Next week
Anakin steps into the limousine that will take him to his new school for his first day. He knows that Rex and Fives will be following him in a non-descriptive car so that they will not be sticking out in his school's neighborhood. Also, last Saturday he received a lecture from Cody, the head of security for the royal family, about what his security will like now that he goes to different school. Because it is a public school he will attend also affects how his security will be organized as Cody had said.
"My prince, now that you will be attending a high school your security will be changing. The fact that you will be attending a public school has also been taken into account in organizing your new security measures. I need you to listen carefully to me because I will not be able to repeat this instruction to you again" Cody, a brown-haired man whose features Anakin knows well, says. They are similar to those of Rex and Fives which makes Anakin wonder if they are family. And if so then he also wants to know if there are more siblings of them working for his family's security.
"Your majesty, are you listening to me?" Cody asks when he notices that Anakin is lost in his thoughts.
"Sorry, Mister Fett. I was just thinking. I'll listen to you, I promise" Anakin promises as he knows that he will be able to keep his promise. His father had taught him that he shouldn't make promises he can't keep as they will come back to haunt you later on. Especially if you are royalty and the press will be keeping track of everything you do, say and promise. They will know it when you don't honor your promises. That's why his father had told him to start practicing it now so that it will be something normal when he is older. Also, he addresses Cody by his last name as his mother had taught him to address your elders by their last name. You can call them by their first name if they have given you permission to do so.
"Your majesty, you were given an iPhone by your father. It is expected of you that whenever you are at school or at one of your friend's homes you have your location activated and have your iPhone with you at all times. Through that, your security will be able to tell your location and ensure your safety. Also, you will get a wristband from me that has an emergency button in it which you can use in case of an emergency. Let's hope you will never need to use it. Your school building has cameras on the inside and the outside and your security will have access to footage of those. These are the most important security measures we have in place to protect you that you are expected to know of" Cody says.
"Okay" Anakin says but doesn't like it that he doesn't know all of the security measures taken to ensure his safety. He really wants to know them all but knows that he won't get them if Cody doesn't want him to know about them. This has been a really frustrating lesson for him.
This all brings him back to today. Anakin can't wait to be at his new school and for the lessons to start. To calm his nerves down and also to distract himself Anakin checks his backpack one last time. He can see his notebooks, binders, pencil case, snacks and drinking bottle inside it. Next to his backpack stands a bag containing the crafted rented books which he needs to place in his locker and which he doesn't need until lunch break. Then he will take the books he needs for his afternoon classes out and will put the others inside. He won't be taking them back with him at the end of the day as he has second handed copies of them at home. Inside is also a basket containing writing essentials which he also has to place in his locker. Tahl suggested this so that he never will be without and Anakin can understand it. You don't want to be in a situation where you have to write something and not able to do so because you didn't have the chance of picking up a new one at your locker. In such a case you would be dependent on the goodwill of your classmates in supplying him with something to write with.
Just then he can see the school coming up alongside the limousine when he looks out of the window. He can see them turning into the parking lot where he can leave the limousine. He knows that you can't be dropped off on the sidewalk in front of the school. The limousine will be back at the end of the school day. He takes his backpack and the bag with the crafted books before stepping out of the limousine.
"Goodbye, till the afternoon" Anakin says to his driver.
"Goodbye, your highness. Have a nice day" the driver says back and then leaves the parking lot. Anakin takes a good look at the building before moving toward the front of the building. Firstly he walks to his locker to put the books inside before walking towards the cantina where all the new student were told to gather. From there they will be taken to their homeroom by their homeroom teacher. He has learned the way around the building from older students during the orientation which took place two weeks ago. He really liked the orientation as he learned a lot more about his new school then and intends to participate in it in the future to teach the things he knows to new students. The inside tips the older students gave to them Anakin knows he will benefit from in the future. When he arrives at the cantina he can see a lot of children around his own age waiting there and talking to each other in small groups. When they see him almost all of them turn to him and surround him. This is behavior which he knows really well so he isn't really surprised by it. He walks up to his friend who is waiting near the back of the cantina with a few other children while politely moving through the crowd. When he gets there he talks to them until the director calls everyone's attention to him.
"Good morning on your first day at Theed Academy. My name is Nick Sanders and I'm your school's director. I will be calling each of your names after introducing the homeroom teacher for the representative class. Your homeroom will explain the most important things to you before releasing you to your classes. When I have called all the students of a class forward you will wait near your homeroom teacher, until all the classes are formed, with going to your homeroom" mister Sanders says and then goes to introduce the teacher for class Alpha. Afterwards, he calls each of the students in this class forward and they wait until every class is formed. After introducing the teacher assigned to class Beta he calls each student forward. This is the class Anakin learns he is assigned to just as his friend who came with him to this school. Twenty minutes later everyone follows their homeroom teacher to their homeroom.
"Alright everyone, as it is your first-day homeroom will last double the time it normally takes. This means we have thirty minutes the time to do everything that needs to be done. We will first start with introducing ourselves before I will explain a few important matters to you" Mister Tobias, class Beta's homeroom says. He is an elderly looking male in his late fifties as he told the class when he introduced himself. He has black hair and green eyes. Once mister Tobias has introduced himself all the students introduce themselves and explain in which neighborhood they live and what they like to do with their spare time. Afterwards, everyone gets the daily school paper and one of the students is told by Mister Tobias to read it out loud in front of the class. Anakin learns that this is a practice that will be conducted every morning during homeroom. Mister Tobias had said that everyone will get a turn at reading the paper to the class in the morning. It is then that the teacher explains how the schedule works. Theed Academy has a six-day schedule and that means that each day gets a number which will determine which classes one will have each day. Also, they are told to write the appointment they have with their guidance counselor in their diaries. Then they are released to their first lesson of the day which is English. The teacher for this class is Miss Falk, a young woman with long red hair and grey eyes. She is a kind teacher who pays attention to every student and goes over the syllabus for this period. She explains to them that every ten weeks a new period starts and thus that they will get a final in week ten and at the beginning of each period a new syllabus. She also tells them that they will have a quiz each week about what they learned during that week. This is to make sure that they don't have to study everything in the last few weeks before the period's finals which would make remembering and understanding everything incredibly difficult. In the end, she gives them a bit of homework to make for the next lesson and also tells them to make sure to bring short summaries of the books they have read during the break with them. She will have to put them in the file she has on them. It is then that she ends her class. Afterward, they move towards Math where the same routine as English is followed. The only difference is that after going over the syllabus they go over their summer homework. Also, they get some explanations to be able to finish the homework they got. After Math, they get a lunch break which is spent getting to know each other better. At the end of the break, there are already small groups made. The group Anakin belongs to is small. Between four to six children. When the bell rings to signal that the break is over they get their first lesson in Latin. As was the case with the previous lessons the syllabus was discussed and the remainder of the class is spent on the beginning aspects of Latin. This class is really interesting in Anakin's opinion and he is looking forward to the next lesson they will have. After Math, they go to music class. Anakin is looking the most up to this class as it interests him the littlest. He doesn't what they value of this class will be in his future life. He knows that he only has this class two times in a six-day rotation so the day they will have a day when they have a study hour between classes. This is something Anakin intends to make great use of so that he will have more time in the evening for doing fun things.
The next day he starts with history followed by health. The last class appeared to be boring but Anakin can tell that this is a class that is really interesting as it teaches them how to lead a healthy life. Afterward, he has Spanish. Spanish is split in two as the lunch break is in between this class. Then he has geology followed by physical ed. He really likes this class as he has an outlet for his energy and can play a bit for as much as the teacher allows. At the end of the day he goes to some of the club meetings for that day so that he will know which club he want to join. He did the same yesterday and found a really nice club he wants to participate in. That was a career exploration club. That club invites professionals to their meetings from time to time to talk to them. The remainder of the time they spend exploring each other's and their own professional interest. But today there are no club meetings that interest has him to join. Thus he goes home afterward to study till late in the evening. He really hopes that the time spend on studying will become less with time though he also doubts it.
This routine is followed every day because the schedule from day one is the same as that of day tree and five. The only difference is that during day three they have a study hour during the time they have music class on the other days. That time he spends on his homework and plans to use for any group works he might have during the year. The schedule from day two is identical to that of day four and six.