The Lower Class of Victorian Society

If you were a labourer you’d be looking at about 30 shillings a weak, while if you were a coach-maker you’d make 5 guineas a weak. Labourers were less educated and therefore seen as easy to take advantage of. Thankfully though Working Men’s Colleges (founded in 1854) and also Working Women’s Colleges were available for people who wished to learn Latin and things that would make them look good enough to get a high paying job as a Union official or any form of management. Trade schools were also available. This is very similar today because if you don’t have as much money to afford tuition there is financial aid to help people get this educated. Unfortunately today not many people appreciate this because some are just going to get that extra money. Their are also scholarships available which are just as good and available for everyone. Many poor people in Victorian society would have gladly took advantage of the opportunity because though some didn’t value education there are others who would work a painfully hard day of work to feed their families just to go back out and spend hours trying to better themselves in regards to education in order to get a job that pays more, possibly requires less working hours (which is very unlikely).