Victorian Schools Were a Disaster (A Discussion on Victorian Schools) Charlotte Bronte created the novel, “Jane Eyre” in 1847. It’s based on young girl who is abused once while living with her aunt and then when she travels to school. He ends up finding few times of peace and lives at the boarding school for a while. She befriends different girls but has troubles with abusive teachers and principals. Until her friends die and the principle is replaced. Her life then changes for the better. She spends eight years at the school, six as a student and two as a teacher. This is only a brief description of the early years of Jane Eyre. The key point being the school and her treatment. Another story being, Dickens’s “Hard Times”. Throughout this …show more content…
“He was a strong believer in universal non-sectarian education.” Which means that the entire country is teaching on the same basis, cathlic religious beliefs. Both Bronte and Dickens poems are based around this new topic leaning. Jane Eyre glances over it but is centered around a Victorian school and what it teaches. Jane Eyre is forced to sit through endless amounts of sermons on being a godly wife and mother. Her entire schooling is taught around how the student should and will live once matured. Dicken’s writes “Hard Times” entirely formed around this universal non-sectarian education. The speaker sees what character going to his wits end to change what these schools are teaching to what he wants, cold hard …show more content…
Gender roles in Victorian schools were completely different than each other. Girls and young women were taught what they needed to support a husband and kids. But in addition, doing it in a Godly manner. But still live that Godly way of life. They were also taught very strictly. Most girls in fact wouldn’t attend school but stay home and learn the ways of a wife. Repetition and memorization was a very large part of Victorian schools. Boys and young men were taught from the age of ten and up but could receive teaching at a younger age by a governess. Male students usually receive a more strict education than that of females. Probably because of their young boy attitude that every teacher now a days, have to deal