Complex sentence: At the age of 13, he was expelled from the College Saint-Michel for refusing to join the religious order; after briefly attending public school, he abandoned formal education and began working at various petty jobs which colonial society offered.
Split into simpler sentences: At the age of 13, he was expelled from the College Saint-Michel for refusing to join the religious order. After briefly attending public school, he abandoned formal education and began working at various petty jobs which colonial society offered.