Reading and writing

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From: Educating Lyme 1


Jasper and Frank need a business associate. That means someone who's at least basically literate and numerate.

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Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 105

  • 72 - very chancy (41%)
  • 90 - chancy (51%)
  • 107 - modest (61%)
  • 125 - very modest (71%)
  • 142 - low-risk (81%)
  • 160 - straightforward (91%)
  • 175 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Letters and numbers

[…] a remarkable facility for reading. Once you've taught him his letters, he starts devouring all the literature he can find. He thanks you for your 'munificent and exemplary instructions and edifications'. Well, his vocabulary's certainly improved.

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Failure

Inkblots

Lyme's surprisingly quick at grasping the alphabet, but he's still having problems with the technical aspects. Such as managing inkwells without throwing ink all over himself, your notebooks, your clothes… Patience is a virtue in a teacher[…]

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