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    Quote Originally Posted by Squintina View Post
    Hmm, well although it's true people of Eorzea are mostly illiterate. I don't think it was defined what level of illiteracy is being assumed.

    What I'm pointing out is, when countries in our world do literacy census, they often base literacy around "working literacy" (I believe the US considers an 8th grade literacy to be working literacy, so an adult with a 4-th grade literacy would be considered illiterate, while still being able to read and write simple things). So it's possible that people in Eorzea might have learned some reading/writing at home, or even in a school, just not at a high enough level to be considered literate. They might be able to write letters, but wouldn't be able to distinguish among more high-level vocabulary and comprehension.
    Keep in mind their society is not like our society.

    They do not have elementary school, middle school, and high school like our society so majority of their education must be from a tutor (which is only affordable by the rich and there are very few due to these tutor must be personally trained) or self taught while some societies do have a Academy for teaching people education but is restricted to Noblility.

    I would go into details but a better understanding on how their Society works is best shown in a World History class to learn how a Monarchy, Oligarchy, Theorcracy, and Authoritarianism
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    Last edited by EdwinLi; 01-12-2015 at 02:15 PM.