Why didn’t children go to school a long time ago?

A long time ago children had a different way of life. Back during this point in history, the children had to learn physical survival skills such as being alert around moving objects and drawing back when they neared something unsafe. They didn’t need to attend schools because they could learn everything from the school of experience. The experience of their daily lives gave them enough education to survive during that less complex period. Their parents would teach them all they needed to know about capturing their food and tilling the earth. Learning the basic survival skills of how to feed oneself and grow food was the only thing most people needed to learn during that time period. Slowly, however, life became more complex, and people found the need to communicate with people in distant places. The world was expanding, and people needed to interact with people outside of their little town or village for business or for personal reasons. Then, it became important that children learn to read and write. When money became the form of buying and selling, they needed to learn how to count and calculate. Because these skills could not be learned from firsthand experience, schools became necessary to teach them these skills.