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Keltham furthermore suspects that Chelish education may also possibly put more emphasis on guessing the right answer for spell problems than on proving the answer correct.  Which there's obviously a place for, and in fact, if he were to treat them as kids, an old dath ilani rule now implies that Keltham needs to find a problem that forces them to use a more rigorous method, rather than complaining that the previous correct answer was obtained too quickly.  You are not allowed to tell a child 'That answer was correct but I want you to obtain it my way instead of your way,' that is not good for kids.  And it's not actually clear to Keltham if that's supposed to be relative to absolute age or to mathematical maturity?

"If there's twenty-four different ways to stand in line, how does it end up that you're getting a payout one quarter of the time?" Keltham tries instead.  "Shouldn't it be more like 1/24 or something like that?"

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Keltham furthermore suspects that Chelish education may also possibly put more emphasis on guessing the right answer for spell problems than on proving the answer correct.  Which there's obviously a place for!  In fact, if he were to treat them as kids, an old dath ilani rule implies that Keltham needs to find a problem that forces them to use a more rigorous method, rather than complaining that the correct answer was obtained too quickly.  You are not allowed to tell a child 'That answer was correct but I want you to obtain it my way instead of your way,' that is not good for kids.  And it's not actually clear to Keltham if that rule is supposed to hold relative to absolute age or to mathematical maturity.

"If there's twenty-four different ways to stand in line, how does it end up that you're getting a payout one quarter of the time?" Keltham tries instead.  "Shouldn't it be more like 1/24 or something like that?"