Raising them Well

The teachers for literacy were just the previous hires taking this as a part-time job. Or rather, they were asked to help create some guide books, and then the rest of the teachers based on this. 

It wasn't that she hadn't considered getting another random hire in the village center, regardless of what they were applying for, but the thing was—literacy really wasn't much of a thing here.

Among the people she had hired, only those from the city like Oslo and Betty, with a few exemptions like Brenda (thanks to her hardworking father) and Rowan could read. The others just learned from them as time went on. 

There was a long way before they achieved 100% proficiency in the Xeno written language, but with her people's brains and yearning to learn, they would adjust in time.