Decided to start a watch-thru of DS9 (b/c I didn& #39;t really see it at the time) & there& #39;s an early plot point where Keiko O& #39;Brien starts a school based on no teaching experience or preparation?

And we are given to believe the station had no plan for education before this?

What?

I mean in her interview w/Sisko she actually says "You know, I& #39;ve never actually been a teacher, Commander, but it& #39;s something I& #39;ve always thought about doing" and he goes with it?

...this would be an on-the-nose satire of education-as-hobby if the writers had any self-awareness

Then to recruit a parent from another culture she makes the argument that, based on her cursory knowledge of his native system, what she is inventing will actually be more "modern" and "innovative" and excel at his goals better than he can w/o her

...we have heard this before

Next school scene is multiple episodes later.

Miles is subbing for his wife (!) while she& #39;s away on Earth.

In a "kids are tough on subs" scene, he accepts that a lost PADD equals the impossibility of turning in homework, b/c in the 90s email didn& #39;t exist? Confusing logic

The missing hw, btw, was an essay defining "ethics." (This seems originally intended as thematic for the episode but never gets developed.)

Of note, Quark & Rom refer to the school as "the human school" which seems likely. Keiko needs PD in culturally responsive pedagogy

The friendship between Jake & Nog seems intended as "children overcoming the prejudices of their parents" but thus far it seems Nog needs to take more steps toward acting human than Jake does toward acting Ferengi