As you progress through the game, more classes (and more effective classes) will become available. Special classes cost one of the three types of Research Points to perform, and each will raise students’ grades in one or two subjects. Instead, your initial activities should focus around getting your students’ abilities up to snuff through special classes, and performing Challenges to raise tuition. The reason for this is that facilities cost money each month for upkeep, and each level up for a teacher raises their salary by 20%. Don’t be tempted to build facilities or level up your teacher to begin with, even if they come to you and very politely inform you that their friends get more training than they do. You’ll start your new school with a few basic facilities, one teacher and a couple of students, one of whom you design and name yourself. After posting a lengthy comment on yesterday’s post, I figured that I’d share what I’ve discovered about playing Kairosoft’s Pocket Academy with a view to potentially making the start of the game a little easier for those of you who haven’t tried it yet.