Primary Schools
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During the period of revolutionary government, the Jacobins had introduced the idea of universal, free, secular education provided by the state. The Jacobins conceived of education not only as a means of improving the citizen's skill level for economic purposes but also, and more important, as a means of rooting out unwanted traditions and implanting enlightened, revolutionary values as a strategy of ensuring broad support for the Republic among future generations. The goal expanded to a system of public primary education for all girls and boys, to be taught by instructors chosen for their merit, paid by the state, rather than their students’ families, and committed to imparting knowledge and republican values. The schools taught the peasant children about morality and about French society. The peasants learned how one must work in order to become wealthy and that idleness was viewed as unfavorable. School also became the place where the peasants learned about government and their part in making France a better place which included serving for France in the military. Change was the favored worldview and as school became the realm of inspiring patriotism through the use of songs, gymnastics, and writing. The obligatory French school system allowed for the indoctrination of youth for the goals of the nation to have one language, a strong army, and commitment to France.