Anders | Arcturus
The problem with that approach, I think, is you churn out very good theoretical mages who fall to pieces when they have to apply that knowledge under pressure. We've a few in the Rebellion, ones we liberated from the most restrictive Circles - terrifyingly smart people but ask them to cast anywhere outside a library at anything but a target dummy and they just freeze.
There are a few matters I need to attend to today; would tomorrow work for you?