BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! I roll out of bed and whack my alarm to turn it off. Alarms and telephones are about the only kind of technology that we are allowed to have in our homes, other than plumbing, heating, and utilities. I head downstairs for breakfast with my parents and three siblings, then we all rush out the door. My siblings are off to school, my parents to work, and I have my first day of my new job.
Just yesterday, I was chosen to be one of the only people in Sapientia who is allowed to be in contact with the outside world. My job is to work at our pharmacy and give out medicines to people from all over the country.
When I arrive at the pharmacy, the other workers welcome me and show me the ropes. Before long, I get my first customer, a young lady, she needs cancer treatment. I grab a small bottle filled with pills from off a shelf and send her home with it. Our breakthrough in curing cancer is something that everyone in Sapientia is proud of, so it makes me feel good to see how our hard work is helping the rest of the world. I spend the next five hours handing out medicines to people from all over. One man said that he came from out of the country to get our special cure for diabetes. I love seeing the hope on people’s faces when they walk out of our store.
Everyone in Sapientia works half day, so when the afternoon shift comes to take over I go home to be with my family. School gets out at the same time as work, so my siblings and parents are arriving home at the same time that I do. I’ve heard that outside of Sapientia people send their kids to "daycares" after school because the parents don’t finish work till hours later. I don’t understand this. The parents must never see their kids!!
Over dinner my dad tells us that he made a huge breakthrough on a cure for down syndrome, and my mom says that she finished making a machine that can help keep a human heart beating. I’m excited to share these discoveries with the world!
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