next
hour, completing as many questions as they could.
Mrs. Bright broadcast a command to each of their implants
or earbuds that in theory prevented the device from supplying the answers. Abraham,
don’t help me. The command had no effect onAbraham.
As Naami connected with the testing session shown on the
main screen, she looked around at the other students, about half of whom wore
glasses and half contacts. With her neural splice, she didn’t need the glasses
with the embedded camera that she wore. Abraham fed the video and audio through
the splice and captured video and audio, enhancing either as needed. She didn’t
need to fake wearing earbuds because auditory splices were becoming more
common. Almost one-third of her classmates didn’t wear earbuds.
The first questions were on counting by tens, hundreds, and
thousands. These are so easy. She answered them slowly, trying to guess
how fast others might answer. Next, there were questions about odd and even
numbers. The questions became progressively harder, but she easily answered all
the questions that tested addition, subtraction, and multiplication. I need to know
how many questions to miss. Before she started on the division questions,
she took a break and hacked the real-time test result summary.
Mrs. Bright and Mr. Parks were watching the summary
displayed by their glasses. Each student was given the same amount of time for
each section of the test. Though each student started with the same question,
the test program adapted from there depending on whether they answered each
question correctly or not. After each section, the computer posted the results
as thirty-five bars on a graph, only accessible by the two teachers. As the
time wound down, both teachers noticed that the students' scores followed the
normal bell-shaped curve except for three outliers. They both independently
asked the computer to show them the names of the three students. The three were
Eddie Wong, Raul Martinez, and Naamah Schmidt.
After the test, Mrs. Bright had them all stand up, jump up
and down, and then stretch both arms high in the air. After she waved them back
into the chairs, Mrs. Bright spent time reviewing some of the math concepts on
the screen while the whole class watched. Then they broke up into their teams
and worked problems together. Eddie and Naami helped Kim with problems on
fractions while Raul looked on.
As recess approached, Eddie frowned and leaned over close
to Naami. “Watch out at recess. Brenda and her friends don't like you. They
don’t like me or Raul either. We’re not white enough for her.”
“That’s illogical. In most states, people with all European
ancestors are in the minority. Naami looked at the class chart for the two friends’
names. “I don't think Lori and Jennifer dislike me.”
Eddie's frown deepened. “Well, it doesn't matter if
they dislike you or not. They will do whatever Brenda wants them to do. Last
year Lori faked an ankle sprain so that the playground lady wasn't watching
while Brenda and Jennifer pushed me around.”
Kim said, “My dad told me to stay away from her. Brenda’s
mother joined some weird religious group that believes in the supremacy of
white people.”
Mrs. Bright called out, “Recess!”
Naami dug into her backpack and pulled out some almonds. Looking
up, she saw Brenda glare at her as she walked past with Lori and Jennifer
following her. Naami giggled at them. “Hi, Lori! Hi, Jennifer! See you down at
recess.” They gave her strange looks.
Eddie, Kim, Raul, and Naami went down to recess together. As
they stood talking, Naami saw the three girls walking over. While Eddie and Kim
backed away, Raul stepped forward next to her. She whispered, “Thanks, Raul. Let
me handle this. I don't want you to get in trouble.”
Brenda walked up to her and reached out to grab her, but
Naami slapped her hand and yelled, “Tag! You're it!” As she danced back away
from the surprised Brenda, Naami yelled,
hour, completing as many questions as they could.
Mrs. Bright broadcast a command to each of their implants
or earbuds that in theory prevented the device from supplying the answers. Abraham,
don’t help me. The command had no effect onAbraham.
As Naami connected with the testing session shown on the
main screen, she looked around at the other students, about half of whom wore
glasses and half contacts. With her neural splice, she didn’t need the glasses
with the embedded camera that she wore. Abraham fed the video and audio through
the splice and captured video and audio, enhancing either as needed. She didn’t
need to fake wearing earbuds because auditory splices were becoming more
common. Almost one-third of her classmates didn’t wear earbuds.
The first questions were on counting by tens, hundreds, and
thousands. These are so easy. She answered them slowly, trying to guess
how fast others might answer. Next, there were questions about odd and even
numbers. The questions became progressively harder, but she easily answered all
the questions that tested addition, subtraction, and multiplication. I need to know
how many questions to miss. Before she started on the division questions,
she took a break and hacked the real-time test result summary.
Mrs. Bright and Mr. Parks were watching the summary
displayed by their glasses. Each student was given the same amount of time for
each section of the test. Though each student started with the same question,
the test program adapted from there depending on whether they answered each
question correctly or not. After each section, the computer posted the results
as thirty-five bars on a graph, only accessible by the two teachers. As the
time wound down, both teachers noticed that the students' scores followed the
normal bell-shaped curve except for three outliers. They both independently
asked the computer to show them the names of the three students. The three were
Eddie Wong, Raul Martinez, and Naamah Schmidt.
After the test, Mrs. Bright had them all stand up, jump up
and down, and then stretch both arms high in the air. After she waved them back
into the chairs, Mrs. Bright spent time reviewing some of the math concepts on
the screen while the whole class watched. Then they broke up into their teams
and worked problems together. Eddie and Naami helped Kim with problems on
fractions while Raul looked on.
As recess approached, Eddie frowned and leaned over close
to Naami. “Watch out at recess. Brenda and her friends don't like you. They
don’t like me or Raul either. We’re not white enough for her.”
“That’s illogical. In most states, people with all European
ancestors are in the minority. Naami looked at the class chart for the two friends’
names. “I don't think Lori and Jennifer dislike me.”
Eddie's frown deepened. “Well, it doesn't matter if
they dislike you or not. They will do whatever Brenda wants them to do. Last
year Lori faked an ankle sprain so that the playground lady wasn't watching
while Brenda and Jennifer pushed me around.”
Kim said, “My dad told me to stay away from her. Brenda’s
mother joined some weird religious group that believes in the supremacy of
white people.”
Mrs. Bright called out, “Recess!”
Naami dug into her backpack and pulled out some almonds. Looking
up, she saw Brenda glare at her as she walked past with Lori and Jennifer
following her. Naami giggled at them. “Hi, Lori! Hi, Jennifer! See you down at
recess.” They gave her strange looks.
Eddie, Kim, Raul, and Naami went down to recess together. As
they stood talking, Naami saw the three girls walking over. While Eddie and Kim
backed away, Raul stepped forward next to her. She whispered, “Thanks, Raul. Let
me handle this. I don't want you to get in trouble.”
Brenda walked up to her and reached out to grab her, but
Naami slapped her hand and yelled, “Tag! You're it!” As she danced back away
from the surprised Brenda, Naami yelled,
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