03 ∉ Being one-handed makes things complicated [voice]

[morteanimositas]

So are we all quite done making out with ice blocks and other such similar ridiculousness? Yes. Good.

As some of you may recall, Topher found a cow. [A pause. She really can't believe any of this in a way.] We kept it, and it does apparently give...strawberry flavored milk

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[other_sights]

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[He's never milked a cow. But you just grab the dangly things and squeeze, right? Right?]

Topher cannot? It can't be hard.

[morteanimositas]

Speaking from experience, are we?

[Yeeeees, Ciel. It's just that easy. Sure.]

[other_sights]

Of course not, that's disgusting.

[Ciel, your aristo-prat is showing.]

If Finny can manage it, it can't be that difficult.

[morteanimositas]

I think you've forgotten we're talking about a man who got a doctorate before he was old enough to drink.

[It really is and it's REALLY amusing to her.]

Who is Finny?

[other_sights]

All the more reason for him to be able to master something so simple, yes?

Finnian... is my gardener and groundskeeper.

[morteanimositas]

In theory. The reality, not so much.

Ah. Well. I don't think Topher's ever done the 'growing potatoes in a jar' experiment, much less gardened anything.

[other_sights]

Believe me, if Finny is capable of it, Topher is more than qualified.

[Ciel, of course, would probably fail and get kicked in the face for his efforts.]

Why would anyone grow potatoes in a jar?

[morteanimositas]

If you say so.

[So would Topher. Bennett won't even try with her one-handed fail.]

It's a photosynthesis project for small children. Since a lot of them live in crowded cities, miles away from farms, it's just to show them how things grow. Also to prove that potatoes are roots.

[other_sights]

[Please, please provide Ciel with something to lol at.]

... what does it matter if potatoes are roots?

[morteanimositas]

[Find your own lol, eyepact Doll.]

Well it matters if you're trying to teach a child about earth science, I'd suppose.

[other_sights]

You mean if you're teaching them to be a farmer?

[No, he really, really doesn't get it. WHAT IS THIS INEFFABLE TWADDLE.]

[morteanimositas]

No.

They're being taught how the planet works. General earth sciences. Do I really need to write up a breakdown of the basic K-8 school curriculum, because that could take quite a while.

[other_sights]

I wouldn't have you suffer that, Miss Bennett.

[Amuuuuused.]

It still seems a waste of time.

[morteanimositas]

Where I come from, everyone isn't primed for a position in the world based on the station of their birth. Education in the way in which they determine what use they'll be to themselves and society, though money will always play a large part in it.

So whether or not it's a waste of time depends on the child.

[other_sights]

[He seems to take that into consideration, though he doesn't outright admit she has a point.]

So, education is widespread and mainstreamed? Even to the lower and working classes?

Who pays for all of this?

[morteanimositas]

[He's thinking about it, which is good enough for her. She doesn't need people to tell her she's right when she strongly believes it already.]

For minors - children eighteen years and younger. It's actually required by law in most places.

Taxes and the government. Mostly the former.