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Originally Posted by patchwork
Question 81 laying aside the training of mages, which was a previous question - what is the education of a typical poor citizen of Calledron like? How about the education of a wealthy or powerful one?
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All young Imperials, both boys and girls, are inducted into the "military" at a young age, and assigned a unit and commander. This is a landmark moment their lives, and the moment that they become citizens of the empire. In their childhood unit, they are taught obedience, imperial laws and virtues, and drill. Most of these units meet infrequently, but some are active units that dominate a child's life. These active units are usually one of three kinds. Professional soldiers get their children placed in dedicated military units that teach them war in earnest. Frontier units also tend to teach war earnestly, though they meet less frequently to allow for help at home and are more focused on keeping the children alive than winning battles. Finally, the children of the workers on the mother plains are generally not permitted through the portal, and left in the care of their commanders, as are the children of many other urban laborers. These commanders give a mixed training in literacy, farming, and battle, and the children from these units are considered ideal colonists.
Rural children receive only the education their parents, commanders, and local elders choose to give them. The artisan class usually send children off to a relative or family friend in an apprenticeship. Rich Calledronians will find a tutor for their children and for the children of relatives staying with them. These tutors often serve more than one family at a time, and mostly teach literacy, history, geography, and the imperial virtues-- though their curriculum is far from fixed.
Question 113:
What is the origin and "Sphere" of Rekmon? (An imperial deity whose high priest opposes the emperor politically. See answer#75 in post #113)