The Testing

by J Charbonneau
genre: dystopian

I started this entry on 11/something/2016 . . . so I think it's time to publish even though it's just some random notes.

Numbers . . . bugged me!
- 8 "grads" from Dixon out of a population of 15,000
- 4 "grads" from Five Lakes out of a population of fewer than 1,000?
- how many colonies are there total?
- 108 total chosen for testing, but only 20 will pass and make it into university (88 bright, capable young people will . . . die? That doesn't make sense!)
- 108 at first, then 87 left after first round testing, then 59 left after team testing, then down to 29 plus 5 after the fourth test (survival cross country)
-again . . . why the waste of human potential?