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Note: I saw that Spirit and 73 gave some input on this. Leaving their answers aside, let me give mine.

1) "If it was just to git gud, then they should be sending all the younger tribesmen to academies"

Except Raven is butthurt towards Ozpin, if only because Qrow ditched the tribe and joined him. Even if she became badass thanks to her teachings at Beacon, she wouldn't send anyone else to the Academies, for that reason.

"but makes little sense to me when I see her feelings for Cinder"

For Cinder. Not Emerald, who at the end of the day is just her pawn/companion/whtv Cinder sees her as.

From what I recall of V1-3, Emerald was at least supposed to be a "friend" of Team RWBY. Cinder, meanwhile, was at most someone Ruby ran into down the hall one day.

Emerald was the one who pushed Pyrrha into killing Penny by accident, but Cinder didn't just kill Pyrrha right in Ruby's face, she also caused the entire FoB, and what Emerald did, at the end was just part of that plan of hers.

So even if Ruby wanted to Cinder's head on a stick, she would be more willing to at least ask questions like these to Emerald.

"I was specifically ignoring the teenager aspect due to the fact that other teenagers have shown to not do the same mistakes the "newbies" did....."

Yeah.....remember when Blake jumped at the Albains and used a clone to freeze both of their hands, weapons included?

Remember how neither Blake, Ghira or Sun took advantage of this and just stood there talking instead of punching them in the face? Remember how they just waited until they finished thawing the ice and ready to fight again?

"People can think, adapt, strategize, whereas most Grimm seem incapable of doing so"

Supposedly Grimm can at least adapt as they gain experience, so unless one traps themselves in a cave for milennia like the Deathstalker in Vol.1, they should at least fight somewhat smart eventually.

......Though the best thing I can think of right now is the Beringel in Ruby's short, who even threw Beowulves at her.

"you think they would try to balance the education with the field work so that the students are less likely to get themselves killed when they do fight, while also gaining actual combat experience"

..........You do remember they put out training missions for the teams to perform and get actual field experience, right? And said training missions, at least the most difficult for 1st and 2nd years, are done alongside a teacher.

And in fact the missions are exactly what official Huntsmen do: Search and Destroy, Search and Rescue, and so on.

They do balance education with the field work.

"And while the Student v Student fights are a good idea in practice, not when the fights are only one on one"

CRDL vs Pyrrha.

It's clear that the Student vs Student training fights must not be 1v1. They don't even need to be balanced matches.

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"and even that one is under suspicion considering Roman had to be captured for the plan to work"

Except you're wrong. The original plan was the Breach itself. It went as well as it did because Roman launched it weeks, if not months before he was supposed to.

After that, not only was everything fixed in less than 10 minutes, the Atlesian fleet set-up over Vale, forcing Cinder and co. to change their plans. And the new plan, took advantage of Roman having been captured and imprisoned in Ironwood's ship.

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2) "She's dead and that's the reason Hazel is freaking out, you think there would be at least a little hint of sadness at the fact a child lost her life in a training accident."

1> "A child". Please. Already explained the problems with that idea.

2> Like Oscar said, she knew the risks when she went to Beacon. She knew she could die on a mission. Ozpin can't, and shouldn't cry for every single Huntsman-in-Training that dies on a mission.

Besides, Ozpin has been a Headmaster for decades and has lived for ages. Gretchen most definitely isn't the first of her kind at Beacon, nor the only one. Ozpin must've likely gotten news like these so many times throughout his life that it just got easier.

And of course, we don't know if they even interacted for real, if they were even friends. For all we know, all Ozpin knew about Gretchen is that she was a student. Like Spirit said elsewhere, it's hard to care much about people who never truly were a part of your life.

"Even in his rage he was hoping Oscar would forgive him of all things:"

You must be joking. You're taking that line extremely out of context. Within context, the line means this:

"You can forgive me for pounding your face until you die. It's not my fault, it's Ozpin's fault".

Hazel doesn't really flinch at any moment in his rage, at the idea of killing a real child just because he has Ozpin inside him, something he never asked for. And not only does he try to kill Oscar, he outright tells him to forgive him for it, just because Oscar has Ozpin inside him and that justifies everything.

''" Yeah..... I don't really buy the memory claim." ''

Your problem. They share memories, even if Oscar doesn't have casual access to them, he just thinks and can remember what Ozpin does. Case in point, when Oscar remember Leo's office, with the tea set Ozpin gave him.

And note that was, in-universe, months before present time. When he couldn't believe what was going on. Not now that he can even outright switch control with Ozpin.

So, if Oscar initially could recall with clarity Leo's office despite never being there, because he could recall Ozpin's memories, how good do you think this ability of his is now?

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" And they don't share emotions yet" 

You are hearing Apples and thinking Bananas. Sharing emotions doesn't mean that they both react in the same way.

Oscar is a kid, a total noob who won the lottery and got an old man in his head and now he has to join a war of sorts against the forces of Ebil and Darkness. Ozpin is the most veteran of veterans.

When faced with a threatening foe, Oscar is bound to be afraid. Ozpin can feel his fear, but Ozpin has more than enough experience to not let his fear control him, he has enough experience to keep a clear mind in spite of the fear.

Being afraid, and expressing fear, and letting fear control your actions, are ALL DIFFERENT THINGS.