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“Big Brothe”, the man who saved SCISD from chronic underperformance.

As Wheatley Wilkins, an underperforming student at a Space City ISD (SCISD) high school walked into class and arrived at her desk, she marveled at a wondrous sight across the room: a newly installed camera mounted atop the wall’s television.

“That day, my teacher explained to the class that Big Brother, the man who saved our school, was behind the telescreen watching at all times. That day, I knew I would never have to underperform in school again because Big Brother was watching over me,” shared Wilkins.

In the past year, SCISD has undergone a slew of transformations under the newfound leadership of the all-powerful “Big Brother”. His rise to power came in the wake of vast concern about the district’s widespread underperformance in standardized testing. With wise strategy, “Big Brother” has worked to remedy this issue through a series of innovative classroom and school-wide changes.

The largest of these remedies came with “Big Brother’s” creation of a list. Initially including over 50 schools, this special list included SCISD elementary, middle and high schools that would be under the special intensive care of Ingsoc (“Big Brother’s” administration) and the Party (the specially curated board of non-representative electors that serves to further the policies presented by “Big Brother”). 

The principal of Best Underperforming High School (BUHS) is extremely proud to be in this prestigious program, sharing his sentiments “I am honored for my school to have been deemed underperforming by Big Brother. The fact that he wants to put his cameras in our classrooms, send his officials to take notes on our teachers, and lengthen our academic years just so he has more time to watch over us is extremely flattering.”

Not only have these policies been cherished by administrators, but they have been treasured by teachers as well. Many are extremely grateful for the addition of state-of-the-art timers in their classrooms. With the addition of four-minute increments throughout class instruction, “Big Brother” understood that many of his teachers, especially the ones at underperforming schools, would not know how to use division to do this meticulous, yet extremely necessary task. So, he generously sent in math instructors from the Party to give hands-on tutorials on how to do long division. “Big Brother” also decided to dock these teachers’ pays as well to heroically donate to the purchases of more timers.

Students across the district are also fawning over their new leader, as there has been a majestic portrait of the man posted in each classroom, alongside reminders that he is always watching. These reminders come in the form of POOs (Proof of Obedience) and NOs (Nominal Objectives) that are posted on classroom whiteboards at the start of each day.

There, however, has been backlash from those trying to destroy SCISD from the inside out, whether those have been teachers, administrators, or even students. Some teachers have had the audacity to not follow the new orders from “Big Brother”, claiming that they do not maximize learning.

“I believe that a student can’t learn well when they are constantly being timed, watched and questioned. These new ‘melodic responses’ that are required throughout instruction do not reinforce learning, but standardize yet another aspect of their education, taking away its impact and efficacy,” shared the teacher, who wished to remain anonymous.

This teacher, despite their request, has recently been identified and taken into custody in the Ministry of Love, where the Party will remind the teacher of what is the truth when it comes to education and what is not. And what is the truth, you might ask? Well, of course, it’s whatever “Big Brother” says.