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Etalocin has a robust tradition of intellectual activity, especially in mathematics and music. | Etalocin has a robust tradition of intellectual activity, especially in mathematics and music. | ||
Elite boys are educated in either a curriculum of {rhetoric, poetry, classical language, math, music, science} or a military curriculum (cf. Korean ''yangban''), before they get a university education 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, enough for them to be independent ( | Elite boys are educated in either a curriculum of {rhetoric, poetry, classical language, math, music, science} or a military curriculum (cf. Korean ''yangban''), before they get a university education 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 (the "intellectual" track), 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. | ||
The plebs are largely literate but uneducated and are forced to do menial labor and/or live in unsanitary places. Weird misfits (especially if they're male) within the elite are harshly penalized as well. The social cost of nonconformity was quite severe, and crimes were punished harshly (often by <!--castration, -->forced labor, torture, and death, in addition to public shaming). | The plebs are largely literate but uneducated and are forced to do menial labor and/or live in unsanitary places. Weird misfits (especially if they're male) within the elite are harshly penalized as well. The social cost of nonconformity was quite severe, and crimes were punished harshly (often by <!--castration, -->forced labor, torture, and death, in addition to public shaming). | ||