Not in Westeros. There, the mother has the final say in which maester tutors her son and she teaches him herself.

It would be nice to get to like him. My mother and father seem to like each other well enough, but they were strangers when they wed.

[Westeros weddings are primarily for alliance purposes, not love. ones who are for love only don't tend to end well.

she sighs happily] I would love to see it. Do you think maybe I can?