I would say the author means that it would be impossible, or would require tech that today's tech cannot do.
science fiction, or fiction, usually means make believe or fake.
YES! The current schedule messes with teens sleep patterns. Teens get tired at 11pm. So if 1st period starts at 7am thats not enough sleep. Yet younger kids, (more awake in mornings) have later start times.
Third Person. If it uses I, me, my then it is first. Second is using words like you and Third person are words like he, she, they