Chapter 72 - 072 Exercise Begins
Square No.1
When Ji You arrived, the square was already swarmed with people, a clear sign that many students had responded to the broadcast notification.
Ji You hurriedly squeezed into the square, and just as she was wondering where to go, the broadcast announced, "Line up according to your respective departments, majors, and classes."
Immediately, a series of virtual screens spread out around the square, providing guidance on departments, majors, and classes...
The crowd quickly dispersed.
Following the directions, Ji You rushed to find her class and took her place. Her class was easy to find, unlike other classes that had department and major prefixes, Ji You’s class was called the ’1307 Era of New Age Technology Innovation Experimental Class’. This name was excruciatingly long and a bit of a mouthful, so most people preferred the somewhat derogatory nicknames ’Self-funded Class’ or ’Young Masters’ Class’. The reason for these names was simple; the students who could afford the enrollment were mostly from wealthy families, for whom the sponsorship fee of mere one million and several hundred thousand in tuition fees per semester were insignificant.
However, the Military Academy wasn’t a place to slack off. Parents eager for their children to succeed didn’t allow them to just coast through, so even if these second or third generation students had poor grades and were reluctant, they were still packed off to school by their parents.
Yet, over the years since the self-funded classes were initiated, its educational outcomes had been dismal, hardly producing any talented individuals amidst all the students despite the school’s strict teaching.
In short: hopeless.
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