[ WP ] The Supreme Leader 's son is the greatest student in the history of the nation . Not because he actually knows anything , however , but because history , language , geography , and even science and math are routinely altered to correspond to his answers on test questions .

Ms. Speckel had called on Jimmy to answer this math question ( 2^4 ) -1, but he was in a state of panic. He knew deep down, by mathematical logic, that the answer was 15, but logic was n't accepted in this society, not in this day and age. 
 
 Jimmy `` umm'' ed as he racked his brain. The last five answers that Harvey, the supreme leader's son had given were 7, 23, potato, 4, and 69. He closed his eyes, hoping that he had remembered the most recent one correctly, and said `` 69.'' He felt the eyes of the entire class on him as Ms. Speckel checked her auto-updating answer key on her tablet, equipped with the latest technology to change answers to whatever the supreme leader said. 
 
 `` Umm,'' said Ms. Speckel, `` that is not the correct answer. The answer is shallot.'' 
 
 Damn Harvey, thought Jimmy. Damn him and his daddy. 
 
 `` Please report to re-education room 75 and take your bag with you,'' she said. `` You've answered far too many questions wrong.'' 
 
 The entire class sat silently, staring at the e-board, purposely avoiding Jimmy's gaze as he picked up his bag and slowly trudged out of the room. 
 
 In the sub-basement where the education rooms were, he found his room and entered it. He was used to this room by now, consistently getting things wrong, but only one or two answers previous, as opposed to getting the answer wrong with the right answer. If he had done that, he would be in real trouble. 
 
 He sat in the chair, the lone piece of furniture in the room, and a hologram materialized in front of him. Appearing as a man in his late twenties and a bit hipsterish, it was clear that it had n't been updated since the twenties. `` Welcome back, Jimmy!'' it exclaimed. `` I hear you've been having some trouble in math class today! Let's start things off by seeing where else you've been having trouble with your schoolwork. Can you tell me what the capital of France is?'' 
 
 Jimmy smiled. The official answer was `` cheese eaters,'' The real answer was `` Paris,'' but instead of saying either one, Jimmy said `` Turnip. Beach. Coffee.'' 
 
 Instead of chastising Jimmy, the hologram simply said, `` Are you ready for your real education?'' 
 
 Jimmy smiled, relieved that today's passcode had worked. If it had n't, he would've gotten another question as a diagnostic and would be forced to suffer through an `` education.'' He said `` I'm ready.'' 
 
 `` Pull out your slate,'' said the hipster. `` We're going to start learning advanced computer science.'' 
 
 Jimmy just smiled. All he had to do was bide his time, make sure he was always one or two steps behind Harvey's answers, and one day he would be able to overthrow or escape the leadership cult that gripped his friends. He and the others smart enough to access the true learning.
