The correct answer is C. The desire to improve education leads to a future in which students have to take aptitude tests as early as preschool
Explanation:
The word irony refers to an incongruency between expectation about a situation and the real outcomes of it or between the meaning of the words and the real intentions of a speaker. This is considered a literary device that is included in many literary works with different purposes. On the other hand, Science fiction refers to a literary genre that explores fictional and futurists realities, usually related to science, space exploration, and technology. Because of this, it is common in some case science fiction uses irony to show the advances of science and technology might not have the outcomes expected.
This is the case of the premise "The desire to improve education leads to a future in which students have to take aptitude tests as early as preschool" because this premise shows contrast or incongruence between the expectation of improving education and the real outcome which is absurd and does not really contribute to education. Therefore, the premise of science fiction that works as an example of irony is option C. "The desire to improve education leads to a future in which students have to take aptitude tests as early as preschool".
