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 At school we are taught to read, write, and do some arithmetic,
which is like math. We need to learn this because then we can read
the bible, write letters to people and keep track of our amount of
money. Our town is considered lucky to have a schoolhouse because most
towns don’t have one. If we didn’t have a school our parents would
teach us some things. Then we would probably have the same job that
our
father has when we grow up.
One of the bad things is that school starts at 7:00 o’clock in the morning. You have to walk all the way from your house to the school Monday through Saturday. Also if you misbehave you may get whipped like little Johnny or have to wear a dunce hat. I once got spanked because I didn’t listen to Mr. Forbes. I write with my quill pen and my black ink.
We rarely My friend Brian says he will probably go to boarding school in England because his family is so wealthy. Also my friend Michael will go to grammar school in Williamsburg once he is twelve years old. My poor sister Mary only stayed in school until she knew how to read the bible and keep track of our expenses. I wish she would stay. I think school is hard. |
The schoolhouse consists of one room and one teacher. We use the room as
a place to learn and in the winter we eat inside and in the summer we
eat outside. A wooden stove heats the room and we have to bring in a log
to put on the fire. The kids that are in the classroom are from the ages
of six to twelve. We all have to learn our lessons by repeating them over and
over--boring. This way helps
us remember the lessons better. We learn from a 
write on paper because it is so scarce. The paper is made from birch
bark. We mainly read a lot from the