The adults decide to give Ender command of an army at a very young age. Since all the command positions have leaders at the time, they form a new army for him called Dragon Army. Ender divides his army into five toons with eight soldiers each, instead of the traditional structure with four toons of ten soldiers each. He chooses Fly Molo to lead A toon. Fly Molo later becomes one of the children who is picked to join Ender on Eros and fight the war against the buggers.
Ender is shocked to see that his new army seems to be formed from the so-called dregs of Battle School. When he begins to train the members of his new army, he realizes that they all learn quickly, and will actually make quite superior soldiers. He wonders if the teachers gave him these specific children because they saw untapped potential in them, or if they were trying to challenge him as usual by giving him soldiers they thought would be more difficult to work with. This teaching experience makes Ender think about whether anyone can be trained well when given the right opportunities and teachers.
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