"A lot of students had their education interrupted. Shortening it will only produce a ton of illiterate students back into the workforce.
They are already struggling to learn, and many of them are being forced to repeat a year to relearn everything."
"How about Lily then?" Xiaoyun questioned.
"She's an outlier... Even though she's a lot younger than her peers, she has been a hard-working student studying in her own time."
The teacher paused for a second, then continued.
"Mr.Governor, it's hard to teach kids to learn when a whole apocalypse is outside."
"Please, we need more time. The students need more time to learn."
Despite the teacher's argument, Xiaoyun shook his head in a dismissive tone.
"I get what you're coming from. But we don't currently have a business sector for those degree holders.
All the manufacturing jobs don't require that much knowledge other than just a basic high school degree."
