pressure it put on her to keep everyone safe.
"Well, I’m deeply touched that you feel safe enough to share your thoughts with me."
She basically said nothing.
With that, Ms. Monroe picked up her bag and gave us a polite wave as she left the classroom.
Amelia was left standing speechless. I saw this coming from a mile away. The quirky teacher they all thought they got was nothing but incompetent. She needed to be held to a certain standard just like everyone else, whether by violence or other means.