[The video opens with a familiar scene. Ozpin sitting at a desk looking as professional as possible, with the Beacon emblem-emblazoned coffee mug being as prominently displayed as possible.]
Greetings, Genessia. It's been some time since I addressed you like this. I wish it could be under better circumstances, to be honest. I will say that I enjoyed not having to come before you like this in the relative time of peace we've enjoyed in the last month or so. However, there have been developments.
[Ozpin snaps his fingers, pictures of Satsuki and Wily appearing on the feed.]
I'm sure you have all heard that Miss Satsuki Kiryuin has been appointed to the position of Deputy Guardian of Nova City, working under the current Guardian, Dr. Albert Wily. They have issued a proclamation that all youth within Genessia will be required to attend a school built, and run, by them.
I come before you today not as a resident of this fine city, nor as a potential Guardian Candidate. Today, I come before you as an educator. The bond between Teacher and Student is a very fragile and sacred one, I feel. There is a level of trust that needs to be met before any learning can occur. In my home world, I am the Headmaster of Beacon Academy, who trains and educates teens to face the dangers of our world head on and give everyone a fighting chance at survival. The burden of trust between myself and my students is even higher in this situation, as the career paths my students have chosen will undoubtedly put their very lives at risk once they graduate and begin their duties as Huntsmen and Huntresses.
Education is a choice. Pure and simple. Not every person is cut from the same cloth, and thus not everyone is cut out to be a shop keeper, or a hunter, or anything else. That is the beauty of humanity, however. We are given the capacity to choose our own routes through life, and how we walk that path is, again, on our shoulders. Education is not mandatory, and I encourage every youth that would be otherwise subjected to this "mandatory" school to choose for themselves whether they wish to attend or not.
I would also take a moment to speak directly to my students, though the information is something that needs to be made public so that all involved can make an informed choice. Do not forget that it was Wily who set his machines against you, and attacked you without cause. I will be coordinating potential resistances with any Guardians that wish to take action against Wily and his minions crossing into their territory in order to enforce these requirements.
I feel that I have been talking for long enough now, and will leave you to your own decisions, Genessia. I will be more than happy to aid those who wish to resist this, and will likewise stay out of the affairs of those who willingly choose to attend. Do not forget, Genessia, you have a choice.
Greetings, Genessia. It's been some time since I addressed you like this. I wish it could be under better circumstances, to be honest. I will say that I enjoyed not having to come before you like this in the relative time of peace we've enjoyed in the last month or so. However, there have been developments.
[Ozpin snaps his fingers, pictures of Satsuki and Wily appearing on the feed.]
I'm sure you have all heard that Miss Satsuki Kiryuin has been appointed to the position of Deputy Guardian of Nova City, working under the current Guardian, Dr. Albert Wily. They have issued a proclamation that all youth within Genessia will be required to attend a school built, and run, by them.
I come before you today not as a resident of this fine city, nor as a potential Guardian Candidate. Today, I come before you as an educator. The bond between Teacher and Student is a very fragile and sacred one, I feel. There is a level of trust that needs to be met before any learning can occur. In my home world, I am the Headmaster of Beacon Academy, who trains and educates teens to face the dangers of our world head on and give everyone a fighting chance at survival. The burden of trust between myself and my students is even higher in this situation, as the career paths my students have chosen will undoubtedly put their very lives at risk once they graduate and begin their duties as Huntsmen and Huntresses.
Education is a choice. Pure and simple. Not every person is cut from the same cloth, and thus not everyone is cut out to be a shop keeper, or a hunter, or anything else. That is the beauty of humanity, however. We are given the capacity to choose our own routes through life, and how we walk that path is, again, on our shoulders. Education is not mandatory, and I encourage every youth that would be otherwise subjected to this "mandatory" school to choose for themselves whether they wish to attend or not.
I would also take a moment to speak directly to my students, though the information is something that needs to be made public so that all involved can make an informed choice. Do not forget that it was Wily who set his machines against you, and attacked you without cause. I will be coordinating potential resistances with any Guardians that wish to take action against Wily and his minions crossing into their territory in order to enforce these requirements.
I feel that I have been talking for long enough now, and will leave you to your own decisions, Genessia. I will be more than happy to aid those who wish to resist this, and will likewise stay out of the affairs of those who willingly choose to attend. Do not forget, Genessia, you have a choice.
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