The Education Act (1870) meant that free compulsory education was made available to everyone up to the age of 10. ... There are two different views of why the government introduced compulsory education, one of which was the Marxists. ... Grammar schools were for the better off middle classes and elementary schools were for the working classes. ... Grammar schools still existed as well as comprehensives. However, the brightest of pupils went to grammar schools which meant that schools were not comprehensive. ...

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But, as he argues, the separation from one's parents is a necessary step for everyone's development and education of life. ... Every child's role models are his parents. ... Even so, his family is the one who supported his every move. ... At every graduation they were present to support him. When he received an award at grammar school his mother told him that he had shown "the gringos", meaning the Americans (he was better than the ones who did not have to face every obstacle that he overcame). ...

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