Quote by George Eliot

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at on

Summary

This quote implies that the speaker's father did not invest in a high-quality education for them. Instead, they sarcastically depict their education as being limited to a wooden stick, representing corporal punishment, and a basic understanding of the alphabet. The use of sarcasm highlights the speaker's dissatisfaction with their lack of proper educational opportunities, emphasizing the idea that their father's investment in their education was minimal or insufficient.

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By George Eliot

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