Arasaka Academy: Best of the Best, or Best for the Best? is a readable shard in Cyberpunk 2077. It was added in Patch 1.6 as part of the Edgerunners Content DLC.
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ARASAKA ACADEMY: BEST OF THE BEST, OR BEST FOR THE BEST?
Arasaka Academy emerged as the #1 ranked institute of secondary education in Night City for the fourth consecutive time according to the Night City Perspective's annual review. The periodical earns the lion's share of its advertising revenue from the academy's namesake corporation, though their editorial staff claim this financial cooperation does not influence their rankings. The magazine's education experts claim Arasaka Academy's infrastructure has no equal in Night City. Bias or otherwise, we cannot argue them on this point. Lessons are primarily conducted via virtual reality or AI-generated lesson plans suited to a student group's specific needs. Public schools, meanwhile, can only dream... It comes as no surprise, then, that parents who are not gainfully employed at a megacorp are increasingly willing to incur a lifetime of debt for a chance to give their child a chance at the city's most prestigious education. But there are many uncomfortable truths the Academy is struggling to keep silent. Academy administrators promote a culture of constructive competition among its pupils as a way to forge the world's next great corporate executives. A rat race by another name with a diploma at the finish line... Night City Perspective factors placement in corporate leadership roles into their calculations, and with this criterion I take no issue. What they don't include, however, is the drop-out rate. The enormous pressures these students face inevitably translate to anxiety, depression and, for some, even suicide. These rates are especially high for students outside the Arasaka corporate family. Such is the dark side of Arasaka Academy's glowing reputation. Thank you for reading and supporting independent journalism! Find more inconvenient truths, visit my blog. Your donations keep the lights on and my coffee mug full.
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Acquisition
- Can be found in the main room of Arasaka Tower.
- Can be found in the 42nd floor of Konpeki Plaza.
- Can be found in the Corpo Plaza roundabout at City Center.
- Can be found in Arasaka Industrial Park.
- Can be found in a market stall between the Reconciliation Park and Embers waypoints in The Glen, Heywood.