Eternity RPC Board
04-03-2019, 07:45 PM
Meadowbrook Lane Secondary School
Wilmington, Florinthus
"Knowing multiple languages has always been valuable, Mr. Harper, but in the modern period it has become more than valuable. It is practically a requirement in the new Union. You will need to accept this." School board chairman Andrew Yates said with finality. "I am finished hearing about this matter. Move on."
Harper sat down, a look of consternation on his face. He had been at every school board meeting for the past two years, arguing against the new curriculum that demanded students begin learning a new language on top of Florinthian, either Lanlian or Oslanburgan. This was intended to help young Florinthians better integrate into the new Union, but for people like Mr. Harper, it was an affront to Florinthian culture and identity. He had forbidden his daughter from speaking anything other than Florinthian at home, but he was unable to convince the school board to make any changes.
He knew they couldn't change it for themselves, as it was a nationwide mandate, but they wouldn't so much as communicate his frustration, as well as the frustrations of many others, up the ladder, so to speak. Even worse, fewer people were even challenging it anymore. When it first was implemented, there were over three hundred angry people in the meeting. There had been protests. Now, several years later, he and a few others were the only ones still lodging complaints. It was exhausting.
But next month, he swore, he'd be back again, and nothing Yates said would stop him.
Wilmington, Florinthus
"Knowing multiple languages has always been valuable, Mr. Harper, but in the modern period it has become more than valuable. It is practically a requirement in the new Union. You will need to accept this." School board chairman Andrew Yates said with finality. "I am finished hearing about this matter. Move on."
Harper sat down, a look of consternation on his face. He had been at every school board meeting for the past two years, arguing against the new curriculum that demanded students begin learning a new language on top of Florinthian, either Lanlian or Oslanburgan. This was intended to help young Florinthians better integrate into the new Union, but for people like Mr. Harper, it was an affront to Florinthian culture and identity. He had forbidden his daughter from speaking anything other than Florinthian at home, but he was unable to convince the school board to make any changes.
He knew they couldn't change it for themselves, as it was a nationwide mandate, but they wouldn't so much as communicate his frustration, as well as the frustrations of many others, up the ladder, so to speak. Even worse, fewer people were even challenging it anymore. When it first was implemented, there were over three hundred angry people in the meeting. There had been protests. Now, several years later, he and a few others were the only ones still lodging complaints. It was exhausting.
But next month, he swore, he'd be back again, and nothing Yates said would stop him.