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There were lots of fun and interesting facts about education during the Elizabethan Era. Firstly, school for students started really early and ended late, starting from the time between 6 to 7 am, and the school ends to 5:30! The students spent almost all of their time in school! Secondly, the students learn lots of languages, including Latin, French, English and sometimes Greek. The students not only learned many literatures and languages, but also learned how to dance,. Also, at 5years old, the students started being educated in grammar school, and at the very young age of 14 years old, middle class and upper class boys went to universities. Furthermore, the schools in Elizabethan era was very strict; teachers often hit their students with a stick if the student didn't do well in his/her education. Moreover, religion was a difficult subject for students to learn during Elizabethan era. It was both taught in home and schools. The students learned about the Protestant religion since the national religion of England had changed from Catholic to Protestant, and students also learned how to become a good Christian in the society. Lastly, the students had tests on every first day of the week. The test was about the Sunday's sermon. Like this, school life during Elizabethan era was really hard to students.

Sources: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-education.htm [] []