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The school starts again – where will you send your children?
 * The school starts as usual again next week, and both new and old students are going back to the school bench after a long holiday, and hopefully ready to do their best. Are you still wondering where you are going to send your child? Maybe to a ragged school, industrial school or a reform school? Or maybe even invest in a private tutor? We’re given you all the information you need.**

We know there is too many in this country who can’t read and write, but the society are doing their best to get all children in schools as fast as possible. If your family is willing to spend a little extra money at your children, you’ll get it better, though. Then you can invest in a tutor (a governess) and your children can get all the wiseness from their own home, and when they are old enough the boys will be sent away to boarding schools and the girls will be kept at home to be taught singing, playing piano and sewing.

There are schools for children who don’t have that much money too. There are village schools in some places in the country run by the Church, or small 'Dame' schools usually run by one woman. The dame schools are more about child care than learning. The older ones go to a day school. Other schools are organised by churches and charities. The ragged school is perfect for your children if you have money issues, and in worse cases; you don’t have a home. Here can your children get food and shelter there as well as lessons.

The lessons will be concentrated on the “three Rs”-Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic. In the sciencelessons your children will be focusing on objecting things. Things like snails, sunflowers, model of trees, stuffed dogs will be placed on each pupil’s desk. The object lessons is suppose to learn the children to observe. The teachers your children would get is possible a woman, and it is good if you will tell your children before the school start that it is important to behave properly, because the teacher is usually very strict. Your children would be punished if he/she leaves the playground without permission, rude conduct, sulkiness, missing Sunday prayers, throwing ink pellets and being late.

Seems like you know a lot more now? Your children will enjoy the time at school, especially the play time with games like blind mans buff, snakes and ladders, hide-and-seek and hopscotch are in full swing. We welcome you to a new school year, and don’t forget the slate!