Spoilers Picard Prequel "Children of Mars"
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Except that set is in Toronto, not LA.
Unless the Short Trek was made by the Discovery team, not the Picard team.
Look at DS9 -- Sisko was homeschooling Jake, but without the regimentation and supervision of an actual school, Jake was slipping out to play with Nog and get in trouble. And Jake was a goody-goody. Imagine Jim Kirk or Tom Paris being trusted to sit at home at take remote classes.y-goody
Having everyone in a classroom, interacting with their peers in a controlled environment with adult supervision is always going to be the best way to educate children.
Which is why we are posting on a message board?Speak for yourself
Same here. Very uncomfortable, however likely it is to be realistic.
Speaking as a mental health professional you cannot help those who do not want to be help, and the parents are a better tool of change than the short interventions of a mental health professional.
Problem is the parents are too far away. Which seems to be the trigger for these behaviors.
Makes sense. Attachment theory would support such a conclusion.
The Principal of the school is Vulcan. That is most logical.
*imagines troublemakers slumped in an unconscious pile in his office from neck-pinch discipline*
Just kidding. He must be a rock of patience and quieting presence!
*imagines troublemakers slumped in an unconscious pile in his office from neck-pinch discipline*
Just kidding. He must be a rock of patience and quieting presence!
If the kids were on mars or earth, why wouldn’t the parent be able to come back home at least for a day occasionally - mars to earth (or bajor to ds9) feels no more difficult than New York to London, and orbit to surface like a commute.
I was thinking the same thing. Problematic when you have writers who think of space travel in 20th century terms.
Good point. Any work updates can be done over the comm. It reminds me of the Lost in Space movie where John Robinson has to leave himself a reminder to make an apology video for missing his son's fair. And why aren't there facilities for families to stay together?
So - virtually EVERY Star Trek script writer except those few happened to be an accomplished science fiction novelist (and who's scripts were often re-written in part by those with little to no science fiction writing experience).
I am a little baffled that the school display screens broadcasting the news have a mid-23rd century UFP logo resembling the Franz Joseph seal. You'd think the TNG/DS9/VOY-era Federation seal or logo would be used but who knows. They may have slapped a lot of the graphics together on a pretty limited budget once they finished the attack sequence.
So - virtually EVERY Star Trek script writer except those few happened to be an accomplished science fiction novelist (and who's scripts were often re-written in part by those with little to no science fiction writing experience).
All I can go by is what made it to the screen. In the world of Trek, Mars to Earth should be a few hours flight. No reason for a parent to be away for years at a time.
I think it is on Earth you can see the Golden Gate Bridge in the background at the beginning.
I think it was more couldn't get the day off.
Unless by choice. Which is possible given how edifying many professional types in the Trek universe describe their jobs and careers, being immersed in their professions to the point where they don't have families or get divorced, which could be the case here.
Six minutes to Neptune and back in an old NX-class!
And that was 235-odd years before this short! If you're not able to visit your kids in the same solar system in the late 24th century that's either your job being a smothering schedule you can't break free from or you choose not to visit them very often.
For a year?
Definitely a case where some establishing dialogue would have helped.
For a year?
Definitely a case where some establishing dialogue would have helped.
Well since the episode takes place on a holiday, it could be more not being able to get if off two years in a row.
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