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Higher Education is a 1995 Science Fiction novel by Charles Sheffield and Jerry Pournelle . The novel starts in a future Dystopian earth where the United States has become a Feudal Aristocracy where the Public School system is primarily interested in promoting Self-esteem rather than Learning . The book is told from the perspective of the main character, a High School student who quickly finds himself Expelled . One of his former teachers encourages him to get a job for the Vanguard Mining corporation, whose primary financial interest is in Space Mining of Asteroids in the Asteroid Belt . The book follows his progress through an initial examination period on earth, initial training on an asteroid in a high Orbit of earth, and through an Apprenticeship on another training facility in the asteroid belt. |
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