#besides i gotta give my nice education system SOME flaws yknow? more fun that way

[bambiraptorx]

A small but important thing I forgot to add to my massive post about the yokai school system: I mentioned it was largely publically funded through taxes, but not entirely.

One reason for this is that after a number of decades (depending on how many classes someone takes a semester, how many extracurriculars they do through the school, etc), the public funding allotted to an individual will run out, and they'll be expected to pay for classes. This is still much less expensive than it would be in the standard American college though.

The second reason for this is that basically all the schools in the Hidden City are run with some level of donations (usually from wealthy patrons who have an interest in education, and might choose to fund a specific subject area such as math or science or theater). These donations usually aren't the bulk of school funding, but make up 15 to 20% of it on average.

The reason this is important? The one person in the Hidden City who donates the most money and to the most schools: Big Mama. It's one of the reasons that the Council of Heads hasn't just outright arrested her: besides the fact that she's very good at covering her tracks, her criminal empire is funding at least 30% of yokai schools. Taking her out of the equation would substantially strain the yokai education system.