The smile she responds with is halfway to grim, but Camryn decides not to give into the thought of what’s ahead of these children. For those here now it’s an adjustment, and for those to be born it will be their normal. Hiding behind walls, living on limited resources, surviving. She idly wonders if they put on this facade for a shred of normalcy. Cam surely hopes not. She will never be able to stress enough the importance behind any type of education, formal or not.
With a subtle nod, Cam acknowledges the comment. “It is a shame, but unfortunately there’s not much we can do about that other than prepare them for it in every way we can.” Not for any dream careers that don’t fall under the category of trades. They will have to make do.
“Sometimes the necessity behind some concerns or ideas might fall to the wayside when compared to the bigger picture, but for someone who has nothing but the children’s’ best interest at heart I believe your word has plenty of merit to it.” Because if thought to be pointless, why teach? Despite mentioning the lack of promising life ahead of them Livia is still here, grading papers behind the desk when she could easily find something else to do with her time.
“That being said, I’m open to any suggestions you may have. I can try to give them a little nudge.”
it’s refreshing how willing to listen camyrn seems to be, livia has no idea how genuine the other woman is but she’s willing to give her the benefit of the doubt for now and take her offer for suggestions at face value.
“we teach the basics, math, english, history, science. but there are no extra-curriculars.” it’s something she’s been thinking a lot about and not just the relaxation classes like art or music.
they were preparing these kids, especially the older ones, to take their place in the community once they were old enough to hold their own.
“they need more - arts, music, sports for sure, classes they can deride some kind of joy from.” she tapped lightly against her desk, the only sign of the slight case of nerves she was feeling “but also more tailored classes like survival skills, first aid.”
she shrugs a little, self-conscious but strangely hopeful she at least wont be laughed at or given the old company line of ‘we hear you but we just don't have the resources.’
“there are enough people in town that we can probably round up volunteers to teach a few specialised subjects and it just seems to me that in the long run the kids would be better ready to deal with what’s out there beyond the gates if we fully educate them in here.”
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