From:	arcady@***.net arcady@***.net
Subject:	On Topic: the value of education in 2060
Date:	Mon, 12 Jul 99 15:37:43 +700

>> 12365+ 359=?
>
>*pooints to start -> accessories -> calculator* And btw it is 12724. Who
>needs education when you've got technologyu? =P

The motto of the serf's of 2060? :)

I imagine education in Shadowrun at least in North America and Japan, and probably
Aztlan is highly appreticeship based. The Corp your parents work for pays for
your basic education and if they decide you're worth it puts you into an apprenticeship
that turns out the perfect corporate citizen by 'age of maturity'.

If your not worth it in their eyes you get a state funded 'edumacation' that's
going to turn out mostly laborers and a few lucky souls who end up in low-tier
corporations. I'd imagine this situation happens between the 3rd and 6th year
of schooling somewhere. Where the basics are done and the appreticeship starts
for the bright kids or ones who'se parents have rank in the company. Probably
also the age that corps try to recruit their mages by. Meaning that mages recruited
from outside the corporate family would have most likely had their first 3-6
years of schooling in a public school at the most. If a corp finds an awakened
kid older than that age they'd have to weigh the benifit of training against
the risk of lacking "true loyalty" and a "proper corporate mindset".

It's also likely that corps that lack funding to run their own schools pool
their money to 'sponsor' local public or private schools to provide their workforce
for them. So that in a sponsored school you'd get a result a little above a
pure state funded public school; but one tailored to the needs of the industry
that sponsored you. And one that probably ends at a young enough age that you
are easy to mold for the corp that finally hires you.