Fact 1:
Boys were sent to school at a young age to learn how to become a scribe
Fact 2:
Most of the children that went to school to learn to become a scribe were middle class, because it cost money for the school.
Fact 3: Usually only boys of wealthy families went to school but there is evidence of some girls going to school and becoming doctors
Work they did: Scribes did many different things including copying manuscripts and other texts. They also had secretarial and administrative duties.