Would you like to go to a Pokémon School?

Started by Elaitenstile August 8th, 2013 3:26 AM
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Seen February 26th, 2015
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I do hope nobody started this before me.

Oh, ha ha. Back to school. Woo. Isn't that what everyone wants? /sarcasm
Consider… let's talk Pokémon fantasy!
Scratching the old "yey we're 10/some age years old and we get to go on a POKéMON journey!" (emphasis on "POKéMON" to imitate Ash) and buckling up… to go to SCHOOL! How about it? A Pokémon School!

Quick shots:
  • How would the school system be like?
  • What subjects should be taught? (be rational)
  • How many years under tutelage?
  • Exams? What will the system be like?
  • How much exposure to real Pokémon?
  • How many hours of schooling?
  • Upon graduation/passing out, how will the will-be-trainer proceed?
  • Do you think something like this will be of any use at all?

proceed le discussione~
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Next time. Don't use the Blue for text colouring. So difficult to read. I actually didn't even read the thread.

But no, I wouldn't like to go to a Pokemon School. I wouldn't like to go to school in general.

Kyrul

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Probably not. I would probably just do what I did in normal school, sneak out during class with a few friends and go down to the creek behind my school to swim, fish, dip and smoke all day, then show back up before school ends that way I could check out on the roster. Only difference would be is I would be doing that with pokemon. In my school, teachers gave no ****s lol.

As for classes. I guess math, science, history, survival 101 (since apparently all 10 year olds are survival experts in the pokeworld), gym, and usual school crap.

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I'd be way more enthusiastic about it than a normal school, but I'm going into my Senior year of High School and I'm at the point where any mention of school makes me want to jump off of a bridge.

Although, if they had a Pokémon College, I would definitely look forward to that.

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No, because school sucks and I'd rather learn Pokemon alone.
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I think it's a better idea than letting ten year olds run out into the wild with creatures they know nothing about. Maybe instead of functioning like normal school, kids could go to a regular school during the day, and then this school would be for two or three hours at night, or on the weekends. Or, possibly, both the schools would be together, and kids would study normal subjects half the day, and pokemon the other half.

Subjects would most like just be the obvious stuff, like caring for pokemon, training pokemon, survival skills, strategy, and the like. I really couldn't say how long it should last - probably at least a year, if not more.

I would probably go to it, because I prefer to go into things feeling completely prepared. I don't think it would be like a regular school at all - it's not a chore to learn about something you love.

However, I don't think it would/should be required for everyone who wants to go on a pokemon journey. Maybe it would only be required for children under sixteen or eighteen, and optional for everyone above that age. For graduation, kids could get their starter pokemon and a pokedex, and then head out on their journey.

If I remember right, one of the earliest episodes took place at a pokemon school, and they appear in the video games from time to time, so they do exist in the canon. One has to wonder why they aren't mentioned more, as they have to be pretty important.

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Next time. Don't use the Blue for text colouring. So difficult to read. I actually didn't even read the thread.
You could always disable post formatting under Edit Options in the User CP if text formatting bothers you.


I'll go ahead and answer each bullet-point one by one:


How would the school system be like?
I would expect a Pokemon school to be a little different from the normal school system- focusing almost entirely on Pokemon rather than learning about Pokemon alongside other studies. I'm sure there would also be places that would combine the two, but I'll focus on a system where they're seperate.

What subjects should be taught? (be rational)
Biology/Health of Pokemon, Battle/Contest/Musical strategies (depending on the type of trainer you want to be), and maybe a general knowledge class (following history, current events, survival skills, etc.)

How many years under tutelage?

I would expect that basic knowledge would be gained within a year, but anyone that wanted to expand their studies could spend up to a few years at the school.

Exams? What will the system be like?
For exams, there would probably be both written and physical tests (such as performing mock battles, showing care for an injured Pokemon, etc.). I'm sure any final exams would be a combination of the both, with trainers needing at least 80% to gain certification.

How much exposure to real Pokemon?
I expect for beginning students, there wouldn't be that much exposure to Pokemon- they'd mostly be learning about them rather than having a hands-on experience right away. The further they progress, though, I'd expect they'd be dealing with the Pokemon themselves to get more familiar with different species and types, as I assume most students might have only dealt with very few Pokemon (from family/friends), if any at all.

How many hours of schooling?
Since I'm speculating on a Pokemon school would be run seperate from regular school, it would probably be 2 hours a day, maybe three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday). This system might only let you learn one area of study at a time, but there'd probably be another option where classes are run full-time during the summer (~6 hours a day, 5x a week) for students who'd rather learn everything at once.

Upon graduation/passing out, how will the will-be-trainer proceed?
Once you've graduated Pokemon school and received certification as a trainer, I expect you'd be able to go and get a starter Pokemon- if you didn't have one already. After that, you'd be free to follow whatever path of training you wanted (as a trainer, coordinator, etc.), as long as you have parental consent.

Do you think something like this will be of any use at all?
It wouldn't be necessary to go through trainer's school to own a Pokemon and care for it, but I'd think you wouldn't be able to participate in any official events (Gym battles, contests, tournaments, etc.) without passing trainer's school. So yeah, it would probably be useful, especially if you're planning to become serious about raising Pokemon.

I know if I lived in the Pokemon world, I would've absolutely loved going to Pokemon school as a kid. I wouldn't have even minded the extra study during the week (if they indeed ran like my predictions), since I'd have felt it was a much more real world thing I was learning compared to writing book reports or learning algebra. I think even though I graduated high school a few years ago, I'd still jump at the chance today to go to a school like this, especially if I could become a full-time Pokemon trainer because of it.

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Given that I am in college, I would probably have it set up like a college. You could major in certain areas and potentially have a concentration (ex. Pokemon Biology; concentration Evolution).

There would also be Phys Ed requirements to get Survival 101 down; Majors in Ranger Studies would have a lot of these outdoor application classes that would probably be electives to others.

Staples as well. Science classes (Pokemon Genetics), Humanities (History/Literature), Math (probably same as ours).

Pokemon-world specifics would include the battling stuff (type matchups, status ailments, strategy, etc). I would spend each day covering a specific type.

Whole lotta field trips to different regions and of course, battle practice with rental Pokemon as well as one's own.

Oh and of course the boring classes! The Economics of Free Health Care In the Modern World(sorry, econ minor- couldn't resist!)
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Okay so here's the big question.

What would it be like to go to a "Pokemon School"? OR is it, what would it be like to go to a school in the pokemon universe?

I'll answer my thoughts to both by focusing on the second one. My headcanon on how the entire school system works is this:

Basic school is mandatory until the spring of when children are 10. Basic schooling in the pokemon universe is general education, a bit more advanced than our elementary stages. This school would also include more home economics type things and practical living, which includes the handling of pokemon and optional preparation of a pokemon journey. I feel that this schooling would be taken very seriously, as this is the only mandatory school a person has to take, and after that they are on their own in the world. (Novelization suggests they are complete emancipated adults at 10 years of age.) A lot of adults say that most go on a pokemon journey as kids, even though those same adults are now living in a society that requires work specialization.

Because of this, I think that further school, while optional, is a big deal. Not everyone is, or can, travel around the world for years. It's recommended for just a life experience purpose, but most kids after a few years max will probably return home and start a career path. In this way, the next level of school is going to be more focused then general education. Careers I think will value apprenticeships more than we do in the united states, but there will still be specific schooling paths for children to take that are seriously geared towards that job. These school are based on merit and knowledge level rather than age grouping, as people are going to take different times on their journeys. So I doubt there will even be a need for college as children are learning from their teens practical work knowledge. While the anime is presented as pokemon being a NEW thing, I think that as time goes on the world has been reconted as that dealing with pokemon is just a thing you learn like dealing with animals in real life. You can get more training in it, but it's kind of a basic skill.

An example is that both Gary and Ash probably went to an elementary like school until they were 10. Being a small area of pallet town, they probably didn't have an express teaching plan and more schoolhouse like education. They were told the basics of handling pokemon, but given Ash's complete lack of knowledge it's possible that it's minimal and they expect people to learn first hand in practical life. Gary has a leg up in that his grandfather has much more access to pokemon handling and information.

So both Ash and Gary go on journeys for awhile, and Gary decided to become a Pokemon researcher. Not even a year later he's in a laboratory holding a job. I doubt the probably just let anyone walk in to work, so:

1) they evaluated his skills
2) accepted experience from childhood work with Prof. Oak
3) have him working as a type of intern while he's in a further educational system for being a researcher

This means that it's not seen as odd for a pre-teen to start work in this field (canonically 10 and he is very smart, but still) and there is already a precedent for it. Later in Sinnoh he's working out in the field, so they probably count journeying with pokemon as a form of survival experience suited for jobs, and while he's now working under Prof. Rowan, this shows that the biggest form of education is more of tutoring or apprenticeship. In all, I think the normal theoretical schooling system with no real world application until you're done would not be popular in the pokemon universe.




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Go to Pokémon school? No way, head out into the wild and wing it!
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