Its him, Alea, not her lol.
Howdy, just noticed this topic and opted to step on in.
Alea is correct in regards to your history having some issues, at least the only big ones I've noticed. School as an institution for pre adults to learn publicly doesn't exist in Zeltiva, too expensive to upkeep. Most kids are taught by their parents/guardians until they come of age. They learn how to read and write as well as anything else their parents might have passed on to them. The University is there, but more for advanced education than anything else. They don't typically take in kids.
Also, there are no forests on the outskirts of the city. The terrain around Zeltiva that isn't water is hilly and rocky. Forests, small ones mind you, might start to appear a way out into the Wildlands... but you can't have a home out there without getting horribly murder-killed. I'm normally not terribly picky about where you place your home in the city, but outskirts seems unlikely given the aforementioned horrible terrain.
Edit: Gah! Goss ninja posted me. You win this round...