As a side note, does the last part of the 2nd to last sentence look right ("kuragxigataj praktiki siajn lertecojn", intended to mean "encouraged to practice their skills")? I don't know how to do a construction like that yet and I have no idea what it would be called to look it up, so I kind of just assumed it would be the same as in English, a passive participle followed by an infinitive.