Curriculum

This post comes from a question my wife had about Myer’s curriculum. They take Combat, Search and Rescue, Navigation, and then… Sport? She wanted to know why a school would make Urball T a main area of study. Read on to find out why!

Combat

The program at Myer’s is meant to create people who will excel in some of the major fields of the world. While the world of the future is very different, there is one thing that stays constant: war.

Of course, in That Which Binds Us, war is present, but it too has changed. Projectiles and most weapons have been banned, leaving countries to fight with hand-to-hand combat. This significantly reduces causalities. Thus, combat training and military training in general are a major area of interest.

Search and Rescue

This is the focus of the book, as Mei’s area of interest, and so it should be no surprise that it’s a major component of the curriculum. I’ll mention that all of the areas of study are not only important spheres of influence, but also generate significant income. Myer’s, like any college, likes its students to rise in the ranks and hopefully make a bunch of money. When they’re rich, they can thank Myer’s for their contribution to their success with a nice big endowment.

Search and Rescue is obviously a lucrative field since only the wealthier part of the population can afford rescue insurance. In addition, this sector correlates strongly to the idea of super heroes so it also gets a lot of media attention.

Navigation

Exploring the bottom of the ocean and beyond the borders of our world is as alluring in the future as it is now. And even in the future becoming a high-profile astronaut is difficult. Myer’s is especially alluring to some for this aspect since it’s not only a prestigious college, but has a faculty member (The Falcon) who has been out to Mars.

An additional note is that people who specialize in terrain navigation tend to be good at everything to a certain degree. The Falcon mentions this with his impressive resume. He’s worked in the military as a spy, been to Mars and the ocean floor, and helped in the San Andreas earthquake disaster.

Sport

Finally, the division you’ve all been waiting for! Ladies and gentlemen, URBALL T!!!

But really, this one is actually very easy to explain. Why do our colleges and universities have football teams or any other sports teams? Because there’s a ton of money it, of course!

In the latter two years of school, the students do a rotation in each of the four fields. One of those is Urball T – training with a professional team. I never actually thought of the idea that maybe Myer’s could have its own team that was very lucrative. Hmm, maybe they’ll start a program…

On a more cannon note, the way they get money is the same as the other programs. Someone becomes massively wealthy from playing professional T and donates to the school. Guess the faculty can’t be too hard on Taz…