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Education in the Victorian Era - Nick Yun Before 1870, only the rich and men of wealthy class attended proper education schooling. However in the early 1870s, school became mandatory for every student during this new era. Of course, children from wealthier families attended more prestigious schools with a better source of education. A governess would teach the more wealthy students and children. When boys were old enough, they would continue their education in public schools. Girls on the other hand were kept to be taught singing, piano playing, and sewing, as their projected aim in life was to prepare for marriage. However, with this new law enforced, everyone could be able to learn how to read and write with basic arithmetic skills, in hopes for an improvement in the economy due to the education of the rising class. School rooms were quite a poor sight at first. The rooms were heated by an open fire or stove. The classes were filled with an overload of students due to the relative and unexpected recent law enforcing all students to attend schools in the Victorian era. Because of this immense change, even barns were being changed into schoolrooms. Equipment was often secondhand and was not replaced if damaged. Teachers of the victorian era were often strict and impatient. They didn’t like their job and neither did the parents of their children who would rather have their children immediately begin an occupation instead of learning basic skills which didn't seem essential at the time. Hence, parents often bombarded teachers with insults and questions. In class, they focused on reading, writing, and arithmetics. But most of the class was chalking and talking. However often, the students would recite their own poems, yet mostly ripoffs of what they had heard previously. Children and students of this era wrote on slates because paper was expensive. Slates however could be used repeatedly. However, older students would use paper and pen. Punishment was also a big part of the education experience. If one got into trouble, he or she would be caned often by the teacher or principal and even forced to wear the dunce hat in the corner shamefully.



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