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    A Matter of Survival
    A Matter of Survival
    A Matter of Survival
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    A Matter of Survival

    By R. Richard

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    As I progressed through my first year of Third School, I had little contact with the little girls and boys, who were my classmates. I did have to eat the charity lunch, to get enough nutrition to really work the Loro class. One day, I was ambushed by several of the little educational girls, They wanted to know, why I was scared to take the literature and personal development classes. I lectured the girls, “You know about the Rose of Lady Murgatroyd. You know about the Merchant of Voyez. I know nothing of the Rose of Lady Murgatroyd or the Merchant of Voyez. I know of Advanced Algebra and the VY computer language. You know nothing of Advanced Algebra or the VY computer language. Why is it that you feel that you are superior to me?”
    Jeyne replied, “I read the Rose of Lady Murgatroyd and the Merchant of Voyez and I see how others perceive the world.”
    I laugh, “I study Advanced Algebra. Advanced Algebra cares nothing about how the student perceives the world. Advanced Algebra perceives the world in one fashion. The student who wants to pass Advanced Algebra had damn well better perceive the world in the identical way. The VY computer language perceives the world in one fashion. The student who wants to pass VY programming had damn well better perceive the world in the identical way. My learning how others perceive the world would be counter productive, in my desired world.”
    Jeyne sneers, “I see how others perceive the world. You are going to have to live in a world, where you work for others, who may well perceive the world differently from what you think.”
    I lecture, “When I escape from this little world of Third School insanity, I will be paid to do what those who pay me wish done. If the demands are too harsh from one employer, I can seek other paid employment. What will you do?”
    Jeyne sneers, “Why would I not do what you would do?”
    I lecture, “Your learning is personal, tied to your view of the world. My learning is tied to the way that the universe works. If I leave employment, I have trained skills to offer another employer. All that you can do is to try to find an employer who has a world view more suited to your personal world view.”
    Another of the girls asks, “Do you think that your learning Loro gives you a license to beat other people up?”
    I laugh, “Those who teach the Loro classes keep very tight control over the Loro students. If a Loro student goes around, looking for a fight, he is soon an ex Loro student. If a non Loro student wants a fight, with a Loro student, fighting boy has to fight, in front of a lot of Loro students. In actual fact, there are very few real fights for a Loro student.”
    Another of the girls asks, “You learn to punch other people, in Loro class. Of what use is that in your real world?
    I lecture, “I learn to breathe properly, I learn balance, I learn movement. I can now see a little beyond the Loro forms that they have taught us in class, that is Loro theory. I do learn to punch, elbow, forearm, kick or knee people. What I learn in Loro, will stay with me, for the rest of my life.”
    Jeyne sneers, “You work, after school, at the computer store. Do you really make any money?
    I reply, “I work a little at the computer store, stacking groceries at the food store and even raking leaves in the park. Since I’m just a despised Third School student, I get paid slave wages. I also sell a couple of VY programs, via the computer store. I make very little, selling VY programs. However, the slave wages do enable me to buy my shoes and even give my parents a bit of money.”
    Another of the girls says, “You eat the charity lunch here.”
    “I have to get enough nutrition to really work the Loro class.”
    One of the girls says, “You don’t even go to the music bashes.”
    I sigh, “The music bashes cost money, money that I can’t afford.”
    Jeyne sneers, “You work to learn only what you think will earn you a living.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateJul 7, 2018
    ISBN9780463143773
    A Matter of Survival
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    R. Richard

    I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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      A Matter of Survival

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      Chapter 1: The Start of Third School

      With no real choice at all in the matter, I attended third school in Laranzan. I was ‘offered’ several classes. I chose classes that might be of some use to me, for the rest of my life. Immediately, the third school faculty descended on me, like buzzards anxious to feed. The buzzards wanted me to take classes that supposedly offered personal development. The classes might not be of too much immediate use, but they would enrich my life, long term and I could enjoy the useless classes.

      I, 14-year-old Jym Ryll, lectured the buzzards, I have no money for college. With a little luck and a lot of hard work, I might take your useless classes and win a robot scholarship, the kind where books and tuition are covered and a robot needs no room and board. Or, room and board is paid for out of the income from the student’s family estates. My family has no estates.

      I was then told that I could at least enjoy the useless classes that the faculty wanted me to take.

      I told the faculty, I tried some of the things supposedly taught in the useless classes and I hated the material. What was so good about the useless classes?

      I was told, You will have to see that for yourself.

      I answered, I saw it and I hated it. The material was poorly written and led to no useful conclusions, save that the material was a waste of my time.

      By dint of a lot of hard work and constant vigilance, I was able to take some useful classes. I would check my schedule at the start of each week and find that an ’enrichment’ class had been mysteriously added to my schedule. I would then have the ‘enrichment’ class removed and a useful class reinstated.

      One class that I saw as only borderline useful, turned out to be very useful indeed. Instead of learning to play sports games, with the rest of the little boys, I learned Loro self defense, instead. The Loro class resulted in a lot of sore muscles for me, but also a lot of advantages for me. Because of my work in the Loro class, I got a lot stronger, gained a lot of endurance, learned to meditate and I gained a lot of Loro buddies. If a guy tried to push on a Loro guy, he pushed on the whole Loro class. Instead of bully boy and a couple of his little

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