Sumerian Schooling and Education

Cuneiform was hard to learn. To learn it, children went to the temple school and practiced on a clay tablet, probably using a stick to write on it. When the student became better at writing he was told to copy out a book. This helped us rediscover some of the Sumerian texts.
If they ever made a mistake, then it could be smoothed out.
The students also learned a type of math, in a form of numbers that the Sumerians created.
Only a few boys had the chance to go to a school—usually the sons of rich men were picked.