Why does Yote Diamondback attend a private school?
I have a vendetta against public schools. So why does Yote Diamondback go to private school in Arcane Awakenings? It makes more sense than you think.
Know what I hear from most parents when I unapologetically rant against public school?
- That’s why I send my kids to a private school
- Well, TC, the private schools are no better
I laugh at Parent A. They think a private school that sees their kid go through a traditional setting and similar curriculum’s better than the garbage we’re forced to pay for.
It’s why I always side with Parent B, the one who rightfully claims private schools are no better. You know, the Catholic/Christian schools, where kids still walk in single-file lines, spend most of their days sitting in class listening to lectures they may or may not care about, and eat and use the bathroom when given specific permission.
So, when I talk about how private schooling beats public schooling, I don’t mean your local Catholic/Christian school.
I’m talking about:
- Homeschooling
- Learning pods
- Microschools
- Remote learning (for self-starters)
- Self-directed learning
Yote Diamondback was always going to attend a private school
In Arcane Awakenings, Yote Diamondback’s droning through her last weeks of Elemental middle school. And even if it’s a private school, her days are no different from what you or I went through in a government school:
- She can’t speak in class unless spoken to
- Can’t go to the bathroom without a hall pass
- Letter grades dictate her self-worth
- Can’t eat unless given permission
- Gets rewarded when she recites and repeats course material
- Can’t have her phone out even if it may help her learn
Once upon a time, I was naive, thinking those public schools with price tags were better than government schools. Until I made friends with those who attended both, and they let me know there was no difference. Or, at most, slight variance.
Driving my point home
From talking with others and knowing Yote’s parents would never send her to a public school given the amount of money they had, it was the perfect opportunity to drive home the fact that little difference exists between public and mainstream private schooling.
At my old public school, I once got detention my sophomore year for putting a few textbooks away in my locker. Why there was a rule against it, I have no clue. But I’d sneak down there any old time and stow away a few of those books; I just got caught once.
I also got written up freshman year for drinking bottled water in class. That’s what passes for “order” in these systems, and it’s why I made sure Yote’s school life reflected this same system of traditional schooling, even if hers came with a price tag.
Yote’s stuck in a glorified prison
In Arcane Awakenings, Yote’s miserable, especially since the mean girls give her a hard time and she’s got to contend with her overachieving and arrogant sister.
She grows even more miserable when a teacher gets arrested for committing a petty crime in class. That crime? Saying something the regulators didn’t like.
So yeah, life sucks for her.
If you’ve ever felt trapped in a system that values obedience over curiosity, you’ll connect with Yote’s fight. Grab Arcane Awakenings now and watch her push back.
