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==Society==

~~I'll take some inspiration from Jewish culture.~~

Etalocin was, and still to a large extent is, a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrapsaccharineWorld Crapsaccharine World]. Etalocin boasts a robust tradition of intellectual activity, especially in mathematics and music. However, Etalocian society is a highly stratified meritocracy, which historically caused considerable friction between social classes.

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===Traditional elite culture===

Elite boys were first educated in either a "boarding school" which taught a curriculum of rhetoric, poetry, classical language, math, fine arts, and science, or a military academy. By age 15 they were expected to enter into university study (or military service) in order to specialize into one or more roles in elite society. To enter specialization one was required to pass the entrance exam administered by a university. If one could not enter specialist training he was effectively banished from elite society. Those who passed the "boarding school" curriculum but failed to specialize usually worked as "managers", low-level officials or schoolteachers. One or more requirements could be waived for a child of exceptional ability in one area.

Elite girls also had access to a full boarding school education (though not to a military education), enough for them to be independent. Unlike males, however, they were not expected to undergo male specialization. Women who wished to become schoolteachers or musicians received appropriate additional training. Some women, mostly courtesans-in-training or those who aspired to marry the most powerful aristocrats, underwent education meant for male specialists.

===Pre-modern vulgar culture===

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There is no legal concept of marriage in modern Etalocian societies; marriage is essentially a "religious" concept to be negotiated by individuals.

==Education==

===Traditional elite education===

Elite boys were first educated in either a "boarding school" which taught a curriculum of rhetoric, poetry, classical language, math, fine arts, and science, or a military academy. By age 15 they were expected to enter into university study (or military service) in order to specialize into one or more roles in elite society. To enter specialization one was required to pass the entrance exam administered by a university. If one could not enter specialist training he was effectively banished from elite society. Those who passed the "boarding school" curriculum but failed to specialize usually worked as "managers", low-level officials or schoolteachers. One or more requirements could be waived for a child of exceptional ability in one area.

Elite girls also had access to a full boarding school education (though not to a military education), enough for them to be independent. Unlike males, however, they were not expected to undergo male specialization. Women who wished to become schoolteachers or musicians received appropriate additional training. Some women, mostly courtesans-in-training or those who aspired to marry the most powerful aristocrats, underwent education meant for male specialists.

===Modern education===

====Primary and secondary education====

Teaching basic literacy, arithmetic and finance, and inculcation of liberal values (which is a part of how Ngronaism is interpreted today), are considered the most important function of public education.

Since education in higher levels is much more fragmented and stratified, primary school curriculum is standardized and efforts are made to cultivate a sense of empathy towards people of other backgrounds in primary school. A child may test out of the literacy and math requirements.

Secondary school is less determined. There are topics such as sex education which are mandatory (in time for adolescence), but secondary schools are otherwise free to develop their own curricula.

Some secondary schools offer more specialized curricula in the sciences, arts or the humanities, geared towards students who wish to enter universities (see below). For illustration, this is a typical modern Etalocian science school math curriculum:

*Geometry, equations and functions

*Calculus (one-variable and multivariable)

*Ordinary differential equations

*Probability and statistics; combinatorics

*Linear algebra.

====Higher education====

=====Apprenticeships and trade schools=====

Apprenticeship, which is highly decentralized, attempts to teach skills directly relevant to a career path that a person wishes to enter; most of the time it leads directly to internships or jobs. Trade schools attempt to scale up this apprenticeship process, and have historical origins in apprenticeships.

Apprenticeships include:

* training for most jobs in the sciences (in Tricin, this notion includes psychology and economics) such as coding, lab technician, ...

* training for musicians

* training for pink collar jobs such as nursing/social work/therapy/sex work.

=====Teacher schools=====

=====Professional schools=====

Medical, law, dentistry, pharmacy, psychiatry, engineering schools.

=====Universities=====

Universities are considered appropriate only for those who aim to eventually enter research or teaching in higher education, or those who simply wish to undertake a particularly intense study of a subject. Only 6.3% (fT 2676) of Anøvrians are university students or graduates.

Notably, students in universities are permitted to address professors using the familiar pronouns ''fiar'' and ''swad'', like professors do to their students.

For illustration, this is a typical curriculum for a modern (~fT 2680) undergraduate pure math student:

1st year

*Writing proofs

*Combinatorics

*Elementary number theory

*Probability

*Formal linear algebra

2nd year

*Abstract algebra (Groups, rings, modules, fields, Galois theory)

*Real analysis (Axiomatic calculus)

*Point-set topology

*PDEs

*Complex analysis

3rd year

*Real analysis (Lebesgue measure and integration)

*Functional analysis

*Differential geometry

*Algebraic topology

*Commutative algebra

4th year

*Advanced number theory

*Category theory

*Algebraic geometry

*A capstone course, involving independent study of a topic (if the student wishes to graduate in their 4th year, instead of continuing into graduate studies)

==Art==

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 ==Society==
-I'll take some inspiration from Jewish culture.
 Etalocin was, and still to a large extent is, a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrapsaccharineWorld Crapsaccharine World]. Etalocin boasts a robust tradition of intellectual activity, especially in mathematics and music. However, Etalocian society is a highly stratified meritocracy, which historically caused considerable friction between social classes.
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 ===Traditional elite culture===
-Elite boys were first educated in either a "boarding school" which taught a curriculum of rhetoric, poetry, classical language, math, fine arts, and science, or a military academy. By age 15 they were expected to enter into university study (or military service) in order to specialize into one or more roles in elite society. To enter specialization one was required to pass the entrance exam administered by a university. If one could not enter specialist training he was effectively banished from elite society. Those who passed the "boarding school" curriculum but failed to specialize usually worked as "managers", low-level officials or schoolteachers. One or more requirements could be waived for a child of exceptional ability in one area.
-Elite girls also had access to a full boarding school education (though not to a military education), enough for them to be independent. Unlike males, however, they were not expected to undergo male specialization. Women who wished to become schoolteachers or musicians received appropriate additional training. Some women, mostly courtesans-in-training or those who aspired to marry the most powerful aristocrats, underwent education meant for male specialists.
 ===Pre-modern vulgar culture===
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 There is no legal concept of marriage in modern Etalocian societies; marriage is essentially a "religious" concept to be negotiated by individuals.
+==Education==
+===Traditional elite education===
+Elite boys were first educated in either a "boarding school" which taught a curriculum of rhetoric, poetry, classical language, math, fine arts, and science, or a military academy. By age 15 they were expected to enter into university study (or military service) in order to specialize into one or more roles in elite society. To enter specialization one was required to pass the entrance exam administered by a university. If one could not enter specialist training he was effectively banished from elite society. Those who passed the "boarding school" curriculum but failed to specialize usually worked as "managers", low-level officials or schoolteachers. One or more requirements could be waived for a child of exceptional ability in one area.
+Elite girls also had access to a full boarding school education (though not to a military education), enough for them to be independent. Unlike males, however, they were not expected to undergo male specialization. Women who wished to become schoolteachers or musicians received appropriate additional training. Some women, mostly courtesans-in-training or those who aspired to marry the most powerful aristocrats, underwent education meant for male specialists.
+===Modern education===
+====Primary and secondary education====
+Teaching basic literacy, arithmetic and finance, and inculcation of liberal values (which is a part of how Ngronaism is interpreted today), are considered the most important function of public education.
+Since education in higher levels is much more fragmented and stratified, primary school curriculum is standardized and efforts are made to cultivate a sense of empathy towards people of other backgrounds in primary school. A child may test out of the literacy and math requirements.
+Secondary school is less determined. There are topics such as sex education which are mandatory (in time for adolescence), but secondary schools are otherwise free to develop their own curricula.
+Some secondary schools offer more specialized curricula in the sciences, arts or the humanities, geared towards students who wish to enter universities (see below). For illustration, this is a typical modern Etalocian science school math curriculum:
+*Geometry, equations and functions
+*Calculus (one-variable and multivariable)
+*Ordinary differential equations
+*Probability and statistics; combinatorics
+*Linear algebra.
+====Higher education====
+=====Apprenticeships and trade schools=====
+Apprenticeship, which is highly decentralized, attempts to teach skills directly relevant to a career path that a person wishes to enter; most of the time it leads directly to internships or jobs. Trade schools attempt to scale up this apprenticeship process, and have historical origins in apprenticeships.
+Apprenticeships include:
+* training for most jobs in the sciences (in Tricin, this notion includes psychology and economics) such as coding, lab technician, ...
+* training for musicians
+* training for pink collar jobs such as nursing/social work/therapy/sex work.
+=====Teacher schools=====
+=====Professional schools=====
+Medical, law, dentistry, pharmacy, psychiatry, engineering schools.
+=====Universities=====
+Universities are considered appropriate only for those who aim to eventually enter research or teaching in higher education, or those who simply wish to undertake a particularly intense study of a subject. Only 6.3% (fT 2676) of Anøvrians are university students or graduates.
+Notably, students in universities are permitted to address professors using the familiar pronouns ''fiar'' and ''swad'', like professors do to their students.
+For illustration, this is a typical curriculum for a modern (~fT 2680) undergraduate pure math student:
+st year
+*Writing proofs
+*Combinatorics
+*Elementary number theory
+*Probability
+*Formal linear algebra
+nd year
+*Abstract algebra (Groups, rings, modules, fields, Galois theory)
+*Real analysis (Axiomatic calculus)
+*Point-set topology
+*PDEs
+*Complex analysis
+rd year
+*Real analysis (Lebesgue measure and integration)
+*Functional analysis
+*Differential geometry
+*Algebraic topology
+*Commutative algebra
+th year
+*Advanced number theory
+*Category theory
+*Algebraic geometry
+*A capstone course, involving independent study of a topic (if the student wishes to graduate in their 4th year, instead of continuing into graduate studies)
 ==Art==