Chapter 6: Fields School Curiculum

Phillip was smiling broadly as he entered Professor Xavier's office.
He had just finished lunch with his new class mates; the Year Three's
and came away with the conclusion that he was going to like being the
only male with five female students in his class. While only Sally had
capacious breasts and she hid those, they were all very good looking
and so far had been exceedingly nice to Phillip.

None of them could answer any of his questions about flying or what
flight classes were available, though Phillip was sure those questions
would be answered in this curriculum meeting with his two headmasters.
Both of them were waiting for Phillip in the "comfortable" area of the
Professor's office and Phillip wasn't surprised when Assistant
Headmistress Frost patted the couch cushion next to her for Phillip
to have a seat. After ensuring that Phillip was adjusting well,
Charles Xavier started the meeting.

"I have gone over your school records and I was very pleased to see
how well you have done and as we talked about briefly before, the idea
of you CLEP'ing your High School requirements is perfectly sound. What
I want to ask you is this. Is there one specific field that you want to
concentrate on with your advanced studies?"

Twisting his lips into a compact grimace, Phillip thought for a few
seconds before responding. "Well, I have always been interested in
psychology and stuff like that, but from what I understand, a
psychology or sociology degree is kind of a waste unless I plan to
take them further than just a plain bachelors degree and honestly, I
am not sure if that is the route I want to go. Explore maybe, but nothing
definite at this time."

Charles was about speak, when Emma quickly interceded him, "Excuse me,
Phillip, you are quite right that some get degrees in psychology
because it is a "fun" subject to dally in, but what you need to
understand is that it doesn't matter what subject you learn, you will
only get out of it what you put into it. Even if you just opt for a
bachelor's degree in psychology, if you put your heart into it, you
will find that work will pay dividends in your future, opening many
doors for you."

"Indeed, quite right Ms. Frost. Something else I want you to keep in
mind is the potential of possibly a Philosophy studies. I think, and your
test results indicate as well, that that would be a good fit for you."

Shaking his head up and down, and adding a "possibly", Phillip looked
at the bald Professor with his serene demeanor, dressed impeccably in
a light blue suit and matching tie, with a light blue and grey plaid
blanket over his wheel chair bound legs. Philip then looked to the exiguously
dressed Assistant Headmistress, with her tight choker, full body
corset laced up the middle, short mid-thigh skirt, and open toed
sandals all in white.

Phillip consciously maintained eye contact with the Professor so as to
not allow Ms. Frost's womanly charms to distract him. 'Does she know how
much sexuality she reeks?'

"Now, Phillip", the Professor continued, "we will set up your test to
occur in three months time. In that time you will have the following
classes; General Review classes in preparation for your CLEP tests
Monday through Friday, twice daily with the various teachers here at
the school. Three times a week for the next few weeks you will meet
with me for counseling, general discussion, and mutant training. Twice
a week you will have Aikido training and three times a week you will
have various other martial arts and self defense classes." Noticing the look
of shock on Phillip's face, Charles went further into detail. "These
classes will not only be physical training, but will also include class room instructions showing the theory behind the arts,
delving into the psyche of why one would learn those martial arts and
the philosophy they teach. You will also be part of Ms. Frost's Open
Discussion on Life and Being a Mutant as well as her Psychology of the
Mind class, each twice a week."

After noticing his continued shocked look, the Professor gave him a wry smile,
"Each class is only an hour in length. One other class you will have
is Mutant Training. Twice each day you will be in the 'Danger
Room', practicing your mutant ability with the goal of complete
control at the earliest opportunity as well as expanding what the full
scope of your ability is. You will be paired up with a staff member,
nominally an X-man, to help you and guide you on your exploration of
your abilities. For you, I think I am going to pair you up with
Ann-Marie, code named Rogue. Which brings us to your code name and the
question you have of why a code name is needed? Quite simply, you are a mutant,
and you will use your mutant ability in public. As much as I frown on it,
it will happen. We have found that if you are called a code name no
one will show up in Hampton Virginia looking for a Phillip David."

After pausing to catch his breath the Professor continued, "So, do you
have any questions about your schedule and is there a code name you
would like to be called?"

"Uhmm, the class schedule also includes the two daily house/yard work assignments we have?"

"Correct."

"So, with the daily assignments, I will have an 8 hour day Monday,
Wednesday and Friday and a 9 hour day on Tuesday and Thursday."

"Correct."

"Weekends?"

"Weekends will be mostly your free time but it will also be used for
completing the various school projects you are assigned and any trips we
take you on. You will generally have one hour of work assigned to
you, depending on the weekend."

"Written assignments, oral assignments?"

"You will be given some large assignments and there will be paper
assignments, but if you have a preferred way of showing your final
product, we will try to be as accommodating as possible."

"Ok, that is fine, as per a 'code name', don't have a clue."

"Honestly, most don't, even though super hero groups have been around
for years, not many mutants grow up wanting to imitate them."

"Really, why is that?"

"We don't know as of yet, maybe that is something you can research for
your Psychology class?"

Seeing her opening, Emma joined the conversation, "Excellent idea
Charles and if I may, I think a proper code name for Phillip here
would be 'Field'."

Nodding his head, the Professor agreed, "Yes, I think Field would work
well for you Phillip. Do you any objections to it?"

"No, not really, I mean, that is all I can really do right now, is
generate a magnetic field between my hands."

"Actually, Phillip, it is not a magnetic field at all, though the
energy generated is in the electro-magnetic spectrum, which leads to a
quandary, the level of your mutant ability that you can express is
well below what we would have expected by now." Emma said, drawing
Phillip to her crystal green eyes.

Nodding his head the Professor agreed, "Indeed, Phillip, Emma and I think
you have stunted the growth of your mutant ability."

Turning to face the Professor with a shocked expression, "I have
stunted my growth? How?"

"The headaches that you have tried desperately to suppress, using yoga
relaxation techniques, have succeeded more than you realize."

"But I can't stand those headaches, they are so painful, I end up in
the fetal position crying for them to stop."

"That is just it, Phillip, instead of wishing for it to stop, make it stop."

"How am I supposed to do that? I didn't see or feel an 'OFF' switch in
my head while I was bawling my head off."

"And that is one of the things that we will be addressing in our one
on one sessions Phillip."

"You know I would almost rather not develop my 'ability' and just let
it fade away."

"Phillip," Emma called getting Phillip's attention again, "you are not
the first one to think that, indeed, that is a common option selected
by many mutants. Ignore it and it will go away, suppress it and it
won't surface to harm you, but do you really want to ignore a gift you
were born with?"

"Why not, Barry Sanders quit football at the peak of his career, have
you ever thought that I don't really want to be a 'Super Hero'?"

"Phillip, we didn't bring you here to train you to be an X-man, we
brought you here to teach you how to be a part of society as a
mutant."

"A society that doesn't want mutants," Phillip said with a bit of
rancor in his voice.