She is married to Malcolm who is a member of the government department responsible for setting up and monitoring these rules and implementing them. The schools are split into different levels, the high achiever’s school, the less achiever’s school, and the yellow card boarding school where those that go below a certain score are sent, away from others in society.Įlena Fairchild is a popular and well-liked teacher at one of the more elite schools. The score isn’t only based on your IQ level it is based on your genetics, married status, finances, health, sexual status, etc.
Score highly and you get the best in life such as a good job, the ability to shop whenever you wish, a nice house, etc. In Q this is certainly brought to the forefront.Įveryone has to undergo tests every so often to discover what their Q score is.
I love reading about how the authors’ idea of a futuristic, government-controlled world would look and whilst there are some vast differences between dystopian books there is always one similarity, the rich, clever, and good get the best in society, the poor, not so well educated, and those that are not perfect, get the worst there is to offer. Instead, teachers can focus on the gifted.Įlena tells herself it’s not about eugenics, not really, but when one of her daughters scores lower than expected and is taken away, she intentionally fails her own test to go with her.īut what Elena discovers is far more terrifying than she ever imagined…įor many years I have loved dystopian books. Now everyone must undergo routine tests for their quotient, Q, and any children who don’t measure up are placed into new government schools. A good thing, since the recent mandate that’s swept the country is all about perfection. Her daughters are exactly like her: beautiful, ambitious, and perfect. Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state’s new elite schools.
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