[ WP ] Write about a future society detailing our current society 's most moral failing in their eyes

*You can do this, * I thought to myself as I stood up. 
 
 `` Currick, John. It is your turn to present,'' said a stone-faced teacher in a lecture hall of hundreds. 
 
 Everything was in slow motion as I walked toward the center of the room. 
 
 19-20th century history was the most infamous class at West-Luna University. That was mainly because the professors had decided to teach it in the style of the times. We started the semester out in a one room schoolhouse. Now we were in a gaudy looking lecture hall with hundreds of faces in it. Of course, most were holograms, but the memory chip required to be implanted to take the class made you overlook that detail. It also made you overlook the fact that everything was a completion grade. Just within the classroom, of course. Outside, the chip had no effect. 
 
 *You ca n't do worse than Tim. You'll be fine. * 
 
 Tim had just stuttered through a speech on early 21st century ethics. He had tried to argue that the treatment of animals and eating of meat in general was the greatest moral failing of the time. All I got out of it was something about Africa needing meat and everyone else killing pigs too slow. 
 
 Horrible? Yes. Worst? No. 
 
 Ashley had been unfortunate enough to be assigned men's rights. That had been comical. She probably would n't have failed in the time period though. Professors generally passed prettier students according to the holodrives I studied from. 
 
 Dan absolutely nailed his speech on how women were oppressed. Unfortunately, his time period was off by about 40 years. 
 
 But now it was me. 
 
 I cleared my throat. 
 
 `` During the–*cough cough*–during the early 20th century, a major failing of society was the idea of equality.'' 
 
 I was greeted by silence. 
 
 `` People,'' I said again, confidence returning to my voice, `` are not equal. They do n't have the same skills, they do n't have the same strength, the do n't have the same knowledge. Even the science at the time showed genetics played a huge part in what one was good at. The entire idea of equality was one of selfishness and one of coddling.'' 
 
 I paused. The professor had a smirk on his lips. 
 
 `` For because of this, disappointment and pride were conditioned from birth to be perfectly normal, acceptable vices,'' I said, losing my place on the paper. I had stayed up too late studying for this last night. 
 
 `` Why was this even considered true? The president of one of their countries and a homeless man do not have the same value. If they had to choose one to die, people would not have hesitated in their choice. Now some would argue that the homeless man may have been loved by someone, giving him greater value in an emotional sense. However, they fail to see that people loved the president too. The presidents at the time all had families. Was their love less real because of luxury?'' 
 
 I let it sink in. The professor was actually smiling now. 
 
 `` In early America, during the 17 and 1800s, it was partly a religious concept: that all men were created equal and were equal in their unworthiness of salvation. Now this can be argued, but not proved. And by the 21st century, the society had very much separated their government and their religion. Yet their government still heavily supported this odd ideal of equality.'' 
 
 The professor cut me off at this point, `` Excellent! Excellent, John!'' 
 
 Sweet relief trickled down my spine. 
 
 `` It's too bad I have to fail you!'' 
 
 Lightning struck my stomach as I nearly fainted from the thought. What would I do if I failed out of college? College was the only option! 
 
 `` W-why, sir?'' I stuttered out. 
 
 `` Because I disagree with you,'' he said, `` In fact, you all fail because I disagree with all of you!'' 
 
 Murmurs and screams of panic spread throughout the lecture hall until the teacher turned the memory chips off and we realized it was just a completion grade. I wiped the sweat from my forehead and smiled ruefully and our teacher. 
 
 `` This,'' he said, `` is the greatest moral failing of the early 21st century; an opinion could not be enjoyed or evaluated fairly apart from your own. It is the idea that you are always right and doubt is a weakness instead of a strength. Despite some religions even teaching doubt to be a tool of strengthening at the time, society as a whole viewed life in 2 dimensions: wrong and right. Of course, my opinion probably has some bias in it, since I am an educator and that area suffered the most because of this moral failing. Therefore, I invite you all to make your own conclusions in the spirit of correcting past mistakes!'' 
 
 And with that, the hologram of fake students vanished. The other three real students, the professor, and I left the room for lunch.
