The School System in the Victorian EraSchool systems throughout the Victorian period changed, making learning a requirement for everyone, not just rich families or boys. Education was less advanced; they did not have a stable school system. Schools did not have the technology we have today. Victorian school systems are different from the current system. Boys were then the main students to attend the school. Most poor children did not attend day school, and in 1831, 1,250,000 children attended day school. (“Education”) “From an early age, children were taught that the most important things in life were duty and religion; and all thoughtful people generally thought that to spoil a child unduly or refuse to punish him when necessary was not only weakness of mind, but also wrong. (Quennell 142) Sally Mitchell states, “Early early school systems were only on Sundays from 9:00 a.m. Around 12:30 p.m., then it would resume at 2:00 p.m. At 4:30 p.m. (175). These Sunday schools were often called "ragged schools" because the children came dressed in tatters. The boys learned to read, write and count. Teachers in these schools primarily used the Bible to teach children to read. (“Education”) Some schools were free, while others were very expensive and accessible only to the wealthy. Quennell says: “Boys generally went to day or boarding schools as soon as they were old enough to take serious lessons, or went to a country rector who took a few pupils into his own house. School life was much more difficult then than it is today. (144). Although life for most Victorian school children was rather boring, bright light was recreation. The children played with a variety of...... middle of paper ......ion, not because they were forced to. College and mandatory attendance also contributed to their education. In the Victorian era, the more advanced the school, the better the education of children. If these changes never happened, would the school be what it is today? Work cited “Education”. www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/victorians/education/victorianeducation.html. The British Library Board, ND. Internet. 16 May 2014. “Going to School in the Victorian Era.” www.victorianschool.co.uk/schoolday.html. The Paradox Group, 2011. Web. May 16, 2014.Mitchell, Sally. Daily life in Victorian England. Connecticut: London. Greenwood Press, 2009.Print. Quennell, Marjone. S History of Everyday Things in England: Volume IV. London: Norwich, 1958. Print.