From: Raymond E. Feist
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996

"Schools" are a relatively modern concept. Universities and Colleges go back a while, to the 15th Century or even earlier, but "schools" are a relatively 18th and 19th Century invention. They started with "prep" schools, or academies to prepare for college/university. Remember, working class kids worked, they helped feed their families, by and large. That was true even to the 1st half of the 20th Century, when child labor laws were enacted. So, unless Steve's got some data I don't have, there are no schools in Midkemia.