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** 8th graders then and now **

8th graders in modern times and Elizabethan times were totally different. There are many differences between these two time period's education. For modern day education, girls and boys study together in school and learn the same subjects, and for the same purpose. However, in Elizabethan times boys and girls were educated for different purposes; boys were edutcated to have a job and girls were educated to rasie children girls could not be educated together with same subjects, and should be educated in homes. Also, school in Elizabethan times started 7 o'clock in the winter and 6 o'clock in the summer, and the school usually ended at 5o'clock in the evening. However, the modern day school time span is shorter. Students usually go to school at 7:30, and go home at around 3:00. As you can see, there was a significant difference in the amount of time spent as school during these to periods. Moreover, during the Elizabethan era, fourteen year old boys of the upper class and middle class went to universities, and some upper class boys went to other countries such as France for additional education. Unlike in Elizabethan times, both modern boys and girls can go to universities at the age of 18 or more. Lastly, there were differences in the subjects from modern day schools and Elizabethan day schools. There were more subjects that were taught in Elizabethan schools, which were languages, like Latin&French, literature, including writing, cosmography, math, science, art, and dancing. O n the other hand, mandatory subjects in modern schools are foreign language, literature, math, science, and social science; physical education, and fine arts are also required in some schools. Subjects which are related with arts such as dancing and drawing became elective courses as the time passed. There is also a big difference with how educations were done. When students go to school, they acquired various and huge amount of knowledge because of the harsh education. Students had to memorize all the things that they have learned.