Days as a Spiritual Mentor in American Comics-Chapter 4585 - 3,666: New Christmas Atmosphere (Part 3)_2

Shiller first gave a lecture, then guided them through the key points, followed by a review of the previous class, and finally an on-the-spot test session.

The on-the-spot test set by Brainiac is very tricky, not only requiring the students to take the test in class but also grading and announcing the scores immediately. It's not just a test for the students but also a challenge for the teachers.

If you have to grade the test on the spot, you need to be fair in scoring, and you also have to correct the students' mistakes; otherwise, if you give low scores and the students ask why, it could become troublesome.

Shiller prepared three questions, two were recitative, and one was an argumentative question. The first two were relatively simple, while the last required expressing personal opinions. Basically, as long as students answered the first two correctly, they were considered to have passed.

Although Shiller occasionally showed no mercy, he generally adopted an encouraging educational method. The last question didn't have a standard answer, so he mostly praised those who wrote well.

As for those who couldn't answer the first two questions, Shiller didn't need to reprimand them, as Brainiac's scoring would give them enough of a lesson.

Shiller graded the test papers at the fastest speed, named a few students for praise, and then distributed the papers back. After all students confirmed there were no errors, they recorded their scores.

"If there's nothing else, let's prepare for dismissal. Oh, by the way, the teacher from the academic office asked me to remind you all to prepare well for this Christmas. Students from the Psychology Club, please stay; others may leave."

Gotham University has a Psychology Club, established shortly after Shiller arrived. However, Shiller has never been particularly attentive; most students engage in freeform activities, researching almost everything besides psychology.

But under Brainiac's rules, each club needs a guiding teacher, and the guiding teacher for the Psychology Club is naturally Shiller. He had to supervise the students' club activities.

"This Christmas, all club activity rooms need to be decorated. Brainiac will send the decorating props tomorrow night. You guys arrange people to do the decorations. Try to make it nice, as other club teachers and students may visit."

Shiller instructed the club members: "You can set up the Christmas tree first, but don't hang the ornaments yet. There might be some victory commemorative ornaments sent later. Try using chalk to draw on the blackboard instead of acrylics; the cleaners complained to me before that it's too hard to wipe clean..."

After assigning the club duties, Shiller had to write a classroom summary. By the time he finished writing it, it was already lunchtime. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

This time, there was no lunch delivery; Shiller had to go to the cafeteria. When he arrived at the cafeteria, many staff were already eating and chatting.

Once he sat down, he started checking his phone, and after a while, a waiter came over to hand him the menu. Shiller looked at him with some surprise.

"Good afternoon, Professor. The restaurant is back to à la carte service. These are today's offerings. The menu recommended by Brainiac can be viewed in the software, and if you want to order additional dishes, you need to spend points."

Shiller opened the Super Housekeeper software and indeed found a new "recommended menu" feature. He checked it out, and the dishes were similar to before, with nutritional elements indicated, along with some additional recommended options.

"Add a portion of cod, please," Shiller said. He checked the price list and found the cod was affordable, so he ordered a portion.

Previously, the restaurant didn't require ordering; you would sit down and automatically receive the menu recommended by Brainiac, ensuring adequate nutrition but mainly only guaranteeing nutrition. The dishes would repeat, and Shiller was somewhat tired of them.

It seems Brainiac is planning to relax the controls a bit, but it makes sense; if he hadn't intended to loosen up, there wouldn't be a need to introduce points.

Shiller glanced around and noticed several tables had ordered extra dishes. The staff appeared in good spirits, eating while chatting and joking.

When the food arrived, Shiller took a bite and found the cod very fresh. Gotham has already sealed off the sea, and they didn't usually import seafood from other ports, which seems to be another result of Brainiac's efforts.

After Brainiac took over Earth, local trade protection stopped working, and basically, whoever excels at what does that, then sells the products worldwide.

In heavy industry, Gotham excels in chemical industry; most workers have taken jobs in chemical plants. Secondly, it's known for cold chain transportation and logistics. Brainiac doesn't plan to give up the advantage of the cold storage, and it seems to have furthered the reach, making various goods transit here so that local residents can enjoy numerous exotic foods.

Shiller recalled seeing in the newspaper this morning that Brainiac plans to develop Siberia. However, since the natural conditions there are indeed not suitable for human survival, he's likely planning to send a batch of robots there.

Additionally, for countries like Mexico in Central America, currently, Brainiac hasn't made significant moves there, still maintaining a local industry primarily based on agriculture and manufacturing.

The Mexican Revolutionary Army hasn't dissolved, as most members are young adults. The majority have gone to Krypton, while a small portion remained to maintain the army structure, though converted to cultivation troops.

The original Mexican government was dissolved by Brainiac, or to be exact, it was largely eliminated. This group was poor and aggressive, mostly American compradors and a few opportunists who grabbed what they could and left. Such a government naturally has no necessity to exist.

So in reality, Mexico is in a state of anarchy, but due to Brainiac's comprehensive controls, it's actually better off than before. Farmers continue farming as they should, and workers still do their jobs screwing as they should.

This place isn't like America, where the foundation is too weak and the social state too primitive. Without large-scale industrialization reforms, living standards cannot improve much, maybe only slightly better.

So even for Brainiac, he must proceed gradually; after all, nurturing a generation that can undertake industrial reforms takes at least decades. No matter how intelligent he is, he cannot rush it.

As for the Soviet Union, it's even simpler; for them, it's like cramming before an exam, memorizing a bit of material, and then the exam covered everything.

Strong government, ration system, wartime communism? I know it all!

Moreover, Brainiac's allocation model is much more flexible and fairer than the old one, and some elderly dissatisfied with Soviet reforms find Brainiac's ration system more suited to their lifestyle.

Yet Brainiac hasn't stopped discussions within the Soviet Union regarding market reforms. In his view, for the human race to some extent, marketization is unavoidable, and trying it first in countries with a foundation is more prudent.