So what if I don't learn algebra?'<br /><br />'Someday schools will be open again,' Mom said. 'Things will be normal. You need to do your work now for when that happens.'<br /><br />'That's never going to happen,' Jon said. 'And even if schools do open up somewhere, they're not going to open up here. There aren't enough people left.' <br /><br />'We don't know how many people are like us, holed up, making do until times get better.'<br /><br />'I bet whoever they are, they aren't studying algebra,' Jon said.