The Victorian School System Victorian school systems changed, making learning a requirement for everyone, not just wealthy families or children. Education was less advanced; they did not have a stable school system. The schools didn't have the technology we have today. Victorian school systems are different from the current system. The main people who attended school then were boys. Most poor children did not attend day school, and in 1831, 1,250,000 children attended day school classes. (“Education”) “Children were taught from an early age that the most important things in life were duty and religion; and it was generally the opinion of all thoughtful people that to spoil a child unduly, or withhold punishment when it was necessary, was not only a matter of mental weakness but decidedly wrong.” (Quennell 142) Sally Mitchell says, “Early early school systems only took place on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Until 12.30pm, then it would resume at 2pm. Until 4.30pm (175). These Sunday schools were often called “ragged schools,” because the children were dressed in tatters. Boys were taught to read, write and arithmetic. Teachers in these schools primarily used the Bible to teach children to read. (“Education”) Some schools were free, while others had high prices and could only be accessed by the wealthy. Quennell says: “Boys usually attended day schools or boarding schools as soon as they were old enough for serious lessons, or went to some country rector who took some pupils into his home. Back then, school life was much harder than today." (144). although the lives of most Victorian school children were quite boring, the bright light was a time of play. The children played with a variety of... halves of paper......ions, not because they were forced to. College and mandatory attendance also helped their education. In the Victorian period, the more the school progressed, the better the children's education. If these changes had never occurred, would the school be what it is today? Work cited “Education”. www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/vicctorians/education/victorianeducation.html.The British Library Board, ND. Network. 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.