Question
down the corridors of Decider Academy,
the folds of her flowing robe undulating behind her. She was late. Every tenth
step the cloth came between her foot and the pavement and she shuffled and
fumbled to regain her balance before gravity overcame her momentum. She
cursed the labyrinthine design of the school—what was the point of trying
to make a new building look like an ancient university? Orbis Publica, the
young world government, held tight to the past despite the new future they
were building. Fifty years of global peace had given them a lot of leeway with
the public, but it didn’t hurt to dress the new society up as the next great step
for humanity instead of some departure from the norm. So Decider Academy
looked like it was a thousand years old instead of fifty, and every student had to
wear a robe to class, and even carry paper books instead of tablets. Persephone’s
foot caught her robe again, nearly tripping her. When she was a Decider, the
first thing she’d do was get rid of the robes—but she’d never be a Decider if she
didn’t make it to the final exam.
The RPS exam, the ultimate test, was supposed to start ten minutes ago. The
top five candidates in the class—Persephone was first—gathered to face a one
time-only pass/fail assessment of their worth. Success meant becoming a Decider,
a member of the Global Legislature, the lawmaking branch of Orbis Publica, one
of only a thousand people in the world entrusted with political power. Like the ten
thousand other students of the Academy, she’d received twelve years of strict train
ing and guidance in history and philosophy and psychology, and she’d participated
in countless simulations. All this was intended to create young adults who could
see all sides of an issue and act for the greatest good. Write one to two sentences explaining what can be inferred about Persephone based on the details on page 2 of the story.
the folds of her flowing robe undulating behind her. She was late. Every tenth
step the cloth came between her foot and the pavement and she shuffled and
fumbled to regain her balance before gravity overcame her momentum. She
cursed the labyrinthine design of the school—what was the point of trying
to make a new building look like an ancient university? Orbis Publica, the
young world government, held tight to the past despite the new future they
were building. Fifty years of global peace had given them a lot of leeway with
the public, but it didn’t hurt to dress the new society up as the next great step
for humanity instead of some departure from the norm. So Decider Academy
looked like it was a thousand years old instead of fifty, and every student had to
wear a robe to class, and even carry paper books instead of tablets. Persephone’s
foot caught her robe again, nearly tripping her. When she was a Decider, the
first thing she’d do was get rid of the robes—but she’d never be a Decider if she
didn’t make it to the final exam.
The RPS exam, the ultimate test, was supposed to start ten minutes ago. The
top five candidates in the class—Persephone was first—gathered to face a one
time-only pass/fail assessment of their worth. Success meant becoming a Decider,
a member of the Global Legislature, the lawmaking branch of Orbis Publica, one
of only a thousand people in the world entrusted with political power. Like the ten
thousand other students of the Academy, she’d received twelve years of strict train
ing and guidance in history and philosophy and psychology, and she’d participated
in countless simulations. All this was intended to create young adults who could
see all sides of an issue and act for the greatest good. Write one to two sentences explaining what can be inferred about Persephone based on the details on page 2 of the story.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Persephone demonstrates determination and ambition, as evidenced by her status as the top candidate in her class and her eagerness to become a Decider, despite the challenges posed by the cumbersome robes and the pressures of the upcoming RPS exam. Additionally, her frustration with the Academy's outdated traditions suggests a desire for progress and innovation in the political systems she aspires to join.