If a student joins the academy at a later (high school-college) age but has issues with power control,do they go with their age group or will they have a specialized curriculum?
Probably specialized curriculum. Power classes are definitely the kind of classes that would get individual curriculum, considering how varied powers can be.
Thoth is right--their normal studies would probably take place with their age group with similar level equivalents, but Powers Classes may be specialized and given in addiction if a person is having difficulty with their powers
However, everything is optional, so you don't have to RP out classes if you don't want to. :)
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