Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151129182644/@comment-24994749-20151201011338

ChishioKunrin wrote:

I'll give you everything else but these.

Right now, Team RWBY is in their second semester, and Ruby said it's fall/autumn. Normally, in the US, school begins in fall. It seems that the school year began at the start of the year, so they've already had summer break. I actually think they had begun summer break at the end of Volume 1, considering the fact that Blake was gone for almost 2 whole days ("All weekend" - Ruby) after leaving in the middle of the night. It might have been a Friday when Team RWBY was spending the day wandering the city. That, or the morning that Ruby woke up at the end of The Stray was Monday morning, in which case, once again, they spent an entire day wandering around the city. What about classes? It's probably summer break.

I believe that Beacon functions similarly to a boarding school, and the students can head home during vacation if they want, kind of like in Harry Potter.

As for medical care, who's to say that Beacon doesn't have doctors? Whenever a student gets hurt in a training accident, it would be easier and quicker to take them to an on-site doctor rather than having to put them in an airship and take them to the city. And yes, the city is an airship-trip away. JNPR had to get on an airship to get to the city in Breach. The students all arrived at Beacon via airship in the beginning of Volume 1. Well, then I don't know much about boarding schools... But you did get my point that at some point there is an extended holiday.

I do think Beacon probably has some form of infirmary, given the distance from the city... But do they have a full fledged and staffed hospital? With a lab and stuff to perform a surgery if needed? What if she needs to take prescription medicines? Is Beacon going to provide them for a long term treatment?