Did George Washington go to college? Which one?
No, he didn’t go to college. WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799) Washington went to school only until he was about 14 or 15. But he learned to make the most of all his abilities and opportunities. Washington’s remarkable patience and his understanding of others helped him win people to his side in times of hardship and discouragement. There are great differences between the United States of Washington’s day and that of today. Few children went to school. Many men and women could not read or write. Education. George probably began going to school in Fredericksburg soon after the family moved to Ferry Farm. No accurate records have been found that tell who his teachers were. Altogether, he had no more than seven or eight years of school. His best subject was arithmetic. He wrote his lessons in ink on heavy paper. His mother or a teacher then sewed the paper into notebooks. George studied enough history and geography to know something of the outside world.
