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CE: What will school be like in 3000?

Owen Rogers, 12: It won't be the same form of school that we have now. It will be more casual and optional. People will just find stuff off of their computers. They'll do less physical activities. Between now and the year 3000, there's probably gonna be a war between two countries. And then after that there's gonna be like 100 years of one country trying to rehabilitate itself. During this time, nobody will be competing with each other over educational standards. There might not even be college because they might break it up so you're learning college stuff at an earlier age like during high school or junior high school. At 18 they'll know all the stuff that 22-year olds know now.

CE: What will school standards be like in 2010?

Owen: The school's curriculum will be based on a computer so everything will be a lot easier. If you're in science class and the teacher asks you a question, you'll have 20 kids tapping away at a keyboard and five seconds later they find an answer over the Internet. Owen: It won't be the same form of school that we have now. It will be more casual and optional. People will just find stuff off of their computers. They'll do less physical activities. Between now and the year 3000, there's probably gonna be a war between two countries. And then after that there's gonna be like 100 years of one country trying to rehabilitate itself. During this time, nobody will be competing with each other over educational standards.

CE: What will the state of the environment be in 2010?

Joel Solow, 13: Unless we seriously make an attempt now, it's going to be really, really messed up. God forbid Bush gets re-elected in four years, then he's just going to probably permanently give the environment loads of problems and we'll have to resort to some desperate measures to save the environment. There will be more violent storms. Global warming is inevitable.

CE: Who will be president, a woman, a Jew, a third-party candidate, a homosexual?

Owen: I don't think that a homosexual will be president by the year 2010 but I think it's very possible that a woman or minority would be president. By the year 3000, there probably will be a president who was a homosexual but he won't be open about it.

CE: What about clothes?

Owen: Since the 1950s clothing has been designed to show off more and more flesh. By 3000, we probably won't consider the same stuff as private. A long time ago, the instep of your foot was considered very naughty to show. It was considered sexually arousing. In the year 3000 we won't think that some things are as appropriate to show as we do now.

CE: Describe to me what a typical day will be like for the average kid in 2010 and 3000.

Owen: In 3000, time will be different. So, I'll say I stayed up until 27 o'clock last night and then I woke up on my own. Of course, my neighbors are having a laser fight again and they're blowing each other up. They're killing each other and there's like nuclear fallout and I can see Chicago being blown up from where I am. Then I decide that I don't want to go to school and my mom doesn't care. She'll say, "Oh, you don't have to go to school, you can go on the Internet and download the day's learning." When I finally go outside, because I've been skipping school for the last 10 years, my eyes will be so blinded by the light and all the radiation from nuclear wars that my body will be deformed.

Joel: By 2010 we're going to slap some computer to wake up and then we're gonna have our daily dosage of Knowledge Aid which is sort of like Kool Aid except it's knowledge. Knowledge in drink form. Then you'll be able to do whatever you want for the rest of the day - as long as it's not illegal.

Interviews by: Children's Express news editor Nicole Harrow, 15

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