Gk schole, leisure, discussion, lecture, school. School is a place where people can take time to discuss and understand the truth. Schools were invented for the purpose of promoting morality and literacy. Societies depended on schools to transmit traditions and create civic leaders. The whole point of school is that you get a better education, and so can be want to be when you grow up.
School plays a very important role in our life.
In olden days, most kids didn't get a good education. Their parents did not have enough money to afford one. Also, computers were just invented then, and they cost a lot of money so they weren't used much in schools. The first schools in the United States were established in the 1600's by some colonists from Europe. They were called colonial schools.