Where did Ben go to school?
Benjamin Franklin’s father wanted Ben to be the son who became a preacher and so he sent him to grammar school when he was 8 years old. After less than a year, for financial reasons, Ben transferred to Mr. George Brownell’s school for writing and arithmetic. He stayed at the new school until he was ten, doing well in writing and badly in arithmetic. He then left school to work with his father in their candle shop. Ben’s further education came from his own reading and lifelong conversation and debate with his friends. www.fi.edu/franklin/timeline/birth.html www.earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/chapt1/index.
