Maybe the academy is just a terrible educational institution. Basically all we see of it is weird mind games, like simulated terrorist attacks and tests you automatically fail… Maybe Picard thought of the gardener as a mentor because he was the only adult there not fucking with him.
all we see of it is weird mind games, like simulated terrorist attacks and tests you automatically fail
I can definitely see how those things are extremely useful. Not everyone is going to be within the relatively save confines of ESD or stationed on a core planet. You’re out in unexplored space on your own with no backup and will encounter some of the most absurdly effed-up races/beings/giant green space hands.
Maybe the academy is just a terrible educational institution. Basically all we see of it is weird mind games, like simulated terrorist attacks and tests you automatically fail… Maybe Picard thought of the gardener as a mentor because he was the only adult there not fucking with him.
I can definitely see how those things are extremely useful. Not everyone is going to be within the relatively save confines of ESD or stationed on a core planet. You’re out in unexplored space on your own with no backup and will encounter some of the most absurdly effed-up races/beings/giant green space hands.