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Education in the Pokemon World

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I'm a bit confused about school in the Pokemon World. Come on. The protagonists of every game in the series are 10-year olds. They all go around a region to battle other trainers and beat gym leaders. They can spend infinity running around the place without having to go to school. Not only that, there is only one school in each region. Also, each school in the games is focused on Pokemon. How would they learn stuff like Math and other subjects? I'm really curious about this.
 
Why would they need to learn it? ._.

If you were going to be a scientist or something, yes, you'd need more schooling (and they probably have longer school for kids who want to do that), but the others? Why do you need to know such complex math problems? The average person hardly uses math period. Sure you need it for taxes, but...beyond that? I can't say I have to use anything other than addition or subtraction 90% of the time.

Honestly, the schooling issue in pokemon isn't as big of a deal as people make it out to be. People hundreds of years ago really didn't have schooling either and they survived. In fact, unless your job called for it, you usually DIDN'T know hardly anything dealing with it and pokemon probably works the same way.
 
I agree with Yotsuba, probably they have elementary school from 6 to 10, to learn to read, write, do basic maths, and learn a bit about Pokémon and the nature in general.

Then some keep going to study depending on what they want to be, but people who work with Pokémon as trainers, breeders, etc, most likely need more "pratical experience" than theory.
 
IMO most kids-at least those that are going to be trainers later- are homeschooled until they reach 10. And there are surely real schools, like ours, for those who do not wish to be trainers or/and have quited being such.
 
I'm pretty sure that kids are schooled from ages 6 until ten extensively, or at least the ones who want to become Pokemon Trainers. They have to know how to catch pokemon, what to feed it, what to do if the pokemon gets sick, how to manage money...
 
As most people have been saying, I'd say they get some basic schooling before the age of ten. Though it might start before 6 years old, like a preschool sort of deal. And I always thought that to go out and be a Trainer, you'd have to know some other things they don't usually teach in school, like first aid, cooking, and budgeting.

But since Kanto we've seen schools. And yes, all of them pokémon schools, but no one ever said they were pokémon-exclusive. And they seem a lot like private schools, am I right? So their parents are paying for their further education. They could teach anything. I think there is education beyond the age of 10 in the pokémon world, but they just don't show it. After all, it's going to do Ash little good to have a pokémon adventure in a ho-hum middle school somewhere. He doesn't need to go, so the series doesn't care. Same with the games.

Not everyone in the world can be a Pokémon Trainer. ... I hope. XD
 
Dawn: Hey look guys, it's I. M. Apokmon Middle School! It's supposed to be the best school for non-trainers in all of Sinnoh!
(beat)
Ash: Eh, let's keep walking.

...

For some strange reason, I'd actually like them to do this.
 
not. That's why you're like an instant millionaire if you finish university in the pokémon world xD
 
I always kind of imagined they did some rigorous learning courses for several years, with the same "you can pick public school/private school/homeschool" set-up we have in reality. I'm not sure whether Pokémon Schools would be the norm or the abnormality - I'm guessing by everyone's "Wow, a Pokémon school? Cool!" reaction, they're the exception.

Anyway, I largerly have to agree with The Electric Tale of Pikachu's take on this: once you reach the age of 10, you can apply for a Trainer's License and, if you pass the test, hit the road, Jack. After that, only about a fifth actually make it big to any extent, while the rest just return home and resume schooling. Which we actually saw in the anime with the two Pallet Town trainers who quit. Electric Tale also makes refernce of a given amount of Trainer's Leave days from school. A great idea, but obviously doesn't apply to Ash and co. in the anime.

Oh, note that I'm only talking about canon relating the anime and similar ones... the games make it appear that those wandering around the country and seriously devoting themselves to Pokémon training are very much the minority, presumably exempt from schooling by their region's professor. Of course, that's just what I perceived it as. Maybe the PCs even return to school after their respective games are over, who knows? The same thing could apply to most of the main cast the various manga based directly on the games. (Of course, some of those other characters are thieves, runaways, raised in the wilderness, etc.)
 
From what I've seen, not everyone becomes a trainer at ten. Maybe they continue to take school.

I presume the protagonist and their rival has been home schooled.

I've always thought that Pokemon was either sub-class, or was taught in nature or science.
 
I was wondering the same thing, I think the just stay pokemon trainers, or, if they really want to, they can go to school. They probably have some kind of education at home.
 
There's Trainer's Leave, so kids can go to school for as long as they want. If they can't get job later in life, too bad. It was their choice. If you can't, you'll have to find a career with your Pokemon.

Also, they earn like P300 for kicking a Metapod.
 
I think that they go to school until age 10, and then have the option of going out to be a trainer. If they choose not to, or choose to wait until they graduate middle or high school, then they continue going to school.

If they go to become a trainer, I think when they come home they go to another special school for ex-trainers (like middle school level for older kids) so they get back on track. Or they just go into job training.
 
I always figured children went to a preschool and elementary school, and if they wanted to become a Pokemon trainer, they took a test, got permission from their parents, and finally had the professor of their region sign their Pokemon license...ID card, or whatever.
 
well using our system as a basis i would assume that they have nursery school then primary school rill ten then off on their journeys
of course if they dont go off on jounreys then they could well proceed in school
After all the basic skills in langauge maths social skill etc etc are all learnt at primary anyways
 
I always played the games under the assumption that the protagonists were on summer break or something. It's what made the most sense to me.

As for the anime, I never really followed it too much, but I think in the Electric Tales of Pikachu manga, Ash said that he was on Trainer's Leave from school or something.
 
I think they go to like a preschool and an elementary school where they learn the basics of Pokemon and how to take care of them.

I think maybe at the age of 7, they take care of one for a month to see if they'd be good with them and at age 9, they take a test to see if they'd become a trainer.
 
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