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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 593410" data-attributes="member: 8530">Ravensgate SchoolRavensgate School – Undergraduate Curriculum First year students have cloaks that also allow them to communicate with ravens or people polymorphed into raven form (fourth year students and instructors).    Most of the first year curriculum is spent learning rudimentary magic, the philosophy of the school, and developing a rapport with fellow students.   There are a great many tests done during this year to make sure that the student is in the appropriate Prerogative for their personality and abilities.  There is no shame attached with repeating a first year with a different Prerogative, as it best to ensure that the student is properly matched.  That is one reason that only half of first year students advance in any given year.   A number of first year students, rather than repeating the first year, are actually removed from the Ravensgate School.   It is emphasized to these students that this is not an indication of failure, just a recognition that there is not a good match between this school’s philosophy and perspective and that of the student.   These students are usually transferred to other wizard schools though out the world, where the RavenKing will then pay for their full tuition and fees, asking nothing in return other than their silence about the secrets of the Ravensgate School.    Second year students are given cloaks that also shield the wearer from psionics or other mind-controlling magic.   This is in part because second year students receive much of their training outside of the castle walls, being teleported by instructors to various locations and challenges throughout the world.   By having the novice students be mind-shielded, the school doesn’t need to fear that outsiders might discover the school's secrets.   The second year curriculum is designed to test the student’s ability to deal with the outside world and think on their feet.   While very few Second year students are demoted or removed from the school, it is common for them to repeat the Second Year if the instructors feel that more training is warranted. Third year students are given cloaks that also afford significant protection against powerful spells.   This is because they spend most of the time in the classroom learning specific spells, and there have been known to be a significant number of “spell accidents” during this training.  The extra protection is seen as a precaution to keep the student from being inadvertently harmed by themselves or other students.  This is the most exhausting year of the undergraduate program, being the equal to two or three years of study at most other wizard schools, with an average day of instruction lasting from 14 to 18 hours with very few days off.   The students are tested constantly, and complete mastery of each spell is expected.  The curriculum varies depending upon each Prerogative’s area of study, but they must have full proficiently in a significant number of spells and abilities are required before the student can advance to the next year.   A number of third year students often self-volunteer to stop and later repeat this year due to the level of intensity.  These students are temporarily removed from the academic program until the start of the next academic year.   Fourth year students are finally awarded cloaks that allow the wearer to polymorph into a raven and then later resume regular form.  This magic only works if a magical clasp on the two bottom corners of the cloak are attached to the wrist bracers.   Much of the fourth year schooling is spent on flying and the use of the raven form.   Fourth year students also receive their familiars, which is always a raven.  The curriculum during the fourth year is relatively light, as the students are expected to spend the majority of their time as leaders of their Prerogatives, helping and guiding the underclassmen.  In fact, it is their leadership ability that dictates whether or not a person graduates.   Those deemed to lack the leadership abilities required are seldom asked to repeat the year, but are instead asked to assume an appropriate non-faculty staff position with the school as their new career instead.   For those non-graduates who do not wish to remain at the castle, the RavenKing will find them a home and appropriate employment elsewhere in the world, again asking nothing in return other than their silence about the school.</blockquote>

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