Picking up orphans at a young age made it easy to gain the students' entire devotion, but it wasn't an entirely sweet bargain. Unlike those born and raised to be Martial Artists from the very first day they were born, they had a very crucial disadvantage… Literary ability!
Some orphans who lost their parents late didn't exactly suffer from that lack of education, but those were merely a fraction of the whole. No matter how physically centered martial arts practice was, almost every technique had to be passed down in text, whether it was from one generation to another, or from master to student. At the very least, the ability to read was required from most.
"Go."