Lilith Mayer
About Participant
Date of Participation: 01/12/2061
Age at Participation: 80
Most Cherished Memory: My first year of teaching the 180 program.
Favorite Item or Idea: A good book with a soft scented candle nearby.
What I’m Most Proud of: The thousands of students I have taught and helped grow over the years.
Hope for the Future: That the 180 program builds a much better foundation for our students than our previous teaching systems.
Before the Reset, I lost my job to AI technologies. As a teacher, I was almost certain that my job would have been safe. With the advancements in video simulation, artificial intelligence was successfully able to mimic humans perfectly on video. Students watched videos taught by their favorite celebrities and tv show characters.
I admit, it was a great way to have children learn. Online schooling was replaced entirely with AI video generations of conventionally attractive people. On video, it was very difficult to tell your teacher was an AI generation or not. These simulations would go so far as to scold children who misbehaved. These generations didn’t break the illusion of a normal teaching environment.
After the Reset, the need for teachers was still scarce because teaching wasn’t a necessary tool immediately after the tragedy. Besides, a lot of schools and institutions burnt down. We had to rebuild our society first.
When Endo was implemented, the need for teachers soared. Later, a program by Wile that was delayed until 2055 was finally implemented. They called it the 180 Schooling Program.
Once a child reached their first year of high school, or ninth grade. Every single day of that year that child would learn a different profession.
Day 1 would be a fire fighter.
Day 2 would be a nurse.
Day 3 would be a cashier.
Day 4 would be acting, and so on for the rest of the year learning about one new profession a day.
The following years would be used to narrow down what professions the students were most interested in, and then focus on their development with that particular subject. This sometimes left classes with one to two students.
The 180 program was especially exciting because this felt like it was teaching children real life skills instead of general information, which the first 8 years of school was dedicated to still, but more so on social skills, health education and finances.
By their 12th year the children would generally have it narrowed down to three professions they were most interested in. This is where I specialized in. I focused on Astronomy, History, and Chemistry and taught college level classes about these professions to high school students.
Students were the most interested in learning I have ever seen, even more than those who were being taught by their favorite television character. I wish this program becomes available for all school districts one day.
But now my time has come, I have taught for nearly 50 years and I couldn’t be more proud of my contribution to my community. I am glad to educate those about the wonderful 180 program, even in my death. And as I have taught my students, everyone should participate in Endo. It is what is best for the future of this world.