Introduction Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a socialist and a proponent of the capitalistic economy of England during his time. Friedrich was a philosopher and historian who lived in the time of Karl Marx who was one of his esteemed friends. When working for his father in England as a businessperson, he investigated the lives of workers at night, the results of which persuaded him to publish the book The Condition of the Working Class in England, which was a critique of the existing social and industrial system. As examples, scanty and secular education, use of house cleaners as factories, and the introduction of theological classes are among the impacts that the conditions of the working class had on education, technology, and religion according to Friedrich Engels’ book as revealed in the paper. Education Firstly, during the period of Engels, education for the children of the working class was scanty. The few available schools were mostly run by religious institutions, which were keen on instilling their doctrines into the children rather than the rightful education. Moreover, there was a little time available for the children of the working class to attend schools because they were often laborers in industries and farms. This posed a challenge with the attendance of classes. As a result, suggestions were made to have evening classes after work. Most of the children never attended the classes. In fact, those who attended slept through the sessions out of fatigue. Changes were later made to have classes on Sundays for the children who worked during the weekdays. However, this was of no help. In addition, Engels describes these classes as having few teachers besides being of little significance in eliminating ignorance since students would hardly remember what they had learnt the previous Sunday (71).Teachers are described as being of low motivation, as they struggled to keep their lives in order. They were therefore inadequate and ill equipped to teach. Engels states that the teachers were, “worn-out workers and other unsuitable persons who only turned to teaching in order to live, usually without the indispensable elementary knowledge…without the moral discipline so needful for the teacher” (70). Therefore, despite calls by the working class to have education made strictly secular, there was no commitment from government meaning that most of the schools taught theology and did not bother when it came to writing skills since most of the religious sects considered it too worldly. Education was also a preserve of the wealthy few and some middle class since the government had no regulations in place to make it mandatory for all children. This argument is clearly stated by Engels when he states, “Compulsory school attendance does not exist” (70) to show how education did not receive any priority from the government. Technology Besides education, technology was again influenced significantly by the conditions of the working class. In fact, prior to this period, the workers used to work in families with little access to towns and cities. Engels describes that, before the onset of machinery, the workers’ household served as his factory with weaving and spin