1. Admission fee: In ancient times, formal education needed to pay admission fee. This fee is to enter the school or master's gate and become a student. The amount of tuition varies from region to region and from school to school, and also from the financial resources of students' families. Generally speaking, the payment of entrance fees is a heavy burden, which may require families to be careful or raise funds.
2. Tuition: Tuition is the fee that students need to pay every year or every semester during their study at school. This fee is used to pay teachers' salaries, maintain classrooms and schools, and provide teaching materials and other learning resources. The amount of tuition fees also varies by region and school. In ancient times, the tuition fees of ordinary schools were also a heavy burden for families, especially for poor families, who might spend all their money to provide education for their children.
The tuition fees of children in ancient schools were not as popular as those in modern education system, and many poor families could not afford them, so many children could not receive formal education. In ancient times, especially in feudal society, receiving education was often the privilege of the nobility and the upper class, and the children of ordinary people could only rely on their elders in the family or private schools in the community to receive education.
Although the tuition fee for starting school in ancient times was a financial burden for families, education played an extremely important role in society. Therefore, in order to educate their children, parents often try their best to raise funds and even sacrifice their living standards. This also shows that ancient society attached importance to education, and parents made efforts to educate their children.
Characteristics of ancient schoolchildren
1. educational environment: the educational environment of ancient children was mainly private schools, master's families or official schools. Private schools are the main places for children to receive education, and they are taught by one or several private school teachers (Confucian scholars and teachers). Classrooms are usually simple, and students need to study in a small space.
2. Subject scope: The subject scope of children in ancient schools is mainly Confucian classics, such as The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, and University. , as well as poetry, calligraphy, rituals, music and arithmetic. This reflects that ancient education paid attention to the inheritance of Confucianism and culture.
3. Learning style: In ancient times, students' learning style was mainly recitation and memory. They should memorize and understand knowledge by reciting classic literature repeatedly. The purpose of dictation is to master and be familiar with knowledge accurately.