Malik Greatly Disapproves. Again.

[loyalrebel]

[It's been a while since Malik's spoken up on the network but this is something drastic to him and it needs addressing.]

It has been recently brought to my attention that the education system of modern times is sorely lacking in a number of regards.

I was told that beyond the basics of reading and mathematics anything else was not important and was not even taught, and this desperately needs to be rectified.

We may be learning magic and other such things from our overlays, but there are areas that are horrifically left by the wayside in this arms race we have entered in to.

I may not know much about history as it is from most of your perspectives but there has to be educators among us or at least those who will be willing to step up and help the children among us not return home uneducated louts who respond to the idea of mathematics or reading with "why should I care?" or "it is too difficult".

[He's not sorry Phillip. This is probably your fault kid.]

Comments

[dawnoftruth]

What do they do with the young people here then? Leave them to themselves? That is no way to manage anything, or build a basis for what is to come. How else are we to progress, to become great, without being put forth on that path? That sounds absolutely insane.

I was part of a...literacy society, for children, at home. Not so directly involved as some of those I worked with, but I do know its importance. Perhaps I could offer some aid myself.

[loyalrebel]

Precisely, without a solid foundation you cannot build larger.

I am a cartographer myself, and did some work during the war with translating and information gathering.

[dawnoftruth]

And then, where must we end? We could go so much further than we have. Even with what I am told of this place so far.

Did you really? That's rather fascinating. And I take it, a rather different war than I imagine.

[loyalrebel]

Who says we have to end? Those who come after us should go forward, not... backwards.

It was 1195 when I left home, so yes. A different war than most think of immediately.

[dawnoftruth]

Should, but at the moment? What you describe...it does not leave much room for hope if things stand as they are. However, as you mean to do something about it...

Rather. [And there's a look of extreme interest.] A Crusade then... So long ago. So many changes in the world.