Population,Jobs,Education

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=== Most children in ancient China didn’t get the chance to go to school. They had to work hard in the fields to provide for their families. If you were a boy and your father could afford it, you were sent to school. If there was no school where you lived you would have to live with relatives, or stay with strangers in a bigger city. === ===Schooling started when you were about 6 years old. Schools were quiet and small with only one teacher for the whole school. Math, science, and other subjects were rarely taught. Reading and writing was the most important. Boys had to work especially hard in school because when you were 16 or 17 years old you took a **government** test. If you scored one of the highest marks you were accepted to go and work for the government. === === A person's job depended on what class they were. It was easy to tell who was rich and who was poor. The rich had an easy life because most were high ranked officials. The poor had to work very hard. Some were farmers, but most were working as slaves for rich landowners. Farmers kept little of their crops. Their work had to feed most of society. Sometimes families would sell their daughters as servants because they had debt that they could not pay. ===