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

[(Anonymous)]

Can we also if we're gonna have thos conversation all remember that even though he didn't speak a word of it presumably as a ten year old, Danny is shown onscreen a few times speaking fluent Chinese?

So assuming the monks ONLY taught him fighting would be wrong. He likely didn't receive NO education. He just received a culturally different one. If the monks are taking in many kids, presumably they have an interest in them being trained into an adult army. Like... if you join the U.S. Forces, you aren't just trained with weapons and they assume that's all you need.

I am assuming Danny was at minimum trained and guided to read ancient texts in Kun Lun related to his studies, maybe even in more than just the second language, in addition to probably a handful of other skills besides fighting. Not anything that would be as useful in a business setting. But not nothing either.

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

[(Anonymous)]

OP

I thought I did mention that I figure he had some kind of education with a different curriculum? Looking back, I don't think I did, but also I figured he learned by immersion if it wasn't formally taught.