Video; un: ilikehorses

[shoplifter]

[Laura's been trying to adjust. Part of her wonders if coming here wasn't a grave mistake — she'd come thinking there are more like her, people who would accept her more willingly, and in a way, that's true. However... There are a few... annoyances. Grievances. Her rather overworked case worker Linda has been making sure she goes to school. Today isn't the best day for school, though. She's quiet and 'weird' and the other children usually aren't fond of her and her quiet but present danger.

And for Laura, well. She doesn't do well with anyone 'teaching' her. She's had too much of 'teaching' the last eleven years of her... eleven years.

She may or may not have punched another kid in the eye.

She may or may not have ditched school.

And now she sits on the top of a rather tall and dangerous brick-ish wall in the city, her feet hanging precariously off the edge. Close by, the shadow of a tram wooshes by, and somewhere out there, Linda the Case Worker is having a heart attack. Laura, however, seems more puzzled and annoyed than anything. She sits with a potentially stolen bag of mini-donuts, her favorite glasses pressed up on her forehead and her lovely albeit mildly damaged unicorn shirt clear and vibrant.]


Why do children have to go to classes? 

I can learn outside of school.


[There are mean children that exist. She's never ran into children who are so exclusionary; after all, mutants had to stick together.

And teachers aren't bad, but something about the set-up bothers her, in ways she's not sure how to explain.

Maybe it's harder to blend in than you'd think. Not that she had gone into this with any high hopes.] 

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[video | un: edward.elric]

[alchemyfreak]

Who says you have to go to school?

[Ed, no.]

[video]

[shoplifter]

Linda.

[She says it with some level of dry disappointment.

Linda.]

video | un: capt.studmuffin

[fingergunning]

[Oh no. Oh god, no. It was his Kryptonite. A tiny little child...

Okay, not so much with the tiny and little bit, but it was a kid, and Jensen had a huge soft kid-shaped hole in his heart for those of the age-deprived. He missed his niece, and she was... not his niece, but she was a she and she was young and what was she doing all alone?]

More of the homeschooling type? They might arrange that if you prefer, but generally, it's sort of a thing to make sure you can read and write and have the bare minimum of social skills. And they know where you are. I think that's the big one.

video

[shoplifter]

[What the hell is a studmuffin.]

... I can read and write. I was already taught. [Okay, and you can tell by her tone she needs social skills. She bites into a small donut and considers the world around her with a thoughtful frown.] Home-school?

[ action ]

[supersweet]

[ Oh boy. Jon had seen her punch the kid and vanish. Normally, he wouldn't skip school but . . . it's not like his dad would say anything. He briefly considers suiting up and dismisses it. That's not what she needs, most likely. Jon easily slips by next to her, though he keeps his distance. He could weather any kind of punch she might give, but Jon isn't here to criticize or judge. ]

Are you okay?

[ action ]

[shoplifter]

[She whips her gaze in his direction, eyes still dark and stormy and fists still clenched. The green backpack she wears is a bit tattered; it looks like it's been through quite an adventure. She'd had her hair in a ponytail when she went in, but it seems she's disliked it enough to remove that hair band post-haste.

It's not the kid she hit, so her hands relax. She looks away from him.]

Estoy bien.

video; @fromTV

[spellslots]

I mean, I never went to school and I turned out awesome, so like, I wanna say fuck it, but I think there might be laws about it here.

[maybe????]

video;

[shoplifter]

I break some laws.

[I SURE DIDN'T PAY FOR THESE DONUTS.

But also, she looks mildly pleased at the thought of never going back.]

Do I tell them this? 'Fuck it'?

audio; un: stranger.things

[potentialed]

[ He is so not pleased with all these other responses. Jfc. ]

Because it's important if you want to learn things about certain subjects. You need the guidance of someone better versed in what you're trying to learn.

audio;

[shoplifter]

Learning is slow.

[Hours of learning, no bueno. Among other more sinister reasons she dislikes school. If she'd grown up in a different setting... she would have certainly enjoyed it more. That's the unfortunate thing about being a mutant in a world that doesn't particularly like or want you. Unless, of course, you're benefitting them. She's learned it's not all like that, but it hardly undoes a decade of being something 'dangerous' nobody was allowed to care about.

Gabriela did, though. The nurses did. They loved their niños y niñas.

It's one of the reasons why Transgien failed so spectacularly.]

What subjects do I need?

[buildsomething]

Supposedly school is meant to be good for learning how to socialize with the other kids. Or something. Even if it is boring as all hell.

[Wrong person to ask? Yep. Even if technically no one actually asked him.]

[shoplifter]

[She stuffs a donut into her mouth and talks around it.]

Everyone says it's for — socializing.

video | un: cphantom (on the 20th, for timeline things)

[sweetlies]

[He's young and has one eye. And is definitely not in school himself, instead, he's settled at a desk though, working on something.]

Schools are meant to be structured methods of teaching children everything they need to survive and function as adults. I've only briefly attended one but you and I are in agreement. You don't need to attend school to learn.

I suppose, here, part of it is to keep them all out of trouble. They can keep track of children in school, each day.

[A+ confidence in people, Ciel.]

video

[shoplifter]

...

I think I'll cause more trouble in school.

[SHE'S JUST SAYIN'.

But she appreciates another kid who seems to get her.]

video | un: b.crusher

[dancingmd]

[Oh, dear. Here's a kindly, motherly sort of face for you, Laura. Though, maybe surprisingly, Beverly doesn't launch into any sort of lecture. Stars know how hard school can be on kids sometimes.]

What would you like to do instead, if you weren't going to classes?

[Besides eat stolen donuts, that is.]

video

[shoplifter]

[Certainly, the woman has a good aura about her. Like the nurses.]

I don't know.

[It's honest, really. She's used to being on the run now. This? This is strange.

She was told to run and never stop, not until she was safe. But the afterward? She's a bit lost.]

... I want to find more good things.

audio; un: star-lord

[nostalgiabomb]

[ Peter had a complicated relationship with elementary school. He likes to pretend he's jaded and cynical and just, such a badass.

Which is a problem, when it runs right up against his inclination to bullshit and look on the bright side, which is why he says, ]

I dunno.

Chocolate milk days were pretty rad.

audio;

[shoplifter]

... Milk can be chocolate?

[I'M SORRY WHY DIDN'T ANY OF THE OTHER REPLIES MENTION THIS IMPORTANT INFO.]

Video @the.boneless

[ragnarsson]

[Well, it's time for another day of corrupting the youth with Viking logic.]

You're right. You don't. I've never gone to school and I'm doing just fine.

[...Intellectually, yes. Emotionally...less so.]

Video

[shoplifter]

[She is hardly disbelieving. She's never been to 'school' and she does alright.]

How did you learn?

video; @b.potts

[tutee]

[ Bill decides it's probably time to put her official mentor hat on for this one. ]

If school doesn't work for you, there's other ways to learn. Home school, or one on one tutoring.

video;

[shoplifter]

... Home school sounds easier. Teachers don't like when you decide to leave.

[greatflame]

[Another kid = another potential friend his own age!]

What don't you like about school? [He asks it curiously. He's always been home schooled so he was excited to go to school with other kids for once when he got here.]

[shoplifter]

... A lot of things.

[Kids may be the bane of her existence in some circles, currently...

But kids are always nice to see. Kids have been her positive company in life, primarily.]

It's slow... There are a lot of rules.

[Which reminds her, uncomfortably, of Transgien.]

video; un: gamora

[godslay]

But what would you want to learn instead?

[ Gamora, having never been to school herself (unless you count years of training as an assassin, which did involve certain requirements for her educational standards), can't vouch for "normal" school.

She can, however, understand bullies.

And murderous children. ]

To fight or to survive? A trade or some other skill?

video;

[shoplifter]

[Laura pulls her knees up close.]

I know how to fight. To survive.

... I want to learn about music.

[She really likes it.]