The Saber-tooth Curriculum, Chapter IV

Decreased appreciation for "practical" subjects - technology classes, home ec classes, financial literacy classes are considered lesser subjects

Increased prioritization for majors...choosing an educational strand (now being brought down to highschool through HB5 endorsements)

Increased focus on esoteric knowledge and how specialized your content is

Predicting what students will need in the future to teach to them today (increased need for technology, creative problem solving, etc)

Learned Professionals

Chiefs

Hunting Engineers

Medicine Men

Hardworking Professors

Those who attempt to advance their subjects

Make greater claims for the magic of their subject

Icthyology Professor

Attacked the claims of magic in subjects

No training in tiger scaring = Not a real professor, discredited by most

Professory with Head Injury

Proposed using education as a means of preparing for the future

Universities developed

Go beyond the practical

Focus on the magic of a subject

Esoteric Knowledge

Advancement of Subjects

Professors of tiger scaring made greater claims of magical power

Other subjects made magical claims for their subjects

Disgrace of being practical

Magical claims are challenged by Icthyology professor

Professor is discharged from university

Free Magic System of choosing subjects

Led to the development of departments and prescribed course offerings

General Magic courses - everyone takes

Professor bumps his head

Questions whether the university should help shape the social environment

"Don't teach them what to think, teach them how to think"