Tunnel in the Sky by Heinlein, and next on the list

Hello again,

Finished the book a tad late due to vacation timing, and the off chance of reading could only be done at around 12 to 3 am.  However, the book is over and I'm at the moment trying to find another to replace it.

Heinlein's Tunnel in the Sky...was awkwardly disappointing.  The story basis itself on the fact that a group of kids that join a class go into a new world as a final exam, 10 days of survival.  People can die, animals from alternative planets can exist, and there is always the possibility of backstabbing.  However, this book feels more like the polar opposite of Lord of the Flies, where any arguments were truthfully petty.  The kids are definitely more mature being at around 16-25 years old (being from highschool to college), but I would imagine the impact of finding out that one could not go back home might be more substantial than what was depicted by Heinlein.  Imagining my homeland, my family, my crushes, my disappointments, my goals, my hopes, my dreams, all disappear in an instant, starting with the ultimate blank state is probably one of the hardest impacts ever whether for good or bad.  I feel as though none of my pertaining knowledge base would be useful in a survival situation, and I feel like the psychological impact is underscored by that fact that these kids are hyperintelligent/government makers that build  society within months.  No.  I have seen DayZ long enough and witnessed the true backstabbing of humanity to know that finding resources, finding supplies, and doing everyting with strangers in hope that cooperation spurs with the inclusion of guns and knives is nearly impossible.  It is almost like a slightly lighter hearted Watership Down in this case.

There are moments in the book, where I feel like custom and the times probably effected how Heinlein looked at this crises.  I mean marriage and baby-making was considered in formality and would be done by "mayors" and honeymoon-suites are made...yes...this is a thing when you are dropped into a new environments for a month...For some reason, it doesn't suit my notions of what happens in long-term survival.   There are moments where I hoped certain characters would be together...and it never happend (which is kind of teenage-girl-dramaticism, but I mean the signs could not be more apparent), , and the awkwardness involved in coed circumstance in sci-fi was obvious in the perspective of the prestigious author.

The book was not as impactful and did not delve much into the psychological aspect of happenstance, but I feel like this idea could be made seamlessly into a movie.

Beautiful, but shallow...creative, but lacking...I hoped for more, but it's okay.  I hope his other works will be better.

Next...I will say so in a bit...I have no idea, and I forgot to bring some books with me thinking it'd take longer.  I HOPE YOU ALL THEBEST...good bye.