Nai's World: Education

[rix_scaedu]

This is the first background piece for the December Prompt Request.

The classical education system of the pre-invasion period was aimed at producing scholars well versed in philosophy, history and the literature greats of prose and poetry.  Sorcerers were also often trained in these fields but the extent of that training varied as sorcery was

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[aldersprig]

Neat.

So Nai's family's lack of support in her exams - and lack of tutoring - could have shaped/messed up her whole adult life?

[rix_scaedu]

Potentially, yes. As it turned out, she did fine without it - possibly because without parental interference she could pick subjects she was good at and not get railroaded into "the right subjects."

[aldersprig]

Like she almost got railroaded into the right marriage? :-D

[rix_scaedu]

I don't think Father's given up on that idea, it's just that Mother is trying to make him redefine and refine his search parameters. :)

[kelkyag]

~Everyone studies gi, but outside of the public school system. Gi teachers are paid by (the parents of) their students -- or at least, Scholar Sung is paying Master Que, and expects class prices to go up with potential / more intense training. How are gi classes for kids whose parents can't afford them paid for?

[aldersprig]

Good question!

My music school had a sliding scale for low-income families (like ours)...

[kelkyag]

That may well be part of the answer. I'm going to guess, given Master Lau, that not everyone who teaches does that. With no central organization system (or at least, not one that's visible to the invaders?), it's hard to arrange sufficient coverage everywhere...

[rix_scaedu]

A good question and one I don't have an answer for. Perhaps there isn't a universal solution. You might have a combination of teachers who charge what their area can afford, or even give free lessons as part of a program while it might be routine for some to do what Master Que did and charge a low fee to keep a student they really want. Perhaps some charge reduced tuition in return for chores around the training school?

Of course, Master Que has the luxury of not supporting himself from his fees.

[anonymous]

Yay! So glad Aldersprig thought of this question!

Are there any sorcerers anymore outside of gi and train pickpockets? If so, where do they train? What do they do with their sorcery?

-Friendly Anon

[rix_scaedu]

That's a good question too and I will have to think about it. :)

[zianuray]

I'm wondering now if Nai isn't a Reincarnated Sorcerer -- she has so much more wisdom than one would expect for her age, and it seems she is far better at manipulating Gi...how often is a Reincarnated Whichever not consciously aware of their past experience? Or is that the usual case and knowing is less common? How does one usually find out, the prophecies from the temple or....? Soooo many things this brings up to think about!

[rix_scaedu]

I would prefer not to discuss your questions too much at the moment because some of them are connected to something I'm heading towards in the main story at the moment. :)

[zianuray]

Cool, that will give me time to come up with theories and see how close I get!