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Maybe educational reform could include crafting for those who were less technically gifted, creative writing, for those who could be used in writing technical documentation, graphic arts so technical manuals would have great drawings and illustrations to work with and exercise because it helps get the blood moving and the thought process jump started

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The second post (later this week, I think)will go into some of those points as well. This idea was mainly to answer a world building question about institutions for learning and how they developed. Overall, I see most of the learning in world happening organically without the aid of formal education as Joseph pointed out above. I have decided to highlight how many of the noteworthy innovations of the time came from uneducated sources. They will be labeled Sparks of Progress and I think the first one is coming out this week as well.

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Interesting how an alternate world took children from the slavery of farming and chained them to the desk. What happened to simple childhood?

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An excellent point. I think because my focus is on education on this post that I'm not showing how unnecessary it it is for innovation. I have tried to allude to that idea through my articles but I don't know how good of a job I am doing. I might need to make a counterpoint series.

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