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What about education systems?
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What about education systems?

How do you run education in your countries?

What do you, as rulers, have to say to your unhappy students?

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What about education systems?

In Fantasia, we have absolutely no compulsory education. And our public schools are 100% based on the student rather than the state.

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What about education systems?

Well to be honest, the Education is non-compulsory and is up to the students, not the state.

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RE: What about education systems?

I currently have control over Education, so just like the US.- Mr. Adams

And those school buildings will turn into libraries when I get a hold of them. -Mr. Lennon

Well, you have a lot of campaigning to do, then. -Mr. Adams

I'll get started with that right away. -Mr. Lennon

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What about education systems?

All in Orkania get educated in some way. The real smart ones continue their higher education studies, the not-so smart ones are given some duty related to skills they may display. The dumbest of the lot are still given meaningful jobs with a chance to progress to a higher position.

Most are trained and integrated into the military of Orkania, which is pretty much the government of the nation(there is a civil administration, but it handles areas that have no direct impact on the military machine)

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What about education systems?

Education? What is this education you speak of?

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...Oh. We don't call it education. We call it conditioning - the young citizens of glorious, glorious Sea Land (all hail the Emperor) are placed into a mandatory program lasting at least fifteen years (know your place in society) and are brainwashed into believing in our system (communism is real) through various methods (but not subliminal messaging because we suck at that).

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RE: What about education systems?

(11-11-2013 11:55 AM)DoA Wrote:  Education? What is this education you speak of?

*reads*

...Oh. We don't call it education. We call it conditioning - the young citizens of glorious, glorious Sea Land (all hail the Emperor) are placed into a mandatory program lasting at least fifteen years (know your place in society) and are brainwashed into believing in our system (communism is real) through various methods (but not subliminal messaging because we suck at that).

What happens when they join School Survival, read walls of text, and start questioning the conditioning?

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RE: What about education systems?

(11-11-2013 11:59 AM)xcriteria Wrote:  
(11-11-2013 11:55 AM)DoA Wrote:  Education? What is this education you speak of?

*reads*

...Oh. We don't call it education. We call it conditioning - the young citizens of glorious, glorious Sea Land (all hail the Emperor) are placed into a mandatory program lasting at least fifteen years (know your place in society) and are brainwashed into believing in our system (communism is real) through various methods (but not subliminal messaging because we suck at that).

What happens when they join School Survival, read walls of text, and start questioning the conditioning?

You're assuming I provide most of my citizens access to the Internet now.

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What about education systems?

Kim Jong? Is that you?

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What about education systems?

No, it is our High Holy Emperor Ducas Oliver Faw-*gets shot*

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