My dearest teacher

My dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have led me to discover that we are but extensions of our mother's magic. My only goal is to help her regain her lost power and bring her back to her full potential as a pony of magic. I will not rest until I complete this task. I am now going to send you some pony magic, in the form of a training CD. Do not worry. I am sure you will find this useful."

Why is the Council of Stellar Management sending students out for this? To me, it seems almost entirely random. It seems to me that they could send their students for scientific research that they could send them in a more reasonable year. Or maybe they want to give one of them the