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Etalocin was, and still to a large extent is, a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrapsaccharineWorld Crapsaccharine World]. | Etalocin was, and still to a large extent is, a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrapsaccharineWorld Crapsaccharine World]. | ||
===Historical=== | ===Historical=== | ||
Etalocin has a robust tradition of intellectual activity, especially in mathematics and music. However, Etalocian society is highly stratified. | Etalocin has a robust tradition of intellectual activity, especially in mathematics and music. However, Etalocian society is highly stratified, which historically caused considerable friction between social classes. | ||
Elite boys are educated in either an "intellectual" curriculum of {rhetoric, poetry, classical language, math, music, science} or a "warrior" curriculum (cf. Korean ''yangban''); by age 15 they enter into an apprenticeship or university study in order to specialize into one or more roles in elite society. If a male failed to pass the full curriculum, he could not specialize and thus was effectively banished from elite society. Elite girls also get a full education (only the "intellectual" track was available to girls), enough for them to be independent (they're also taught how to act like ladies), but usually only courtesans and candidates for the king's wives undergo specialized education. One or more requirements can be waived for a child of exceptional ability in one area. | Elite boys are educated in either an "intellectual" curriculum of {rhetoric, poetry, classical language, math, music, science} or a "warrior" curriculum (cf. Korean ''yangban''); by age 15 they enter into an apprenticeship or university study in order to specialize into one or more roles in elite society. If a male failed to pass the full curriculum, he could not specialize and thus was effectively banished from elite society. Elite girls also get a full education (only the "intellectual" track was available to girls), enough for them to be independent (they're also taught how to act like ladies), but usually only courtesans and candidates for the king's wives undergo specialized education. One or more requirements can be waived for a child of exceptional ability in one area. | ||