Quickies: Trainers as Independent Learners

I'm well aware of the fact that there are certain educational programs with the moniker of "independent learning", and this post may be partially influenced by them. But I also want to discuss the relevant links in a context-free manner, and that should prove to be just as fascinating. It's fairly obvious that Pokémon Trainers are an independent lot, whether individuals or groups of them, in their journey across the world of Pokémon. Along the path of that journey, there is bound to be some amount of learning involved, for the good of themselves and others. In light of these, they may be called "independent learners".

In terms of what those programs may entail, it is possible that Trainers may realize them as well. Those who protect certain areas or regions from unsavory forces and/or people may be considered doing a service to those areas or regions. When they go into different regions, particularly those not of their origins, it can be considered an "exchange" with others that do the same. It is also certain that as Trainers assemble and create teams for battling, they are in a way performing a process of research and development for those teams. The execution of the entailments is very different yet appear to be similar if not the same.

Beyond the confines of the programs, the independent quality of the learning that Trainers initiate are due in part to their being distanced from those who can possibly become their mentors, such as Pokémon Professors. For those who are traveling in groups, the learning may be less independent in the case that a mentoring figure is present, but if the mentoring figure is in need of learning as well, then the independent quality may be amplified. The point is that they may still receive guidance, but what they learn about the world of Pokémon comes fully onto themselves, thereby being "independent".

Aside from training, Pokémon Trainers have to understand the ways that their world works for them and the creatures that they train. In effect, they have to learn about those ways, whether they realize that or not. The virtue of living out lives in various parts of the world, sometimes without being able to contact others for aid or otherwise, and that effectively makes them quite independent. Though undoubtedly Pokémon training wouldn't really constitute an educational program with the moniker of "independent learning", some similarities may at least be discerned, especially with their independent character.

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