SCHOOL BLUES

Katsuo, Ichika, Ely, Luz, and Jacky went home to Japan. They need to do some important things there. They left happy and blessed. Tony, Martha, Juan, Paulo, and Ruthie send them off at the airport.

"We will see each other again soon," Maketa said to her loving parents Katsuo and Ichika.

"Yes, tonight!" Katsuo smiling.

"You will be back tonight Grandpa? Well, there's no doubt that you have a personal jet plane" Ruthie said excitedly.

"Yes, in a video call! Katsuo and Ichika laughing.

" Hahaha! You got me, Grandpa!" Ruthie said.

"Your promise?" Ichika said pointing to Ruthie.

"Yes, Grandma, I will transfer to Japan soonest" Ruthie replied.

They embraced with everyone before boarding the plane.

"We will buy some groceries and some food?"Martha said.

"Ok we will pass by the grocery store"

The cart was full of groceries and foodstuffs. They now went home.

"Tomorrow is the first day in school," Ruthie said.

The class of Juan is only in the afternoon, it will start at one and end at six. During the morning, He will be with Alex, to meet and plan for the agency. When Juan went home, the attitude of the guard supervisors changes, they heard about what happened in Japan. Maybe Alex gave them the story. He felt they respect him now not like before that they don't know him.

The first class meeting started by introducing themselves. Many are head of the office of private and government offices. Many also are fresh graduates from college and they had good family support. Some of his classmates are married while others are still single. Juan is both a fresh graduate from mechanical engineering and a head of office in the Rollo Security and Detection Agency. The age varies from twenty-two years old to fifty or more. Their law professor is a practicing lawyer. "In this room, you are all equal. I'm the only adult here. Now if I call your name you stand, don't ever sit until I'm satisfied with your answer. And if you don't get it, others may answer that, but you don't dare sit until it is answered right. Copy guys?

" Yes Sir" Class in chorus.

We will play Russian Roulette. I will shuffle the class cards, and I call your name, you stand and let's do the procedure I said a while ago. Ready?

Law Professor Robles shuffles the cards and lets a classmate pick one.

"Roger Villaluna, define felony"Professor said.

" Felony is the transgression of the law?" Roger said.

"Are you answering or asking me?" Professor said.

"Answering Sir!" Roger said.

"Stand, another guy, Marco Rivera" Professor said.

Marco stand a bit shaking and said "I have not studied it yet, sir, I will try to find out next time"

"Will somebody gets it, or everybody will stand up, until the time we finish this class?"

Juan hurriedly read the criminal law pdf file in his cell phone and memorize it.

Three more classmates stand, then his name was called.

"Acts and omissions punishable by law are felonies. Felonies are committed not only by means of deceit but also by means of fault. Sir!" Juan answered in a military fashion.

"Ok, good! All of you sit down. Study chapter one, from article three to ten, we will have a short quiz tomorrow. Read five cases and give me a brief of those cases. It must have a: Title and Citation, Facts of the Case, Issues, Decisions (Holdings), Reasoning (Rationale), Separate Opinions, and Analysis.

Bzzzzzzzzz. (bell ringing)

"Class dismiss," Professor said.

Juan ride his big bike and went home. That class is only a warning, now we just don't study, we also must pass the psychological warfare of being a lawyer. How to be calm in a very pressured discussions, whose death or freedom or imprisonment of the client hangs. How t answer with certainty and to think sharply.

It seems studying law is also to be in the shoes of the criminal and to be in the shoes of the judge. You need to feel these different worlds and see how a court plays its part to find the answers to human involvement in every legal procedure.

When he arrived home, everybody is asleep he thinks. Then Ruthie opened her door, she is still studying. They get some coffee and start to talk. "How's your first day?" Juan asked.

"Its a hell of a day, Kuya(Elder)!" Ruthie said.

"Hello, how are you? I miss you. (Pause) How's your first day in class?" Jacky asked in a video call.

"It's weird, this is my first time like the panel interview? Can you imagine, we went back to kindergarten, hahaha, Its really funny. We had a Russian Roulette." Juan said.

"It's tough ha? Well, when you became used to it, You will just smile those kinds of situation, I tell you, it's like my first hands-on surgery, I can't move for a few seconds, my hands are shaking, I can't think straight, I tried to think happy thoughts and guess what is it?" Jacky said.

"What?" Juan asked.

"I think of you kissing me," Jacky said.

"Wow! I heard that. I had also a culture shock today. Well, it's really hard to adjust to an environment that you have no real friends yet, or I need to be used to it also, to adapt fast and survive. Many of my classmates are still in highschool mentality, Ruthie said.

Second day in school.

Ruthie had made friends, perfected her first quiz in algebra, Elected President of her class, Selected as the leader in their project, and impressed her professor in biology for memorizing the binomial nomenclature and the scientific classification of man.

What is the scientific classification of man?" Biology Professor said.

"Kingdom:Animalia; Phylum:Chordata; Class:Mammalia; Order:Primates; Suborder:Haplorhini; Infraorder:Simiiformes; Family:Hominidae; Subfamily:Homininae; Tribe:Hominini; Genus:Homo; Species:Homo sapiens" Ruthie answered.

"Very good, I never expect someone in your class can memorize that, very impressive." Biology Professor said.

Ruthie in her mind, "She does not know that I was the one who made a presentation of that report in high school and I memorized it up to now."

After class, Juan arrived with his big bike and fetch her to the Goldenfruits Inc. export office. They had some snacks of fresh fruits. Lanzones and grapes.

"Hello, Dad? College is tough but I think I can manage." Ruthie sad.

"That's every start of everything, it may start tough but if you persist and prove your inner strength, it is a test of how determined you are," Tony said.

"Listen to your Dad! Have you already had some snacks? I have made Dorian ice cream here, who want some?" Martha said.

"Me!" Chorus of all who were there including the staff.

"OK this, This two-gallon ice cream is more than enough. Get you coffee cups and spoons, here is the scoop" Martha said.

Then Juan went to the school library to chat with some classmates.

Then some students are talking about Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. "Do you want to join the fraternity, Juan?" A classmate asked.

"What benefits will I get?" Juan asked.

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"I'll think about it," Juan said.