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(frozen comment) Re: To people who watched Iron Fist: A Very Important Question about Danny Rand and education

[(Anonymous)]

We all asumef (me included) that the monks tought him how to read and stuff...
Danny was part of the company cause he owns 51% of teh company. Ward told him eh didnt knew anything about the company and he wanted to buy his part of it but Danny said no. In the end he is still part of the company but Ward is the one in charge... Danny comes when he just sees fit...

(frozen comment) Re: To people who watched Iron Fist: A Very Important Question about Danny Rand and education

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I figured there would've been some kind of schooling, but I'm just not sure exactly how well a K'un Lun education would translate to the real world/New York City in 2017. I mean, the curriculum must have been different. And again, I'm just not sure why the heck they would be teaching anyone to read or write in English. Also, it seems like the kind of society where there would be scholars who wrote and so on. Math probably would've been easier, though, or at least arithmetic would've been. And to be fair, a lot of people in the U.S. get by at a fifth grade reading and/or math level, and if Danny was advanced, he could very well have been at a higher level by the time he left...his dimension. Though he'd probably be kinda rusty by the time he got back, but clearly he's also a quick enough learner, since he did figure out how to drive. Sort of.

But the thing that gets me is also the lack of formal education AND being allowed to play a major part in a business, making actual financial decisions that impact the real world. He doesn't even have a high school degree. Even if he has the equivalent of a high school education (which, I mean, he could, it's not like the United States has the best high schools in the world or anything), he doesn't have a diploma. And he's certainly never gone to business school.

Plus owning 51% of the company shouldn't negate the fact that there are still a lot of other people invested in the company, and there's still a board, which could likely vote him out as a major player in the actual company if the Rand Corporation is reasonable and requires a majority of the board/shareholders/I don't even know but I saw them, man, they were there and they clearly voted Joy and Ward back into the company, and also somehow Danny because apparently Rand Corporation is made up of idiots who will vote a twenty-five year old who only recently reappeared after disappearing for fifteen years back into their company. One person shouldn't be able to make that kind of decision just based on owning one percent more of the stock than everyone else. Danny could really, really easily get sued for taking over the company like he did. I mean, actually, Ward SHOULD'VE immediately taken him to court.

(Of course, that's a rant directed at the writers, not you, because you're just telling me information, which I thank you for.)