Pioneer Life in Upper Canada
Schoolboy
La vie de pionnier dans le Haut-Canada

Back to School

These are the rules we had to follow.

1. Respect your Schoolmistress/master.  Obey and accept punishments.
2. Do not call your classmates names.  Love and help each other.
3. Never make noises or disturb your neighbours as they work.
4. Be silent during classes.  Do not talk unless it is absolutely necessary.
5. Do not leave your seat without permission.
6. No more than one pupil at a time may be excused.
7. At the end of the class, wash your hands and face.  Wash your feet if they are bare.
8. Bring firewood into the classroom whenever the Schoolmistress/master tells you to.
9. Go quietly in and out of the classroom.
10. If the Schoolmistress/master calls your name after class, straighten the benches and tables, sweep the room, dust and leave everything tidy.

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