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THE GENETIC DUPLICATE – DAY TWO Part 2
Aboard the Solar Flare, Kyra and Kim were walking into a large classroom. Kyra was carrying a briefcase.
The classroom had forty student-desks and a teacher's desk. The student desks were set up as four rows of ten. Each desk had a screen, keyboard, headphones and two pencils.
"Kyra, when do the rest of the students get here?" asked Kim.
Kyra looked at her watch and said, "They should start showing up in about five minutes." Kyra walked up to a seat at the back of the classroom. "Kim, everyone has as assign seat; however, this seat and the two next to it are unassigned. You can take one of these."
Kim walked up to one of the seats and said, "I guess I'll take this one."
"Go ahead and sit down so I can show you something about the desk," said Kyra.
Kim showed a confused expression on her face as she was sitting down. She asked, "This is just a student desk to work on assignments, isn't? What is there to show?"
"Kim, if I would asked the class to who would know an answer to a question, what would you do if you wanted to answer it?" asked Kyra.
"I would raise my hand and probably say ooh, I know," said Kim.
"Doing that is not allowed in a classroom," said Kyra.
"Which part; raising my hand or saying ooh, I know?" asked Kim.
"Both parts," said Kyra.
"That is what we do on Earth," said Kim.
"Kim, you are not on Earth," said Kyra. "Now are you ready to find out what you are supposed to do?"
"Yeah, I'm ready," said Kim.
Kyra pressed a button that turned on a light and said, "If you want to answer a question I asked the entire class you are to turn on your question indicator; however, if other students try to answer the question also only the light from the student that hits the button first will come on."
Kim grinned and said, "This reminds me of a TV game show. Does the student that answers the most questions correctly win any money?"
"Kim, this is the wrong time to be joking," said Kyra. She turned off the light. "The other students are going to be in here soon and you need to know this."
Kim stopped grinning and said, "Sorry. What else do I need to know about my desk?"
"Once I call on you, you need to turn off the light," said Kyra. "Now, the material that will be taught or I want you to read will be on the monitor. Other than scrolling through the document you cannot control what will be displayed on the monitor. I control it at my desk." Kyra then opened a cover to a keypad. She then pointed to two arrow buttons. "To scroll through a document you will use one of the two buttons. When you take a test, you will take the test on the computer. You will use the keypad to answer the questions. On the first test you take I will monitor you to make sure you are doing it correctly."
"Kyra, do I turn on the light also, if I don't understand something or if I want to ask a question?" asked Kim.
"That's exactly what you do," said Kyra. "Now all work assignments will be done on paper. I will pass the assignments out at the beginning of each day. The class is five hours long with two fifteen minutes breaks. After I dismiss the class you and I will go and eat lunch. After lunch I will come back and reopen the classroom for another three hours so you and your classmates can work on or complete the assignments. Each assignment is due at the beginning of the next day. Do you have any questions?"
"What subjects will we be covering?" asked Kim.
"The subjects and order will be history, arithmetic, sciences, grammar, and reading," said Kyra "Each subject that is being taught will be approximately forty minutes long. You would then have twenty minutes to work on the assignment before the next subject starts; however, there will be two times each day that you won't have the twenty minutes between subjects to do your assignment."
"Kyra, how do you teach kids of all age at the same time?" asked Kim.
"A prerecording of me lecturing will be displayed on the computer…" said Kyra.
"So you don't really teach the class," said Kim.
"Not in the sense of me standing at the end of the classroom and lecturing to the entire classroom," said Kyra. "There are too many different grade levels for that, but the prerecordings are of me though. If you don't understand the material that is being taught you can turn on your light and I will go to you and assist you. However, I might be assisting others when you need help so just be patient and I will get to you as soon as I can."
"That sound simple enough," said Kim.
Cleona, along with two other students, Davida and Tiara walked in. Kim looked into Cleona's direction.
When Cleona looked into Kim's direction Kim waved. Cleona did a quick wave and turned away. Kim watched as Cleona, Davida and Tiara placed their assignment papers on Kyra's desk.
"Kim, do you have anymore questions?" asked Kyra.
"Will all tests be announced or will we be given surprise tests and quizzes?" asked Kim.
"There are five class days in the week," said Kyra. A few more kids walked in. "The last class day of the week is when you will take your tests. This day is the second class day of the week."
"What about quizzes?" asked Kim.
"I don't give out quizzes," said Kyra. "As long as you turn in your assignments on time that will tell me all I need to know."
"While learning history will we be reading or watching a prerecording of you?" asked Kim.
"The younger kids that can't read very well will hear a recording of me reading history to them along with them being able to see the text," said Kyra. "However, you and the other older kids will just read a chapter that is a few pages long. You will then answer the questions about that chapter."
"That will be easy enough," said Kim.
Kyra slightly grinned.
Faxon and Adonis walked in. Kim looked at them when they walked in.
"Kim, do you have anymore questions?" asked Kyra. Kim didn't answer as she was waving at Faxon and Adonis. Adonis waved back as he was sitting down two seats in front of her. Faxon had also waved. "Kimberly, do you have any other questions?"
"How old are the students that you teach?" asked Kim.
"The youngest students are seven and the oldest students are sixteen," said Kyra. "Anyone older than sixteen is usually getting a permanent job position somewhere in the fleet and they are trained at his or her jobsite."
"Why don't you teach anyone younger than seven?" asked Kim.
"How the classrooms in the fleet are set up, the kids younger than seven can't be taught properly so learning the basics such as the alphabet, simple reading and simple arithmetic are the responsibility of the parents or guardian," said Kyra. "Do you have any other questions?"
Kim thought for a moment. She then shook her head and said, "Not at the moment."
"Then I will take my place," said Kyra. "Just remember you have to use the question indicator and not raise your hand."
"I'll remember," said Kim.
As Kyra was sitting down at her desk Kim looked around at the other students.
After all of the students took his or her seat Kyra stood up again and started to speak out, "Class, as most of you noticed while walking in, we have a new student. Her name is Kimberly, but she prefers to be called Kim. So Kim can start learning all of your names, I will call your name out one by one and you can stand up."
Kyra then began to call out the students' names. The student would stand up for a second and then sat down again.
After the last student was called Kyra sat down and typed a combination of buttons. Kim noticed the history material appearing on the screen.
"Okay class, you should be seeing your assignment for this hour," said Kyra. Kyra then stood up and passed out the homework for the day.
As each student studied his or her lesson, Kyra looked over the class as they worked. Kyra stayed focused more on Kim then the other students.
After reading history for twenty-five minutes Kim started to do her history homework.
When Kyra saw Kim doing her homework Kyra got up and walked over to her.
Kim noticed Kyra as she was stepping up.
"How are you doing?" asked Kyra.
"I'm doing good," said Kim.
"I see you started your assignment," said Kyra.
An announcement came over the radio. The voice said, "Everyone prepare for hyper-jump."
"Kim, put the pencil down until we get done with the hyper-jump," said Kyra.
"What is a hyper-jump?" asked Kim as she was putting the pencil down.
"The fleet is jumping from one point in space to another," said Kyra as she held on to Kim's desk. Kim noticed Kyra grabbing hold and grabbed hold herself.
Seconds later the ship made its jump.
When the ship came out of hyper-jump Kim grinned and asked, "Was that it?"
"That was it," said Kyra. "How do you feel?"
"If I was at an amusement park I would feel cheated," said Kim. Kyra had a curious expression on her face. Adonis had heard Kim's comment and also looked back at her in a curious manner. "So is it safe to resume doing my homework?"
"Yes it is safe," said Kyra. "Kim, before you continue doing your assignment, how much of the material have you read."
"I read all of it," said Kim.
Kyra looked at her watched
"Kim, I haven't seen anyone read what you were reading within twenty-five minutes," said Kyra.
"I'm a fast reader," said Kim. Adonis again glanced back at Kim. "Back home I would get done with my homework long before anyone else. Actually, other than my math, all my homework would be done before school was out."
"Okay, I will believe that you had finished your reading," said Kyra. "Kim, you have about thirty minutes to work on your assignment. After that time is up I want to look over your work."
"Can I give you my assignment after I get done with it rather than waiting the whole thirty minutes?" asked Kim.
"You are thinking you will be done with this within thirty minutes?" asked Kyra.
"Oh sure," said Kim. "I had already read through the questions and I know each of the answers. All I have to do is write out the answers."
"Okay, as soon as you get done, I would like to see it," said Kyra.
"Okay," said Kim as she started the next question.
Kyra went back to her seat and sat down.
Fifteen minutes later Kim was taking her assignment to Kyra. Kyra graded Kim's paper. To Kyra's surprised Kim had answered all of the questions correctly.
"So how did I do?" asked Kim.
"Kim, until you I had never seen anyone read the material and answer all of the questions correctly in forty-five minutes," said Kyra. "Kim, how much do you normally read?"
"I love reading so I read every chance I get," said Kim. "Mysteries and horrors are what I like the most."
"Aren't you a little young for horror stories?" asked Kyra.
"I don't believe so," said Kim.
"Well anyway, since how fast you are able to read, tomorrow I will have you reading two chapters instead of one," said Kyra.
"I wouldn't mind reading another chapter now," said Kim.
"I have something else for you to do right now…" said Kyra.
"Like what?" asked Kim.
"I'm going to give you a placement test for your arithmetic," said Kyra.
"You want me to start now?" asked Kim.
"Yes," said Kyra. "So go and sit back down and I will be over to help you in a second."
"Yes, Ma'am," said Kim
Kyra slightly grinned as she watched Kim walking away.
When Kim sat down at her desk, she saw the display on her screen go out. The screen was out for a second and when it came back on she saw simple arithmetic problems. Kim looked up at Kyra as Kyra was walking up with a few pieces of scratch paper in her hand.
"So are you ready?" asked Kyra.
"I'm ready, but these problems are for seven-year-old," said Kim.
"Kim, the computer will respond accordingly to how you answer the problems," said Kyra.
"So what does that mean?" asked Kim.
"The computer will give you three problems of the same kind and if you answer all of them correctly in a short amount of time, the computer will go to the next level," said Kyra. "However, if it takes you a long time to answer a problem or if you answer one of the problems incorrectly then it will give you more problems of that type so it can get a better understanding to where you are. When you answer three problems in a row incorrectly it will calculate the results."
"I think I understand," said Kim.
"Here are a few pieces of paper so you can figure out the problems if you need to," said Kyra.
"Thanks," said Kim as she was taking the paper.
"Okay, you can begin," said Kyra.
Kyra watched Kim as she answered the first fifteen problems. After feeling confident that Kim knew what to do Kyra went back to her seat.
Kim was answering problems for almost an hour when she got three algebra questions in a row wrong. The screen suddenly displayed, 'compiling results.' Kim watched the screen for a few seconds before the computer displayed the results on Kim's and Kyra's screens.
After seeing Kim's results Kyra walked up to Kim.
"The computer is saying something about Delta Arithmetic," said Kim. "What is that?"
"The final problems you had done were from delta arithmetic," said Krya.
"The last problems were algebra questions and I suck at algebra," said Kim.
A few kids around Kim laughed.
"Kimberly, inside this classroom, saying that something sucks is inappropriate language," said Kyra. Kim showed a nervous grin. "As for you calling the problems algebra, it just might be called that on Earth. Now as for your test results, you are not too far from where you should be."
"Where should I be?" asked Kim.
"You are two weeks behind the other kids your age, but don't worry about it though," said Kyra. "I will work with you outside the classroom so you can catch up."
"I guess I may have an advantage while living with the teacher," said Kim.
Kyra grinned and said, "Kim, there is only ten minutes until break time so I'm not going to start you on your next subject until afterwards."
"Will I be reading again for my next subject?" asked Kim.
"For Science you will be seeing one of my prerecording-lectures," said Kyra. "So right now just sit there quietly until the break."
"No problem," said Kim.
As Kyra was walking towards her desk, Kim took one of the blank pieces of paper and started to draw. For ten minutes Kim drew that scene she saw of the three vipers. She drew it in great detail.
"Okay everyone," said Kyra. "You have fifteen minutes to stretch and use the facilities."
Kim left her drawing on the desk as she walked towards the exit. Cleona left the classroom before Kim. Kim walked quickly to catch up to Cleona. Kim called out, "Cleona, wait up."
Cleona turned towards Kim and said, "Kimberly, I'm going to the facility."
"I have to use it too; we can go together," said Kim.
Adonis and Faxon were walking up behind Kim.
Cleona said in an irritated tone, "Fine."
"Are you mad at me?" asked Kim.
Cleona looked at Adonis and said, "Kimberly, you seemed to be a smart person" Kim turned to see what Cleona was looking at. "—figure it out for yourself." Cleona turned and walked away.
"Hi Kim," said Adonis.
"Hi, Adonis; hi Faxon," said Kim.
"I was listening to you and Ms. Lockwood earlier," said Adonis. "So you are a fast reader."
"I am," said Kim. Kim then gestured towards the restrooms. "I need to use the restroom. I will be back in a few minutes."
"I will see you when you when you get back," said Adonis.
Kim walked towards the restrooms.
In the classroom Kyra saw Kim's drawing and picked it up. Kyra slightly grinned and shook her head.
Seconds later Kim walked into the restroom.
Kim waited outside Cleona's stall. Cleona gave Kim a disgusting look when she saw Kim.
"What do you want?" asked Cleona.
"You being mad at me for Adonis treating me as friend is lame," said Kim.
"From what I witnessed in the classroom of you I'm a little disappointed," said Cleona.
"What do you mean?" asked Kim.
"If Adonis just wanted to be your friend I wouldn't dislike you," said Cleona.
"What are you talking about?" asked Kim.
"Kim, you are not stupid, but you are blind; blind to this anyway," said Cleona. "Adonis likes you very much and he would like to be more than friends with you."
Cleona saw a small grin on Kim's face as Kim was trying to keep a straight face.
"Did he tell you this?" asked Kim.
"Earlier today Adonis told Faxon and Faxon told me," said Cleona. "I already knew that last night though. You like him too, don't you?"
"He is a nice person so of course I don't dislike him," said Kim.
"That is not what I mean and you know it," said Cleona.
"I'm sorry that Adonis doesn't want to date you, but that has nothing to do with me," said Kim. "You are mad at me for something I have no control over."
"I was confident that I would eventually be able to date Adonis," said Cleona. "Now I see with you on board this ship that will never happen."
"What? Do you want me off this ship?" asked Kim.
"Ms. Lockwood is your guardian so I know you can't leave the ship," said Cleona.
"So what do you want me to do for us to become friends?" asked Kim.
"I don't think there is anything you can do," said Cleona. "For now on, just stay away from me." Cleona turned towards the door.
"It doesn't have to be like this," said Kim.
Cleona ignored Kim and walked out.
Kim had a distasteful expression on her face as she turned towards one of the stalls.
After leaving the woman's restroom Kim was walking back towards the classroom. Kyra was standing in the corridor next to the classroom. Taundra, one of her fourteen year old students, was talking to her.
Kim was a short distance from the classroom when Adonis walked up to her. Faxon and Cleona were close enough to hear Kim and Adonis' conversation.
"Kim, do you think Ms. Lockwood would mind if you would go to the recreation room after class?" asked Adonis as he gestured towards Kyra.
Kim glanced at Kyra and then turned to look at Cleona. She then said, "I don't know if she would or not, but I can't anyway."
"Why can't you?" asked Adonis.
"I'm two weeks behind in Delta Arithmetic and I'm going to do what I can to catch up," said Kim. "So until I'm caught up, I'm not going to the recreation center or anywhere else."
"I know Ms. Lockwood and she wouldn't expect you to work non-stop on Delta Arithmetic until you are caught up," said Adonis.
"Probably not," said Kim as she looked at Cleona. "This is something I want to do though. So I will see you around."
As Kim was walking away from Adonis, Faxon and Cleona walked up to him. Adonis looked at Cleona as she walked up.
"Cleona, what did you say to Kim?" asked Adonis.
"Nothing for her to blow you off the way she did," said Cleona.
"She acted fine towards me before she followed you into the facility so you must have said something to her," said Adonis.
"All I told her is that you liked her," said Cleona. "I guess she doesn't feel the same way towards you. Maybe now you know how I feel to be rejected." Cleona turned and walked away.
"Adonis, you have a sure thing with Cleona so why do you blow her off the way you do?" asked Faxon.
"I don't have feelings for Cleona as I do with Kim," said Adonis.
Inside the classroom Kim looked at Cleona as Cleona walked in. Kim then looked down at her drawing. Cleona gazed at Kim for a brief moment. She then took her seat.
A short time later all of the students were taking their seats.
Kyra stood up from her seat and started to speak out, "Class, before we start up again I would like to go over the rules of this classroom with Kim." Kim looked at Kyra in a curious manner. "Rule one; there is no vulgar language in this classroom. In fact since I am your guardian, you are not to use vulgar language at anytime. Next rule; while you are in the classroom, you are to do your work, not draw pictures." Kyra watched Kim as she was flipping over her drawing face down. Kyra slightly grinned. "Next rule; you are to be courteous to me and to the other students. Misbehavior will not be tolerated. If you do misbehave your punished will be an additional work assignment. Kim do you understand these rules?"
"Yes Ma'am, but before you told me the rules I had drawn a picture," said Kim.
"Kim, I actually saw your drawing already and since you weren't informed of the class rules beforehand I'm going to overlook it," said Kyra.
"I promise I won't draw in the classroom again," said Kim.
"I believe you," said Kyra. "Kim, that picture you drew is very good and very detailed. I also recognized that picture of what we had seen yesterday. However, you could not have seen that view for more than a second or two and yet you were able to get a lot of details."
"I use to freak out my grandma with my drawings," said Kim.
"How would you do that?" asked Kyra.
"Sometimes I would draw something that I only saw once as far back as two or three months before I drew the picture," said Kim.
"Your memory is that good?" asked Kyra.
"When it came to my memory my grandma would tell me that an elephant had nothing on me," said Kim.
"What is an elephant?" asked Kyra.
"It is a large animal on Earth," said Kim. "The experts say that an elephant never forgets."
"Your excellent memory certainly explains on how fast you had completed your history assignment," said Kyra. "Okay I wasted enough of the class' time. It is time to learn science." Kyra sat back down at her desk and pressed a combination of buttons. Kyra looked up at the students when she was done. "Okay, you can begin. Kim, to hear what is being said you are to use the headphones."
"Yes, Ma'am," said Kim. Kim then put on the headphones.
The subject Kim was watching was an overview on how plants and animals reproduce. The lecture told of how certain animals could get pregnant with two offsprings from a single egg after it divides into two fetuses. The lecture continued to say that a human can't get pregnant in such manner.
"This is not right," Kim blurted out. Kyra looked up at Kim. Kim also looked up at Kyra as she took off her headphones. "Kyra, this isn't right."
The students looked at Kim as Kyra stood up and started walking towards Kim.
"Kim, if you have something to say to me you are to use your question indicator," said Kyra.
"I'm sorry, I was not trying to disobey the rules," said Kim. "This isn't right though."
"Kim, what isn't right?" asked Kyra as she stepped up and viewed Kim's screen.
Most of the students were listening to Kim.
"This lecture is saying that a human egg can't split into two separate fetuses," said Kim.
"That is correct," said Kim.
"No, it is not correct," said Kim. "This is how women get pregnant with identical twins."
"What do you mean by identical twins?" asked Kyra.
"Two brothers or two sisters born minutes apart of each other and sharing the exact DNA," said Kim. "With very little differences both siblings will look alike also."
"You are correct about two offsprings starting from a single egg sharing the exact DNA, but humans are not capable of getting pregnant like this," said Kyra.
"My grandma was born an identical twin and I also have two cousins that are identical twins," said Kim.
"Kim, I will look into the matter of humans giving birth to identical twins, but for right now I would like for you to continue your lesson," said Kyra. "Anymore disagreements you may have with your lessons I would like for you to write them down and we can discuss them later. I don't want you to blurt them out like you did this one."
"Yes, Ma'am," said Kim. "Kyra, is there anyway to run this lesson back to when I spoke up."
"You're not that far into your lesson so I will restart yours," said Kyra as she looked at her watch. "You will have less time to do your assignment though, but I don't think that will be a problem for you."
Kim grinned and said "Thanks."
"You're welcome," said Kyra.
Kyra walked back to her desk.
Seconds later Kim's lesson started from the beginning.
As Kim was watching her lesson, Kyra would look her way from time to time.
Forty minutes later, Kim took off her headphones and started her assignment. She was halfway finished when Kyra pressed a combination of buttons on her computer. Kim saw her next lesson appearing on her monitor. Kim saw that it was reading so she didn't put her headphones back on.
Kyra saw that Kim didn't have her headphones on and walked up to her.
"Kim, your lesson is on grammar so you will need to put your headphones on," said Kyra.
"I thought it was just reading," said Kim.
"I figured you thought that," said Kyra as Kim was picking up her headphones.
When Kim put her headphones on Kyra walked back to her desk.
After the lesson ended Kim worked on and finished her grammar assignment. She then started to finish her science homework. Kim had twelve questions left to do when Kyra gave the students their next break. As the students were getting up and leaving the room Kim stayed at her desk doing her homework. Kyra noticed Kim and walked up to her.
"Kim, each assignment doesn't have to be done within the same hour the lesson was taught," said Kyra.
"I know," said Kim. "I only have a few more questions though."
"Kim, leave it and go take a break," said Kyra.
"But I want to finish," said Kim.
"I can see that, but these breaks are in place for a reason," said Kyra. "Now go take your break."
Kim said in an irritable tone, "Fine." Kyra heard the tone, but ignored it.
When Kim walked out of the room Adonis started to walk up to her; however Nathan, a sixteen-year-old classmate, walked up to Kim first.
"Kim, which colony are you from?" asked Nathan.
"Oh, I'm not from any of the colonies," said Kim.
"Everyone is from one of the twelve colonies," said Nathan as Adonis walked up.
"I'm not," said Kim.
"Kim is from Earth," said Adonis.
Other students heard Adonis' comment and gathered around Kim.
"You are from Earth?" asked Rachida, one of Kim's fourteen year old classmates.
Kim looked at the crowd in an intimidated manner and said, "I am."
"So you are a Zodiac," said Nathan.
"What do you mean, I'm a Zodiac?" asked Kim.
"You are from Zodia, the thirteen tribe of Kobol," said Nathan. "Zodiac is what someone would be called from the tribe Zodia."
"Nathan, how do you know what the thirteenth tribe is called?" asked Adonis.
"I read everything we had on the thirteenth tribe of Kobol," said Nathan. "I found that written in one of the pages."
Kyra saw the students standing around Kim and walked out to see what was taking place.
"Well, before waking up on the Galactica I knew nothing of Kobol or its thirteen tribes," said Kim.
Kyra was walking up to the crowd.
"Do the people on Earth think they are from a single tribe?" asked Nathan.
"We call them nations and on Earth there are over two hundred nations," said Kim. "My nation is called United State of America which makes me an American. However, some of my ancestors came from Ireland so I have Irish roots."
"That is interesting," said Nathan.
"Okay everyone, you need to disperse," said Kyra. "Kim, come in the classroom with me for a second."
Kim looked at Kyra in a curious manner and said, "Okay." Kim walked into the classroom with Kyra.
"Kim, when you talk about Earth I want you to be selective of what you say," said Kim.
"What do you mean?" asked Kim.
"I don't want you to tell your classmates that the people on Earth are not capable of space travel or don't have fighters comparable to the vipers," said Kyra.
"Okay," said Kim. "Kyra, why don't you want me to talk about those things?"
"If people in the fleet learn that the people on Earth are not as advanced as we are then the people in the fleet will lose hope that we can defeat the Cylons," said Kyra.
"I understand, but I did tell Adonis, Faxon and Cleona last night about how the people on Earth don't travel through space," said Kim.
"That's okay, I will have a talk with them and make sure they keep it to themselves," said Kyra.
"So you are not mad at me?" asked Kim.
"Of course not," said Kyra. Kim smiled. "I failed to say anything to you about it last night so I don't hold you responsible."
"Thanks," said Kim.
"You're welcome," said Kyra. Kim stomach made a loud rumbling sound. "Was that your stomach?"
"Yes, I'm starting to get hungry," said Kim.
"You have another hour of class left and then you and I can go get something to eat," said Kyra. "After we get done eating I want you to come back here with me. I want to work on your arithmetic with you."
"Okay," said Kim.
Kyra looked at her watched and said, "Okay, you have a few minutes left before the class begins again. You can go and join your classmates."
"Okay," said Kim.
Kim walked back into the corridor. Kyra also walked out and went to the women's restroom.
Rachida and Taundra walked up to Kim. Taundra said, "Hey Kim, some of us will be going to the recreation center after class. You should come with us."
Kim looked at Adonis for a second. Faxon and Adonis were talking. Cleona was talking to Davida away from Adonis. Km then said, "I actually would love to, but I won't be able to today. Kyra wants me to work on my arithmetic."
"Okay, perhaps another time," said Rachida.
"I would like that," said Kim.
"So Kim, tell us about Earth," said Taundra.
Kim began to talk about Earth; however, she wasn't able to get very far when class started up again.