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SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jun-2025 01:20:17 JST SuperDicq
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me Considering it was established in 1125 I think that learning how to read was probably not a given in most schools.

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  Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jun-2025 01:20:18 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_School
  
  In other schools you only learn sparkling runes and get dyslexia. :D
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    Reading School
    
    Reading School is a state grammar school for boys with academy status in the English town of Reading, the county of Berkshire. It traces its history back to the school of Reading Abbey and is, thus, one of the oldest schools in England, although it closed for a few years in the 1860s. It is a state boarding school. There are no tuition fees for day pupils, and boarders only pay for food and lodging. Reading is one of the best state schools in the UK according to the GCSE and A-level tables and has consistently ranked in the top ten. History Reading School was founded as part of Reading Abbey. The date of the Abbey's charter, 29 March 1125, is taken as the foundation date, despite the closure of the school in the 1860s. This date makes it the 10th oldest school in England, although there are hints that there may have been a school running in Reading before this. In 1486, the school was refounded as a "Free Grammar School" ("free" here meaning teaching the free, or liberal, arts, not that no fees were paid) by Henry VII on the urging of the then Abbot, John Thorne. From at least this time, the...

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