You'd actually be surprised at how many Americans are illiterate or don't know proper grammar/syntax. Usually only in the deep south, or in poverty-stricken areas, and still only a very small percentage of the population, but still. Not everyone has access to the resources, I guess. It's super cool that your schools have that much variety, though! That's one of the reasons some parents choose to homeschool - for the most part, public schools here all teach the same things, and not even very well. Unless you were fortunate enough to attend a private school, but most people aren't. We don't get to have cool classes like that until we start college life, usually.
Aw, I hate bad professors. Instructors make or break the class. I've only had one that legitimately made me sick every time I went in, because he was so awful, but it was last semester. I can't imagine having a professor like him when I was much younger D:
I used to go to meetups like that before my college days. I've only kept in contact with one of my homeschooler friends, he's been my best friend for over a decade now. So that's fun. But nah, the closest thing I get to attending a homeschool meetup is finding out someone I go to class now was homeschooled and thinking "huh, cool, me too".
Yeah, the offline mode would have a very short PokeDex entry and be very text-based. It's actually pretty surprising how much text you can fit into a MB. Offline mode would be pretty large, but nothing modern smartphones couldn't handle. I'm not very experienced with estimating file sizes, either, but I don't think offline mode would be more than half a gig. Guess we'll just have to see if I end up creating it :D Yeah, man, there aren't any cool PokeDex apps like that (that I know of, maybe some of the crappy-looking paid apps are actually worth their salt) that do half the stuff Dexter does in the series. For the online mode, I would have a longer dex entry for every Pokemon, maybe like combining dex entries from multiple generations or using the actual entries from the anime or other official source. Definitely the size, weight, habitat, cry, classification (like how Charmander is a fire lizard or whatever). I'm still on the fence about all the in-depth stuff, like level-up attacks, egg moves, move tutor, TM/HM, I'll just have to see if it ffeels right. I would probably include the base stats, just maybe not in specifics and on a numberless scale, because that gives more information about a Pokemon than potential moves do. At least, in my opinion. Nothing's concrete, and I definitely haven't started on it, yet.
Ahhh, I've read that Finland's internet is godly. I didn't know it was that awesome.