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In the Inca Empire, a student's truancy would be treated as an offense to the state, and the young man's punishment would include forced labor and a cultural rehabilitation to instill a sense of duty and community pride.
In the highlands of Inca society, a young man is brought before the court for habitual absence from yachaywasi, the place of learning where future administrators and leaders of the Empire were instructed in the Inca ways. The court, consisting of local curacas and priests under the oversight of a representative from the Sapa Inca, the emperor, hears the case in the town's main square. The offense is to the state, which places great emphasis on education and duty.
The Inca punishment for such truancy is stern. Recognizing that chronic absence undermines the welfare of the ayllu (the local community) and disregards the Inca value of collective responsibility, the young man is sentenced to labor on the farming terraces, working to provide for the qullqata (state storehouses). Moreover, his family is admonished for allowing such behavior, as education is a privilege bestowed by the Sapa Inca himself. As part of his rehabilitation, he is tasked with learning traditional songs that honor Inti, the sun god, and the hard work of his ancestors, to be performed at the next communal gathering, to instill in him a sense of community pride and duty.