Title: Embrace It
Author: Karina
Rating: PG
Pairing: Wu Fei + The Council
Notes: Challenge 203. Baby Series 4 #66. Takes place approximately 5 hours after Basic Education.
Spoilers: None
Warnings:
Many thanks to ShenLong Deb for her work betaing this set of fics.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
Title: Embrace It
"Isolationist policies are not up for discussion. My intention is to integrate everyone into Sancian society. This will take time and effort from everyone to achieve. I will not tolerate resistance merely for the sake of resistance. It is an irrefutable fact that there is no colony to go back to. That way of life is dead, but that is no reason for us to throw away everything that makes us who we are."
He was tired of this. The session had been long and once they had begun to ask questions he had thought they were making progress, but now he was not so certain.
"I have made it clear from the beginning that anyone who can not find comfort in remaining here with me as the Clan Leader, is quite free to depart and return to the life they had made in the aftermath. It is hard, I know. I have lived the changes too. Why are you fighting the idea of education? Yes, we were educated, well educated, but we are never too old to learn. I have spent five years adding to my education, branching out into areas that, before, were barred to me by the constrictions of our society. I have not suffered for that learning. Do not simply dismiss this opportunity. Embrace it. There is little I have found more satisfying than receiving a diploma for completing higher education."
"The course lists brought forward for consideration are... different..."
"Vastly different, yes. No one is expected to leap in feet first and wade through extensive examinations in short order. The Sancian education system allows for graded integration through a variety of courses, each interchangeable with at least three other linked course systems. If one finds oneself suited to some aspects of a full course and not to others, one can adjust the course and one's direction. One can test in or out of a course. Educational systems here are somewhat different to many other countries of Earth, but I found them to be surprisingly focused on the well being of the student. If one is having trouble with a course it is picked up quickly, be that an isolated requirement of a larger program or the study direction itself. Regular counselling sessions combined with frequent low key examinations are factors of course programs designed to lessen the stress of the students. I wish the first three years of my advanced education after choosing to settle on Earth were spent in Sanc."
"If it so great a system why has it not spread to other countries?"
"Enlightenment is never to be found easily. Sanc is a multi cultural society that respects the languages and customs of its citizens. This education style has been in the making for a few hundred years, elements being tried and discarded until it reached its current form. I respectfully request that you do not judge it hastily, but look into it more before you dismiss it."
End
Karina Robertson 2013