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Negative Middle Ages /Positive today |
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We grow up with other children and teenagers, working in a community. |
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It's often boring. |
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As a page at the age of seven you learnt to sing, dance and play a musical instrument. |
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We have long summer holidays. |
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You learnt good manners in the company of women when you were a page. |
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As a squire at the age of fourteen you were expected to go into battle
with your lord and you risked injury or death. |
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There are computers and the Internet to find and use information. |
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At the age of eighteen you would be knighted and become a lord yourself. |
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Climate was much more extremely hot or cold at certain times in the Middle Ages. |
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You have to be at school at 08h30 in the morning and stay till the evening. |
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A squire could wear magnificent clothes at tournaments and banquets. |
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You hardly even learnt to read or write, just a few phrases from the Bible
taught by the priest. |
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Nobody is beaten if they make a mistake. |
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You don't have to kneel down in front of your teacher when you say 'Good Morning'. |
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There are a number of different subjects including science , maths and modem languages. |
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School is well-equipped and warm in winter. |
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Young page and squire never really mastered numbers and could be cheated later in life. |
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You could joke with the servants if the lord wasn't looking. |
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It was hard following a lord around all day, carrying his shield and arms. |
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He had to go hunting regularly with his lord |
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It was exciting to prepare for battle. |
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At eighteen you can go on and study the subject you choose at university. |
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There are different teachers for different subjects. |
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It is mostly book-learning with not much practical work. |
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We have team sports. |
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There were thick forests separating villages. |
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When you were a page you stayed on your father's manor but when you became a squire you had to go to another manor. |
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You didn't really learn about the world beyond the manor because geography was not taught. |
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There was no TV or cinema for relaxation. |
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A page had to stand or serve at meal times. |
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You might learn to play chess or backgammon up in the lord and lady's bedroom. |
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You did not learn any other languages. |
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The past didn't mean much because you weren't taught history. |
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Sometimes pilgrims or crusaders would tell you about fabulous places in the Holy Land. |
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Girls are given the same opportunities as boys. |
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There were jugglers, jesters and minstrels to entertain you in the evening. |
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It was cold and draughty in the great-hall-of the castle. |
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You just sit in the classroom in silence listening to the teacher. |
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A peasant
boy had no chance to learn except perhaps being instructed in a
monastery and that meant becoming a monk afterwards. |
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In the evening you have homework. |
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A squire was outside in the fresh air a lot of the time, learning to look
after horses, weapons and armour. |
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There are school exams twice a year. |
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You accompanied your lord to fairs twice a year. |
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You learnt to joust. |
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School lunches are varied and tasty. |
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Girls hardly learnt anything except embroidery and music. |
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