[ She nods her agreement for looking into the student, but it's more of a passive "if it comes up" than her going upstairs and combing the classrooms looking for one specific student.

She gives him a little bit of a smile, like he has a particular way of phrasing things that makes it hard to keep up the metaphor, but oh well. Standing up too, she makes to walk him to the door. ]

Yogen is part of an escalator system, as you may recall. Students or their guardian apply, and they must pass the admission examination at the start of the elementary, middle, or high school level, whichever school they are to enroll in.

[ Just like any normal school, you're stuck here because you want to be. Or, because somebody else wanted you to be. ]