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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maidhc O Casain" data-source="post: 3729659" data-attributes="member: 29558">The Coláiste Oiliúna BairdéirIrial gladly consents to be your guide around the Coláiste, and you spend the day exploring the grounds.  There are numerous buildings devoted to classroom study - the arts and humanities, history, literature, science, etc.  There are also (as you've already seen) classes in the more physical realm - riding, swordsmanship, tactics and strategy, etc.  Many of the classes focus on practical skills needed by Bairdéir in the field such as teamwork, practical applications of the Queen's law, and administration of the Queen's justice.It's much like a liberal arts college in the 'real world.' There is enough dormitory space to house far more than the number of current students.You also learn that more than just the Bairdéir candidates study here.  Dílis received her bardic training here, and now wishes to extend her studies and become Bairdéir.  Officers in the army get some training here in tactics and strategy, and many of the city nobles send their children here to be educated.Anyone who can either pay the tuition or qualify for a 'scholarship' through academic potential is eligible to enter.Instructors vary widely in origin and status as well.  Many of the more experienced Bairdéir do a term rotation through the college as instructors, while some of them are actually permanently stationed at the Academy.  Some of the Queen's staff teach classes in protocol, diplomacy, and political science.Overall, there seems to be an atmosphere of comraderie and acceptance here, such that even Skáth, with all of his emotional sensitivity, doesn't feel out of place - there is curiosity but not animosity when the group talks to students or instructors.After a long day of touring and talking, broken up by a stop for lunch, Irial brings the group back to the mess hall for supper.  This time, several of the students and instructors politely approach you and request to sit at your table.  Discussion amongst them is animated and the topics vary broadly from the academic to the personal.OOC:This would be a good time to ask any questions you can think of for the students and instructors at the college.</blockquote>

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