Solomon's Private File #408
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 34 in this story, in the Spring of 2060.
Solomon's Private File #408 "Centipede Kids Homeschooled"
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The kids climbed all over me. Their other parent was in male form, so
we weren't going to be doing any sex during that visit, but we did
share affection. I said to the kids, "Most of your school activities
have been more like boring play." They laughed. I said, "Tomorrow
you're going to start real school to study things you already know more
than the teachers know." More laughter. I said, "This means there's
going to be trouble. And I don't mean just you." More laughter. I said,
"It's serious. Well, and funny, too. To us. NOT to them. We have to
remember that, and not laugh at them. Er, too much." Grins. I said,
"They've never met kids like you, or even know you could be possible.
This means they probably won't believe you exist. That's right, they
could deny what's staring them right in the face and laughing at them.
Oops." The other parent poked me. I said, "No, staring at their back
ends won't help them." Even the parent had to laugh at that one. I said
to him, "Got you." He said, "Yes you did."
I said, "You shouldn't be in a regular classroom. It would hold you
back, and overpower the other kids, and cause a severe social problem.
There is only one person who can teach you as you should be taught.
That's me, but they don't know that. They don't know anything about me,
and they won't want to believe what I say about anything. Except maybe
the color of the walls. If I get it right." Grins. I said, "So, we're
going to a medical center to have our intelligence measured. No, not
your other parts. Yes, I know some of you can make them longer, but
later." Giggles. I said, "One more thing. I've arranged a judge to be
with us, to certify it all." Parent said to me, "I didn't know about
that. Good idea." I said, "I've been known to have a few." Grins.
The medtechs were astounded by the readings they obtained on us. They
didn't believe them, and brought in other instruments to do more
testing. Same results. They were still unbelieving, when I said, "That
calculator. Who's the best user of it?" One said, "He is." I said, "I
hope he agrees with you. Call out tough math problems, and I'll answer
with the solution before it shows on the calculator." They did. I said,
"So now you know I can do very easy calculations. Yes, that's what they
were. Don't believe me? Do more of them, and my children will solve
them." They did, and were astounded. Judge said, "I'm satisfied the
entire family is comprised of geniuses greater than ever known to
exist." He said to me, "I understand better now, your problem. You
suspect the school is not the right place for them." I said, "For my
children, AND for the school and other children. And the teachers
really won't like to be corrected in front of everybody." He grinned,
"I surely understand that. I did it, and suffered for it. And more,
when I became a teacher."
I said, "Teachers suffer more than enough already. We shouldn't add
that, too." I said, "Next, we go to the Mayor. Best to go to the top
before those lower down the food chain make more trouble than they need
to." He said, "You've done this before?" I said, "Let's go to a more
private area." We did. I said, "I'm not of this world. And yes, I've
done this before, thousands of times." He said, "I didn't know there
were other species like us." I said, "There aren't, in this dimension."
He said, "Oh! Did you ask for me, because I was involved in the past
dimensional issue?" I said, "Yes I did. Regret?" He said, "Absolutely
not!" I said, "I had a good relationship with the past Mayor." Parent
said, "He saved his life. He's a healer." Judge said, "That should do
it!" Grins. I said, "The current Mayer is not all that approving of the
dimensional monitoring agreement. He doesn't believe this world could
be damaged that way. Actually, he doesn't even believe other dimensions
exist." He said, "I understand. That could be a problem. How do you
know this?" I said, "Some questions can cause answers to be a little
unbelievable and troubling."
He said, "You have abilities that are unusual?" I said, "Oh, you like
understatements, too?" He laughed. One of the kids said, "What's an
understatement?"I said, "It's not something spoken by your stomach,
although trying could be interesting. It's talking about something big,
as if it's small. No, not usually that. Can't you think of anything
else?" All the kids laughed. The judge grinned, knowing what I meant.
He said to me, "You're a very good teacher!" I said, "Thank you. I do a
lot of it. Since I was ten tears old, actually." He said, "I'm not
surprised. Were you involved in the mediation?" I said, "I caused it."
He said, "I thought it was a stilter that did it." I said, "I was." He
said, "Oh! More than I suspected!" I said, "Another thing the Mayor
won't believe, even if I change in his presence. One more thing. These
children will go to a special school when they're ten, no matter the
laws. They will have special abilities that must be trained to be
controlled, or this world COULD be damaged." He said, "Oh. Inherited."
I said, "Deliberately. Your species could use an upgrade." He said,
"Thank you! Dominant?" I said, "Yes. Also deliberate, and it wasn't my
decision." He said, "You have a superior?" I said, "All life does. The
Creator of all. It was He who caused me to do the world healing
broadcast. I had to act fast in that to cause people in dangerous
situations to not be injured." He said, "Oh! I think such things were
reported."
He said, "We have to be careful with what we say, and I have to be
careful with my rulings, or I could be overturned on appeal." I said,
"And I cannot act against any person unjustly, no matter how stupid
they are. Interesting feelings you're expressing." He said, "That's
true. You're holy." I said, "Yes. One more thing. When the children
finish at the other school, they would be doing the broadcasts
regularly. It should not be known to the public who is doing them." He
said, "I understand. If the Mayor has to know, he might expose them." I
said, "If he agrees not to, I can er, enforce that." Grins. I said,
"One more thing in preparation. In your judgement, would it harm the
development of the children, and the future of this world, if what I
plan for them doesn't happen?" He said, "Yes! There is your
justification for necessary action. Well done!" I dipped my antennas,
and said, "Thank you. I would offer compliments on your intelligence
and moral quality, but that could be considered undue influence of a
judge, so I won't." Parent had to laugh, while the judge and I traded
grins.
As we were traveling, the judge asked me, "Are you a lawyer in your
home er, place?" I said, "I am a lot of things, some of which,
according ro some people, aren't polite to mention, but yes, and an
international judge." He said, "And interstellar?" I said, "There are
no positions like that in most galaxies, but I have acted as such." He
said, "So you know more than one galaxy. Oh, and dimension. You must be
very busy! How can you have time to teach these children?" I said,
"Remember what I said about questions and answers?" He said, "So it
would strain my belief. I still ask." I said, "As I can use any form, I
can use any number of them at the same time, and do."
He said, "Are you God?" I said, "No, but his official Senior Agent,
yes. He caused me to become this way, and this here is one of the
reasons." He said, "You can speak to him?" I said, "We all can." He
said, "He talks to you?" I said, "Worse. He loves to embarrass me." He
grinned, and said, "I like Him!" We felt a touch. One of the kids said,
"What was that?" I said, "That was God letting us know he likes the
judge, and what he said." There were a lot of wows in the car. I said,
"In a desperate attempt to change the subject, what do you think of the
Vice Mayor?" He said, after a grin, "Very well. Very capable and
honest. Intelligent. A former Doctor. You suspect he will be the new
Mayor this day?" I said, "Did I ask you to be that intelligent?" They
laughed. I said, "She will be in the hallway we will be using, not
aware of why that is. We will invite her to join us. It's just, because
we know she would very much want to be with us, if she knew."
He looked at me, and said, "Now I'm sure of who you are. What an
Chuckles. And the Vice Mayor was there as planned. The judge asked her
to accompany us. Vice said, "Such an unusual delegation. The reason?" I
said, "Customized education for super genius children. We hope to stop
problems before they happen at the school." She said, "I understand! I
WILL accompany you as a member of your group, if you allow." I said,
"We do, with appreciation and pleasure. Hmm, you're unusually
intelligent for a politician." The adults laughed. She said, "It's more
like I'm er, normal, and they aren't." I said, "More than that, but I
know embarrassment too well to want to cause it in others. Er, often."
Grins.
I said to the Mayor, "Our children are of such high intelligence that
they need special teachers in a separate class. I ask that you
authorize that." He said, "There are no exceptions. All children must
attend our schools in the proper way." I said, "They know more than the
teachers do, who really won't appreciate that." Some suppressed
chuckles. He said, "They will have to." I said, "Students who already
know more than what they will be taught, will be harmed by the
frustration that will cause in them, and severely waste their time.
Holding them back at this age will harm their development, and so harm
the world they could someday help improve."
Vice said, "Excuse me. Do you have proof of this?" I said, "Here's
their medical evaluations." She examined the documents, and said, "Wow!
Completely out of the range of the instruments! And instant
calculators!" I said, "And cute." Chuckles. The judge said, "I certify
that all that has been spoken is true. I witnessed the proceedings, and
I agree with the request. I am willing to rule as to that, if it comes
to my Court as a complaint." Mayor said, "You don't have authority in
this. If there is a legal complaint, the resolution would take so long,
they will have graduated before then. I will not allow it." I said, "Do
you not believe it will harm the children's development?" He said, "I
don't believe any of this. You want special treatment. You won't have
it." I said, "You won't believe the medical evidence, and the testimony
of the judge who witnessed it, that we did not know before this day?"
Vice said, "I'm a Doctor. It's real." Mayor said, "I'm not, and I don't
believe it. Somebody faked it." I said, "You have children. You don't
like that some others may be more intelligent than your own." He said,
"That's not so!"
I said, "Do NOT lie to me! Do that again, and you will only be able
to tell the truth after that. Really not in the politician's job
description." Some suppressed chuckles. He said, "I didn't lie!" I said
to the Vice, "He is er, suspended in time, and can't hear or see us.
Have you any ambition to be Mayor?" She said, "Actually, no." I said,
"I'm sorry." She said, "I understand. I will serve with the best of my
ability." I said, "I know you will. I didn't have a choice in my
position, either. But the call to serve in need, well, it is what it
is." She said, "You serve God." I said, "Directly. You're getting a
species upgrade. Most of you deserve it. Interesting feelings you're
expressing." She grinned, and said, "Absolutely!" I said, "I am he who
mediated the inter-dimensional problem, using a different form. It was
I who did the healing broadcast. God made me do it without planning.
Usually I schedule it, so I don't have to work so hard in preventing
accidents during it. My children will be doing it regularly when they
are able to." She said, "Oh! More than I thought, they are critical to
our future! You have my full support!" I said, "I knew that." Grins
I said to the unfrozen Mayor, "You lied to me, God's Senior Agent,
after being warned not to, offending God, who is Truth. I am required
to oppose that. By the power over you, you have given to me by your
decisions that would harm the future of some exceptional children and
your people, that you made for base and selfish reasons, you will have
these just commands in you: You will not lie. You will not communicate
anything negative about me and the other parent, or our children. You
may not communicate anything negative about the judge with us, or the
Vice Mayor, or the Mayor after you, and the mayor after that. You will
not comment on education or the healing broadcasts, or dimensional
issues. You will resign from this office immediately upon my exit of
this room, and leave it, never to return. Do you hear and understand
what I have said?"
He clearly didn't want to, but said, "Yes." I said, "So you have
heard, so you will obey! Remain silent until we leave." I said to the
Vice, "Probably could be a good thing if you didn't make that public."
She said in awe, "Wow!" I said, "I hear that a lot." The other parent
said, "Locked deep in his brain. Well, what there was of one." They
laughed. I said, "Politicians of many worlds have good reasons to be
annoyed with me. Some populations have been seriously amused by that."
Grins. I said, "You are not known to be in this office. In fact, you
have been seen elsewhere during this time. No, I didn't make that image
do anything embarrassing." She said, "You read minds." I said, "I
could, but have advanced beyond that. I know all, in all dimensions in
which I have a presence. And minds aren't anything like books to read,
except for some with extra stiffness of the binding, and many missing
pages." Judge laughed. Then the other parent laughed. Vice chuckled,
and said, "That's a good description. Original?" I said, "The binding
part, yes. It's difficult to make original comments when you know all
of millions of dimensions. There are a lot of people making a lot of
comments, and knowing all, includes all of the past. Yes, I have a fat
mind." Kids laughed.
Vice said, "I'll call the school, and tell them the children won't be
attending, because they will have a special teacher, for medical
reasons. I'll send the forms when they're prepared." Judge said, "I'll
sign it, too." I said, "At age ten, they will attend an offplanet
school, to learn the use and control of their dangerous special
abilities." Vice said, "Oh! I understand more now. Yes, that has to be
so. Our future is going to be very interesting!" I said, "Well, in
reality, when is it not? But to be IN it, that's the good part, when we
can make it better." They agreed. The judge stayed with the vice.
Parent and kids, and me, went to their home.There, I said, "I'll be
here for the classes. Too much of me is against custom. We wouldn't
want to cause a problem with that." The kids wanted me to stay. Parent
said, "Nobody else has to know." I said, "Your siblings will." He said,
"They won't tell. They're honored that you're a part of their lives." I
said, "We'll see. If it becomes a problem, and it's my judgement on
what that is, as it's my responsibility, I'll restrict my presence. But
yes, they will learn my from my continuous presence, just as I did in
my family, and my other children have. May I share this adventure with
my mate?" He said, "You may, with my blessing. I know she will enjoy
it." Grins.
I said to Mom and Galya, "So, that's how it went." Galya said, "Nice
people, with that one exception. So you're living there full time. With
Marcel, too?" I said, "Different with Marcel. He's married now. Here's
the update." Mom said, "I love what you're doing there. But that crime
you used it to make him LIKE you, that's so good about it." Grins.
Galya said, "Marcel didn't complain that you almost let him die, when
he learned you could have prevented it. I have to admire him for that."
Mom said, "I agree." Dawn said, "Tell him we feel that way?" I said, "I
might, in the right situation. For him, thank you." Mom said, "Will the
boys ever visit here?" I said, "No, they aren't going to leave that
dimension. Not a good thing to encourage desire for what they can't do.
Experimentation is dangerous." Nods. Dawn said, "We love them." I said,
"I'll tell them that." We shared more love.
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